Michigan Turnaround Plan

 

Step 2: Efficiently & Effectively Provide Public Services

Progress on MTP             

  • Reduce state workforce

  • Benchmark and increase state employee health care premium contributions

  • Corrections spending

  • Benchmark public school employee health care premium contributions

  • Incent local district cost-sharing

  • Retain demanding graduating standards

  • Allow an unlimited number of charter schools, especially in under-performing districts

  • Encourage & enable local government service sharing

  • Align local employee benefits with market

  • Modify or eliminate binding arbitration for municipal police & fire workers

2012 MTP Goals

  • Improve the cost and productivity of the state workforce

  • Reduce corrections costs to the Great Lakes average

  • Improve the efficiency of state government

  • Improve return on investment from 0-12 education system

  • Enable improvements in local service delivery

  • Advocate that local governments adopt best practices and "fix the basics"