Rather than hold back third graders, the Detroit Public Schools Community District is focused on providing intensive literacy tutoring and academic support for third graders below grade level in reading.
The governor says the $19.6 billion budget contains major increases in spending on per-student investment, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, and school safety.
Nearly 5,700 families have been notified that their children tested a year or more behind in reading, making them eligible to be held back a year. But few children actually repeat third grade due to generous loopholes in the law.
It is unclear how many actually will be held back under the law, which provides wide latitude for parents to request exemptions and for administrators to grant them.
Right now in Lansing, there are two different takes on adjustments lawmakers made to the K-12 education budget plan for next school year that the governor proposed in January.
Right now in Lansing, there are two different takes on adjustments lawmakers made to the K-12 education budget plan for next school year that the governor proposed in January.