Blog tagged as Education

Lawmaker Wants 10 Percent Corporate Income Tax to Give Teachers $20K Raise

11/13/24 02:59 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Lawmaker Wants 10 Percent Corporate Income Tax to Give Teachers $20K Raise
A conversation-starter proposal to raise the state’s 6 percent corporate income tax (CIT) to 10 percent with the additional revenue going to give public school teachers an estimated $20,000-a-year raise was circulated on the House floor today for co-sponsorship.

More Kids Chow Down On Free Meals In Schools

10/30/24 11:14 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
More Kids Chow Down On Free Meals In Schools
The number of students in Michigan public schools eating free breakfast and lunch increased last year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Dems Find $125M More For School Safety & Mental Health; Senate R's Deny I.E.

09/26/24 12:08 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Dems Find $125M More For School Safety & Mental Health; Senate R's Deny I.E.
Legislative Democrats are using $125 million leftover from an old 2022 cost sharing program for one-time mental health and public safety grants to school districts

Permanently Lower Teacher Retirement System Payments Clear State Senate

09/18/24 09:37 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Permanently Lower Teacher Retirement System Payments Clear State Senate
Public school districts would spend nearly 6 percentage points less on their employee retirement payments under legislation that cleared the Senate on a party-line, 20-16, vote Tuesday.

Reviving Oxford Shooting Lawsuit Now Up To Appeals Court

09/09/24 10:37 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Reviving Oxford Shooting Lawsuit Now Up To Appeals Court
The Michigan Court of Appeals will decide whether Oxford schools and its employees are entitled to governmental immunity in lawsuits arising out of the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School that left four students dead.