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Suit Filed to Block Funds for Private Schools

By The Associated Press — April 04, 2017 1 min read
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Public school advocates in Michigan are suing to block the state from helping private schools with the cost of complying with state requirements such as immunization reporting and safety drills.

The Michigan Association of School Boards and groups representing school administrators and others say that spending $2.5 million in the current state budget on nonpublic schools is unconstitutional.

The organizations say they want to stop the funding before it becomes an annual allotment and potentially grows to a bigger amount.

A version of this article appeared in the April 05, 2017 edition of Education Week as Suit Filed to Block Funds for Private Schools

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