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House Passes DPS Reform Bills In a late-night session Wednesday that stretched until 4:00 am on Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a package of bills to solve the financial and academic crisis in Detroit Public Schools. Passed on a
Posted by: Posted On:22 Apr 2016
DPS Reform Debate Heats Up It’s getting chippier than a Red Wings playoff game as various stakeholders turn up the volume on the pros and cons of various legislative proposals to provide a $715 million bailout of DPS and to
Posted by: Posted On:15 Apr 2016
Speaker Cotter Agrees with GLEP on DPS & K-3 Reading House Speaker Kevin Cotter (R-Mt. Pleasant) said yesterday he doesn’t envision the House approving the Detroit Education Commission as currently outlined in Senate DPS bills because he’s concerned there’s an incentive to
Posted by: Posted On:13 Apr 2016
Is it Time to Get Rid of Detroit Public Schools in Favor of All Charters? As state lawmakers debate a $700 million bailout to avert the financial collapse of Detroit Public Schools – some Republicans say it’s time to just get
Posted by: Posted On:7 Apr 2016
DEC becomes the focus of DPS Debate A recent addition to the pending legislation overhauling Detroit Public Schools is rekindling a long controversy on whether the charter school model of education itself has succeeded in Detroit. The proposed Detroit Education Commission, as written
Posted by: Posted On:1 Apr 2016
Key Issues in K-3 Reading Bill Michigan’s K-3 Reading bill (HB 4822) has been referred to a joint House-Senate conference committee for additional negotiations. The bill is a comprehensive approach to early literacy that focuses on annual assessments, targeted interventions,
Posted by: Posted On:25 Mar 2016
K-3 Reading bill passes in Senate, House sends it to Conference Committee On Tuesday, HB 4822, the K-3 Reading bill, was voted out of the Senate Education Committee on a 4-1 vote and was subsequently passed in the full Senate
Posted by: Posted On:18 Mar 2016
House Passes $50 million “mini-bailout” for DPS The House Appropriations Committee and the full House of Representatives passed both HB 5296 (Pscholka) and HB 5385 (Poleski) on Wednesday and Thursday this week. HB 5296 is a FY ’16 supplemental appropriations bill
Posted by: Posted On:11 Mar 2016
Senate Education Committee takes up K-3 reading bill HB 4822, the K-3 Reading bill, had a hearing in the Senate Education Committee, Chaired by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair Township). The bill sponsor, Rep. Amanda Price (R-Park Township) testified with
Posted by: Posted On:8 Mar 2016
Senate Education Committee | March 8, 2016 Good Afternoon, Chairman Pavlov and members of the Senate Education Committee. Improving early literacy is one of the most important issues in K-12 education, and more than 35 states have developed comprehensive K-3 reading