Answer? Nothing for the children. Lots of democrat votes for the politicians.-----Four Questions About the Detroit Public Schools Plan

Four Questions About the Detroit Public Schools Plan [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
The Michigan Senate passed a package of bills that would rescue Detroit Public Schools financially. Among other things, it includes $48.7 million to keep the insolvent district afloat until the end of the current school year, which is considered a down payment on a larger bailout that includes $515 million in debt forgiveness and another $202 million for transition costs.
The debt forgiveness is not the most controversial part of the package; the state is already on the hook for this money and the district has no way to repay it.
A more contentious part of the rescue plan is a proposal to create a new Detroit Education Commission, appointed by Mayor Mike Duggan, with the power to ration the expansion of charter schools in the city.
This comes despite the fact that the best independent research shows charters are currently providing better learning opportunities for Detroit children and that federal reports have labeled DPS as the nation's worst urban school district since 2009.
The Senate proposal’s prospects are uncertain in the Michigan House, which has bailout legislation that is much friendlier toward increasing school choice options in the city.
As legislators work out a solution, they should consider the following questions.

• 1. What are taxpayers getting for the money legislators are sending to Detroit?

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