K-12

A report from the American School Counselor Association says Michigan has the second-highest ratio of students to school counselors.

A proposal passed by a Senate committee would require schools to release students for faith-based instruction if requested regardless of the student’s academics. Lawmakers removed exceptions for students who are habitually truant or struggling academically.

Lawmakers agree it’s important for kids to be in school. However, they have different ideas on how to address chronic absenteeism during the upcoming legislative session and get kids in classrooms.

Two new studies from Indiana University’s Center for Evaluation and Education Policy show many Indiana public schools are seeing lower enrollment. The studies’ authors say fewer students often equates to decreases in funding.

The state wants Indiana schools to be more transparent when it comes to school performance. In the next month, accountability and performance report cards will be published online for all public and state-accredited non-public schools.

The state Legislature capped weeks of negotiations Wednesday with the adoption of an $81.7 billion state budget. It now goes to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

A state House committee has taken a step toward repealing the law that says local schools cannot start classes before Labor Day. The 2006 law was adopted to help the state’s tourism industry. It says schools have to get a waiver from the state to start classes before the final summer holiday, and most districts now do that.

Michigan's K-12 schools could add gambling risk education to what it already teaches about risk related to drugs and alcohol.

Tens of thousands more students will be eligible for taxpayer dollars to help fund their private school education under the final version of the new state budget.

Undocumented and underdocumented high school graduates without legal resident status would qualify for the same tuition rate as their classmates under a proposed legislation