"It's certainly a good day for early childhood advocates." - Matt Gillard of the Michigan Sandbox Party
Dustin Dwyer from our State of Opportunity team has more on the expected increase for early childhood education in Michigan:
The annual legislative brawl over how to spend the state's money is expected to come to a close this week in Lansing. The budgets currently under consideration include many changes. One of the biggest is a nearly 60 percent increase in the state's funding for early education. The governor initially proposed a $65 million increase for the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) in his budget. The proposal went back and forth as it made its way through the legislature this year, but it's now looking like the governor will get his way.
Read his full report here.
