Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Thursday night that if the state Senate passes the bill the House passed to use $184 million more in federal stimulus funds to reduce the depth of cuts for K-12 education in this year’s budget, she’ll sign it. But she said the same thing we said about it last evening:

Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she’ll support a measure passed by the House today that would use remaining stimulus money to avoid deep cuts to school districts. But she said it’s only a temporary solution.

“If it comes to my desk, I’ll sign it,” Granholm said this afternoon after meeting with parents and educators at the Macomb Intermediate School District. But, she said, “It’s basically kicking the can down the road. … We will be back at it again in a couple more months.”

It’s time for both parties to put aside partisan bickering and political cowardice and come up with a realistic plan to put school funding in this state on a solid footing.