Michigan Teachers Spend This Much Of Their Own Money On Supplies

(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan teachers are digging into their own pockets to make sure students have school supplies for the school year.

Teachers are spending an average of $628 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

EPI's data comes from a National Center for Education Statistics survey conducted for 2011-12 school year that broke down teacher spending by state.

In America, on average a teacher spends $459 on school supplies and will not be reimbursed for these costs.

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