LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s school superintendent says K-12 districts are confronting the possibility of staggering spending cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic unless Congress helps fill a nearly $2.4 billion revenue shortfall.
Michael Rice said Thursday the largest reduction in per-student funding under the current finance system came in 2011, at $470. A $1 billion cut to the school aid fund would result in $685 less per pupil.
He says the cut could be “substantially greater." Districts are facing a July 1 deadline to enact budgets for the coming academic year.
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