Lieutenant Governor Talks Education

TEACHER TENURE REFORM LEGISLATION WAS SIGNED INTO LAW YESTERDAY BY GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER.

IT ENDS THE “LAST IN, FIRST OUT” PRACTICE THROUGH WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICTS MADE STAFFING DECISIONS BASED SOLELY ON SENIORITY.

THE NEW SYSTEM REQUIRES ADMINISTRATORS TO CONSIDER DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE REFORM IS PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REINVENT MICHIGAN’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT HE UNVEILED IN APRIL.

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAYS THE SYNDER ADMINISTRATION IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE STATE’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

ABC TEN ASKED HIM ABOUT EDUCATION REFORM.

THE FULL PLAN ON THE TEACHER TENURE LEGISLATION IS AVAILABLE MAY BE READ ONLINE AT MICHIGAN DOT GOV SLASH SNYDER.

CALLEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE JOB FORCE IN MICHIGAN, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE UPPER PENINSULA.

WE’LL HEAR FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF THE AFFECT OF TAX CUTS ON SMALL BUSINESS’S ACROSS THE U–P