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On Tuesday, the House Education Committee kicked off the week by taking testimony (but no vote) on SB 600-603, a quartet of bills aimed at restricting the ability of local districts, local health departments, and the State of Michigan from imposing…
The June issue of MICIP Continuous Communication, which came out this week, has a must read article for Principals about the new MICIP process and some upcoming deadlines that apply to all schools starting this summer. We've reproduced the original…
Wednesday, June 1 was the deadline for ballot initiatives to submit signatures in order to be included on the November 2022 general election ballot. In past years, once this deadline passed it was safe to go back out in public without worrying about…
You've doubtless seen the headlines: "Whitmer Proposes $280 Million Tutoring Program." If you went looking for details – maybe because you were trying to figure out how this was different from the tutoring vouchers proposal (HB 5859 and SB 925)…
The big political headlines lately have all been about budget, revenue, and the upcoming election. But while those topics have been dominating news coverage, a number of education policy bills dealing with things that directly impact Principals (…
On Monday, Governor Whitmer rolled out her $280 million proposal for the MI Kids Back on Track program, which nominally a tutoring program intended to be run through the state's public school districts in order to address student learning loss due…
HB 6012 is on its way to Governor Whitmer's desk. This legislation originally just included funding for Oxford Schools to cover the remaining outstanding costs the district incurred as a result of the shooting earlier this year. The bill was amended…
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee voted out three bills that they initially took up last week: HB 6013, sponsored by Rep. Pam Hornberger (R-Chesterfield), would establish a state funded grant program to pay stipends for both student teachers…
State revenue is up…again…a lot. Revenue projections for Michigan's School Aid Fund are up an additional $2.2 billion above and beyond the already rosy forecasts from the January Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC). Of that, roughly $900…
The big political news in Lansing this week was the Michigan Legislature sending a ballot proposal (HJR R) to the voters to modify term limits to reduce the total amount of time a person could serve in the Legislature to 12 years but allowing all 12…
The House, Senate, and Governor have now all put forward their budget recommendations for the 2022-23 school year. While there is lots of negotiation left to go and plenty of things can change, it is not too early to compare the three budget…
The House School Aid Appropriations Subcommittee has reported out its version of the 2022-23 K-12 budget. The above-the-fold highlights include a proposed $300 per pupil bump in the foundation allowance, a $1.7 billion payment against the state's…