Here are some end of the year articles about the budget process. Feel free to email articles you want posted. I will periodically update the articles over the summer. It was good working with everyone this school year. Lucy
This article is regarding the law that prohibits step increases during negotiations. This was passed to little fanfare.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/05/teacher_step_increases_retroac.html
This is a good analysis of the budget process. It is not specifically about education. In fact there is only one sentence about parents of school children.
http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/peter_luke_how_political_flip-.html
This is a good analysis of the article by the MI superintendent wishing his school children were treated as well as the typical Michigan prisoner.
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/05/julie_mack_column_does_michiga.html
This is the KISD Superintendent making the last effort to argue against using the School Aid Fund for community colleges and universities.
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/05/guest_column_transfering_schoo.html
