LANSING (WKZO)– The Michigan Senate has approved a pair of bills aimed at rescuing Detroit Public Schools.
One bill provides $50-million dollars to stave off an immediate financial crisis and will keep the doors open for the rest of this school year.
A second bill would reallocate about $720-million from the Tobacco Settlement fund to pay off current debt and create a new school district.
The Governor is praising it.
House Speaker Kevin Cotter says next week is Spring Break so it may be a few weeks before they take it up. He says the house may have some changes it wants to make.
Even Kalamazoo Democrat Jon Hoadley says it looks promising.
But House republicans say they have their own ideas and are in no rush to approve the Senate version.
The bills will also restore local control, calling for the election of a Detroit School Board, possibly this August.
