Michigan soon could subsidize tuition for education majors and pay student teachers as policymakers look for ways to combat a growing teacher shortage.
About a third of teachers hired last year in Michigan were initially certified in other states. That could increase under a bill now being considered in Lansing.
Teachers are in short supply these days, and as kids head out on summer break, school administrators are looking at ways to recruit and retain talented educators.
Nearly 5,700 families have been notified that their children tested a year or more behind in reading, making them eligible to be held back a year. But few children actually repeat third grade due to generous loopholes in the law.