The Senate budget released on May 28 also contained a number of cuts to public education. Some of the proposed cuts are as follows:
- Reduces funding for teacher assistants by $233 million so that state funding would only provide for teacher assistants in grades K-1 and not K-3
- Cuts $3.5 million from school bus replacement
- Cuts $28.6 million from school transportation services. State funding for driver education would be eliminated
- Cuts the Department of Public Instruction by 30%
- Cuts 70 school nurse positions