evidence_text: Senator Albert offered the following amendment:
  
  1. Amend page 68, following line 8, by inserting:
  
  “ Sec 16b. (1) For the 2026-2027 school year only, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $25,000,000.00 from the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11 to address chronic absenteeism in buildings that have a chronic absenteeism rate of 20% or more. All of the following apply to money paid under this section:
  
  (a) Districts shall apply for funding under this section in a form and manner determined by the department.
  
  (b) Payments under this section must be made on an equal per-pupil basis.
  
  (c) Buildings that receive funding under this section may use those dollars for any purpose permitted under section 22b, but must reserve a portion of funding to address the causes of chronic absenteeism. Funding may be used for purposes including, but not limited to, resources for students and their families, attendance administrative staff, and marketing campaigns.
  
  (2) A recipient of funding under this section must provide a report of expenditures made using funds received under this section to the department by not later than June 1 of each year.
  
  (3) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department. ” and adjusting the totals in section 11 and enacting section 1 accordingly.
  
  The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.