law, bobb has the power to modify or terminate teacher contracts and collective bargaining agreements. michigan, along with ohio, idaho, tennessee and wisconsin are a few of the states working on legislation to rein in teachers unions. here s the question today is this latest round of teacher layoffs a way to balance detroit s crippled school budget? or is it really a jab at teachers unions in an effort to undermine their power? joining me now, chastity pratt-dorsey, an education reporter for the detroit free press. what s your take on this? is this move about balancing the budget or just a ploy to weaken the teacher s union? well, for 8 of the last 11 years the state has run the budget here in detroit public schools, a billion dollar budget. now the deficit is $327 million. with 80% of the budget being teachers salaries, employee salaries and benefits, they are looking to unions to say we need more concessions to get at this