The spending proposals currently being considered provide mixed signals about the state’s priorities and backslide on the recent commitment to the educational needs of ‘at-risk’ students.
If policymakers really wanted new special ed funds to help students with special needs, they could have required schools to use the dollars to supplement their special education budgets.
Local governments were already carrying pension debt before recent market declines. Now they will struggle to pay for losses their plans have incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
PA269 keeps public officials and entities from informing voters about ballot issues 60 days before an election. The stakes are too high to require silence
Roughly 40 percent of state funds meant to educate Detroit students are being diverted to service past debts incurred by the district. This is not fair to a big city student population already ranked last in the nation.
