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Nygren: More Resources Coming for K-12 Education
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 9, 2013
Nygren told reporters yesterday Assembly Republicans on the JFC are committed to directing more state aid to K-12 education.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told a WisPolitics.com luncheon in Milwaukee that a per pupil increase was on the way.
Yesterday, 13 Assembly Republicans sent the co-chairs a letter asking them to direct more aid to public school. Walker proposed a boost in state aid for the biennium while keeping revenue limits flat – meaning much of that new GPR would go toward impacting property tax bills.
Nygren said there will likely be an increase in the per-pupil spending limit compared to the guv’s proposal. Vos added Assembly Republicans are committed to keeping property tax bills in line with what homeowners received over the last two years.
Nygren said details on any additional K-12 money were still being worked out and could go to things like categorical aids and the levy credit.
He also cautioned against grabbing for K-12 the $181 million boost the guv proposed giving the UW System. Walker has since said he plans to revamp the UW budget in light of the reserves that have been detailed since he first released his budget, and some have called for redirecting that money to public schools.
But Nygren said that would be one-time money that would add to the structural deficit.
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