Education leaders across Michigan are increasingly sounding an alarm over the way the state funds special education.

A report from the lieutenant governor’s office last week blasted current the state’s current funding formula for shortchanging schools by almost $700 million a year. And a coalition of powerful Detroit leaders said it would make lobbying for changes to special education funding one of its top priorities as it tries to improve education for Detroit kids.

Currently, schools are required to provide students with special services and therapies but are only funded for a fraction of their expenses.

Read the full article by Julie Topping about special education from Chalkbeat