Utica Community Schools Superintendent Christine M. Johns wrote on her district’s website that the district has gone through “eight years of continued reductions” to “address school funding shortfalls.”
“Since 2002, we have made more than $65 million in budget reductions,” Johns wrote in her column that appears on the district’s website.
Yet Johns is one of a number of public school officials whose claims of cuts don’t match their own district’s budgets.
According to the Michigan Department of Education, Utica had $211.4 million in general fund expenditure in 2002. According to the board-approved budget, the general fund expenditures jumped to $265 million in 2011. That’s about a $53.5 million increase.
The Utica general fund expenditures peaked at $267.3 million in 2009 and then dropped to $263.7 million in 2010 before jumping back up to $265 million in 2011.
Johns spoke before a state House Appropriations School Aid Subcommittee on Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget cuts earlier this week. She told the legislators that her district was “not in a position to absorb cuts this severe,” according to Gongwer News Service.
Johns didn’t respond to an email and phone call sent to her office seeking comment.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERED THE STATE TO STOP TAKING MONEY ON MAY 25, 2012
opinion May 25, 2012
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) "organized” Michigan's self-employed Home Help Program providers for the purpose of skimming dues from their ailing and disabled clients' Medicaid subsidy checks. The majority of these providers are relatives or friends taking care of loved ones. It’s been estimated that less than 25 percent of the providers are hired in an employment setting.
The first counter tallies SEIU dues skimmed since the union and state officials first launched this scheme in late 2006. The second shows the amount skimmed since June 9, 2011, when the Michigan House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to ban this and all similar “stealth unionization” efforts. The third counter shows the dues skimmed since the Governor signed the bill into law on April 10, 2012. The fourth counter shows the amount skimmed since May 25, 2012, when the Attorney General opinion was announced.
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