School Costs
School Costs
School Costs
School costs continue to rise faster than state funding, due to inflation.
$781
School Costs
School Costs
If this millage passes, the funding would be distributed to public school districts in Oakland County at an average rate of $781 per student.
44%
School Costs
44%
Forty-Four percent of students in Michigan receive enhancement millage funding already.
Districts are managing...
- Teacher staffing and retention issues
- Increased student academic, social-emotional, and medical needs
- Rising service and supply costs
- Substitute teacher shortages
If the millage passes, funds could be used for...
- Staff recruitment and retention to maintain excellent staff by increasing teacher pay
- Stabilizing general fund budgets
- Maintain appropriate staff-to-student ratios
- Expand professional development
- Enhance student wellness supports
- Improve and/or maintain safety and security initiatives
- Maintain and strengthen district programming
(actual use would be determined by each school district)
This proposal would provide local flexibility and control.
- Each school district can use the funds where they are most needed.
- If one district needs to enhance the teacher pay scale to retain talented staff, another needs to purchase new school buses to replace an aging fleet, and yet another needs to hire additional mental health professionals to support data-based student needs, this millage would allow for such flexibility.
- Regional enhancement funds would flow directly to districts and would be incorporated into their annual operating budgets, the same public budgeting process used for all district spending.