On Tuesday, more than 80 educators and others will gather in Lansing to begin work on re-writing the State School Aid Act--the law that is used to fund the schools.
The governor's goal is to give students and parents more flexibility, but one teacher's union says it should also be about allocating more dollars.
The State School Aid Law that allocates $14 billion is 30 years old and the governor believes it is time for some changes.
And he's tapped this republican attorney to coordinate the rewrite.
The governor wants to allow families to go anywhere at anytime to get an education and instead of the state aid going to the school districts, it would go with the students if and when they change schools.
To some that may sound like a public school voucher system, but Mr. McLellan does want to use that term.
The education lobby is constantly asking lawmakers for more state aid, but this new discussion on the school aid act, is not about that.
"This is more about how you slice the pie than the size of the pie. There will be a lot of interest in how it is changed if we go to the money follows the pupil rather just go to the districts. There's going to be some concern that things will change," said McLellan.
And over at the Michigan Education Association, they are eager to participate in these talks, but teachers assert the size of the pie, needs to be discussed.
"Money needs to be on the table. We also have to have a real conversation on how the money that is there is allocated. Is this money just going to be siphoned away into pet projects that only help a select few or is this a chance to really come together in a collaborative way?" said Doug Pratt, MEA Spokesperson.
McLellan says the re-write could take five months to complete.
For more information, you can visit Snyder's Michigan website.
