The Milwaukee Public School Board would retain the right to choose the superintendent, and Milwaukee's mayor would co-chair a new committee with the School Board president to improve education in the city, according to a plan unveiled today by two Milwaukee-area legislators.
The RACE for Success plan from State Rep. Tamara Grigsby and State Sen. Spencer Coggs (both D-Milwaukee) is meant to counter an education reform bill from State Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) that would give the mayor the right to hire and fire the superintendent and assume much more financial control over the district.
Taylor's bill is called the Milwaukee TEACH Act.
Grigsby said she believes the RACE proposal has a good chance of winning support, especially now that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has announced he will run for governor.
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