LANSING, MI - The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday passed two budget bills spending a total of $56.7 billion on everything from the state's operations to educating Michigan's children.

The omnibus budget, which lays out funds for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, 2017, passed 66-41. A second bill containing the education budget passed 71-36.

The omnibus budget passed by the House clocked in at 39.8 billion, lower than the current omnibus budget of 39.9 billion the legislature passed last year. The education budget at 16.9 billion came in higher than the current fiscal year spend of $16.6 billion.

The total spend approved by the House on Tuesday would be 56.7 billion, higher than the current spend of $56.6 billion.

Cox said the increased education budget was because of a commitment to school safety and implementing part of the governor's Marshall Plan related to talent. Overall, she said, she's committed to budgetary restraint as the budget moves forward in the process. Next she'll begin talking with the Senate and governor's office about a final product.

"There will be some growing of this budget and I want to make sure that I rein that spending in," Cox said.

On the main budget Democrats proposed but lost a series of amendments, including one from Rep. Fred Durhal III, D-Detroit, that would have added an additional $150 million to improve Michigan's roads.

"Our constituents right now are already paying for the roads, and they see no action," Durhal said.

His was one of a series of amendments rejected by the Republican majority. Another would have inserted funding to continue giving Flint residents bottled water.

In the end the bill passed 66-41 with most Democrats voting against it.

The education budget clocked in at $16.9 billion and increased the foundation allowance schools get for each child by $120 to $240 per pupil.

Rep. Pam Faris, D-Clio, offered an amendment to fund cyber schools at a lower level than brick and mortar schools, saying they don't have the same costs as transitional schools and "our state's funding should be in line with the need of the operation." Gov. Rick Snyder proposed a similar concept in his budget proposal, but the House did not go along with it.

Faris would have put the savings toward a reading program. However, her amendment, along with several amendments from the House Democrats, was shot down by the chamber's Republican majority.

The Senate will pass its own version of the budget, and the bodies will hammer out their differences to come up with a final product later this year. The budget has to be done to continue funding state programs by Oct. 1, but Snyder has set a precedent of getting budgets done months ahead of time for planning purposes.