{"id":5178,"date":"2019-09-20T17:59:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/brinks\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2019-09-20T17:59:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:59:45","slug":"brinks-casts-vote-in-support-of-better-k-12-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/brinks\/2019\/09\/20\/brinks-casts-vote-in-support-of-better-k-12-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Brinks casts vote in support of better K-12 funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>No vote on education budget rejects proposal that would put students behind<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LANSING \u2014 Sen.\u00a0<strong>Winnie Brinks<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Grand Rapids) today issued a statement on her decision to vote no on a proposed K-12 budget that failed to address long-overdue investments in education, students and classrooms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur schools are critically underfunded. There have been multiple studies about what our schools need, and this much is clear:\u00a0the proposal before the Senate today continues a pattern of inadequate investment in K-12 education. For the sake of our kids, economy and the future of this state, it\u2019s time to pass a budget that truly invests in our K-12 education system\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a solution that ultimately lowers class sizes and acknowledges that every student deserves a world-class education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA state budget should reflect our priorities. The governor\u2019s proposed K-12 budget would get us closer to the type of investment our schools need. I will continue to fight for a budget that leaves the failed status quo behind and starts us on a road to improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No vote on education budget rejects proposal that would put students behind LANSING \u2014 Sen.\u00a0Winnie Brinks\u00a0(D-Grand Rapids) today issued a statement on her decision to vote no on a proposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brinks casts vote in support of better K-12 funding - 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