LANSING — Michigan schools still don’t know how much state funding they’ll receive come October, owing to continued disagreements among lawmakers.
The Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate appear no closer to reaching an agreement on more than $20 billion education spending — and may actually be farther apart than they were previously.
That new rift can be attributed to the introduction of House Republicans’ full budget plan , which seeks to cut around $5 billion in government programs and state agency funding.
While those cuts are in non-education areas, educators say they’re worried that the proposals will now be linked — to the detriment of schools.
“I think since we’ve passed the July 1 deadline , that — I don’t think you’ll see the budgets move without e