LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s public education chief said Wednesday that he will oversee a public work group aimed at developing ways to better integrate technology into the education system after the state came under fire for participating in backroom discussions on lower-cost education models.

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder asked Superintendent Mike Flanagan to head the new, open effort, which will discuss some of the ideas of a private work group that The Detroit News reported on last week. Citing minutes and reports, the newspaper said a work group, which included Snyder’s Chief Information Officer David Behen, had been meeting behind closed doors to develop a lower-cost model for K-12 education using a funding mechanism that resembles vouchers.