LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Before state lawmakers in Lansing brake for November election campaigning, legislators are trying to address some loopholes in the Michigan government budget that takes effect on Tuesday.
Yesterday, a $125 million measure for bolstering mental health and public safety grants to local school districts cleared both the state House and Senate for Governor Whitmer’s expected signature.
MIRS News is reporting that the money is coming from leftovers in a cost-sharing program from two years ago.
It restores cuts made earlier in the budget negotiations, angering minority Republicans in the House and Senate.
Majority Democrats say they heard the complaints from school leaders on this issue “loud and clear,” but Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Lawton says that the legislation doesn’t go far enough.
Although the Senate approved the legislation, it didn’t get the two-thirds majority needed for it to take immediate effect, meaning that these funds won’t be made available until early April at the latest.
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