Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited a Flint community college Thursday to sign a budget bill that provides record combined funding for K-12 schools, community colleges and universities.
However, a large chunk of the funding is considered “one-time” money arising from federal coronavirus relief payments to the state and a short-term state budget surplus.
Senate Bill 845 appropriates $22.2 billion for Michigan education, with $19.6 billion going to K-12 schools, just over $2 billion to universities and $530.3 million to community colleges, according to the House Fiscal Agency.
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