Michigan's School Funding

Gov. Whitmer Signs Historic FY25 Education Budget

LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the $23 billion education budget for fiscal year 2025 that continues record investments ...

How School Funding Works in Michigan - Mackinac Center

This publication presents a brief overview of some of the key components of Michigan's school funding system, if it can be called that.

Gov. Whitmer Secures Record Funding Per Pupil in New Education ...

July 1, 2024 · Gov. · New school aid budget includes $400 million more in ongoing funding than FY24 and an additional $1 billion in one-time ...

In Plain English: Michigan Public School Funding Explained

Public school funding comes primarily from three sources: taxes collected by the State of Michigan, taxes collected by the federal government, and local and ...

Michigan school funding bump varies by district. See how much ...

Michigan schools will share an estimated $500 million funding bump next year under the state budget Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Tuesday.

Michigan state school budget boosts at-risk funds - and cuts mental ...

Michigan lawmakers passed a $23.4 billion state school budget Thursday that increases funding to support students from low-income families, ...

New K-12 Education Budget Generates Significant Swings in Per ...

Staring down a self-imposed July 1 deadline to complete the state budget for the fiscal year that begins on October 1, Michigan lawmakers ...

Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs $23 billion education budget amid ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a $23 billion education budget for fiscal year 2025 on Tuesday amid pushback from education advocates ...

School budget flunks - Mackinac Center

Michigan's record $23.4 billion education budget will widen the per-pupil funding gap between poor and wealthier districts while costing taxpayers more to pay ...

Welcome to the Michigan Education Savings Program

The Michigan Education Savings Program is a great way to save for college. Pay for tuition, supplies, room & board. Offers low fee investments plus state ...

What's at stake in Michigan's state school budget? - Chalkbeat

Michigan lawmakers are poised to approve a state education budget that would build on last year's historic investment in the state's most vulnerable students.

Michigan Makes History with New School Funding Formula to ...

In the immediate term, districts will receive additional funding weights ranging from approximately 11.5% to 15.3% for each student qualifying ...

Another record-breaking education budget passed for 2023-24

A $310.3-million increase in special education funding, bringing the total special education spending in the budget to $2.2 billion, fully ...

90% OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOLS WITHOUT ...

School funding in Michigan is inadequate and inequitable. In a report released today by Education Law Center, Tanner Delpier, Michigan ...

Whitmer signs 'transformative' $24.3B Michigan education budget ...

Increased per pupil funding for most public school students. The new budget includes a 5 percent increase in the school “foundation allowance,” ...

Funding Structure - MSBO

Michigan's state foundation allowance should not be exclusively tied to the school district a child attends. Instead, funding needs to follow the student. The ...

Funding up, academic performance down in Michigan schools

Since Granholm, the budget for early childhood education has gone up to at least $780.4 million for the 2024-25 school year. That includes ...

Foundation Allowance - MI School Data

Foundation allowance is the per-pupil funding used for most school operations in Michigan districts. The Foundation Allowance report provides the ...

What Will It Take to Achieve Funding Adequacy for All Michigan ...

in revenue to reach adequate funding. Ì 77% of all Michigan public school students attend schools in districts that are more than $2,000 per pupil ...

Michigan's School Funding: Crisis & Opportunity

Michigan: High Concentrations of Poverty Source: ELC analysis of Census' Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), 2017.