Al Pscholka (born September 6, 1960) is the former Budget Director of the State of Michigan. He is a former member of the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2020 ...

first elected in November 2010 representing Michigan's 79th House district. In November 2012, he was re-elected to serve another term, during which time he served as the Majority Caucus Chair for the Republican Caucus. Pscholka has a bachelor's degree from

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a Public university, public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. B ...

. Prior to his election to the state legislature he worked as District Director for Congressman

Fred Upton Frederick Stephen Upton (born April 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1987 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he represented Kalamazoo, Michigan, ...

; fostered partnerships between business and education through his work at Cornerstone Alliance; served eight years on the

Lincoln Charter Township, Michigan Lincoln Charter Township is a charter township of Berrien County, Michigan, Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,929 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Lincoln Charter Township is located in the west-ce ...

Board of Trustees; as well as serving seven years on the Southwest Regional Water and Sewer Authority. Pscholka was the author of the Fiscal Accountability Act, or Michigan's P.A. 4 of 2011, which addresses

financial emergency Financial emergency is a state of receivership for the Government of Michigan, State of Michigan, Michigan's local governments. History DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:750 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1988 till:2010 TimeAxis ...

in the

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. This legislation was the primary prompt for an unsuccessful recall campaign against him in 2011, one of many against members of the

that year. The act was repealed via Proposal 1 on the November 2012 ballot. In 2014 he unsuccessfully sought to become the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.Spencer, Jac
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