Quick Funding and Budget Facts

• The $6,875 per-pupil state aid is earmarked for operations— not for facilities and improvements
• In school districts, most funding pays for teaching staff and teaching supplies— not for facilities and improvements
• The district's annual operating budget is $77 million
• Issuing bonds is the State of Michigan's method for districts to fund facility improvements
• The last bond approved by taxpayers for Bay City Public Schools was for $15 million in 1992

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