Governor Rick Snyder is open to a plan for the state to take over debt from Detroit Public Schools.
The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Jake Neher reports.
A long-awaited report released this week by the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren recommended the move. It wants the state to assume hundreds of millions of dollars in D-P-S debt.
The governor has stopped short of endorsing the plan – but says he’ll consider it.
“Not just with respect to Detroit, but schools across Michigan,” he says.
Some state lawmakers who serve on education committees say they’re also open to the idea. But others have indicated skepticism about the report’s recommendations – including the idea of state taxpayers taking over DPS debt.