Attorney General Bill Schuette said Monday the state can revert to an old emergency manager law once the existing statute is suspended.
State officials feared chaos erupting in cities and schools run by state-appointed managers now that the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 4-3 decision that a repeal of the controversial emergency manager law should be placed on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
But members of the Detroit Board of Education were preparing Monday to wrest back some control of Detroit Public Schools from Emergency Manager Roy Roberts.
"We're looking to take control of academics, and restore the people's trust in our system, by doing the things we've been elected to do, including providing accountability and transparency," DPS board vice president Herman Davis told the Detroit News Monday.
