Michigan voters oppose siphoning school funds and back timely budget passage

8 articles · Updated · Detroit News · Apr 30

The poll found 78% opposed diverting School Aid Fund money and 93% wanted the legislature to meet the July 1 school budget deadline.
The opinion piece says more than $1.3bn was diverted from K-12 funding this year, costing classrooms over $900 per pupil after last year's budget passed in October.
It also said 83% support funding that keeps pace with inflation, while more than 75% would back freezing lawmakers' pay if they miss the deadline again.

Is diverting billions from the K-12 fund a sound budget strategy or a constitutional breach?

As school costs outpace funding, what essential student services face cuts under the new budget proposal?

Why does freezing lawmaker pay for late budgets, a popular idea, consistently fail to become Michigan law?