As the new school year approaches, let's take some time to review the new laws that are going to have an effect for the first time in 2024-25. Some of these items you are doubtless aware of and prepared for, while others may not be on your radar.…
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In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the House and Senate managed to scrape together the votes needed to pass an omnibus education budget bill. The budget is a significant departure from the model that districts have become used to. For one, there…
The big story in Lansing this week was continued back and forth on legislation introduced in both chambers (SB 911 and HB 5803) reflecting the proposal championed by a coalition of school groups (including MASSP, MASA, MASB, MEA, and AFT Michigan…
As the legislative session winds down toward summer, the pace of committee meetings is slowing somewhat as members (and particularly legislative leadership) spend more of their time focused on clearing the decks before their extended summer recess…a…
For the second week in a row, neither the House nor Senate Education Committees met and the Lansing rumor mill has it that the lack of meetings hinges on a disagreement between the chambers on a package of proposed dyslexia legislation (SB 567-68)…
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee voted out three bills: SB 744 is an important tweak to the Teacher Tenure Act that cleans up drafting errors made last year during work on educator evaluation (it is important that this legislation get…
While Friday gave us the final revenue estimates that will be used in negotiating the final K-12 budget, the headline of this week is the "historic coalition" of school management and labor groups putting forward a joint proposal to lower pension…
During day three of the NFL draft that took place in Detroit this past weekend and with Damar Hamlin looking on, Governor Whitmer signed into law some changes to Michigan’s school cardiac emergency response law. Since 2014 Michigan has had a law on…
The House Education Committee met Tuesday to take action on two issues, first reporting out HB 5231-34 and 5269 (a package of legislation aimed at increasing transparency for charter schools including posting salary information on their website…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid and Education voted out their version of the 2024-25 K-12 budget on Thursday and it was, by far, the best of the bunch. The headline is that the recommendation allocated an additional $291 million…
The Senate K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee met Tuesday and became the first of the two chambers out of the gate with their proposal for the 2024-25 School Aid Fund budget…the Senate proposal gives somewhat larger increases to the foundation and At…
The Senate is the first of the two legislative chambers out of the gate with their 2024-25 budget proposal, voting their bill out of subcommittee on Tuesday. Where the Governor's proposal gave across the board 2.5% increases to most of the core line…