Michigan fourth grade wave as exemptions ease retention
Under Michigan Read by Grade Three, 16 of 17 Holland Public Schools third graders slated for retention earned exemptions to advance to fourth grade while West Ottawa granted exemptions to all 18 students who scored below target, leaving one Holland student retained.
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Michigan
Demic
Holland Public Schools
West Ottawa
Whitmer signs 17.1 billion K-12 budget at East Kentwood High
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a historic 17.1 billion school aid fund budget, narrowing the K-12 per-pupil funding gap to 8,700 dollars as districts prepare for the 2021 22 fiscal year. The measure ends the state portion gap but equity remains incomplete with wealthier districts still relying on local taxes.
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Kentwood
Michigan
Gretchen Whitmer
Whitmer
East Kentwood High School
Grand
Paula Herbart
Michigan Education Association
Ech
Oed Whitmer
Arpan Lobo
THE
Holland Sentinel
Local millages lead August election in Saugatuck area
Voters in Saugatuck Township and the Saugatuck-Douglas library district face renewing local taxes on August 3. The township millage funds cemetery maintenance with about $75,000 yearly, plus $13,000 from intermunicipal plot sales, while the library seeks a 0.25 mill renewal and a slight increase to cover about one third of its budget.</S>
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Saugatuck
West Michigan
Saugatuck Township
Saugatuck-Douglas
Saugatuck City
Douglas City
Douglas
Joe Frey
Ingrid Boyer
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