FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 30, 2021) - The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has announced 229 grantees for the initial round of 10 Cents A Meal for Michigan's Kids & Farms grants for the 2021-22 school year. The state-funded...
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed HB 4411, the $17.1 billion K-12 budget, into law yesterday afternoon, surrounded by students and faculty at East Kentwood High School. The bill accounts for the largest single-year School Aid Fund budget ever passed by the state, and...
It wasn’t always a pretty process, but the legislature managed to uphold its self-imposed July 1st deadline for at least one of its statutory budgets by passing a budget for K-12 schools. Included in the largest single-year School Aid Fund budget ever passed in...
Above: The cafeteria line at Boyne Falls Public School proves the delicious and healthy potential of 10 Cents a Meal. We are proud and exceedingly grateful that support for 10 Cents a Meal can transcend differences in political philosophy. Additionally, with grantees...
From the Motor City to Copper Country in the reaches of the Keweenaw Peninsula, 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids & Farms is making an impact across the state! Here in Lansing, where I’m based, a new legislative class is upon us and the cogs and gears of...