A bill introduced in the Michigan Legislature would roll back part of the state’s so-called third grade reading law.

The state is rolling out grants to help schools hire resource officers to be on hand to help with campus safety and crisis management. The grants will add up to nearly $25 million. The money will go to 195 local and intermediate school districts and charter schools with a focus on smaller schools that don’t already have resource officers.

Sandy Pierce is the senior executive vice president of Huntington National Bank and previously held other senior roles at First Merit Corporation, RBS Citizens and JPMorgan Chase.

The commission consists of members representing parents, the state police, the state health department, the state Department of Education and others.After months of meeting, the Michigan House School Safety Task Force’s final report is out.The 12-page document breaks up its focus areas to prevention, mitigation and response measures.

An update from the Michigan Department of Education shows dozens of schools are falling behind.

The school board for Dearborn Public Schools has banned two books, weeks after the controversy over books on school shelves reached a fever pitch. Cheyna Roth talks with Bridge Michigan's Isabel Lohman about the school board meeting that went from 600 participants last month, down to 60.

If passed, the bill would allow high school students to satisfy their economics requirement with a course in personal finance.

A website with information about a new state scholarship available to high school students graduating in 2023 and beyond is now live.

The state is making an investment in future educators with the hope of attracting more teachers to the profession.

Michigan State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to appoint Provost Teresa Woodruff as the school’s interim president.