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Michigan Legislature Pushing To Open Up Graduation Events
A question swirling around the state capitol in Lansing is one that many school districts, colleges, and universities are trying to address. And do so in a hurry. Are graduation ceremonies allowed or not? The state’s controls over gatherings of people are not exactly spelled out in the easiest-to-understand methods. There’s really no easy reference document that says yes or no, whether large groups may get together based on specific criteria.
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Even the Michigan legislature is having a hard time with this one. The Republican-controlled state legislature is ready to finalize legislation that would cancel out the state’s order(s) restricting crowd sizes due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Associated Press is quoting Democratic State Senator Curtis Hertel as saying no one is trying to prevent commencements. He calls the legislative effort, “utter nonsense”.