Budget Blog Update: JFC Votes On K12 And Higher Ed Funding
Democrats And Education Establishment Outraged That More State Aid Wasn’t Heaped On Top Of The Federal Aid Republicans Did Add $109 Million Of State Aid To K12 Special Education – Evers Wanted To Increase Taxes By Billions, Already Nixed By Republicans, To Pay For A $700 Million Increase Republicans Redistribute $150 Million Of ARPA Funds To Pay Schools That Stayed In-Person Instruction At least 50% Of The 2020-2021 School Year And Towards Literacy Efforts On Thursday, the Joint Finance Committee voted on budget items related to the Department of Public Instructi...