Legislative Update

Inside this issue, you’ll find articles on: Road Funding Goes to Ballot State to Study Cost of Education EAA Expansion Bill Dies AFT Michigan Leaders Help Form Coalition for the Future of [...]

Transportation Funding Plan Goes to Ballot, Education Attacks Stopped for Now Early this morning, the Michigan Legislature approved a ballot question that would be asked of voters in May which [...]

We’re through week two of Lame Duck without any of the most dangerous bills making it to the Governor’s desk. We have one week left – and a lot could happen in the four session days before the [...]

The MDE recommended some changes to the Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education which would have “brought the state in line with federal requirements.” Michigan’s [...]

House Republicans Pass Road Funding Package By Cutting School Funding In early November, the Michigan Senate passed legislation that would increase revenues from the “gas tax” by over $1 billion [...]

Yesterday, December 2, 2014, over 90 AFT Michigan members went to Lansing to lobby their state legislators at the start of this Lame Duck   Legislative session.  During this time, after the [...]

Senate Committee to Consider Bills Attacking MPSERS Defined Benefit Pension Plan AFT Michigan anticipates a hearing in the coming weeks on Senate K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on a [...]