Lottery provided over $1 billion to Michigan School Aid Fund during 2025
Dollars from the Michigan Lottery provided more than $1 billion to the School Aid Fund during fiscal year 2025, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said last Wednesday.
A total of $1.16 billion from the Michigan Lottery was distributed to the School Aid Fund in the most recent fiscal year, Whitmer said in a release, adding that it is the seventh consecutive year that lottery dollars to the fund have surpassed $1 billion.
Whitmer, in a statement, said School Aid Fund money enabled the state to raise per-pupil funding to more than $10,000 in the new fiscal year, continue providing school meals to all students and increase funding for improving student performance in reading.
“Here in Michigan, we’re connecting our kids with the tools they need to learn, grow and thrive whether they’re in pre-K or their senior year,” Whitmer said. “This year’s lottery contributions will help build on that progress and make a difference for students, educators, and schools across Michigan.”
The Michigan Lottery has contributed more than $30 billion to the School Aid Fund since its inception in 1972, a release said, and during the last seven years alone, the lottery has contributed about $8.7 billion to the fund.
“The Lottery team is extremely dedicated to our mission of providing funds to support public education in Michigan,” Acting Lottery Commissioner Joe Froehlich said in a statement. “The support the Lottery provides to public education and to businesses throughout the state is critical and far-reaching.”
During the 2025 fiscal year, about 25 cents per dollar spent on lottery tickets went to the School Aid Fund.
Under PA 239 of 1972, which created the State Lottery Fund, net revenue in the fund and any money or interest generated by the fund and share of common cash must be deposited into the School Aid Fund.
--Nick Smith-Gongwer News Service
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