LANSING, Mich. — A plan to forgive some snow days to help out Michigan schools has hit a roadblock.
Fox 47 reported the State Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would not force schools to make up four snow days that happened during a state-declared emergency.
However, senate democrats refused to give the measure immediate effect, so it would apply to this school year.
That happened after senate republicans stripped language from the bill that sought to guarantee pay for hourly school employees who missed work because of the more than usual snow days this school year.
Senator Majority Leader Mike Shirkey says districts can use state payments to reimburse hourly workers who missed time due to snow days.
The move by senate republicans sends the bill back to the State House for further review.
Democrats say they're hopeful for a bipartisan compromise, but Senator Shirkey told reporters at the State Capitol Tuesday that the bill may be dead.
The state forgives up to six days for state of emergencies and districts can apply for 3 more days through the Department of Education.
The bill includes four additional days during the state of emergency when the Governor closed the state government.
Districts could count those additional days as instructional hours to qualify for state aid as opposed to seeking a waiver.
As it stands right now, dozens of schools in Michigan will be in session into June.
