Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 0:36:39 GMT -6
Gov. Snyder signs $16B education budget that includes private school money
Surrounded by Republican lawmakers and Walled Lake schools' officials, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $16-billion budget that covers K-12 education, community colleges and the state’s 15 public universities.
It was a budget that got some bipartisan support in the Legislature but raised eyebrows with a $2.5-million stipend to private schools that supporters said will pay for state mandates. But detractors said was a first step on a slippery slope toward vouchers for private schools.
"Getting a budget signed is not the most exciting thing," Snyder told a group of educators and students at James R. Geisler Middle School in Commerce Township, which is part of the Walled Lake school district. "But this is an unprecedented investment in our kids."
The budget includes increases of between $60 and $120 for the per-pupil foundation allowance. At the low end of per-pupil funding, the increase went from $7,391 to $7,511, and at the high end, it went from $8,169 to $8,229.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/27/gov-snyder-signs-16b-education-budget-includes-private-school-money/86428122/
Surrounded by Republican lawmakers and Walled Lake schools' officials, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $16-billion budget that covers K-12 education, community colleges and the state’s 15 public universities.
It was a budget that got some bipartisan support in the Legislature but raised eyebrows with a $2.5-million stipend to private schools that supporters said will pay for state mandates. But detractors said was a first step on a slippery slope toward vouchers for private schools.
"Getting a budget signed is not the most exciting thing," Snyder told a group of educators and students at James R. Geisler Middle School in Commerce Township, which is part of the Walled Lake school district. "But this is an unprecedented investment in our kids."
The budget includes increases of between $60 and $120 for the per-pupil foundation allowance. At the low end of per-pupil funding, the increase went from $7,391 to $7,511, and at the high end, it went from $8,169 to $8,229.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/27/gov-snyder-signs-16b-education-budget-includes-private-school-money/86428122/