Snyder’s proposal: Preserving his legacy of fiscal responsibility. Snyder, an accountant, built his administration around the idea of fiscally responsible government. He has set aside more money for the state’s rainy-day fund and urged lawmakers to adopt balanced budgets in June, before many school districts and municipalities begin their fiscal years in July.
Despite a projected shortfall in Michigan both this fiscal year and next, higher education received a funding increase in Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget announcement Wednesday morning. In a presentation to the state’s lawmakers, the governor announced the state budget for the 2016 fiscal year as well as revisions to the 2015 fiscal year budget.
Gov. Snyder, the Oxford funding proposal and HB 5923 fail to solve the actual problems facing Michigan schools. Instead they would worsen those problems and create a host of new ones. While claiming to advance a plan for globally competitive schools, the drafters propose a set of policies found in no high-performing nation’s educational system.
Speaker of the House Tom Leonard, R-DeWitt, today issued the following statement after Gov. Snyder presented a budget proposal for the coming fiscal year: “I appreciate the governor offering his proposal this morning and starting the budget negotiation process. During these negotiations, the House will emphasize the need to keep spending low and use Michigan’s.
Improving students’ writing skills helps them succeed inside and outside the classroom. Effective writing is a vital component of students’ literacy achievement, and writing is a critical communication tool for students to convey thoughts and opinions, describe ideas and events, and analyze information.
Snyder delivered the fiscal year 2013 plan to the state Legislature Thursday. While the proposal calls for a 3 percent overall higher education budget increase — which Wilbanks welcomed as good news against the backdrop of this year’s 15 percent budget cut — not every university will get a 3 percent increase.
What follows is a short proposal for a paper on the rapid growth of convenience store chains in America. Note how admirably the proposal takes advantage of the stylistic tips noted in the list on the previous page. Also note that because the proposal author took the initiative to go to a convenience store chain’s business office, she found.