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In reversal, Governor Snyder returns school reform office to agency

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder has reversed course and moved Michigan’s school turnaround office back to a state department over which he has no direct control.

The move comes two years after Snyder transferred the School Reform Office from the Department of Education — whose leader is hired by elected members of the state Board of Education — to the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. The Republican governor now says moving the office back to the Education Department “will ensure the efficient continuation” of efforts to improve low-performing schools.

The School Reform Office this year received criticism after threatening to close up to 38 schools continually ranked in Michigan’s bottom 5 percent. State Superintendent Brian Whiston, head of the Education Department, helped broker deals to delay the potential closures.

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