Michigan families count on their schools. When the lights stay on, the buses run, and there are enough teachers in the classroom, kids learn and communities grow. That's not a partisan issue — it's what every parent, grandparent, and neighbor in this district cares about.
So I'm worried. Lawmakers just passed an $85 billion budget in the middle of the night on July 4th — after missing the July 1st deadline — and they did it while staring down a $1 billion revenue shortfall. The budget funds schools without raising taxes, which sounds good on the surface. But a billion-dollar hole doesn't just disappear. When state government papers over a shortfall without addressing it, something gets squeezed — and too often that something is our classrooms. We've seen this before: hiring freezes, bigger class sizes, programs cut, good teachers leaving because the pay and conditions aren't sustainable. Michigan families deserve better than a budget that kicks hard problems down the road.
I'm asking you to publicly commit to a transparent, honest accounting of how the FY2027 school funding holds up over the coming months — and to support a corrective budget fix if the shortfall forces cuts to K-12 education before the fiscal year ends.
Please stand up for Michigan students and demand honest school funding when the numbers don't add up.
