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Legal Updates
02.06.2012
Detroit schools, law enforcement push truancy crackdown
Public school officials and law enforcement officers are performing the first truancy sweep of the year today.
02.07.2012
Law enforcement agencies work together to combat truancy in Detroit
Detroit — Student truancy is noticeable in the city — so much so that Detroit Public Schools made 409 referrals to prosecutors in the 2010-11 year and also lost state funding because it fell below the state minimum of 75 percent attendance on 46 days.
02.06.2012
Judge rules in Detroit financial review case
A state-appointed review team analyzing the city of Detroit's finances should meet publicly, a judge ruled Monday, a legal setback for Gov. Rick Snyder's administration that may leave the review team's process in limbo.
02.07.2012
Meetings on Detroit's finances must be open
Mason— Meetings of the state-appointed team reviewing Detroit's finances are subject to Michigan's Open Meetings Act and must be conducted in public, an Ingham County judge ruled Monday.
02.06.2012
Michigan Judge Tells Team Studying Detroit Finances to End Closed Meetings
A Michigan judge ordered a review team studying Detroit finances to stop meeting in private.
