(Detroit) – Yesterday, superintendents from across Michigan gave Lansing a report card on its work to pass a school budget—and it wasn’t pretty. Independent candidate for Governor and Mayor of Detroit Mike Duggan doesn’t think Michigan students and families should have to put up with the uncertainty of schools not having a state budget —-and shouldn’t suffer the impacts in their classrooms of politicians not doing their jobs.
One superintendent said that the legislature is using school children as “political pawns” and others are looking at taking out high interest loans to pay for operations if a government shutdown is triggered on October 1.
This is happening while Michigan kids are struggling to achieve basic literacy and schools need to hire additional teachers to help kids learn…