Bill Text: MI SJRD | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional amendments; state; equal amount of per pupil funding for all local school districts; ensure by certain date. Amends sec. 11, art. IX of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-21 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SJRD Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SJRD-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION D
January 21, 2015, Introduced by Senators JONES, HORN and BOOHER 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
require that all local school districts receive the same amount of
total state and local per pupil revenue for school operating
purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require that all local school districts
receive the same amount of total state and local per pupil revenue
for school operating purposes, 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 Subject to the next paragraph of this section,
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.
Not later than the 2020-2021 state fiscal year that begins
October 1, 2020, the state shall provide a system of state funding
for local school districts that ensures that all local school
districts receive the same amount of total state and local per
pupil revenue for school operating purposes.
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.
