With all of the talk of the schools budgets in the state of Michigan many people have been wondering what are schools proposing to cut. Ann Arbor schools has recently been in the news because they have proposed to cut busing for H.S. students. Take a look below and see what Manchester is proposing to cut. No official decisions have been made on any of these items but they are all on the table for possibilities. Share this information with community members and legislative members and tell them to support the future of our state.
Manchester Budget Proposal
Friday, April 22, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Manchester Schools Cuts
Read about the discussion of the education cuts and how they could impact the students in our district.The article is a summary of the most recent Manchester Schools board meeting.
Manchester Enterprise
Manchester Enterprise
Slight Improvement
A sign of a very slight improvement was announced today. Read the article below for details about some slight improvements to the budget issue. We still need people to contact their representatives and tell them that schools need adequate funding! Make your voice heard and let the state of Michigan representatives know that the money set aside for public schools education should be used for education.
Annarbor.com article
Annarbor.com article
Monday, April 4, 2011
Judge Calls 3% School Pay Cut Unconstitutional
Article Copied From: WLNS
A judge has rules that a state law taking 3% of public school salaries to help pay for health care is unconstitutional.
In three separate cases, school employees challenged a 2010 law that took 3% of the salary of current school employees to help pay for health care benefits for retirees.
Former Circuit Court Judge James Giddings ruled that the law violated the state and federal constitutions because it took their property (their salaries) without due process of law - and that they were paying for health care they might never receive.
Since there's no guarantee that current and retired teachers will get that health care, Giddings called the law "arbitrary and unreasonable."
Teacher groups were quick to celebrate.
"We were gratified to see that the judge completely concurred with our argument in finding this action by the Legislature ‘quintessentially arbitrary and unreasonable,'" said David Hecker, the president of American Federation of Teachers Michigan in press release. "Current employees should not have to pay this assessment without any assurance that they will receive health care when they retire."
"We're pleased to see this decision come down on the side of public school employees and their families," said Michigan Education Association President Iris Salters in another release. "We would be disappointed if the state chooses to appeal this ruling, but if they do, we will continue to fight not only this case, but all attacks on public education, school employees, students and the middle class at large."
Giddings rejected arguments by the Michigan's Attorney General calling the harm to school employees "hypothetical" - since they had yet to retire.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette tells The Associated Press that a decision hasn't been made on whether to appeal Giddings' ruling.
Another judge in February ruled unconstitutional a similar 3 percent salary provision for state employees.
A judge has rules that a state law taking 3% of public school salaries to help pay for health care is unconstitutional.
In three separate cases, school employees challenged a 2010 law that took 3% of the salary of current school employees to help pay for health care benefits for retirees.
Former Circuit Court Judge James Giddings ruled that the law violated the state and federal constitutions because it took their property (their salaries) without due process of law - and that they were paying for health care they might never receive.
Since there's no guarantee that current and retired teachers will get that health care, Giddings called the law "arbitrary and unreasonable."
Teacher groups were quick to celebrate.
"We were gratified to see that the judge completely concurred with our argument in finding this action by the Legislature ‘quintessentially arbitrary and unreasonable,'" said David Hecker, the president of American Federation of Teachers Michigan in press release. "Current employees should not have to pay this assessment without any assurance that they will receive health care when they retire."
"We're pleased to see this decision come down on the side of public school employees and their families," said Michigan Education Association President Iris Salters in another release. "We would be disappointed if the state chooses to appeal this ruling, but if they do, we will continue to fight not only this case, but all attacks on public education, school employees, students and the middle class at large."
Giddings rejected arguments by the Michigan's Attorney General calling the harm to school employees "hypothetical" - since they had yet to retire.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette tells The Associated Press that a decision hasn't been made on whether to appeal Giddings' ruling.
Another judge in February ruled unconstitutional a similar 3 percent salary provision for state employees.
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