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Michigan’s School Aid/General Fund Budget “Swap” is a Two-way Street, Despite What Some May Think

...including language added to the constitution during the 1961 constitutional convention, is critical context to better understand the current debate around the SAF/General Fund swap. The School

Council Briefs

February 10, 2026
Tags funding swap, School Aid Fund, state budget

Michigan Constitution in Need of Clean Up

...Constitution, CRC has identified seven provisions in the Michigan Constitution that have been nullified by either the U.S. Constitution or a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court

Press Release

July 14, 2015
Tags exclusionary rule, inoperable constitutional provisions, redistricting, same-sex marriage, term limits

Michigan Constitutional Issues: Article VIII – Education

At the November 2, 2010 general election, the voters of Michigan will decide whether to call a constitutional convention to revise the 1963 Michigan Constitution. The question

Publication

August 3, 2010

Michigan Constitutional Issues: Article V – Executive Branch

At the November 2, 2010 general election, the voters of Michigan will decide whether to call a constitutional convention to revise the 1963 Michigan Constitution. The question

Publication

May 19, 2010

Michigan Constitutional Issues: Article VI – Judicial Branch

At the November 2, 2010 general election, the voters of Michigan will decide whether to call a constitutional convention to revise the 1963 Michigan Constitution. The question

Publication

June 2, 2010

Nature and Purpose of a State Constitution

...the Michigan constitution of 1908 and probably, after due deliberation, proposing a revised constitution for submission to the state’s electors. Most of the time and energy spent

Publication

October 1, 1961
Tags constitution, Michigan, model, purpose, state

Explaining Michigan’s one-of-a-kind university governance model

...constitutional amendment initiated by the people or by legislative resolution.  Or it could occur with changes recommended by a constitutional convention empowered to consider the constitutional document

Council Briefs

February 11, 2018
Tags accountability, board of governors, board of regents, board of trustees, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Wayne State University

Michigan Constitutional Issues: Article XII – Amendment and Revision

The Citizens Research Council of Michigan has released the fifteenth paper in a series focusing on constitutional issues. CRC is examining the state’s Constitution in anticipation of

Publication

October 13, 2010

CRC and the Con-Con

...Constitution and compared provisions to similar ones in the Model State Constitution prepared by the National Municipal League. Con-Con delegates frequently referred to this report. Research papers

Council Briefs

April 5, 2016
Tags Con Con, constitution, constitutional convention, CRC history, Michigan, top ten

1994_con_con_question

Report 313: Michigan Constitutional Issues Michigan Constitutional Issues Report 313 ( July – October 94 ) 44 pages The complete collection of 10 papers. The Nature and

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November 1, 1994
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