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Short, chatty, and messy…no, I'm not talking about my children (though if the shoe fits), but rather the Michigan Legislature's 2022 lame duck legislative session…after just two days of session each that were primarily filled with farewell speeches…
Lame duck 2022 is here and so far it's promising to be pretty lame…as in, there are only three days of lame duck session scheduled in each chamber and Lansing political newsletter MIRS reported "lame duck 2022 is essentially dead and next week's…
Over the course of the last several weeks, 232 secondary principals weighed in regarding what proactive policy priorities MASSP should focus on in the upcoming legislative session. While it was clear from the results that every issue was important,…
Heading into the 2022 lame duck legislative session, the clock is quickly ticking down for the 101st Michigan Legislature. The list of bills that can reasonably pass in the time available is getting shorter. Both chambers are signaling that they are…
If everything is a priority, then nothing is. That's why MASSP relies on you - our members - to help us identify proactive policy priorities that will be most impactful and helpful in your buildings and districts. As the dust settles from the…
For the first time in 40 years, Democrats will control both the Michigan House, Senate and the Governor's office next year. While some ballots are still being counted, enough results are in to say with confidence that the Democrats will have a 20-18…
If you've been to an MASSP legislative update in the last six months, you've heard us talk about dollars set aside in the K-12 budget for teacher recruitment. The application for two of the biggest educator recruitment programs in the 2022-23 budget…
Over the course of the last several weeks, 320 MASSP members weighed in on their priorities with regard to school safety. What we learned from our survey is that – while all the issue areas targeted in the survey were all of importance to Principals…
The 2022 midterm election is nearly upon us and with elections come (drum roll) free speech questions! With almost every state-level elected office up for grabs this year plus three hotly debated ballot proposals and plenty of political fallout…
Governor Whitmer has signed HB 5703 (now Public Act 213 of 2022), a bill that will require schools to post specific sections of the Michigan Constitution and the Revised School Code in certain areas within the district, including the Principal's…
Over the objections of House Appropriations Committee Chair Thomas Albert (R-Lowell), who resigned as chair of that committee in protest, the House and Senate passed a pair of supplemental budget bills (SB 842 and SB 844) totaling over $1 billion in…
The House Rules and Competitiveness Committee, chaired by Rep. Julie Calley (R-Ionia), took testimony this week from members of the House School Safety Task Force. Earlier this year, the School Safety Task Force introduced a 14-bill package, which…