School Aid Funding

"Invest in MI Kids," proposal would put a ballot question before voters to increase taxes on affluent residents to help state's K-12 schools.

There are two school aid bills, one pending in the state House, and one just passed by the Senate as part of a larger budget package. Public school advocates say they include some measures educators and school districts have long sought.

Tuesday afternoon in the library at East Kentwood High School, Governor Gretchen Whitmer sat at a table surrounded by students and signed a statewide…