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Michigan House approves, sends school funding package to state Senate
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Jun 3, 2016 6:14am EDT
Michigan House approves, sends school funding package to state Senate
Michigan lawmakers on Thursday approved paying off a $467 million deficit incurred by Detroit Public Schools and to fund costs associated with creating a new school system, online legislative records showed and local media reported.
The state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved the bill package, sending the legislation to the state Senate which could take up the legislation when it convenes on Tuesday, according to online records.
“This plan saves Detroit’s school system and returns local control to the city, preventing a disastrous bankruptcy that would have affected every community in the state," House Speaker Kevin Cotter, a Republican, said in a statement.
The legislation has the state paying off $467 million in operating deficit incurred by the cash-strapped school system and providing $125 million to create a new debt-free school district, the news website MLive.com reported.
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House Democrats said in a statement that the legislation would force the closing of DPS schools and allow failing charter schools to "proliferate."
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Michigan House approves, sends school funding package to state Senate
Michigan lawmakers on Thursday approved paying off a $467 million deficit incurred by Detroit Public Schools and to fund costs associated with creating a new school system, online legislative records showed and local media reported.
The state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved the bill package, sending the legislation to the state Senate which could take up the legislation when it convenes on Tuesday, according to online records.
“This plan saves Detroit’s school system and returns local control to the city, preventing a disastrous bankruptcy that would have affected every community in the state," House Speaker Kevin Cotter, a Republican, said in a statement.
The legislation has the state paying off $467 million in operating deficit incurred by the cash-strapped school system and providing $125 million to create a new debt-free school district, the news website MLive.com reported.
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House Democrats said in a statement that the legislation would force the closing of DPS schools and allow failing charter schools to "proliferate."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-education-idUSKCN0YP13I