Articles tagged: school funding
Ann Arbor school administrators ask: How do we cut $14M from next year's budget?
Posted: Nov 09, 2011Public forums - including one on Thursday - are being held earlier this year so they can influence the draft budget, the district says. Read more »
Saline teachers agree to $1.5 million in concessions
Posted: May 25, 2011The Saline Board of Education agreed to teacher union concessions of about $1.5 million Tuesday night as the Saline Area Schools looks for ways to close a projected $5.95 million shortfall in its about $64 ... Read more »
Ypsilanti Schools support staff OKs wage & benefits cuts to help cut $2.9 million budget deficit
Posted: May 10, 2011Note: This story has been updated to show the school board ratified the YSSA contract. Due to concessions approved by its support staff union, Ypsilanti Public Schools will avoid privatizing some aspects of the district’s ... Read more »
Michigan Senate subcommittee reduces cut to K-12 education funding
Posted: Apr 19, 2011This story is being updated A Michigan senate subcommittee approved a reduced cut to K-12 education from the original budget proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder in a meeting Tuesday. State Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) said ... Read more »
Opinion: Gov. Snyder's planned cuts to schools will create 'Kalkaskas' across the state
Posted: Apr 08, 2011In the early 1990s, school officials were unsuccessful in getting school millages passed in Kalkaska, in the northwest part of Lower Michigan. Faced with insufficient funds, the school system was forced to close down earlier ... Read more »
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