Michigan: Equal Aid Cuts Follow Pattern of Ignoring Higher Needs in Poor Districts

Autor/inn/en	McKillip, Mary; Sciarra, David
Institution	Education Law Center
Titel	Michigan: Equal Aid Cuts Follow Pattern of Ignoring Higher Needs in Poor Districts
Quelle	(2020), (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	State Aid; Retrenchment; Budgeting; Public Education; Educational Finance; COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Equity (Finance); Federal Aid; Federal Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsfonds; Bundesrecht
Abstract	This brief is part of Education Law Center's "Tracking State Aid Cuts in the Pandemic" series. Michigan schools have struggled with reductions in funding over the last decade. In July, the Michigan Legislature approved a state aid cut of $175 per pupil, totaling $256 million. The cut was applied equally to all districts, from those with low poverty to those intensely segregated by poverty and race, such as Flint, Detroit and Benton Harbor. At the same time, the Legislature approved $512 million for K-12 public education from the total statewide allocation of $ 3.9 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), a separate funding stream for state budgets in the CARES Act. Lawmakers also decided to distribute these funds to districts equally ($350 per pupil), ignoring the greater need for resources in the state's high poverty, racially isolated districts, especially in terms of mitigating the impacts of COVID19. A bright spot in Michigan is that the Legislature did not tie cuts in state aid to equivalent amounts of federal emergency funds, as New York and Texas did. Yet, Michigan lawmakers missed a crucial opportunity to correct their longstanding failure to provide more funding to districts with the greatest student need. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01