Lawmakers are expected Thursday to unveil the line-by-line details of the agreed-upon budget to fund schools, state departments and local governments for the months ahead.
The K-12 schools budget will be presented sometime during the Senate Conference Committee starting at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, and the general government spending plan will be taken up during the House Conference Committee starting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
It will be the first time the full details of the budget deal will be publicly presented following the announcement by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative leaders last week that they reached an agreement to pass a budget by Oct. 1 after months of stalled negotiations.
Lawmakers failed to pass the 2025-2026 spending plan before that Oct. 1 deadline, which is the