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House committee approves MDE budget with cuts to staff and new restrictions on grants and DEI
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee approved the H‑1 substitute to House Bill 45 76, the Michigan Department of Education appropriation, adopting reductions to MDE staffing and several policy conditions on grants, remote work and DEI spending after a day of presentations and questions from members.
The Michigan House Appropriations Committee on June 2025 approved the H‑1 substitute to House Bill 45 76, the appropriations bill for the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), after presentations from House Fiscal staff and questions from members.
House Fiscal analysts described a smaller MDE gross budget in the proposal and large reductions to department staffing. Noel Benson, House Fiscal Agency analyst, said the House proposal “sets the MDE gross budget at a $133,200,000” and “FTEs are reduced by 118 to a total of 456.5 FTEs.” The budget document presented to the committee showed an overall gross decrease of about $31.7 million, including reductions of roughly $17.3 million from the general fund, $8.0 million from restricted funds and $6.4 million in federal funding.
Committee members pressed staff and the sponsor on details of the cuts and new policy language. Representative Rob Kelly, sponsor of the bill, framed the package as a shift…
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