TCAPS Accepts State Funding Tied to Controversial Mandate
By Beth Milligan | Dec. 30, 2025
Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) trustees Monday made what President Scott Newman-Bale called one of the “hardest” decisions to come before the board, voting 5-2 to accept $1.4 million in state funding for mental health and school safety services. The funding is tied to a controversial mandate requiring school districts to waive their legal privileges in a mass casualty event. TCAPS is among dozens of school districts challenging that requirement in court but faced a Tuesday deadline to accept the terms or lose the funding.
Despite a blizzard hammering Traverse City, all seven TCAPS board members attended a special meeting Monday morning to address the funding. New language attached …
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