Insider Intelligence

Today, the directors of the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies came together with State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and State Budget Director Chris Harkins to reach a consensus for projected state revenue for the upcoming fiscal year. At the biannual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC) the principals heard testimony from various economic experts on the various […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointment of Chris Harkins as Michigan’s new budget director. He currently works as director of the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency, a role he’s held since his appointment by Senate Republicans in January 2019. Mr. Harkins is a well-known name around the Capital, having served several roles include with the House […]

On the campus of Lansing Community College, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the budgets for Fiscal Year 2022. When combined with the K-12 school aid budget signed earlier this year, the budgets total $70 billion. The newly signed budgets provide funding for the various departments, community colleges, and higher education. Due to Federal COVID relief funding, […]

Stakeholders announced this week that a deal had been reached to finalize the state budget prior to the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2021. Senate Appropriations Chairman Jim Stamas (R-Midland), House Appropriations Chairman Thomas Albert (R-Lowell), and State Budget Director Dave Massaron, jointly announced they’ve come to an agreement to ensure […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the $17.1 billion budget appropriating funding for K-12 schools in Michigan. The budget marks the first time in state history that the gap between districts at the minimum and maximum foundation allowances has been eliminated. The $723 million within the budget to accomplish this will provide $8,700 in per […]

Ahead of the July 1 deadline, the House and Senate voted to approve a budget appropriating funding to K-12 schools for the upcoming fiscal year. Notably, the $17 billion budget includes a per-pupil increase that raises the state minimum funding from $8,111 to $8,700, closing the gap between the highest and lowest funded school districts. […]

In a rare evening session, last night the House passed bills providing appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year, beginning on October 1, 2021. While they passed funding for K-12 schools and the various state departments, executive office, and legislature, they didn’t pass funding for the state’s higher education institutions and community colleges. Under the House-passed […]

A bill appropriating over $4 billion in federal funding was passed by the Senate this week. The majority of the available funds were part of federal American Rescue Plan dollars, sent to states to use with some discretion, in response to the ongoing pandemic and the impact on students. Funding within the plan includes: $3.3 […]