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Attention School Board Members
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A Michigan School Money Primer
This primer explains and simplifies what, to the outsider, can too often appear to be a complex arcane school funding process. It will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in understanding school funding policy and will likely contribute to important policy debates.



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Posted: Dec. 20, 2006

Title: Labor Policy Initiative

Categories: About the Mackinac Center; Education; Labor
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