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The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

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The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2024-05-09
Chamber
senate
Result
failed
Yeas
15
Nays
21
Excused
2
Not voting
0
Related measure
measure-6409
Related sitting
sitting-691

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Chamber
senate
Context text
2. Amend page 37, following line 25, by inserting: “Sec. 1103. The funds appropriated in part 1 for chronic absenteeism task force shall be appropriated to support the costs of a task force with the goal of identifying policies that could help lower the statewide chronic absenteeism rate for Michigan. Funds shall be expended when the governor has established the taskforce with the following members: (a) A member from each party of the house of representatives. (b) A member from each party of the senate. (c) A representative from the department. (d) A representative from an organization that represents school boards. (e) A representative from an organization that represents school administrators. (f) Two representatives from a union for teachers.”. The question being on the adoption of the amendments, Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor. The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
2
Measure id
measure-6409
Motion text
The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
21
Not voting
0
Result
failed
Sitting id
sitting-691
Vote date
2024-05-09
Vote id
vote-7643
Vote number
125
Yeas
15

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