Bill Text: MI SJRM | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional amendments; state; permissible uses of state school aid fund; revise. Amends sec. 11, art. IX of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRM Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SJRM-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION M
April 27, 2011, Introduced by Senators WHITMER, GREGORY, BIEDA, HUNTER, ANDERSON, HOOD, SMITH, WARREN, JOHNSON, HOPGOOD, YOUNG and GLEASON and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
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,
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 a special election to be
held at the same time as the 2011 August regular election in the
manner provided by law.
