School funding increased
School funding increased
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican legislative leaders announced a tentative deal Friday for the state budget year that begins Oct. 1.
The agreement would provide $210 more per pupil for K-12 public schools, raising the minimum foundation allowance to $7,085. That’s $10 more than proposed by the Democratic governor and less than initially approved by the Legislature.
The minimum actually may be higher for districts getting the lowest per-pupil amounts, since the deal would try to close funding inequities by boosting the per-pupil minimums for those districts. Details will be hammered out by legislative conference committees.
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