51 |
Adopt a constitutional amendment authorizing a universal tuition tax credit of up to half of the state's per-pupil spending allotment to support the education of a child attending the school of his or her family's choice. » www.mackinac.org/362 |
52 |
Require school districts to make a good faith effort to
contract out transportation, food and custodial services. » www.mackinac.org/9021 |
53 |
Place new school employees under a defined-contribution, 401(k)-type pension plan, rather than a defined-benefit system. » www.mackinac.org/8089 |
54 |
Require districts to offer school employees health savings accounts along with conventional health insurance plans. » www.educationreport.org/8827 |
55 |
Let high school students take mandatory high school courses from community colleges.
» www.educationreport.org/11653 |
56 |
Other than those grants required by the courts or by federal law, eliminate all "categorical grants" for state-specified school spending items, and use that money to increase unencumbered per-pupil foundation allowances. » www.mackinac.org/8584 |
57 |
Eliminate intermediate school districts (ISDs). » www.mackinac.org/5678 |
58 |
Expand public school choice programs to allow all students in all districts, not just those students within a certain proximity, to attend public schools outside their district. » www.mackinac.org/3272 |
59 |
Adopt a "Michigan Teachers' Bill of Rights" that frees individual teachers from standardized union contracts and gives them the choice to be judged and compensated based on their performance. » www.mackinac.org/1660 |
60 |
Repeal teacher certification requirements. » www.mackinac.org/1651 |
61 |
Revise the Michigan Teachers' Tenure Act to allow school districts to adopt a
full-fledged teacher merit-pay system. » www.mackinac.org/9804 |
62 |
Eliminate the restrictions on the number of charter schools that can be authorized by state universities.
» www.educationreport.org/8043 |