By Beth LeBlanc, MediaNews Group

The more than $300 million in tax dollars set aside for school safety and mental health initiatives in the state’s $84 billion spending plan comes with a significant caveat that is giving schools across Michigan pause about applying for the money.

To apply for the funds, school districts must agree by Nov. 30 to waive the attorney-client privilege in the event of a mass casualty event and to comply with a comprehensive investigation into the casualties — a measure that school groups worry will make it difficult to find insurers willing to partner with them.

The language, first introduced in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive budget in February, is meant to address problems that arose following a shooting that took the lives of four teens at Oxford High Sc

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