More Districts Tap Lesser Known Funding Source

How “Enhancement Millages” are Helping Students and Educators

Following years of inadequate school funding from the state, districts are banding together to pass a different kind of funding measure—known as a Regional Enhancement Millage—which provides general fund dollars for operating costs.

“Every region in the state should be passing an enhancement millage,” says MEA Economist Ruth Beier, who has made it her mission in recent years to educate both MEA members and superintendents about the flexibility of enhancement millages and how to get them on the ballot.

Michigan Education Association, February 24, 2020

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