LANSING — Despite a framework budget agreement being reached last week, Michigan lawmakers still have given few details on what public education spending could look like.

With the state’s new fiscal year starting on Oct. 1, Northern Michigan educators say that it’s anyone’s guess how lawmakers will agree to spend billions in public school funding.

“We have not seen any details,” said Dr. John VanWagoner, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools. “We’re still going into it, really, with an unknown understanding, which is not really all that transparent for us.”

Educators shared frustration about the months of uncertainty that have defined this year’s budget process.

The Legislature is legally required to agree on education funding by the end of June, largely to give schools

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