LANSING, MI (AP)-- The Michigan Senate has approved $56.6 billion budget plan that would provide the biggest increase in base aid for lower-funded school districts in a dozen years.
The Senate plan includes a $230 per-pupil increase for school districts that get the minimum grant. Higher-funded districts would get $115 more per student.
The Senate unanimously passed many spending bills but split largely on party lines over measures related to roads, schools, environmental protection and prisons.
The move Thursday sets the stage for further talks more than a week after the House OK'd its own plan. Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican-led Legislature will work to finalize the next budget in June.
