<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=28dXVI_0vkn22Bn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=28dXVI_0vkn22Bn00" width="1024" height="675" ><p>(Lansing, MI) – The Michigan House has passed a bill to provide schools with 126-million-dollars to use for mental health and school safety programs. Those had been cut earlier in the budget negotiations, angering minority Republicans in the House and Senate. The House passed the bill by a 98-to-11 vote and majority Democrats say they heard the complaints from school leaders “loud and clear.”</p><p>The school budget for the fiscal year that begins October 1 was signed in July by Governor Whitmer without an increase in the base per-pupil grant funding, angering many education officials.</p></div></body>

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State House Passes $126 Million Bill For School Safety, Mental Health

(Lansing, MI) – The Michigan House has passed a bill to provide schools with 126-million-dollars to use for mental health and school safety programs. Those had been cut earlier in the budget negotiations, angering minority Republicans in the House and Senate. The House passed the bill by a 98-to-11 vote and majority Democrats say they heard the complaints from school leaders “loud and clear.”