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Michigan's Education Funding Crisis - An Off the Record Special #OTRS-3602. originally aired May. 21, 2007

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When Michigan voters approved the lottery, many believed that it would solve the state’s school funding problems. So, why are schools in a financial crisis?

This hour-long edition of Off the Record examines the crisis in Michigan’s K-12 education funding, as senior capitol correspondent Tim Skubick and a panel of experts dissect the problem and search for ways to get out of the budget crunch.

Some schools may close early this year and others are teetering on the brink of going broke. The governor says she has no choice but to cut up to $125 for every school child in the state. Among the questions Skubick will pose to guests are: “How did we get here?” “Who is responsible?” and “What is the impact on the quality of education your child is receiving?”