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Michigan School for the Deaf sale blocked by glitch | abc12.com
The political race is on to try and get the Michigan School for the Deaf sale back on the legislative agenda.
Without some kind of action by Senate leaders in the next two and a half weeks, the plan for the Powers and School for the Deaf renovation would have to start from scratch after the first of the year.
The problem is just now coming to light.
It turns out glitch in the legislative process last week meant the School for the Deaf deal passed the Senate and passed the house, but never returned to the Senate for action on immediate effect before Senators finished voting on legislation for the year.
The deal would allow a private developer to buy the buildings on the historic school for the deaf campus, renovate them and lease them back to the school for the deaf and Powers Catholic School.
But the MSD sale, and some seven other legislative bills were apparently blocked from making it to the governor's desk because of a procedural policy glitch.
State Senator John Gleason said the glitch comes because leadership will not let them vote on immediate effect for the bill.
"The leadership didn't offer us a chance to vote. It doesn't even need passage. All you have to do is give membership a chance to vote for immediate effect or not," Gleason said.
The political race is on to try and get the Michigan School for the Deaf sale back on the legislative agenda.
Without some kind of action by Senate leaders in the next two and a half weeks, the plan for the Powers and School for the Deaf renovation would have to start from scratch after the first of the year.
The problem is just now coming to light.
It turns out glitch in the legislative process last week meant the School for the Deaf deal passed the Senate and passed the house, but never returned to the Senate for action on immediate effect before Senators finished voting on legislation for the year.
The deal would allow a private developer to buy the buildings on the historic school for the deaf campus, renovate them and lease them back to the school for the deaf and Powers Catholic School.
But the MSD sale, and some seven other legislative bills were apparently blocked from making it to the governor's desk because of a procedural policy glitch.
State Senator John Gleason said the glitch comes because leadership will not let them vote on immediate effect for the bill.
"The leadership didn't offer us a chance to vote. It doesn't even need passage. All you have to do is give membership a chance to vote for immediate effect or not," Gleason said.