The Lansing State Journal reports that Gov. Granholm will ask the Legislature to raise K-12 public per-student funding for the state's 1.7 million students by $25 statewide during the current fiscal year at a cost of $42.5 million. The plan that passed the House and is pending in the Senate would seek to improve math scores by giving an extra $49 for every sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grader. It also would provide up to $18 more for every student in districts that receive less than $7,200 in per-student state aid. Rep. Tim Moore, R-Farwell, said he sponsored the bill to help the funding gap between districts that get the minimum grant of $6,875 and wealthy districts that receive between $10,000 and $12,000 per student.

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