Financing Education Options for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth in Michigan: Report and Recommendations for State Policy

Abstract

This report is the result of a study of existing education finance policy and programming in the state of Michigan. Research was conducted in the spring and summer of 2008 by the NYEC with funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In focusing on how Michigan state policies affect the financing of education options, NYEC seeks to enable and encourage Michigan and its communities to develop policies that facilitate the creation of viable education options and multiple pathways to a high school diploma for struggling students at risk of dropping out and for those who have already left school. The report offers specific recommendations for improving the policy climate for the expansion of education options, describing policies and initiatives in other states that Michigan might consider