Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an education budget Thursday that increases per-pupil spending, provides free school meals and enables more families to enroll in Michigan’s state-funded preschool program.
Whitmer celebrated the education budget saying it will ensure educational equity for children in Michigan.
“We know that potential is universal, but opportunity is not. And when we make investments in the education of our kids, we’re creating opportunity for all,” Whitmer said at a bill signing ceremony in Suttons Bay.
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