Sign Petition to Michigan’s Gov. Snyder: Veto the House Detroit Education Bills
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09 May Sign Petition to Michigan’s Gov. Snyder: Veto the House Detroit Education Bills

Posted at 10:39h in Education, Solidarity, Take Action by

At 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a package of right-wing bills to punish teachers and students in Detroit. Gov. Rick Snyder must veto it.

Make no mistake: These bills discriminate against Detroit’s childrenβ€”who are overwhelmingly economically disadvantaged children and children of colorβ€”and are designed explicitly to punish teachers who speak up on behalf of their students and themselves. Many of the so-called teacher-related provisions have failed and been rejected when used in other jurisdictions.

This package of bills only applies to Detroit. Why are Michigan House Republicans punishing Detroit for the debt their emergency manager created? Why are they stripping rights and imposing bad education policies in Detroit, but not expecting their home districts to do the same? The answer is simple: They don’t think they’ll have to answer for what they’re doing. Learn more about the legislation here.

Sigh thisΒ petition to Governor Rick Snyder. Tell him he mustΒ veto any version of the House bills that comes to his desk. The children and people of Detroit are counting on him to stop these reckless legislators from hurting them.Β 

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