HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
REP. ANGELA WITWER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, April 17,
2024
9:00
AM
Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol
Building
The House Committee on Appropriations was called to order by Chair Witwer.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus,
McKinney, Mentzer, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson,
Borton, Fink, Cavitt, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele.
Absent: Reps. Morgan, DeBoer.
Excused: Reps. Morgan, DeBoer.
Representative Lightner moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 6, 2024. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative O'Neal moved to excuse Representatives Morgan and DeBoer from the meeting.
There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid the presentation on the Michigan Tuition Grant before the committee.
President Rick Pappas, and undergraduate student Dena Kuhns-Zandarski, representing
Davenport University, testified on the Michigan Tuition Grant.
President Don Tuski, and student Davon Travier, representing the College for Creative Studies in
Detroit, testified on the Michigan Tuition Grant. Questions and discussion followed.
President Alicia Cordoba, and student Daphne Weber, representing Aquinas College, testified on
the Michigan Tuition Grant. Questions and discussion followed.
The Chair laid the presentation on the Michigan Achievement Scholarship before the committee.
CEO Dan Hurley, representing the Michigan Association of State Universities, testified on the
Michigan Achievement Scholarship. Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Witwer adjourned the meeting at
9:59 AM.
Representative Angela Witwer, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov