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LaFaive, Michael D. – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2007
The landscape of public education in Michigan has changed dramatically over the last 13 years. Most districts receive a majority of their operating money from state government, not local taxes. Charter schools and nearby districts lure students away from local schools and capture the state money that goes with them. Districts are even subject to…
Descriptors: Privatization, Educational Finance, School Districts, Public Education
Olson, Ryan S.; LaFaive, Michael D. – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2007
The system that finances Michigan's schools from kindergarten through 12th grade is a perennial topic of conversation among policymakers, parents, taxpayers and voters. A constructive discussion of this issue, however, requires a sound knowledge of the financial workings of Michigan's elementary and secondary school system. This knowledge is…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Agencies, Public Schools, Money Management
Smith, Daniel J.; LaFaive, Michael D. – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2007
From April 25 through June 30, 2007, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy conducted its fifth survey of the privatization of bus, food and janitorial services among Michigan's 552 conventional public school districts. All Michigan school districts responded. In 2007, the Mackinac Center also conducted a nationwide survey of state education…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Food Service, School Districts, Privatization
LaFaive, Michael D. – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2004
As the debate rages in Lansing over the size and scope of the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year state budget, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy is republishing and updating budget cutting ideas from its March 2003 study, "Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's Budget." The 2003 study made over 200 recommendations…
Descriptors: School Support, Public Policy, Income, State Schools