Go to the link below to read more information from "Michigan Parents for Schools" and CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR......leave a message!
http://capwiz.com/miparentsforschools/callalert/index.tt?alertid=63960631
Here is the basic information about these bills. Walled Lake could become one of these schools if only because the STATE ITSELF has caused us to spend less per pupil over the years with their school aid cuts! This is ludicrous!
From "Michigan Parents for Schools" -
Here is a good example of why we need to tell our story. A package of bills now before the Michigan Senate would give the state even more power to take over school districts that "might" be in financial distress. What's wrong with this picture?
- As we argued in our recent article, most districts are having financial troubles because the state has not given them decent funding, not because they have been throwing money to the wind.
- There are over 19 indicators the state could use to say your district could be in "financial distress." The MI Assn of School Boards says just 2 of these indicators could catch over 250 school districts in its net - close to half!
- The bills give broad new powers to the state Dept. of Treasury to take over districts and demand sweeping cuts. Are the folks who process our tax returns the right people to make sound decisions for our schools?
- The emergency manager rules are bad enough, but these bills would allow Treasury to skip over any review process or local objections and ask the Governor directly for an emergency manager for a school district. Why be so eager to strip us of control of our local community schools?
This is bad law no matter how you look at it.
