Rob Glass, Michigan Superintendent, Asks Parents To Oppose 'Ideologically-Driven' Education Bills
Posted: 11/30/2012 4:37 pm EST Updated: 11/30/2012 5:38 pm EST
The superintendent of a tony Metro Detroit suburb posted an alert on his official school website, warning parents about "a package of bills designed to corporatize and dismantle public education" that are now being considered by the state legislature during its current lame-duck session.
Bloomfield Hills School Superintendent Rob Glass posted a letter asking parents and citizens that slams House Bill 6004 and Senate Bill 1358, House Bill 5923 and Senate Bill 620.
"I’ve never considered myself a conspiracy theorist—until now," Glass states in the letter. "This package of bills is the latest in a yearlong barrage of ideologically-driven bills designed to weaken and defund locally-controlled public education, handing scarce taxpayer dollars over to for-profit entities operating under a different set of rules. I believe this is fundamentally wrong."
House Bill 6004 and Senate Bill 1358 would establish the state's Educational
