This Week & Next (June 6, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:6 Jun 2014

Is There a Deal on the FY ’15 School Aid Budget? Education advocates have been waiting as appropriations leaders and key staff continue to meet “behind the scenes” to hammer out an agreement on the $13.8 billion FY ’15 School


GLEP Endorses 20 Candidates in Legislative Races

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:5 Jun 2014

Bi-partisan education advocacy group has made 53 campaign endorsements Lansing, MI – The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) today announced additional endorsements in a number of campaigns for the State Senate and State House of Representatives. “We’re very proud to


This Week & Next (May 30, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:30 May 2014

Legislature Finalizing School Aid Budget Now that legislative leaders have agreed on budget targets, we can expect a flurry of conference committee activity next week. We’ll be closely monitoring the $13.8 billion FY ’15 School Aid Budget, which is being


This Week & Next (May 23, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:23 May 2014

School Aid Budget Update In the wake of the recent Revenue Estimating Conference in which a projected revenue reduction of $422 million for FY ’15, legislative leaders are close to reaching agreement on target numbers for individual budgets, including the


This Week & Next (May 16, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:16 May 2014

GLEP’s “Fair Funding” Presentation at State Board of Education GLEP was pleased to make a presentation to the State Board of Education this past Tuesday on our proposal to eliminate the nearly $1,000 per pupil equity funding gap by creating


This Week & Next (May 9, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:9 May 2014

FY ’15 School Aid Budgets Pass in Senate and House Yesterday, different versions of the FY ’15 School Aid Budget passed in the legislature, with HB 5314 passing in the House of Representatives on a 97-12 vote while SB 775


GLEP Endorses 24 More Legislative Candidates

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:7 May 2014

Lansing, MI – The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) today announced 24 additional endorsements in a number of campaigns for the State Senate and State House of Representatives. Please click here to download the release in PDF format. “We’re very


This Week & Next (May 1, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:1 May 2014

GLEP Holds First Campaign Training Workshop On Saturday, April 26, GLEP hosted our first “Campaign Training Workshop” for Republican and Democratic candidates and campaign managers in targeted ultra-competitive primary races. The full-day event, taught by leading political, campaign, media and


This Week & Next (April 25, 2014)

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:25 Apr 2014

GLEP Makes Early Endorsements in Nine Legislative Campaigns On Monday this week, prior to the candidate filing deadline, GLEP announced early endorsements in the following campaigns for the State Senate and State House of Representatives: Senate District #5:      former


GLEP Endorses 9 Candidates in Key Legislative Races

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:21 Apr 2014

Bi-partisan education advocacy group makes early endorsements; others to follow Lansing, MI (April 21, 2014) – The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) today announced early endorsements in a number of key campaigns for the State Senate and State House of