Why Do Michigan Residents Falsely Believe Education Spending Is Down?

Why Do Michigan Residents Falsely Believe Education Spending Is Down? [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"In three of her last four budgets, Gov. Jennifer Granholm cut state funding to K-12 schools.
In Gov. Rick Snyder's first four budgets, he has increased state funding to K-12 schools, up to a record $12 billion in 2014-15, according to the Senate Fiscal Agency.
 So how is Gov. Snyder being tagged by critics as the villain who has cut funding to school children?"