Is JFC Getting Close to K-12 Deal?
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 16, 2017
From WisPolitics.com …
Before adjourning last night, JFC Co-chair John Nygren told members to keep next Thursday open on their calendars.
Nygren and his fellow co-chair, Sen. Alberta Darling, told reporters earlier yesterday they’re much closer to working out a deal on education than they are on transportation.
Darling said though the co-chairs haven’t scheduled meetings yet, she hopes the committee can come back next week and finish off education and taxes.
Nygren said while education likely won’t be “that large of a stumbling block,” the Senate GOP’s position on bonding for transportation projects will be.
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SAA, Coalition Raise Concerns Over Special Education Items in Assembly Education Plan
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 16, 2017
The SAA, in coalition with other education and disability rights groups, sent a memo to Assembly Republican leaders and the Joint Finance Committee expressed “grave concerns
with proposed state budget changes to two programs that impact students with disabilities in Wisconsin: the Special Needs Scholarship Program and the open enrollment program for special education.”
Check out the memo here.
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Walker Courts Public Schools While Preparing for Re-Election
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 12, 2017
Check out Molly Beck’s latest news story in yesterday’s Wisconsin State Journal on Walker’s k-12 budget proposals and competing education budget plans in the legislature.
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Borsuk on Equitable Funding for All Children
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 12, 2017
Check out Alan Borsuk’s latest column in which he takes a broader historical perspective on the issue of revenue limit equity.
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Assembly Education Committee to Hold Hearing on Three Referendum Bills
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 9, 2017
The Assembly Education Committee will hold a public hearing on the following bills at 10:00am on Thursday, June 15 in Room 417 North, State Capitol. You will note that three of the bills — AB 268, AB 269, and AB 282 — have to do with school referenda and are part of the package of six bills on school referenda introduced earlier this spring. SAA members interested in testifying against these bill are encouraged to contact the SAA.
Relating to: consideration of resolution to issue bond by common and union high school districts and prohibiting voting on a resolution to exceed the revenue limit of a school district at a special meeting.
Relating to: school board referendums to exceed revenue limit applicable to a school district.
Relating to: scheduling of school district referendums to exceed revenue limits.
Relating to: prohibiting aiding and abetting sexual abuse.
Relating to: state aid payments to school districts.
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