State Budget Director Jen Flood presented Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's proposed spending plan that will fund state agencies next year.

Beyond a historic 4.1% hike in per-student funding and a bid to intensify academic transparency, the list of recommendations would largely uphold existing priorities and programs for 1.4 million public school students.

State officials on Wednesday unveiled the administration's proposal to lawmakers for the state's next annual budget. But the ideas within could face high hurdles.