Snyder's Education Cuts

NPR
Editorial: Snyder will have to fight for budget
The Detroit News
Despite rumors of new cuts to education, Snyder proposed offering K-12 schools a 2 percent increase in funding, bringing school spending to $11.5 billion. The new money will be awarded based on need, helping close the foundation allowance gap that's ...
What West Michigan educators are saying about Gov. Rick Snyder's budget ...The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Budget: Snyder wants to raise gas tax, expand MedicaidBattle Creek Enquirer

all 188 news articles »

Gov. Snyder's proposed $50.9 billion budget plan to include 2-percent increase ...
Central Michigan Life
Higher education funding was increased by 3 percent last year, but had been cut by 15 percent the year prior. Snyder's budget, if acted upon, would require universities to hold tuition hikes to less than 4 percent, or they could lose part of their ...

Education Funding Increases Part of Gov. Snyder's Budget
WILX-TV
Snyder's proposed education funding boost came just at the right time as LCC is bracing for a $2.5 million budget gap for fiscal year 2014. Under the ... Though after years of cuts, the governor's push for extra dollars is sitting well with K-12 ...

Education experts hail Snyder's propsal to boost pre-K funding
Detroit Free Press
“Programs have really had to cut back on what they do,” Firestone said. ... Snyder, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon, said he's always been a supporter of early childhood education, but investing when the state had a huge deficit wasn't ...

and more »

Another Hit to County Government
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 7, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gov. Snyder presented his Fiscal Year 2014 budget today with a guaranteed funding increase for cities, villages, and townships (CVTs), while again disproportionately cutting revenue sharing to ...

and more »

Western Michigan University would receive $97 million under Governor Snyder's ...
Mlive Kalamazoo
If the budget is passed, the two years of increases would restore at least a portion of fiscal year 2012's 15 percent cut, which was the largest in state history. "It starts to make some progress toward that," said Rosine. Yvonne Zipp is an education ...

and more »

Another Hit to County Government
MarketWatch (press release)
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Gov. Snyder presented his Fiscal Year 2014 budget today with a guaranteed funding increase for cities, villages, and townships (CVTs), while again disproportionately cutting revenue sharing to ...

Snyder outlines $50.9-billion budget for 2014 fiscal year
The Michigan Daily
Print | E-mail | Letter to the editor. By Matt Jackonen, Daily Staff Reporter Published February 7, 2013. Gov. Rick Snyder laid out a $50.9-billion budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 Thursday morning, which includes small funding increases to the state's ...

MLive.com
Gov. Rick Snyder's budget proposal: Reaction and tweets from Michigan ...
MLive.com
William Mayes, executive director of the Michigan Association of School Administrators: “We are encouraged by the increases Governor Snyder is proposing -- increases that school administrators will welcome after years of continual cuts.” Pat Sorenson ...

Snyder budget
The Detroit News
Democrats and school officials will likely support Snyder's call for more early childhood funding but complain that overall education spending is not going up enough. Snyder and GOP legislators cut education funding significantly in 2011 and slightly ...

CBS Local
Snyder Budget Plan Calls For Higher Gas Tax, Education Bump
CBS Local
Democrats and school officials will likely support Snyder's call for more early childhood funding but complain that overall education spending is not going up enough. Snyder and GOP legislators cut education funding significantly in 2011 and slightly ...

Snyder's $50.9B budget: Higher gas tax, more education funding, Medicaid ...
Crain's Detroit Business
Democrats and Republicans have been critical of Snyder continuing to add to the fund as he either makes cuts to social programs or asks for tax increases to fix the roads. "If someone is going to criticize me for adding to the rainy day fund, I think ...

Gov. Snyder proposes his vision for Michigan through budget
Michigan Radio
After several years of cuts, the Gov. is asking for a little more money for K-12 education, public universities and community colleges. The money would add up to about a two percent increase for these institutions. Gov. Snyder says the K-12 money would ...

MLive.com
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder proposes 'responsible' budget with investment in ...
MLive.com
Saying he was "proud" of the state's commitment to education, Snyder proposed a two-percent increase in public education at all levels, beginning with $65 million in funding for the Great Start early childhood pre-school program. "My view is we need a ...
What West Michigan educators are saying about Gov. Rick Snyder's budget ...The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Snyder Budget Plan Calls For Higher Gas Tax, Education BumpCBS Local
Snyder wants 2 pct bump in ed fundingWOOD-TV
The Hill (blog) -Livingston Daily -Mackinac Center for Public Policy
all 188 news articles »

Obama Releases Legal Opinion on Drones
National Journal
In a visible sign of Pentagon budget cuts, U.S. officials told the Associated Press Wednesday that a plan had been approved to cut the number of aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf from two to one. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ... Rick Snyder ...

and more »

Snyder wants to raise gas tax, expand Medicaid
MyFox Detroit
Democrats and school officials will likely support Snyder's call for more early childhood funding but complain that overall education spending is not going up enough. Snyder and GOP legislators cut education funding significantly in 2011 and slightly ...

Budget: Snyder wants to raise gas tax, expand Medicaid
Battle Creek Enquirer
Democrats supported Snyder's call for more early childhood funding but complained that overall education spending is not going up enough after Snyder and GOP legislators cut education funding significantly in 2011. K-12 districts that now get the ...

Michigan budget: 12 highlights of Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal (with live ...
Michigan Business Review - MLive.com
And many lawmakers, particularly Democrats, will push for more education funding than Snyder has proposed. Democrats are still angry about education funding cuts in past years. 4. Public safety: About $15 million would be added so the Michigan State ...

Snyder wants 2 pct bump in ed funding
WOOD-TV
Snyder is recommending investing about $65 million per year over the next two years in early childhood education because, he said, it's important to get kids on a good start early. That money would translate into between 16,000 and 18,000 extra ...

Energy Efficiencies May Cut $169 Bln in Business Costs
Bloomberg
Policymakers should encourage more spending on efficiency programs through more-favorable tax treatment and other inducements, including a program, modeled after the Education Department's “Race to the Top,” that offers states financial incentives for ...

and more »