Jennifer Chambers / The Detroit News
Detroit — Members of the Detroit Board of Education will learn tonight what powers they have left now that a new state law has given Emergency Manager Robert Bobb total control of Detroit Public Schools.
Attorneys for Bobb will meet privately with board members and their attorney at 6 p.m. in a closed session to discuss Public Act 4, signed March 16 by Gov. Rick Snyder. The measure expands the power of Bobb and other emergency managers, including the right to recommend the removal of elected officials from office.
In an interview Friday with The Detroit News, Bobb vowed to continue working with the board and unions to turn around the deficit-ridden district, which has been under a financial emergency for more than two years.
Bobb said he plans to place conditions on the board, an action allowed under Public Act 4, but he would not disclose the nature of those conditions.
"There has been a significant sea change in our relationship the last few months," Bobb said. "Everyone knows the new law. If you have the club, you don't have to use it, but you know the time when to use it."
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