CHARLEVOIX, EMMET AND NORTHERN ANTRIM COUNTIES — Voters throughout Charlevoix, Emmet and northern Antrim counties will be asked May 5 to consider Char-Em ISD’s Career and Technical Education millage proposal.
According to a Jan. 9 news release from the ISD, the 1.0 mill request, if approved, would keep the current 23 high school career tech programs operating across the ISD’s 11 public school districts.
It also would maintain kindergarten-12th grade initiatives including Char-Em Street STEM delivering science, technology, engineering and math tools, seven summer camps, career counseling, work-based learning and tours of businesses, colleges and trade schools, among other efforts and innovations.
The millage would generate approximately $8.1 million annually from 2026-2029.
The millage has funded vocational programs throughout the ISD’s 11 public school districts for 30 years, with the original millage approved by voters in 1996.
The request comes before voters every four years, with the last approval in May 2022 of 1.0 total mill. Because that millage expired on Dec. 31, 2025, the ballot language cannot be worded as a “renewal,” Char-Em ISD Superintendent Scott Koziol said.
Read the complete millage article on the Career Tech website.