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The Michigan Legislature was back in session this week and more-or-less back to regular session, though since the Michigan House is split 54-54 between Democrats and Republicans with 55 votes needed to pass any bills through the chamber, the going…
The repeated theme in this year's Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC) is that the economy seems to be (on the whole) stabilizing in the wake of the pandemic. Current year revenue isn't declining as fast as expected and next year's revenue…
The Growing Michigan Together Council, which was convened earlier this year by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and charged with recommending how to reverse 40 years of population stagnation, released its final recommendations. The report emphasized the…
What a year! This one was a beast, legislatively speaking. So much happened and yet there's still so much left to do. So as we close out the year and slide into our well deserved holiday break, let's take a moment to look back at what all happened…
The Michigan Legislature has finished session for the year, an adjournment that comes much earlier than usual because immediate effect was not given to a bill that passed earlier this year to move the date of Michigan's presidential primary election…
The Michigan Legislature has passed SB 395-96, a pair of bills that make significant improvements to Michigan’s decade old educator evaluation law, including reducing the percentage of evaluations based on student growth, restructuring the rating…
Because the House Education Committee moved their meeting to Wednesday this week, it was the Senate Education Committee that kicked off the education policy week on Tuesday afternoon when they reported out SB 463, legislation to make completion of…
This week, the Michigan Senate passed SB 395-96, a pair of bills that propose major changes to Michigan's educator evaluation law including reducing the percentage of evaluations based on student growth, restructuring the rating categories, and…
On Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee took its first testimony on SB 395-96, a package of bills to reform Michigan educator evaluation law by, among other things: removing the requirement to base 40% of educator evaluations on student growth…
UPDATE: In the time since this blast first went to MASSP members, the Office of Retirement Services has released a complete and detailed FAQ for this new law. While our article provides an accurate summary, this excellent resource is the go-to…
Recently, MASSP surveyed members about the proposal being debated in Lansing to make completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) a high school graduation requirement. Over 100 people responded to the survey and gave us…
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee voted out HB 5021, legislation that would make the MPSERS pension option the default selection for new school employees who do not otherwise make an affirmative choice about what retirement option to choose……