MACOMB CO MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Governor Whitmer has signed a bill that will provide funding to Michigan’s school to help recover from the pandemic.
The measure will appropriate 4.4 billion dollars in federal COVID relief funding that will help meet a wide range of needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic, including reopening schools safely, sustaining their safe operation, and addressing students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs resulting from the pandemic.
Whitmer said during the bill signing ceremony that:
“Our actions today prove that Republicans and Democrats in Lansing can work together to enact budgets that are laser-focused on helping Michigan take full advantage of the unprecedented opportunity we have right now to make transformative investments in our schools that will have positive impacts for generations.”
