MIRS Monday, May, 23, 2016

Would the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) support any iteration of a Detroit Education Commission (DEC) as part of a Detroit Public Schools (DPS) reform package? What if all five members were appointees of the charter school movement? Gary Naeyaert, GLEP's executive director, answers that question and why GLEP doesn't support a Senate version that only puts a DEC in charge of approving the opening of a charter school entity that doesn't have an A or B grade.

Also, will the Governor sign legislation that sets a firm 180-day window for collecting citizen initiative signatures? The MIRS team tackles this question while also commenting on the Governor's use of a fund created to pay for his presidential exploratory efforts last year to cover his Flint-related legal bills.