private schools

A petition campaign to enact a tax break for people to offer financial support to private schools in Michigan hopes to take a significant step Monday.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge heard arguments Monday on whether it’s ever legal for the state to allow public funds to go to non-public schools.

A committee is kicking off an effort to pass a law that would create tax incentive-funded scholarships for costs like private school tuition.

Eligible families would be allowed to use tax credit-driven accounts for education-related expenses—like private school tuition. Senate fiscal analysis of the Senate package estimates the bills could reduce State General Fund revenue by as much as 500-million-dollars in its first year.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S Department of Education went before the Senate education committee yesterday for her confirmation...