Take Action To
Prevent Deep Cuts Affecting Children & Families
After adopting a budget-cutting Executive
Order on May 5th for the current fiscal year, which began in September
2008, that included deep cuts in services for children and families,
the Legislature is now moving forward with the fiscal year 2010
budget. On June 16th and 17th, the Senate Appropriations Committee
completed its versions of the Department of Community Health (DCH)
and the K-12 School Aid budgets for the fiscal year (FY 2010).
On June 25, 2009, the Senate passed House Bill 4447, the K-12 School
Aid budget. HB 4447 essentially cuts all early childhood program
funding. The Senate Appropriations Committee has also approved
some harmful budget cuts in the DCH budget-its version comes in
at $533.6 million below the Governor's recommended budget. HB 4447
returns to the House of Representative for vote.
You must act today!
To find your State Representative and
his/her telephone number and email address, click here and click on Find Your
Representative. It gives you several ways to find your Representative. Representative
will be in their home districts and will return to session July 14, 2009.
Links
related to the K-12 School Aid Budget for Fiscal Year 2009
- 2010 (House
Bill 4447)
Budget
Basics: Senate
Appropriations Committee Completes its Version of the K-12
School Aid Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Michigan's
Children
Budget
Basics: Senate Appropriations Committee Completes its
Version of the Department of Community Health Budget for Fiscal
Year 2009-2010 Michigan's Children
Michigan State Senate Fiscal Agency
School Aid (K - 12) Budget Highlight Sheets and Decision Documents
Most
recent Highlight Sheet - Bill Analysis HB 4447
Most
recent Detailed Decision Document: Governor, Senate, House, and
Conference
Most
recent Line Item Spreadsheet
Governor's
Recommended Fiscal Year 2009-10 Foundation Allowances
Estimated
Reductions by District under Proposed House Bill 4447 (S-1) - June
18, 2009
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5th
Annual Infant Toddler Conference
Thursday, September 17, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel Dearborn
Detroit,
Michigan
A preliminary program and registration
information will be posted in mid-July. |
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| Michigan
Collaborative
Early Childhood Conference
January
27— 29, 2010
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
The Michigan Collaborative Early Childhood Conference (MCECC)
is a conference for the Michigan early
childhood community, including teachers, staff, and administrators
in the Great Start Readiness Program,
Head Start, Early On®,
Project Find, Early Childhood Special Education, Even Start, Great Parents,
Great Start and child care.
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2010
Early Childhood Conference
March 25 — 27,
2010
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
and Devos Place
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Click here for the online Call for Presentation Proposal form.
(It's best to use Internet Explorer (IE) for Windows
or Safari for Macintosh. All other browsers may not work properly.)
Click
here for a pdf of the Call for Proposal form.
Presentation Proposal Deadline:
October 1, 2009 |
