Blog tagged as Education

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.

Reps. Jimmie Wilson Jr. (D-Ypsilanti) and Dylan Wegela (D-Garden City) are re-introducing "Jayden's Law," a bill package allowing access to medical marijuana for registered pediatric patients on school campuses.

A Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) bill ending the prohibition on graduate student research assistant (GSRA) unions passed the House Labor Committee this morning, but its Rep. Carrie A. Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) counterpart, which also extended the provision to student athletes, did not move.

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