SOS Michigan

New - Position Statement: Policies for a Stronger Michigan

We’re sending an SOS to Lansing. We need swift and bold action to make difficult but needed changes. Schools are preparing their budgets now for the coming year; school employees have jobs and benefits on the line. The problems we face in funding schools can’t wait. Lansing needs to act now. (Read the full statement)

The Vision of SOS is:

  • Helping students, schools and our state create a better future
  • Mobilizing members and our communities to achieve a better future
  • Promoting needed changes in how students are taught, how schools are funded, and how schools operate

The Mission of  SOS  is:

  1. To promote the replacement of the current K-12 funding system with one that is more equitable and provides better and more stable funding sources. To do this we will grow the grassroots support within our communities, utilize the expertise of knowledgeable people and organizations and become increasingly politically active with a broader base.
     
  2. To assist schools in evaluating and implementing methods to increase efficiency and effectiveness in managing schools and educating students. We will foster thoughtful evaluation of current practices and structures and provide ideas, support and decision tools for this effort.  Our goal is to help restrain and reduce costs while increasing the effectiveness of what we do.
     
  3. To provide materials and assistance to help schools understand and explain our school funding crisis to their communities. We will create advocacy materials, materials to assist districts in working with their communities and the media, and training and support for the creation of grass roots efforts.
     

We need your help! GET INVOLVED today to save Michigan's tomorrow.
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SOS Member Organizations

  • Michigan Association of School Boards
  • Michigan Association of School Administrators
  • Michigan School Business Officials
  • Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals
  • Tri-County Alliance
  • Middle Cities Education Association
  • Michigan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Michigan Negotiators Association
  • Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association
  • Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education
  • Michigan Association of Middle School Administrators
  • Michigan Parent, Teacher and Student Association
  • Michigan High School Athletic Association

SOS Partners

SOS Michigan would like to thank...

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