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Education leaders cite $600 million special-education funding gap and infrastructure shortfall
Summary
State officials told the oversight committee that Michigan’s special education spending exceeds designated revenue by about $600 million and that statewide school infrastructure needs are in the billions, pressing for more sustained state support.
Michigan education leaders told the House Oversight Committee that longstanding underfunding in state school finance has left special education under-resourced and school infrastructure needs largely unmet.
State Superintendent Michael Rice said special education revenue to districts totals about $3.4 billion while expenditures are roughly $4.0 billion,…
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