K-12 funding

The governor says she’s glad to see a deal on road funding, and that free school meals will continue for all students

One concern from schools as they've been waiting on a budget has been the part of the roads proposal that would remove the sales tax collected on gas to make room for higher fuel taxes

Governor Whitmer will deliver a speech in Lansing tomorrow where she is expected to call on the Legislature to send her a budget

Both leaders of the Michigan legislature say they’d support withholding lawmakers' pay if the state goes into a government shutdown

The Michigan State Legislature missed its July 1st deadline to pass a K-12 school budget and a new survey shows that parents are frustrated with the delay

Political gridlock in the state Legislature has left education funding in limbo. School News Network’s Charles Honey talks with Dan Behm, executive director of Education Advocates of West Michigan, breaking down the reasons for the logjam and what can be done about it.

Michigan kids are going back to school soon and districts still don’t know how much state funding they'll get for the new year

The July deadline was enacted after a 2007 deadlock between Gov. Granholm and a divided Legislature led to a brief partial government shutdown

Tuesday was the statutory deadline for passing an entire state budget. But lawmakers likely won’t be back for a couple of weeks

Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in northern Michigan today to sign the new pre-K-through 12th grade education budget.