Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used a line-item veto to strike $35 million out of the School Aid budget that was slated to go to per-pupil increases for charter schools.
Traditional public schools will get a $120 to $240 per-pupil increase. Charter schools, which are also public schools, do not get the increase.
Groups that support charter schools say this could hurt the school systems.
Dan Quisenberry, president of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, said not increasing the budget will eliminate pay increases for teachers at charter schools and services the schools provide to students.