Robert Bobb speaks in support of Prop S at Mayor Dave Bing press conference in 2009
Posted By Aurora Harris to Detroit Parents With Special Ed Students 2/06/2011
Go to Lansing Wed. Feb. 9, 8:30 am
TO STOP THE STATE LEGISLATURE FROM GIVING BOBB MORE POWER, PERMANENT POSITION
(From Michigan Legislature Website)
A new date has been set for the joint House and Senate education committees to meet on Wednesday, February 9 at 8:30 am.
Based on discussions with sources in Lansing this is what we believe is going on (hopefully we are wrong):
City, school and county workers protest service cuts and layoffs Feb. 2010
The committees intend to introduce legislation to give Bobb academic power (or more precisely, the Emergency Financial Manager) and expedite it through the Legislature and send it to the Governor for his signature.
This hearing comes just before the February 11 court hearing (no time of day is known yet) in Judge Wendy Baxter’s courtroom to issue an order defining the board’s academic power and ways that Bobb must concede or share decision-making authority. All that is based on the current language of Public Act 72. The proposed changes will undoubtedly undo Baxter’s decision.
The hearing was scheduled for this last Wednesday but was cancelled due to the weather. There was a reluctance to cancel because they were in a hurry to act but would not say last week why they wanted to act.
State Sen. Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair Twp.) Chair Senate Education Committee
This goal is consistent with the history of Sen. Phil Pavlov, the Senate Education Committee chair. As minority vice chair of the House Education Committee he wrote a bill to give the EFM power over academics, dated January 14, 2010, even before the committee hearings were completed. (Read bill at Pavlov EFM bill 2010-HIB-5747.)
Now we must go to Lansing to educate the legislators of both parties. The Senate Republican Caucus has adopted a mission statement to call for more charters and to support the EFM (go to: Bobb-Republicansupport[1]).
Our task is to educate all legislators willing to listen on Bobb’s failure as an academic policy maker, convey the harm to students and staff.
It is essential that concerned Detroiters show in numbers that indicate the depth of our concerns about Bobb and opposition to any action that expands his power. Car pools will be organized. Please call 368-2148 if you can go, so that we can plan in a timely manner. Please state your phone number twice if you get a voice mail.
BOBB OUT OF DETROIT!
Students, teachers, others demand "BOBB MUST GO" at school board meeting Oct. 14, 2010
EMAIL, CALL THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, OR THE CLERK THAT SENT THE INFO AND TELL THEM NO TO THE ACT 72 AMENDMENT
ACT 72 IS THE LAW THAT STATES THAT THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER REPORTS TO THE STATE SUPERINTENTDENT. (Ed.–go to Act 72 Emergency Financial Manager).
AS WE (PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS) POINTED OUT ON JANUARY 11TH TO THE STATE BOARD OF ED, ROBERT BOBB REPORTS TO MIKE FLANAGAN. THEREFORE FLANAGAN HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE ROBERT BOBB FROM DETROIT.
ON JANUARY 11TH MIKE FLANAGAN TOLD THE PARENTS THAT THEY ( THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION) WOULD HAVE TO REVISE OR RE-WRITE THE LAW WHEN WE ASKED FLANAGAN TO GET ROBERT BOBB OUT OF DETROIT.
UNDER BOBB, FEDERAL VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS, 504, IDEA AND ADA ARE COMMITTED DAILY THAT AFFECT SPECIAL ED AND BI-LINGUAL POPULATIONS IN DETROIT. (ed. note: in addition to hundreds of lay-offs and school closures Bobb has announced).
GO TO LANSING, GO TO THE HEARING, TELL THE REPS WE WANT ROBERT BOBB OUT NOW.
Aurora Harris
Aurora Harris, M.A. Social Foundations of Education, B.A. Sociology
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