Milwaukee, Wisc. May 11, 2021 This afternoon, Assembly Bill 59 passed the Wisconsin Assembly with a 60-36 vote. The bill increases the income threshold for parents who want to enroll in Wisconsin’s Parental Choice program to 300% of the federal poverty level, or about $78,000 a-year for a family of four.
“We are pleased to see that the bill has passed and will progress to the Senate,” says Wisconsin Federation for Children State Director
Justin Moralez. “Thank you to the bill’s authors and sponsors as well as the assembly members who voted to support educational choice for families across our state.”
No Democrats voted to support the bill, despite several Democrats having divided districts with unequal educational access among their constituents. The bill now moves on to the Senate as Senate Bill 41.
MADISON - School choice is on the agenda at the Wisconsin Capitol this week.
The Assemblyâs Committee on Education will hear three proposals to expand or strengthen school choice in the state.
AB 59 increases the income threshold for parents who want to enroll in Wisconsinâs Parental Choice program to 300% of the federal poverty level, or about $78,000 a year for a family of four.
AB 62 allows students who attend a virtual charter school to play high school sports in Wisconsin.
AB 118 allows students to take virtual classes in a charter school or traditional school during the next school year. Currently open enrollment rules mean kids must take in-person classes.
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Graduate degree/university: MBA, Finance/Concordia University - Wisconsin
As president of Mequon-based Spectrum Investment Advisors, Manuel Rosado works to advance equality in the workplace by being an advocate for diversity and inclusion.
Rosado is a native of Puerto Rico and has been in the retirement plan and investment management industry for 21 years. He had worked at Spectrum for 15 years, becoming president two years ago.
Under his leadership, Spectrum has hired Colombian-born Katherine Marquez and Smita Sinonpat from Thailand as investment analysts, providing both with professional and personal guidance to not only succeed at their jobs, but to feel at home while being so far away from their families.
And even more important during the pandemic. By Shannon Whitworth - Jan 27th, 2021 01:51 pm //end headline wrapper ?>School classroom. Image by Wokandapix on Pixabay
School choice is the vehicle which will drive our nation’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods into peace and prosperity, which is why we celebrate this week as National School Choice Week. And the pandemic has only highlighted this by placing a devastating burden on already financially disadvantaged, inner-city families, particularly Black families, with many parents who are unable to work remotely. The final straw for many families, both around the nation and in Wisconsin, has been the unions’ insistence on keeping schools closed for an as-yet undetermined period of time.