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‘No reason to fear a charter school,’ West Bloomfield treasurer told school board

But board voted anyway to tear down Roosevelt Elementary, build new school with millage money

… school. The West Bloomfield school board voted Monday night to demolish Roosevelt Elementary School in Keego Harbor. The board also voted to seek a millage from local taxpayers to build another elementary school. In so doing, it rejected a $1.7 million offer to buy and renovate the century-old building. …

Fox2 Detroit misstates impact of declining school enrollment

Some Michigan schools have larger payrolls than current conditions allow

… get some but not all of their money from enrollment numbers, Van Beek told CapCon. Districts also raise money for school buildings through local millages. Enrollment numbers do not determine how much a district gets from those taxes. When asked about the statement that school boards may have to close …

Payroll deduction of union dues

… is no different than school districts collecting campaign contributions for certain political candidates or using public funds to endorse a school millage, both of which violate Michigan law.[12] In our review, 6% of contracts contained terms that appear to violate the state law prohibiting districts …

Governor pushes for ‘free’ community college, but current results are abysmal

As spending per student skyrockets, most students don’t even complete school

… loss of over 40%. But taxpayers are spending more than ever on community colleges. Schools get money from state taxpayers, from local property tax millages and from charges to students. Total state appropriations have gone from $300 million in 2010 to $358 million this year. Community college property …

‘I just think that’s a success, right?’

Sarah Curry on letting voters know what debts they’re being asked to approve

… money into their information technology department, you have no information whatsoever.” Iowa law requires voter approval of local debts and tax millages to pay down debts. Iowa even goes beyond simple majority voter requirements and asks for 60% of voters to approve these proposals. This ensures that …

Section 2: MCL § 15.232 – Definitions.

… indirectly receives monies raised as the result of a millage either directly or indirectly, except that the … and Detroit Institute of the Arts) receiving millage funding, but due to a unique legal structure, … either directly or indirectly supported by a millage is subject to FOIA. MCL § 15.232(n): This change …

Michigan budget delivers $2 million curling center in Traverse City

Traverse City breaks out the brooms for pork project in shuttered Kmart

… over the county director’s plan to raise the millage rate for veterans affairs, taking it from the … one telling the Traverse City Record-Eagle, “A millage here and another millage there all add up.” Neither Roth nor Sen. Wayne …

Dearborn schools show how to handle a library controversy

The school board listened to the public and removed seven books, as their fate is reviewed

… Township declined to approve the library’s renewal millage in August, by a margin of 62.5% to 37.5%. The operating millage accounts for 84% of the library’s budget. Library officials will make an attempt at a smaller millage in November.

The public will be heard: a lesson from Patmos Library

What did we learn from a failed millage for a West Michigan library?

… the Detroit Free Press. What followed was a millage renewal that failed. The public spoke, and it … Library officials will try another, smaller millage in November, but the Freep reports that if that … in it, and then continue to fund it whenever millage-renewal time comes up? Government employees serve …

Yard signs at Cheboygan senior center advocate for senior millage

‘It looks terrible,’ said one election law expert. But is it illegal? It depends

… visitors to “Vote YES on senior millage renewal.” The Sand Road Senior … advocating for a government millage, on government property. … its Senior Citizens Service Millage, which expired in December. … funds generated from this millage are divided up between the … throughout the county.” Millages are fine. They raise money …