[Update] The charter school financial transparency bills, passed by the Michgan Senate on 13 December, were never acted upon by the House and will die at the end of this session. House GOP members, and one Democrat, boycotted the final session days, denying Democrats a quorum needed to conduct business. The House leadership scheduled one final session day on New Year's eve, at which time they are expected to adjourn "sine die," thus ending the 2023-24 session.
While the overall spending level of the House and Senate budgets appears to be the same, the documents represent radically different priorities for funding public schools. The Senate bill reflects the work done by members of both parties over the last few legislative sessions, but with certain tweaks which reflect the priorities of the Senate Democratic majority. The House bill, in contrast, is a radical departure from the shape education budget bills have had for over a decade and reflects - sometimes openly, sometimes obscurely - the priorities of the House GOP majority. 
We had hoped that the redrawn legislative districts would encourage moderation and compromise on education spending and policy issues. Evidently, we will need to keep waiting. So far, this year’s budget process consists of more posturing than governing, and there is no question that the costs of division and gamesmanship will continue to mount. In one of their first acts upon retaking control of the state House of Representatives, Republican leaders revealed their intended governing style: confrontation. 