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Lawsuit: State Shortchanging Locals by $4 Billion A Year

By • Sep 8, 2016
Cash
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A lawsuit says Michigan is short-changing local governments $4 billion dollars a year.  If it succeeds, it would blow a giant hole in the state budget and send legislators and state budget officials scrambling to find a fix. 


Michigan Schools Still Do Not Provide Enough Resources To Special Needs Students

By Cheyna Roth • Aug 10, 2016
Classroom
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Michigan schools need to spend more money helping students with special needs.  That’s the finding of a study commissioned by the state Legislature in 2015.  


The Ann Arbor School District And District Library Officially Separate

By • Jun 21, 2016
Jo Mathis / AAPS District News

The Ann Arbor School District and the Ann Arbor District Library are separating, but say a strong partnership will continue.  The two organizations yesterday announced the Ann Arbor schools will no longer have a financial interest in the district library.  The school board and library board have each approved a three million dollar exchange of assets that fully releases the school district from its interest in the downtown library branch. 

Former Michigan Lawmaker Curtis Hertel Remembered

By • Mar 28, 2016
Curtis Hertel
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Former state House Speaker Curtis Hertel is being remembered today as a leader whose willingness to compromise helped lead to a historic overhaul of how Michigan pays for public schools.  He died over the weekend at the age of 63.