Children must be enrolled in kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year if they are at least 5 years old on Sept. 1, 2025, under legislation approved in the Senate Tuesday, 21-15.

If a child is at least five years old, their parents or legal guardians would be required to send them to kindergarten under legislation being spearheaded by Senate Education Chair Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).

Michigan State University (MSU) Trustee Dianne Byrum confirmed today she will not seek a third term on the MSU Board, of which she was chair for a stint. Her term ends at the end of the year.

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously voted Friday to release long-requested documents related to the sexual abuse scandal of former Michigan State University (MSU) sports physician Larry Nassar.

In the last four years, from the 2019-20 academic year that first faced COVID-19 through the recent 2020-23 school year, enrollment in Michigan's public schools fell by 62,243 students