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90% OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOLS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FUNDING

Published on: April 12, 2023

Read the new ELC report: “What Will it Take to Achieve Funding Adequacy for All Michigan Students? $4.5 Billion Needed to Close Funding Gaps.”

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$840 MILLION FEDERAL DOLLARS REMAIN OFF-LIMITS TO MICHIGAN SCHOOLS

Published on: June 3, 2021

Federal funds intended to provide urgently needed resources to students and schools have been held up by Republican legislators’ attempt to wrest emergency public health power from the Governor.

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FLINT STUDENTS SECURE GROUNDBREAKING GAINS IN SETTLEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

Published on: August 20, 2020

Children exposed to lead in their drinking water during the Flint Water Crisis have reached a groundbreaking settlement in their federal class action lawsuit seeking urgently needed special education services. 

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LANDMARK SCREENING PROGRAM UNDERWAY FOR FLINT CHILDREN IMPACTED BY LEAD CRISIS

Published on: December 18, 2018

Flint students affected by the water crisis are beginning to receive high quality screenings and evaluations under a landmark settlement agreement in federal lawsuit.

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MICHIGAN COURT ALLOWS DIVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS DESPITE BAN IN STATE CONSTITUTION

Published on: October 30, 2018

In a decision flouting a clear ban in Michigan's constitution, an appeals court has upheld a 2016 statute permitting the diversion of school funds to reimburse expenditures in private schools.

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FLINT LEAD CRISIS: SETTLEMENT TO LAUNCH GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM TO ASSESS IMPACTS ON FLINT CHILDREN

Published on: April 3, 2018

Attorneys for Flint schoolchildren reached a historic agreement to establish an unprecedented program to provide universal screening to all Flint children impacted by the water crisis.

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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ALLOWS LAWSUIT TO ADDRESS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF FLINT CHILDREN TO PROCEED

Published on: September 29, 2017

The city's children, represented by ELC and the ACLU of Michigan, argue that the Flint public schools must do more to provide students affected by exposure to lead a meaningful opportunity to succeed in school.

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FLINT LEAD CRISIS BRINGS PARENT LAWSUIT OVER SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

Published on: October 18, 2016

ELC and ACLU of Michigan filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of parents and students in connection with the community-wide crisis of lead in Flint's water system.

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