If you want your kids' school to get the appropriate per-pupil funding, you need to get them to class today.
Detroit News: Ninety percent of state funding for the year is at stake Wednesday during Michigan’s official fall Count Day, which will include about 1.5 million students in traditional public and charter schools.
While state education officials are working with the 56 troubled districts on plans to erase their debts, in other districts across the state, declining enrollment and the resulting loss in per-pupil state aid have accentuated a long-running financial crisis.
Roughly 90% of the per pupil is decided by who does and doesn't show up in class today. The remainder is determined by a spring count day. Schools receive $7,026 in state aid per student annually.
