Bill Text: MI HJRI | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional amendments; state; permissible uses of school aid funds; revise. Amends sec. 11, art. IX of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-24 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 05/24/2019 [HJRI Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HJRI-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION I
May 23, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Paquette, Howell, LaFave and Berman and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 11 of article IX, to
revise the permissible uses of the state school aid fund.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to revise the permissible uses of the state
school aid fund, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the
people of the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec. 11. There shall be established a state school aid fund
which
shall be used exclusively for aid to school districts, higher
education,
public community and junior colleges
described in
section 7 of article VIII, and school employees' retirement
systems, as provided by law. Sixty percent of all taxes imposed at
a rate of 4% on retailers on taxable sales at retail of tangible
personal property, 100% of the proceeds of the sales and use taxes
imposed at the additional rate of 2% provided for in section 8 of
this article, and other tax revenues provided by law, shall be
dedicated to this fund. Payments from this fund shall be made in
full on a scheduled basis, as provided by law. Beginning in the
1995-96 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year after 1995-96,
the state shall guarantee that the total state and local per pupil
revenue for school operating purposes for each local school
district shall not be less than the 1994-95 total state and local
per pupil revenue for school operating purposes for that local
school district, as adjusted for consolidations, annexations, or
other boundary changes. However, this guarantee does not apply in a
year in which the local school district levies a millage rate for
school district operating purposes less than it levied in 1994.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
