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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pitches big expansion of Michigan's free preschool for 4-year-olds


Combined with a separate $45 million increase proposed in Whitmer’s 2021-22 budget in May, the governor’s efforts, if approved, represent a stunning financial shot in the arm for a program that has been proven to improve academic skills of participants.
The additional funds would guarantee enough classroom seats for every eligible 4-year old whose family chooses to participate. Eligibility guidelines would remain the same, with children from families earning up to 250 percent of the federal poverty line ($66,250 for a family of four, for example) attending GSRP for free.
Currently, about 43,000 4-year-olds are enrolled in GSRP or the federally funded Head Start program. That’s about two out of three children who are eligible according to their family’s income. State officials hope 90 percent of eligible children will enroll by the time the expansion is fully ramped up, in three years. ....

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Whitmer, GOP leaders cut deal on budget talks, work rules


Whitmer, GOP leaders cut deal on budget talks, work rules
GOP lawmakers will include Whitmer’s budget director in talks about the next state spending plan and how to spend billions of federal coronavirus relief aid.
Author: Associated Press, 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff
Published: 8:32 PM EDT May 20, 2021
Updated: 8:32 PM EDT May 20, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislative leaders have announced the framework of an agreement to open budget negotiations, give lawmakers input into future pandemic restrictions and drop potential permanent COVID-19 workplace regulations. 
The deal may finally ease longstanding tensions in the Capitol that existed even before the Democratic governor issued orders to control the coronavirus. ....

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GRBJ: GR Chamber creates minority business councils


Groups will guide chamber’s work and outreach, create peer networks, foster minority business growth, inclusion.
Author: Grand Rapids Business Journal, Rachel Watson
Published: 7:07 AM EDT May 17, 2021
Updated: 7:07 AM EDT May 17, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (GRBJ) - The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has taken its diversity, equity and inclusion goals to the next level by creating three minority business councils.
The Grand Rapids Chamber hosted a virtual town hall last month introducing the Hispanic/Latino, Asian American and Black Minority Business Councils that will guide the chamber’s efforts to listen and deliver programming for minority business communities and foster minority business leadership, growth and belonging within the greater Grand Rapids area. ....

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