KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the School Aid Budget for Fiscal Year 2027 this week, and that means more support for student literacy and assurances that at-risk kids will continue to get assistance.
At a time when the federal government is taking a cleaver to programs that help historically underserved youth, the state budget goes in the other direction.
State Representative Julie Rogers told Kalamazoo Public Schools trustees Thursday night that it not only passed, but so did legislation to make funding for at-risk programs part of the annual budget…