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Intermediate School Districts Get Bigger and Richer While Students Languish

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By Ben DeGrow, Jared Key
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Michigan lawmakers this month look to finalize the next school aid budget, wrangling over how much to increase this year’s $17 billion outlay for 2023. Differences on total spending and specific line items remain. Whatever agreement is reached, though, will represent more of the same for the state’s 56 intermediate school districts. The limited amount of attention these regional bureaucratic agencies receive during the state budget process rivals their general awareness among voters at large.
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Families Should be Able to Choose the Best Educational Fit for Their Kids

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By Ben DeGrow, Jared Key, Samantha Jacokes
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Editor's Note: This piece first appeared on January 27, 2022, in the Oakland Press. My high school-aged boys were on a non- stop merry-go-round: Hybrid. Virtual. In-person. Quarantine. As our sons headed into the 2020-2021 school year, these were just a few of Michigan’s new public school policies. We were hopeful, because the Michigan Department of Education and our school districts had had five months to figure out a plan for education during a pandemic.
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The Animus Behind Michigan’s Anti-Aid Amendment

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By Ben DeGrow, Jared Key
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy
The return to school has been anything but usual this year. Pandemic-related concerns have left some Michigan parents scrambling to find a suitable in-person or virtual learning option that their home district doesn’t offer. A recent legislative deal, unfortunately, shut the door on many families seeking to transfer to other districts or online charters, as most of the state’s per-pupil funding for their children would no longer follow them to their new school.
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