MIRS Monday, May 2, 2016

The votes were there to move a $515 million Detroit Public Schools package out of the House Appropriations Committee last Friday. Are they there now that DPS teachers' mass "sick-out" has closed nearly every traditional public school in the Motor City? House Appropriations Committee Chair Al Pscholka answers that question. Also what is in the new House DPS package? Why $515 million instead of the $715 million the Governor and Senate want?

Also, Craig Thiel of the Citizens Research Council said the failings of Proposal A, the lack of a state school infrastructure fund or a special pool of special education funding all contributed to the decline of DPS. Listen to his suggestions to improve the state's public school system.