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The Senate proposal for the K-12 budget includes a $450 per pupil foundation allowance increase (an amount slightly larger than the Governor's recommendation), a $500 million school consolidation grant program, and…well…really, that's about it for…
MASSP has been fielding questions lately about Michigan's educator evaluation law, most of which go something like this: "I heard the Legislature was going to suspend evaluations for this year, so can I stop doing observations and evaluations of my…
The House Education Committee kicked off a busy last week of session before spring break by reporting out HB 5859, legislation that would establish what amounts to a voucher program to pay for everything from tutoring to homeschool curriculum for…
It seems like everyone in Lansing has an idea for alleviating Michigan's educator shortage. The interest is bi-partisan and there is a lot of common ground, meaning there is a good chance for action if both sides can agree to meet in the middle or…
The House Education Committee didn't meet this week, but there was some movement on HB 4199, legislation that would finally eliminate Michigan's law requiring districts to qualify for a waiver from the state in order to begin school prior to Labor…
Over the past week, MDE has put out two different memos that modified the rules for forgiven time for the current school year. Taken together, the memos give schools more ability to access forgiven time. You may feel a little whiplash with all the…
The House Education Committee kicked off the week on a positive note by reporting out HB 4810-11, a pair of bills that would eliminate the state statutory requirement for students to take the SAT Essay and also the requirement for districts to list…
In October 2020, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued an epidemic order that required all schools to publicly post confirmed school-associated cases of COVID-19. Today, MDHHS rescinded that order. Schools are still subject to…
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee and the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee both took up identical pieces of legislation (HB 5859 and SB 925 respectively) that would allocate federal pandemic response funding to create a…
With the passage of HB 4294 earlier this school year, support staff and other school employees can step in and serve their communities as substitute teachers for the remainder of this school year without regard to their level of post-secondary…
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee met to discuss the equalization payments to local districts passed under section 11t of the 2021-22 School Aid Fund budget (this was the $362 million federal ESSER III dollars the state appropriated to…
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee held a hearing on two bills, voting out HB 5703 (a bill to require school districts to post certain specific sections of the Michigan Constitution and the School Code that deal with parent rights in the…