education budget

The budget includes a record amount in per-pupil funding, along with money for school safety, special education and free meals for students.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer finally signed the $24.1 billion education budget on Tuesday, after two missed deadlines and over three months into school districts' fiscal years.

Education researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation's most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities.

Some leaders of rural Michigan schools are worried that the House version of the state budget could make it harder to pay for school buses. The proposal eliminates a specific transportation fund.

In 2015, Michigan set a ten-year goal to rank among the top 10 states for education. The state has poured billions of dollars into its education system, the 9th largest investment of any state. But a decade later, Michigan has not only failed to increase its scores — the state now regularly ranks within the bottom 10 states in the nation.

Michigan school officials are taking the Legislature to task for missing session days without a K-12 budget in place. It’s been nearly a month since the fiscal year began for school districts.

School districts face tough choices as their fiscal years began while the Legislature remains deadlocked on a state K-12 budget.

School districts have had to start a new fiscal year without knowing how much money they'll be getting from the state.

What’s brewing for school budgets as Republicans in the state Legislature make a case for major structural changes. Also, an entomologist explains why swarms of mayflies, annoying as they may be, are actually a good thing. And we visit one of Detroit’s most celebrated new restaurants, where tradition meets technique.

That self-imposed deadline is Tuesday — but the proposed education budgets passed by the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate are extremely different.