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House plan boosts per‑pupil foundation, rolls many categoricals into single payment and tightens compliance rules
Summary
The committee adopted a House proposal (HB 45 77 H‑1) that raises the per‑pupil foundation allowance, creates a large per‑pupil rollup payment, and adds new reporting and penalty boilerplate for districts that use specified curricula or practices.
The Michigan House Appropriations Committee approved the H‑1 substitute to House Bill 45 77, the school aid appropriation, reporting an overall gross school aid proposal of about $21.9 billion and a targeted per‑pupil increase. Jacqueline Mullen, Senior Fiscal Analyst for House Fiscal, said the House proposes increasing the foundation allowance by $417 per pupil, from $9,608 to $10,025.
The bill creates a new per‑pupil payment (section 22f) funded largely by rolling existing categorical line items into a general per‑pupil…
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