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Whitmer’s Legacy Education Budget | Lansing News
Governor Gretchen Whitmer just signed a historic $22.9 billion education budget—her “legacy” plan—packed with bold promises: free pre-K, free school meals, free community college, and a nationwide literacy push with phonics training for teachers. A new “weighted formula” allocates extra funding—nearly $1.7 billion—to students learning English or from disadvantaged backgrounds, with districts required to meet specific equity benchmarks. Personal to Whitmer, the budget honors her grandparents’ education roots and passed with surprising bipartisan support. Though the number looks smaller than…
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