For real. Check it –
Let’s start with Michelle Rhee, the horrid woman who started the horrid Students First organization.* She’s been trying to do away with teachers and tenure and public education for years. Things got a whole lot easier when Grand Blanc elected Paul Scott. From a Students First internal document:
Working with Rep. Scott, StudentsFirst has been successful in getting four bills introduced that address LIFO, mutual
consent, tenure and pave the way for upcoming legislation on evaluations and merit pay.It’s important to understand that all four bills work TOGETHER and they are a precursor to upcoming legislation that will
completely change Michigan’s current evaluation process and establish merit pay. All of the bills are tie-barred to each
other so that none could go into effect unless the others were also enacted into law.The four bills would revise Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Law, the Revised School Code, and the Public Employment
Relations Act to set new standards with the aim of ensuring more effective teaching.The four bills are as follows:
• House Bill 4625 Sponsor: Rep. William Rogers
• House Bill 4626 Sponsor: Rep. Paul Scott
• House Bill 4627 Sponsor: Rep. Margaret O’Brien
• House Bill 4628 Sponsor: Rep Ken Yonker
The Students First document also mentions Republican House aid Jason Mancini, and thanks him personally because he “literally ran every amendment by me before deciding to allow it in committee. He also sent me multiple drafts of the bills during the drafting process.”
I’m especially interested in the “before deciding to allow it in committee” part. I don’t remember anyone electing Jason Mancini, do you? I don’t see his name on the list of Republican representatives. Why is he deciding on policy?
Oh I know, because the Republicans don’t care about democracy. They care about kochtopus.
If you want to find out why these Republicans are allowing the Koch brothers to write Michigan law, here’s how to get a hold of ‘em …
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Jason Mancini |
| House Bill 4626 Worked directly with Students First to advance Rhee’s policy agenda Sponsored Students First teacher discharge and demotion goals |
House Bill 4625 Sponsored Students First anti-teacher tenure goals |
House Bill 4627 Sponsored Students First anti-teacher placement goals |
House Bill 4628 Sponsored Students First anti-collective bargaining goals |
Provided legislative information to Students First and controlled access to committee |
| MAILING ADDRESS S-985 House Office Building P.O. Box 30014 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 373-1780 PaulScott@house.mi.gov |
MAILING ADDRESS S-1085 House Office Building P.O. Box 30014 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 373-1784 BillRogers@house.mi.gov |
MAILING ADDRESS N-995 House Office Building P.O. Box 30014 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 373-1774 MargaretOBrien@house.mi.gov |
MAILING ADDRESS N-1091 House Office Building P.O. Box 30014 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 373-0840 KenYonker@house.mi.gov |
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Links —
Download the original internal pdf – http://bloggingformichigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/students_first_internal.pdf
Many thanks to ..
Rhee First article on this subject – http://www.rheefirst.com/?p=1271
Rhee First on Kochtopus – http://www.rheefirst.com/?p=1244
Laura Clawson at DKos – http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/23/987681/-Rhees-Students-First-collaborated-on-Michigan-bill-limiting-collective-bargaining-for-teachers
At the Chalk Face – http://shaunpjohnson.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/studentsfirst-internal-briefing-documents/
* FYI – Students First purchased blogads on the liberal blogging network. You may have seen these ads on BFM, as they are auto-approved and I did not check them prior to being published. We are in the process of removing the ads.
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