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Joint Finance Committee Scheduled to Meet on Act 20 Curricula
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | March 8, 2024
The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) is meeting on Monday (March 11, 2024) at 11:01am to discuss the provision in 2023 Act 20 on early literacy curricula. A member of JFC objected to the list of 11 curricula DPI submitted that they indicated meet the Act 20 requirements. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau prepared a comprehensive background paper, including the list of curricula, which can be found here.
The LFB paper includes alternatives members could choose from including approving the 11 submitted by the DPI, the four approved by the council, the three that were approved by both, or outright deny the request. The JFC is not bound to select one of those alternatives, however. Whatever the outcome, schools are not required to use curricula from the finalized list of recommendations, but there is an opportunity to have some of the cost reimbursed by the state if a school decides to choose one from the list.
JFC has not yet noticed a meeting to release the remaining funds DPI has requested to implement 2023 Act 20. An update will be provided if a meeting is subsequently scheduled by JFC to release the remaining allocation of $49,672,600.
Additionally, as the 2023-25 legislative session is coming to an end, the Senate has yet to set their calendar for what is expected to be the last day of their regular calendar next week. A notification will be provided when the Senate finalizes their calendar.
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