Bill Trims School Mandates

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Bill Trims School Mandates

• Proposal shortens year, cuts teacher training,
  state accreditation rules

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Michigan School Districts lost 127 million in
state aid this school year when cuts were made to
balance budget.
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A key Senator Proposed schools could save money
by

• Shortened School Year
• Cutting teacher training
• Eliminate Professional development requirements
• Dropped the State accreditation of schools

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Gov. Jennifer Granholm

• She has proposed restoring per-pupil grants to
  elementary schools next year.

• On the other hand she wants to cut other programs
  such as
• Classes for Gifted Students
• Math and Science centers

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Senate Education Committee

• Senator Wayne Kuipers says
• They are pushing to save schools money
• A Six-bill package introduced in the Senate how
  they are pushing to save schools money.
• The bill has been referred to the committee

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Anthony DerenskiDirector of Govt. relations for
the Michigan Association of School Boards

• He said that some of the bills have merit but not
  all.
• These bills are the result of two things -- the
  NO Child Left Behind Act and the severe budget
  crunch.
• He criticized the proposal to eliminate
  professional development.

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Kuipers proposals call for

• Eliminating the state law calling for 180 days
  of instruction and allowing individual districts
  to choose between shortening the school week or
  year, as long as they meet the minimum
  requirement of 1,098 hours of instruction

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Kuipers proposals cont

• Streamlining the Center for Educational
  Performance and Information, which accepts data
  from schools along with other state agencies.
  The legislation would require all data to go
  directly to CEPI.
• Eliminating professional development, which
  requires new teachers to take 15 days of classes
  and other instructions within their first three
  ears and five days of development a year
  thereafter.

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Kuipers proposals cont

• Eliminating restrictions on money set aside for
  school-readiness programs and programs for
  at-risk students, so schools can use the funds
  for other purposes.
• Eliminating the state school program, Education
  Yes! Kuipers said it duplicated the federal No
  Child Left Behind plan. The legislation would
  still require an annual report, core curriculum,
  and tests in grades one through five

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Credits

• From detnews.com
• When Thursday April 3rd, 2003
• URL http//www.detnews.com/2003/schools/0304/03/d
  09w-126484.htm
• Author Malcolm Johnson/ Associated Press