Mich. Senate Makes Quick, and Conservative, Work of Law Rewrite

By Lonnie Harp

House lawmakers in Michigan began work last week on the Senate's newly completed, rapid-fire rewrite of the state's education laws.

The Senate MEAsure modifies and repeals existing regulations and provides for some looser rules for school districts, including an open-enrollment system that theoretically would make all the state's schools open to any student.

The Senate bill does not require a state-endorsed core curriculum, an issue lawmakers had earlier supported that met with opposition from the state school board. (See Education...