"This year, the Huron Valley School district in Oakland County will get $7,126 per student under the state of Michigan’s “foundation allowance” funding formula.
Foundation allowance money is the main revenue stream flowing into Michigan public schools each year, but by no means is it the only one.
For example, Huron Valley will get another $12.4 million from the state, or $1,293 per student, in so-called “categorical” funding.
This money covers things like employee pension benefits, special education, school lunch subsidies and even a program to teach students how to build a robot in six weeks.
These “categoricals” add an additional 18 percent to the district’s annual budget.
Michigan school aid funding history.
Yet those who advocate for higher spending rarely include the categorical grants when describing school funding, often leaving the impression that the foundation allowance is all the money districts get...."
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