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Michigan's 1970 ballot proposal that banned the use of public money for private schools does not violate the rights of those attending religious-based schools, a federal court ruled today, as private school advocates suffered yet another judicial setback.

The Governor's Growing Michigan Together Council was slated to consider some controversial measures from one of its subcommittees on Thursday, including giving the Governor the authority to appoint the state school superintendent.

Public school teacher evaluations would no longer need to be based on classroom standardized test scores, under legislation debated this afternoon in the Senate Education Committee.

One school counselor would need to be employed for every 250 students enrolled under Rep. Felicia Brabec (D-Ann Arbor)’s HB 4081.

Two Republican state Board of Education members asked Attorney General Dana Nessel to provide them legal representation so they could stop the Democratic Governor’s “unlawful removal of education functions” from the BOE.