Posted by: Posted On:4 Mar 2016
DPS reform bills debated (at length) in the House Appropriations Committee The full House Appropriations Committee held two additional hearings last week focusing on the “Putting Students First” 6-bill package of Detroit education reform bills. Testifying in Wednesday morning’s hearing
Posted by: Posted On:26 Feb 2016
House Appropriations Committee begins hearings on DPS reform bills The full House Appropriations Committee kicked off hearings Wednesday on a package of 6 bills to address education reform in Detroit, called the “Putting Students First” proposal. Bills in the package
Posted by: Posted On:18 Feb 2016
House & Senate start FY ’17 School Aid Budget Hearings On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the House and Senate School Aid Subcommittees heard presentations for the Department of Management and Budget about Governor Snyder’s proposed $14 billion School Aid
Posted by: Posted On:17 Feb 2016
“There is one fact upon which everyone agrees. The Detroit Public Schools has failed Detroit’s kids and Michigan’s taxpayers. Simply renaming the district won’t create better results. To that end, GLEP is very interested in today’s introduction of a six-bill package
Posted by: Posted On:12 Feb 2016
Governor Recommends $60-120 per pupil increase in FY ’17 Budget On Wednesday, Governor Snyder and John Roberts, State Budget Director, outlined their proposed $55 billion budget for the state in FY 2016-17, including $14 billion for School Aid. A highlight of
Posted by: Posted On:5 Feb 2016
First Hearing on DPS bills focuses on finances The first hearing on SB 710 & 711 (Hansen), the DPS reform bills, was held yesterday in the Government Operations Committee. Providing testimony during the 2+ hour hearing was Sen. Hansen; John
Posted by: Posted On:29 Jan 2016
No hearings, but plenty of DPS talk Hearings on SB 710 & 711 (Hansen), the DPS reform bills in the Government Operations Committee have yet to be scheduled, but we understand negotiations continue behind-the-scenes to determine both the level of
Posted by: Posted On:22 Jan 2016
Christopher Klaver, Gongwer, January, 20 2016 — While headlines for years have been on Detroit Public Schools’ debt and academic performance, the real battleground over a reform plan might be the ease with which one can add and remove school desks in
Posted by: Posted On:22 Jan 2016
DPS Reform Bills (Finally) Introduced Last week, Sen. Goeff Hanson (R-Hart), Chair of the School Aid Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced SB 710 and SB 711, bills to address financial issues at the Detroit Public Schools. The key features of the bill
Posted by: Posted On:20 Jan 2016
MIRS Newsletter (January 20, 2016) — With talk that the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) will run out of funds as early as April, today’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) panel discussion on Detroit Public Schools: Quality, Accountability, and Governance resulted