Members of the House Republican Caucus announced their proposal aiming to help students succeed in school and beyond. The plan lays out a strategy of wide-ranging policies impacting students, parents, and teachers.
The plan includes:
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- Restoring more than $300 million for school safety and mental health funding.
- Enabling students to enroll in more career and technical education courses.
- Modernizing the Michigan Merit Curriculum to include new course options such as construction math, accounting, computer science, coding, and trade.
- Expanding dual enrollment to include trade schools.
- Launching a pilot program to explore alternatives to the M-STEP, spreading testing throughout the year.
- Eliminating fees for teaching certificate applications, renewals, and endorsements.
- Allowing for more consolidation of administrative services across districts.
Next Steps:
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- The bill package was referred to the House Government Operations Committee for consideration.