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Legislative Update September 5, 2024
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 5, 2024
November Referendums
In the upcoming Wisconsin election, voters will weigh in on 137 local school district referendums across 120 districts. These referendums address both non-recurring and recurring increases in school districts’ revenue limits and borrowing requests. Specifically, 57 referendums are non-recurring, 22 are recurring, and 58 for borrowing. This year a record total of 146 school districts will have gone to operating referendum in 2024, which far exceeds the 2022 record of 92. Clearly, the number of referendums highlights the need across the state for adequate funding and infrastructure needs to support the over 800,000 children you proudly serve every day.
You can find the listing of all the school district referendums on the upcoming November ballot on DPI’s website.
Audit ordered for DPI
| Last week, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee today voted 5-4 along party lines to order an audit to analyze the Department of Public Instruction’s monitoring of school district finances. Over the next several months auditors from the Legislative Audit Bureau will work closely with DPI to gather the information needed and then they will present the auditors findings to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The scope of the audit includes an evaluation of: DPI policies and procedures to guide staff on reviewing financial information and whether the agency had followed it. How much time DPI staff spent reviewing and following up on school district financial information reported to the agency annually. The timeliness by which school districts submit financial information to DPI and actions taken by DPI to obtain late information. Policies and procedures for tracking and monitoring information related to financial audits, internal control deficiencies and noncompliance, and whether the agency has followed them; and Instances in which DPI acted based on its review of a school district’s financial information submitted to the agency. |
Driver’s Education Grant Program
Funding for Driver’s Education grants was included in the last state budget. The DOT recently announced students may begin applying for the grant. You can find additional information here describing eligibility and the process for students and their families to apply for the grant.
Students who qualify for free/reduced lunch may apply in the link above to have their classroom and behind-the-wheel driver training for a Class D (Regular) driver license paid for through the Driver Education Grant Program. Students with grants can enroll in any driver education program offered by an authorized driver education provider. The tuition will be paid directly to the Driver Training school.
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