Funding Talks for Michigan Schools Roll on as State Lawmakers Pass Budget Deadline

Budget delay leaves Michigan schools without clear funding numbers

Michigan educators and lawmakers talk about the struggles schools face without a state budget.

No deal: In blow to schools, Michigan’s divided Legislature misses budget deadline

Democrats and Republicans in Michigan’s newly divided Legislature failed to pass a budget by a Tuesday deadline written into state law — a blow for schools that sought funding certainty as they finalize their own spending plans.

Funding talks for Michigan schools roll on as state lawmakers pass budget deadline

Senate Democrats and GOP leadership continue negotiations as local districts face uncertainty over funding for the 2025-26 school year.

Michigan Legislature misses its own deadline for setting state budget

Lawmakers now have three additional months to reach a compromise on the likely more than $80 billion budget before the next fiscal year begins.

Michigan will not meet July 1 budget deadline Senate Majority Leader says

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) takes questions from reporters about state budget negotiations. July 1, 2025 | Photo by Kyle Davidson/ Michigan AdvanceAs the Legislature counts down the hours left on their July 1 deadline to pass the state budget, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) told reporters Tuesday afternoon “there’s 100% certainty that there will not be a negotiated budget bill in front of us today…

Let’s Close the Age of Austerity – MLPP

A version of this column originally appeared in The Alpena News. It’s July 2, and do you know where our state budget is?  It’s still stuck in negotiations. And it’s odd; we’ve heard so much about how big our state budget has gotten — over $80 billion — that it should be easy to find consensus to fund everything we need, right? But revenues and budget are two sides of the same coin — money expended cannot exceed the money we bring in. When revenu…