Related: $76B budget heads to Whitmer with a focus on education ... said the organization is happy to see funding that will improve behavioral health in the state. Michigan lacks adequate capacity ...

The state sets academic standards; local school districts set curricula. News of the order contributed to alarm and speculation around the impact in Michigan that has raged for over a month now ...

Lansing — Michael Rice, Michigan's superintendent of public instruction and the leader of the state's Department of Education, announced Friday that he plans to retire from his position on Oct. 3.