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Superintendents warn tightened rules and uncertainty for school safety, mental-health funding could disrupt services
Summary
District leaders told the House appropriation subcommittee that flexibility granted after the Oxford shooting was narrowed in later appropriations cycles, increasing compliance burdens and causing districts to delay hires and services.
Superintendents and district officials told the House appropriation subcommittee that changes to mental-health and school-safety appropriations since fiscal year 2023 have added reporting requirements and legal triggers that reduce local flexibility and risk disrupting ongoing services.
Steve Archibald, superintendent of South Lyon Community Schools, told the committee that post‑Oxford appropriations initially provided large, flexible, per‑pupil distributions that districts used quickly for evidence-based mental-health supports, safety planning and staff. He said later budget language increased complexity, added approval “choke points” and included conditions that made districts uncertain about sustainability.
“We had large…
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