This is a political stunt by the Democrats because the media has not grasped the facts (and the public appears to be buying their story). The facts are that Governor Snyder and legislative Republicans have budgeted more than $1 billion to K-12 education in the last 4 years. That's 'billion' with a great big 'B.'  About $1,000 more dollars in state aid is attached to every pupil in our public schools over that same time period. Michigan has suffered the loss of 57,000 fewer kids in our schools in that same time period. So in summary, we have a billion dollars more to spend on educating fewer students.