Now that Republicans have grabbed the reins of the political procress at nearly every step of the line, the question becomes how does that impact education? In an article published today (Click Here to Read the Article), it takes a look at some federal changes as well as changes in the state of Michigan. At the federal level, the likelihood is that federal spending on education will go down as the priority shifts in the Republican party to jobs and the economy. It's not all bad news though. The likely new Chair of the House Educaction Committee (John Kline R-MN), has said many times he thinks the federal government should fully fund special education. He also goes on to say that no new reforms should be enacted until the current ones are fully funded.
At the state level, Rick Snyder's campaign has been faily vague in dealing with education. He support consolidation of services at the ISD-RESD level, but not forced consolidation. He also supports privatizing services such as busing, cleaning, and school lunches. And of course Snyder will look at insurance and pension reform for all state employees, teachers required.
It will be interesting to see how much clout the MEA still has now that both chambers of the Legislature as well as the governorship is Republican.
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