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More than $28 million in new money is coming to Greater Lansing schools following the approval of a historic state K-12 funding bill.
The bill will help close a district funding gap, an effort that started with the 1994 approval of Proposal A, which replaced property taxes with state taxes as the main source of school funding. The bill means an increase in base funding from $8,100 per student in some districts to $8,700 per student in all schools.
The bill will bring millions of dollars in extra funding to Greater Lansing schools as they rebound from a year of remote learning amid COVID-19 concerns. Lansing School District alone could see more than $4 million in new state education funding.
Michigan School Districts In Need For School Bus Drivers
When you hear that everyone is hiring right now, practically everyone is hiring! From grocery stores to fast-food workers, even school bus drivers are struggling to find workers right now.
The Western School District in Jackson County had to combine some of their bus routes, just so that kids would have a ride to school.
Like we said above, this is all due to the fact, there just aren t enough drivers.
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Hiring got so dry, the school district even changed its hiring rules.
“It’s gotten more difficult to find people that want to drive bus,” Western School District Superintendent,