The Sunday Free Press has a big editorial on what the Michigan Legislature (controlled by the GOP) should have as its four top priorities over the next few months. It is worth mentioning for the last item. They are:
* Consolidate school districts so the same education can be done with less money. Michigan has 500 districts and many of the rural ones are small. Perhaps some of the services (transportation) can be done at the county level.
* Adopt the Common Core curriculum. I'm not sure this is good or bad, though will note the state Board of Education approved it in 2010 and many school districts are caught between whether to implement it or not.
* "Nothing reveals the Republican-controlled Legislature’s fear of governing more glaringly than its refusal to confront Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges." State roads are among the nation's worst.
* Include sexual orientation in Michigan's Elliott-Larson Civil Rights Act so that gays can no longer be fired for being gay. Recent reports document the harm done to gay people and shows the state's unfriendliness affects its ability to attract & keep new talent.
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