GOP leaders are insisting the Democratic governor guarantee she will use the potential new money as the Legislature intends and resist transferring money within departments to her preferred priorities. The Whitmer administration labeled them misguided cuts that compromised corrections operations, cyber security and social service programs.
Per-pupil hikes for traditional public schools were kept intact. During an Oct. The Legislature's 0. The cut in private college aid is causing a scramble among the poorer families to pay a new unexpected bill.
About 17, students in Michigan receive financial help through the Michigan Tuition Grant, the largest numbers stemming from Baker College and Davenport University, said Colby Cesaro, vice president of the Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities. The effect of the governor's veto was immediate, as independent institutions across Michigan scrambled to get other funding in place or change their rules to give low-income students some grace on tuition payments, Cesaro said.
The first grant disbursement was scheduled for November. The first-generation college student studying criminal justice is worried about her ability to graduate in May without the grant money, so she and more than 20 other Olivet students rallied Wednesday at the Capitol against the veto. She told me not to worry about anything, to just focus on school and keep my head in the books. The vetoed charter school aid increase would delay the expansion of some intervention and support programs that help students improve on subjects with which they struggle and decrease professional development coaching, said Daniel Quisenberry, president for the Michigan Association of Public School Academies.
Gretchen Whitmer. Share This: Share this article on Twitter. Share this article on Facebook. Share this article via email. Print this article. Got a budget question? Related: Republicans jockeying to override Gov. What happened? What are the options? There are three main possibilities on what could happen next with the cut money: Reappropriate it. This can go back to the same programs that were cut or to new priorities. Give some of it back to taxpayers either by rebate or cutting taxes.
Is there a deadline for leaders to decide what to do with the money? To take effect, the budget must be passed by the House and Senate and signed by the governor. The short answer is that there are competing priorities for the funds.
Even when there is a lot of money to spend, Republicans and Democrats can, and often do, disagree about how to spend it. GOP legislators have been wary to use one-time federal funds for programs and expenses that would continue beyond the pandemic. While there is a drop-dead deadline of Oct. During the administration of Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm, budgets were routinely finalized in the fall.
Under Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, they were approved in June. By law, budget agreements for the upcoming fiscal year must be signed by Oct. If budgets are not approved by then, a government shutdown occurs, with state employees laid off and a number of state agencies and offices closed to the public until a deal is reached.
The sooner the budget is approved, the sooner state departments can make plans for next fiscal year by providing certainty of funding levels.
Individuals also tend to spend less on non-urgent care or postpone visits to the doctor when times are hard. These changes in turn may affect the decisions made by policymakers as they react to shifts in the industry.
Additionally, a person's socioeconomic status has profound effects on their access to care and the quality of care received. About 15 percent of Michigan's population earned incomes below the federal poverty level FPL in , the largest percentage among its neighboring states. The state's unemployment rate in September was 7.
Note: Gross state product GSP on its own is not necessarily an indicator of economic health; GSP may also be influenced by state population size. Many factors must be looked at together to assess state economic health.
The state operates on an annual budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows: [16]. Michigan is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority. The governor is constitutionally required to submit a balanced budget proposal. Likewise, the state legislature is required to pass a balanced budget.
The following standing committees in the Michigan Legislature deal with budget and finance matters: [17] [18]. The Michigan Auditor General , as stated in Article 4, Section 53 of the state constitution , is responsible for conducting post-financial and performance audits of state government operations. Michigan's audit reports are published online. The U. The report, entitled "Following the Money," measured how transparent and accountable state websites were with regard to state government spending.
Ballotpedia has tracked the following ballot measures relating to state and local budget and financial matters in Michigan. The following is a list of recent budget and finance bills that have been introduced in or passed by the Michigan state legislature. To learn more about each of these bills, click the bill title.
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