FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT

     The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning

     Senate Bill No. 178, entitled

     A bill to make appropriations for the state institutions of higher education and certain state purposes related to education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012; to provide for the expenditures of those appropriations; to provide anticipated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, institutions, agencies, employees, and officers.

     Recommends:

     First:  That the House recede from the Substitute of the House as passed by the House.

     Second:  That the Senate and House agree to the Substitute of the Senate as passed by the Senate, amended to read as follows:

(attached)

     Third:  That the Senate and House agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:

A bill to make appropriations for the state institutions of higher education and certain state purposes related to education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012; to provide for the expenditures of those appropriations; to provide anticipated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; and

to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, institutions, agencies, employees, and officers.

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Tonya Schuitmaker                       Bob Genetski

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Roger Kahn                              Kevin Cotter

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Morris W. Hood III                      Joan Bauer

Conferees for the Senate                Conferees for the House