Some Uneasy With Quick Timetable for Mich. Reform Plan

By Lonnie Harp

Michigan lawmakers, who moved with breakneck speed this summer to put their state into its current school-finance crisis, are now relying on quick action to find a solution.

Gov. John Engler last week formally introduced in the legislature his far-reaching plan for a statewide system of public school choice, in the form of 25 school-reform and finance bills.

The Governor challenged lawmakers to pass the plans by month's end. But some observers said the two-week drill to digest and polish plans that took three months to write is pushing the state's new reputation for...