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The Detroit News and WLNS 6 News have reported on the deal between the Michigan Education Association and Lansing School District where the district pays Steve Cook’s $201,613 salary and $51,976 pension contribution, which is then reimbursed by the Michigan Education Association.
Steve Cook is listed as an “Educator on Loan” from the school district to the union. Cook is president of a private organization and does not have any job duties with the Lansing School District.
Michigan Capitol Confidential first drew attention to this arrangement with a report on Feb. 26, 2015, with a follow-up story the next day.
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