State school Superintendent Michael Rice this week is telling lawmakers there is an absolute need to waive enrollment and attendance requirements for schools this year.
Like most other issues surrounding the OVID-19 virus outbreak, there are few who don’t have pointed opinions. Three groups stand out among the most vocal. Parents, teachers, and politicians.
The battle between the Governor and the legislature is truly of monumental importance. It pits a Governor who claims to have unbridled emergency powers against a legislature that claims it alone has the responsibility to pass laws.
One thing the GOP legislative leaders are reviewing is the underlying state law allowing a Governor to issue an emergency and then take drastic actions without legislative approval.
If legal world were a football game, you might call this piling on, but Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel did put a bow on the package, as former Representative Todd Courser plead no-contest to "Willful Neglect of Duty by a Public Officer".