Governor's Veto Yanks Almost $5 Million from District

  Dearborn Public Schools were among the hardest hit today when Governor Jennifer Granholm announced a veto of over $54 million dollars in the state budget that had been earmarked to help Michigan's public schools.
  The following higher-spending school districts lose a special appropriation they have received for years as a result of the governor's line-item veto Monday. The chart below shows how much state funding each district will lose:

Livonia Public Schools $4,922,693
Dearborn Public Schools $4,921,715
Walled Lake Consolidated $4,719,511
Warren Consolidated Schools $3,756,095
Ann Arbor Public Schools $3,714,952
Troy School District $2,958,888
Midland Public Schools $2,418,890
Northville Public Schools $2,237,370
Farmington Public Schools $2,202,803
Novi Community Schools $1,698,083
Grosse Pointe Public Schools $1,613,700
Royal Oak Public Schools $1,498,068
West Bloomfield Schools $1,479,926
Southfield Public Schools $1,284,103
Avondale School District $1,116,896
East Lansing Public Schools $1,042,480
Romulus Community Schools $1,027,393
Birmingham School District $955,748
Warren Woods Public Schools $869,670
Waverly Community Schools $780,725
Trenton Public Schools $755,250
Melvindale-N. Allen Park $726,240
Bloomfield Hills Schools $612,969
South Lake Schools $587,972
Center Line Public Schools $569,700
Clarenceville School District $563,673
Grosse Ile Schools $513,106
Lamphere Schools $455,775
Harper Woods School District $390,420
Jefferson Schools-Monroe Co. $298,894
Bridgman Public Schools $289,656
River Rouge Schools $272,583
Saugatuck Public Schools $240,900
Republic-Michigamme Schools $37,224
Port Hope Community Schools $26,448
Burt Township Schools $11,780
Colfax Twp. School District 1F $6,575
Bangor Twp. School District 8 $6,342
Oneida Twp. School District 3 $2,016

Total: $51,587,232