{"id":641,"date":"2022-04-22T21:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T04:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.notajoke.net\/?p=641"},"modified":"2022-04-24T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T21:33:16","slug":"ways-and-means-millage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notajoke.net\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"Ways and Means: Millage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WAYS AND MEANS<br \/>\nApril 22, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Millage.<\/p>\n<p>STATE OF MICHIGAN.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s in the news?<\/p>\n<p>April 22, 2022<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wzzm13.com\/article\/news\/local\/muskegon\/muskegon-special-education-funding\/69-ee6c8579-25cd-4ece-8e78-b5ee4769f1ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special education funding on ballot in Muskegon Co.<\/a><br \/>\nby WZZM TV Grand Rapids, MI, Tegna, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the story?<\/p>\n<p>No. System issue.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the story?<\/p>\n<p>The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District, in Muskegon, MI, my hometown, is seeking funding in a millage request on the May ballot, to fill a 40 year old gap.<\/p>\n<p>The associate superintendent of special education of MAISD said that a gap has existed for 40 years, resulting in a $20 million shortfall.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992-1993, I did participate in a program called Stage II Screen, operated by another department of the MAISD, during that time period.<\/p>\n<p>According to MAISD, the districts will save, by official estimates:<\/p>\n<p>Fruitport: $1.25 million<br \/>\nHolton: $310,000<br \/>\nMona Shores: $1.44 million<br \/>\nMuskegon: $1.49 million<br \/>\nNorth Muskegon: $296,000<br \/>\nOakridge: $663,000<br \/>\nOrchard View: $861,000<br \/>\nRavenna: $296,000<br \/>\nReeths-Puffer: $1.61 million<br \/>\nWhitehall: $695,000<br \/>\nMuskegon Covenant: $27,000<br \/>\nMuskegon Heights Academy: $227,000<br \/>\nMuskegon Montessori: $25,000<br \/>\nThree Oaks Academy: $77,000<br \/>\nTimberland Academy: $150,000<\/p>\n<p>There is also story from Tegna&#8217;s fact checking brand, VERIFY, on WZZM&#8217;s YouTube channel:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sZB565LDZqE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sZB565LDZqE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Does it say inclusion?<\/p>\n<p>I attended three districts in this list, but not private and charter schools in the second part of the list, specifically: one where I lived when I was preschool, one where I attended preschool 20 miles away operated by the intermediate school district, and the one I eventually graduated from. I discuss this in the episode 104 of I Survived Special Education: Not a Joke, titled &#8220;Excessive Transportation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t inclusion when special education is underfunded.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT PROGRESS?:<\/p>\n<p>Special education students are still segregated from their peers. The special education school I attended still exists.<\/p>\n<p>STATE OF THE FUNDING:<\/p>\n<p>This story is about how special education at the intermediate school district I was in hasn&#8217;t been fully funded in 40 years, which corresponds with my time there in the 1980&#8217;s and 1990&#8217;s.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nIS THIS FAPE?<\/p>\n<p>The VERIFY story is about the amount of the tax increase, which would average $88 more per year per homeowner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAYS AND MEANS April 22, 2022 Millage. STATE OF MICHIGAN. What&#8217;s in the news? 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