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Branch Intermediate School District is losing its Great Start Collaborative program due to a $300,000 state funding cut.

Two staff members from the defunded program will be moved into other educational roles within the district.

The Collaborative supported various community initiatives, including early literacy, a foster closet, and doula training.

BRANCH COUNTY, MI — The 263 preschool student slots remain intact in the new budget, but Branch Intermediate School District will lose its 20-year-old Great Start Collaborative due to a $300,000 state funding cut.

The program, developed under former Superintendent James Redman, was defunded as part of the bipartisan budget compromise passed after the fiscal year began on Oct. 1.

Two staff members, including director Amy

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