Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, encourages the educators in the audience at Eastpointe High School Sept. 29 to continue being creative despite the challenges they face every day.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

EASTPOINTE — Educators around the state, including those in local districts, finally have a school aid budget.

The state Legislature finalized a school aid budget Oct. 3 for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Because it took so long for the House and Senate to agree on a budget, local districts didn’t have a budget to work off, so they fiscally planned for the 2025-2026 school year by looking at last year’s budgets and estimating what the state’s budget might be.

On Oct. 7, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office issued a press release announcing that she had signed

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