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Third Friday school enrollment counts were released last week by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. They show school districts serving Rusk County struggling to retain students with all experiencing
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released a report on thousands of instances of seclusion and restraint used in schools.
GOP-controlled Legislature backs further voucher expansion in biennial budget. //end headline wrapper ?> School bus. (Pixabay License) How much are Wisconsin taxpayers spending on private schools? That’s a critical question in the current state budget debate. But the answer is surprisingly hard to find. Every homeowner knows exactly how much she pays to help maintain her local public school district; that information is delivered directly to her mailbox, printed on her property tax bill. But if you want to know how much of a bite private school vouchers are taking out of local property tax...
Massive spending increases, attacks on school choice, and paving the way for property tax hikes Historic spending increase would be on top of large K-12 funding increase included in the last two budgets Special Education funding to increase by an astounding 158% By Ola Lisowski Gov. Tony Evers’ second biennial budget is out, and it’s a doozy for taxpayers. We’ve already covered what you, the taxpayer, need to know about the budget as a whole, and now it’s time to examine the important issue of K-12 education. Evers was the state superintendent for the Department of Public Instructi...
By Ola Lisowski The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is asking taxpayers for large funding increases in the coming two-year state budget in order to address what it called “unprecedented needs” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget request, submitted by State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor in early November, would increase spending by $1.6 billion in 2022 and 2023. The plan is a 10 percent increase over current budget funding—even as in-person instruction has been halted in many districts across the state, and thousands of families have left the public school system...