Michigan Education Finance Project

Creating a Michigan Education Finance Act for the 21st Century

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Who are Volunteers and Consultants working on the Michigan Education

Finance Project? •  This projected is being directed by senior staff within the

Governor’s Executive office •  Volunteers:

ü  Project Director is Richard McLellan ü  School Finance Expert is Mary Kay Shields

•  Consultants: ü  Senior Counsel and Chief Drafter is Peter Ruddell ü  Public Relations assistance is provided by Marketing Resource

Group (MRG)

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“The legislature shall maintain and support a system of free public elementary and

secondary schools as defined by law. Every school district shall provide for the

education of its pupils without discrimination as to religion, creed, race,

color or national origin.”

Article VIII, Section 2 Michigan Constitution of 1963

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“Michigan’s education system is not giving our taxpayers, our teachers,

or our students the return on investment we deserve.”

Governor Rick Snyder

Special Message on Education April 27, 2011

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The Problem

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“We have great teachers, great administrators, but education

system is focused on money, not outcomes."

Governor Rick Snyder

August 29, 2012

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The Problem

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$12,944,528,500 FY 2012-13 Gross School Aid Appropriations

$14,637,879,400 total K-12, Community College and Higher Education appropriations

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Historical Appropriations and Student Count

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Appropriations Pupil Membership

How Michigan measures the problem

•  3rd Grade Reading Proficiency

•  Student Academic Growth

•  ACT College Readiness

•  Community College Students Requiring Remediation

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3rd Grade Reading Proficiency

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

100%

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

Economically Disadvantaged Michigan

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Academic Growth Students making more than 1 year of growth in math and reading

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

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2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

Economically Disadvantaged Michigan

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ACT College Readiness

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

100%

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

All Subjects

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Community College Students Requiring Remediation or Development Courses

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Percent of Students Requiring Development Education

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“Our education system must position our children to compete globally in a knowledge-based

economy.” Governor Rick Snyder

Special Message on Education April 27, 2011

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Funding Aspects of Governor Snyder’s Special Message on

Education

1. Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace public school learning model.

2. Performance-based funding rather than seat time requirements.

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Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace.

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Michigan’s education system has revolved around a static approach to education

delivery that can be at odds with individual learning styles.

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Eliminate barriers to true choice in education and give parents and students

the flexibility to employ education programming that ensures their future

success.

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Michigan’s state foundation allowance should not be exclusively tied to the

school district a child attends. Instead, funding needs to follow the student.

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To allow students to move through their education at their own pace, I call for

“testing out” assessment opportunities for all students, at all levels of education.

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Every public school district to offer college credit opportunities by using early college,

dual enrollment, online college credit courses, direct credit…

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Performance-based Funding

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Definitions

•  Proficiency means “meets or exceeds expectations.” Generally speaking a student who attains proficiency is meeting the benchmarks set forth in the assessment tools.

•  Academic Growth means measuring academic progress from one point in time to another.

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Performance-based funding rather than seat time requirements

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Biggest Challenges

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Most Common Question posed to me:

“What do YOU see the future of education?”

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Peter Ruddell’s Future of Education

•  Student-Centered •  Outcome-focused •  Digital Content •  Educator as Guide •  Meaningful Assessment •  Transparent Data

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