Blog tagged as 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.

Child Vaccinations Still Below Pre-Pandemic Rates

08/28/24 01:08 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Child Vaccinations Still Below Pre-Pandemic Rates
Low vaccination rates have become a statewide issue in Michigan schools, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Pre-Registering Teens To Vote May Be Coming To Schools 

08/14/24 01:07 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Pre-Registering Teens To Vote May Be Coming To Schools 
Nearly 127,000 teens between the ages of 16 to 17-½ are eligible to preregister to vote, and on Tuesday the Secretary of State asked the Board of Education to help get those kids engaged.