Post by Logan on Mar 17, 2016 0:10:30 GMT -6
Lansing — The Michigan House of Represenatives is poised to vote Thursday on $48.7 million in emergency funding to keep Detroit Public Schools operating through June and pass a bill overhauling the school system’s governance.
House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday sent the full House an emergency appropriation that can be used to address a looming cash flow crisis at the state’s largest school district, which has projected it will run out of money early next month.
The additional funding for DPS will come from the state’s tobacco settlement fund and was approved on a 27-2 vote by the committee.
The Republican-controlled appropriations committee also voted 18-7 in favor of a bill that expands the scope of Detroit’s Financial Review Commission to include oversight of the Detroit school district.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/16/detroit-public-schools-emergency-aid-bill-advances/81855876/
House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday sent the full House an emergency appropriation that can be used to address a looming cash flow crisis at the state’s largest school district, which has projected it will run out of money early next month.
The additional funding for DPS will come from the state’s tobacco settlement fund and was approved on a 27-2 vote by the committee.
The Republican-controlled appropriations committee also voted 18-7 in favor of a bill that expands the scope of Detroit’s Financial Review Commission to include oversight of the Detroit school district.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/16/detroit-public-schools-emergency-aid-bill-advances/81855876/