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Over $42M appropriated to boost student achievement and pay debt left over from Willow Run-Ypsilanti schools\u00a0merger<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 3, 2023) \u2014 Sen.\u00a0Jeff Irwin<\/b>\u00a0(D-Ann Arbor) and Rep.\u00a0Jimmie Wilson, Jr.<\/b>\u00a0(D-Ypsilanti) celebrated the passage of $42.2M in supplemental funding passed Thursday that would pay off inherited debt that still burdens the Ypsilanti Community Schools (YCS) district\u00a0and\u00a0provide additional resources for students. The YCS district was created in 2013 in a merger of the Willow Run School District and the Ypsilanti Public School District. The new district currently pays about $2 million a year to service old debt from the Willow Run School District, which will be completely paid off by this appropriation.\u00a0
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<\/span>Additionally, the appropriation pays off debt held by YCS on behalf of the Willow Run School District. Paying off the debt will also provide tax relief for residents of the former Willow Run District, who currently pay increased property taxes related to this legacy debt. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor a decade, this old debt has been soaking up resources that should be going to support YCS students and staff,\u201d Sen.\u00a0Irwin<\/b> said. \u201cIt has been a barrier to offering competitive salaries to attract and retain staff, and it has limited the district\u2019s ability to create enhanced learning opportunities for students. Now YCS leadership will be able to redirect their resources to invest where they should have been all along: in student success.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to be able to work with my colleagues to provide a fresh start for our students and our community,\u201d Rep.\u00a0Wilson,\u00a0Jr.<\/b> said. \u201cI know Ypsilanti Community Schools can achieve even greater things now that they will be free from having to spend $2 million a year paying on this inherited debt. Democrats in Lansing have delivered debt relief for YCS and disproportionately impacted local districts across the state.\u201d <\/p>\n

The funds were appropriated as part of a $115M School Aid supplemental funding bill that provides debt relief to local school districts affected by financial emergencies, dissolution, or consolidation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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