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Fruitport board provisionally opts into State School Aid Act Section 31aa funding amid litigation
Summary
The Fruitport Community Schools board voted Dec. 1 to provisionally opt in to Section 31aa funding for 2025–26, preserving roughly $395,781 while litigation over the privilege-waiver requirement proceeds; the opt-in will be rescinded automatically if the court upholds the waiver.
The Fruitport Community Schools Board of Education voted Dec. 1 to provisionally opt in to State School Aid Act Section 31aa funding for the 2025–26 school year to preserve the district’s eligibility while litigation continues over the state’s privilege-waiver requirement. The motion carried in a roll-call vote recorded as Yes: Tim Burgess, Dave Hazekamp, Steve Kelly, JB Meeuwenberg and Josh Mueller; No: none; Absent: Kris Cole and Kathy Six.
The resolution, provided to the board by Thrun Law Firm, allows the district to opt in by the state’s Dec. 4 deadline and specifies that the opt-in will be automatically rescinded if the pending litigation is unsuccessful and the privilege-waiver requirement remains in effect. In that event the superintendent must notify MDE of the rescission by Dec. 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m., in the form and manner established by MDE. The resolution also notes the board may consider another resolution depending on the court’s decision scheduled for Dec. 19, 2025.
The minutes record the district’s allocation under Section 31aa for 2025–26 as approximately $395,781, an increase of about $94,813 from the 2024–25 allocation. The resolution is described in the minutes as a provisional, eligibility-preserving measure intended to avoid waiving privileges until the legal challenge is resolved.
