Great Lakes Wire

Michigan House Republicans have announced the passage of the state's education budget on X, emphasizing historic investments and restored funding for school safety and student mental health.

According to lawmakers, Michigan's fiscal year 2025–26 education plan was finalized after extended negotiations. The deal is framed as a bipartisan compromise that protects core programs while emphasizing school safety and student supports. Coverage highlighted continued universal school meals, literacy efforts, and new funding for campus security and counseling. The package arrived alongside a broader state budget prioritizing roads and trimming other areas, with competing narratives from both parties about what was added or reduced to reach an agreement before the fiscal deadline.

The plan includes a sizable allocation targeted at student well-being and campus protection. Reporting indicates $321 million is dedicated to mental health and safety grants available to public and private schools, funding items such as counseling supports, upgraded security measures, and personnel like school resource officers—priorities Michigan House Republicans have repeatedly emphasized as parent-focused safeguards.

State officials also cite record per-pupil support alongside the larger School Aid framework. The governor’s office describes the FY26 Education Omnibus as totaling $24.1 billion, with per-pupil funding set at $10,050. It continues free school meals, plus recruitment and retention bonuses to reinforce classrooms—figures used by backers to argue the budget meets families’ expectations for safe, supportive learning environments.

Michigan House Republicans are the Republican caucus of the Michigan House of Representatives, based in Lansing. They serve as the party’s legislative arm for policy development, messaging, and floor strategy. Through gophouse.org and affiliated channels, the caucus promotes priorities such as taxpayer accountability, parental involvement in education, public safety, and restrained spending while coordinating member communications and district-level updates across the chamber’s GOP delegation.