July 27, 2018

Strong Support for a New, Fairer School
Funding System
Poll Results
To:

Interested Parties

From: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
A recent statewide survey in Michigan of likely 2018 general election voters find strong support for funding
schools in Michigan in a fairer way.1 Sixty percent of voters support a $1,500 per year, per pupil increase in
school funding while just 27 percent oppose. Support for this proposal stretches across partisanship, region
and nearly all important subgroups.

Figure 1: Initial Support

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Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research conducted a survey Greenberg Quinlan Rosner conducted a survey among 601 likely 2018 General Election
voters in Michigan from June 12-18, 2018. The data are subject to a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence interval;
margin of error is higher among subgroups.
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After voters hear that the proposal provides additional funding for special education, English language
learners, students living in poverty, programs to provide career and technical education, and to account for
geographic isolation, support climbs to 67 percent.
Voters also say that the additional funding for career and technical training (78 percent convincing) and special
education (74 percent convincing), and that it will fund schools more fairly (73 percent convincing) offer
convincing reason to support this proposal.

Figure 2: Support Progression

Impressions about how schools in Michigan are currently funded likely drive support for this proposal. The vast
majority of voters (70 percent) say that schools in Michigan receive too little funding. Sixty three percent
believe that schools in Michigan are unfairly funded, with 42 percent of the electorate believing strongly that
they are unfairly funded.

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Figure 3: Beliefs on School Funding Adequacy and Fairness

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