Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday made public $947 million in proposed spending she struck from Republican-passed budget bills on Monday night.
A summary of some of the biggest line-item vetoes :
ROADS
A one-time $375 million shift of discretionary general funds to the $5 billion transportation budget.
HOSPITALS
$150 million that hospitals were expecting from Medicaid reimbursement rate increases or other payments.
SCHOLARSHIPS
$38 million in need-based scholarships to students attending 31 in-state private colleges. The maximum Michigan Tuition Grant is $2,400 a year.
PURE MICHIGAN
$37.5 million to fund the Pure Michigan tourism and marketing advertising campaign.
SKILLED TRADES
$37.3 million for Going Pro, an educational campaign to help businesses fill jobs in the trades.
CHARTER SCHOOLS
$35 million to give charter schools a $240 per-student boost in funding, the same as what lower-funded traditional K-12 districts are getting.
TAXES
$27.3 million in payments to local governments because they cannot collect taxes on state land, which typically is owned by the Department of Natural Resources.
DOCTORS
$17.5 million for MiDocs, which received funding for the first time in the last budget to add medical residency slots in rural and other underserved areas. Physicians can qualify for up to $75,000 in loan repayments in they commit to working in area for two years after their residency.
CONTAMINANTS
$15 million in grants to municipal airports for the cost of testing and monitoring of chemicals known as PFAS.
LITERACY
$15 million for a summer school reading program geared toward third-graders who are not proficient in English language arts on the M-STEP test.
JAILS
$14.8 million to reimburse county jails for housing state inmates.
ROAD PATROLS
$13 million for the Secondary Road Patrol Program. It provides county sheriffs with funding for about 120 deputies to patrol county and local roads outside city and village limits.
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Source: Office of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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