Enacting section 1. (1) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2021 PA 48, 2022 PA 93, 2022 PA 144, and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2021-2022 is estimated at $14,635,534,200.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2021-2022 are estimated at $13,448,739,600.00. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2022 PA 144 and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $17,090,672,900.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 are estimated at $15,764,187,600.00.
(2) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for higher education for fiscal year 2022-2023 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, as amended by 2022 PA 144 and this amendatory act, is estimated at $1,888,109,300.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $0.00.
Enacting section 2. (1) Sections 51a and 56 of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1651a and 388.1656, as amended, if granted immediate effect pursuant to section 27 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963, take effect on enactment of this amendatory act.
(2) Except as otherwise provided for the sections listed in subsection (1), the remaining sections of this amendatory act take effect October 1, 2022.
Third: That the House and Senate agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled “An act to make appropriations to aid in the support of the public schools, the intermediate school districts, community colleges, and public universities of the state; to make appropriations for certain other purposes relating to education; to provide for the disbursement of the appropriations; to authorize the issuance of certain bonds and provide for the security of those bonds; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to create certain funds and provide for their expenditure; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 11, 51a, 56, 216, 236, 236j, and 251 (MCL 388.1611, 388.1651a, 388.1656, 388.1816, 388.1836, 388.1836j, and 388.1851), sections 11, 51a, 56, 236, and 251 as amended and sections 216 and 236j as added by 2022 PA 144, and by adding sections 31c, 99j, 248, and 248a.
Jim Stamas Ben Frederick
Kimberly LaSata Mary Whiteford
Curtis Hertel, Jr. Samantha Steckloff
Conferees for the Senate Conferees for the House
The question being on the adoption of the conference report,
The first conference report was adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: