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Article from Thrun Law Firm 

Article from Thrun Law Firm

ARE PARENTAL WAIVERS WORTH THE PAPER THEY'RE PRINTED ON?

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that a pre-activity waiver of liability signed by a parent or legal guardian does not waive a child's right to sue for injuries sustained while engaging in that activity. Woodman v Kera,
L.L.C., __ Mich App __ (2008).

Sen. Mickey SWITALSKI (D-Roseville) wants to amend the state constitution so 16-year-olds can vote for school board members, a proposal he admits probably won't go very far very fast, but is worth a shot in recognition of the efforts of his younger constituents.
If adopted by two-thirds of the House and Senate, Michigan voters could give more high school students the right to vote in school board elections. They could not vote for ballot initiatives, statewide office, federal office or bond issues.

The Safe Schools Coalition jammed the rotunda today to demand action on anti-bullying bills that passed the House last year.
The measure is called "Matt's Safe School Law," named after Matt EPLING, an East Lansing eighth-grader who took his own life in 2002 after severe hazing incidents. HB 4162 and HB 4091 are before the Senate Education Committee and activists called on Sen. Wayne KUIPERS (R-Holland) to take them up.

School officials this year will likely wake up to the reality Michigan homeowners are facing: declining property values mean the loss of real money — value upon sale for homeowners and tax dollars for school districts.

News is percolating through the capital that sinking property and home values around the state could force state lawmakers to readjust the state school aid budget, because the dollars they thought would be available may not materialize. That could hurt efforts to create smaller high schools and pump more state support into early childhood education.

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On my way home from our convention my cell phone rang. On the other end was Chuck Wilbur, Senior Education Advisor to Governor Granholm. He was concerned how the intergration of CTE was going within the new high school requirements. I told him that a CTE meeting was planned at our office the next morning and he was welcome to meet with 5-10 CTE administrators to visit with them on his question.