Watch That Next Step!

Nov. 4 In a video posted on the State of Michigan website, State Board of Education Superintendent Mike Flanagan reacts to the enacted k-12 school aid budget. He warns that the next step taken for education in Michigan will be crucial. Flanagan advocates a three part program to deal with the funding crisis; reform, through their project ReImagine, reductions, and revenue. He feels short term revenue solutions should be a freeze on personal income tax exemptions, cutting special interest tax loopholes by 13 percent, and to apply taxes to all tobacco products, similar to the tax on cigarettes.