Financing of the Flint Schools

League of Women Voters^®
of the Flint Area

The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue or advocates for a cause when there is an existing League position that supports the issue or speaks to the cause.

Financing of the Flint Schools

The League supports:

Creative communications by the Board of Education to create a well-informed public.
Providing an understandable and practical summary of the school budget; public hearings prior to adoption; state of the schools address from Superintendent; regular newspaper column, etc.
Applying the following questions to assess millage proposals prior to making a recommendation to support or oppose the request:

Purpose of requested monies - new needs, inflation?
Is Flint's budget comparable to other districts of its size?
What are the changes and their impacts to the district's financial resources, enrollment and needs since the last request?
Have citizens been kept informed?
Are there changes in the goals for the district since the last millage request?
What is the plan regarding magnet schools, middle schools and other innovative programs that necessitate a response to population shifts; how does this impact the budget; what are plans for closing (adding) schools?

(Updated 1981)
(Updated 1999)

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