evidence_text: Senator Albert offered the following amendments:
  
  1. Amend page 163, line 26, after “officers.” by striking out the balance of the subdivision.
  
  2. Amend page 305, following line 9, by inserting:
  
  “ Sec. 97b. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2025-2026 an amount not to exceed $50,000,000.00 to public schools, districts, and intermediate districts as prescribed in this section. It is the intent of the legislature that, for 2026-2027, the allocation from the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11 for purposes described in this section will be $25,000,000.00.
  
  (2) To receive funding under this section, a public school, district, or intermediate district must apply for the funding to the department of state police, grants and community services division, in a form and manner prescribed by the department of state police.
  
  (3) The department of state police shall not award funding under subsection (1) to a public school, district, or intermediate district in relation to the same school building more than once in a single grant application period. If a district submits an application under subsection (2) relating to a school building and a public school within that district also submits an application for funding in relation to that same school building, the department of state police shall not allocate funding under subsection (1) twice for that school building. If a public school, district, or intermediate district submits more than 1 application, the department of state police shall first consider the most recent application submitted in considering funding under subsection (1).
  
  (4) A public school, district, or intermediate district that receives funding under this section shall use the funding only to ensure that the public school, district, or intermediate district has at least 1 school resource officer employed by the school, district, or intermediate district that performs 1 or more of the following duties as part of the school resource officer’s service at the school, district, or intermediate district:
  
  (a) Assists school administration in ensuring the physical safety of school buildings of the school, district, or intermediate district and the individuals inside the school buildings.
  
  (b) Works with school administration to develop safety procedures for potential threats in school buildings of the school, district, or intermediate district.
  
  (c) Welcomes, counsels, and mentors students.
  
  (d) Educates students about law-related topics, as appropriate.
  
  (e) De-escalates aggression that occurs between students or between students and school, district, or intermediate district staff.
  
  (f) Mentors students as an advisor and role model.
  
  (5) Funds allocated under this section may be used to hire new school resource officers or to increase the hours for current school resource officers. This funding may be used whether the school resource officers are hired from public employers or from private security companies.
  
  (6) Funds allocated under this section for 2025-2026 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2025-2026 are carried forward into 2026-2027. The purpose of the work project is to continue providing funding to support public schools, districts, and intermediate districts in having school resource officers at schools, districts, or intermediate districts. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2030.
  
  (7) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.
  
  (8) As used in this section, “public school” means that term as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, MCL 380.5. ” and adjusting the totals in section 11 and enacting section 1 accordingly.
  
  The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.