A Republican-led Senate subcommittee approved a bill Thursday.
Michigan's public universities could face three percent cuts in state aid if a bill moving through the State Senate passes.
A Republican-led Senate subcommittee approved a bill Thursday with the spending reductions for the budget year that begins in October.
The bill budgets about $1.5 billion for universities and now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
A different bill moving through the Senate would spend $290 million on community colleges, down three percent from this fiscal year.
Governor Jennifer Granholm has proposed keeping higher education funding steady for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Senate Higher Education Bill restores $32 million to a tuition grant program for students at private colleges.
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