Whitmer Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill to Put Michigan Students and Educators First FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill to Put Michigan Students and Educators First The governor was joined by students and educators to sign the historic school funding bill into law.
MACOMB, Mich. - Governor Gretchen Whitmer today joined students, educators, and support staff at Ojibwa Elementary School in Macomb County to sign House Bill 4421, which appropriates $4.4 billion in federal COVID relief funding to support schools across the state and help students, teachers, and schools recover from the pandemic. The historic education funding represents the bipartisan work completed in late June to ensure that Michigan's K-12 education system takes advantage of federal funding to make unprecedented investments in our schools.