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The state budget signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers boosts the percentage of what the state covers in special education costs to an estimated 33.3%.

ADAMS, Wis. -- For the Adams-Friendship Area School District, the results of a referendum in the April 4 election could predict the districts future.

With most of the failing referendums in rural and smaller communities, some worry that the gap between wealthier and less prosperous school districts may widen.

By Naomi Kowles Feb 22, 2021 9:47 PM FRIENDSHIP, Wis. — When the legislation that would later become known as Act 10 first began to engulf Wisconsin in one of its bitterest political battles, Adams-Friendship school district administrator Tom Wermuth was a principal in the River Valley school district in Spring Green, about forty miles west of Madison. He’d started there in 1998, wearing many hats throughout his tenure including teacher, pupil services director, principal, eventual ...

FRIENDSHIP, Wis. — When the legislation that would later become known as Act 10 first began to engulf Wisconsin in one of its bitterest political battles, Adams-Friendship school district administrator Tom Wermuth was a principal in the River Valley school district in Spring Green, about forty miles west of Madison. He’d started there in 1998, wearing many hats throughout his tenure including teacher, pupil services director, principal, eventual district administrator. He held that last tit...