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Michigan Legislature Defunds Common Core, Fight is Just Beginning

June 4, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Michigan Senate today voted 24-14 to approve the Michigan Department of Education budget with State Representative Tom McMillin's amendment that prevents the department from spending money to implement the Common Core State Standards. Local school districts can still spend money from their budgets to implement it if they wish. McMillin said that the language […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Rick Snyder, Tom McMillin

The Michigan Senate Votes to Defund the Common Core (Updated: Jumped The Gun)

May 29, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Update: I was just told that today’s education omnibus budget did NOT contain language for defunding the Common Core that they will be voting on that next week.  Sorry for jumping the gun, I thought I had reliable information and didn’t realize there was more than one education spending bill. Also, I learned that Governor […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core funding, Common Core State Standards, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Rick Snyder

Common Core Fight Holds Up Michigan Education Budget

May 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Below is an excerpt from a Michigan Information and Research Service report (subscription-based) last night. A conference committee was originally scheduled to meet at 8:45 a.m. this morning to consider the MDE budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. But by the end of the day, Sen. Howard WALKER (R-Traverse City) reported that the meeting has […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Bill Rogers, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, education funding, Howard Walker, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, National Governors Association, Rick Snyder

Michigan Governor Snyder Supports the Common Core

May 7, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) came out in favor of the Common Core State Standards at a town hall meeting with Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Detroit yesterday. AP reports: Some Republicans and conservatives want to remove Michigan schools from the set of national educational standards and testing for K-12 students. But the Republican governor said […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Michigan House, Rick Snyder

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