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Republicans Miffed By MPS Pandemic Aid MPS gets 16 times more per pupil than Wauwatosa schools under federal formula awarding more to low-income students. By Steven Walters - Apr 12th, 2021 11:38 am //end headline wrapper ?> Riverwest Elementary School, 2765 N. Fratney St. File photo by Dave Reid. Republican Sen. Howard Marklein, cochair of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC), had a question for Carolyn Stanford Taylor, state superintendent of public instruction: Are the pandemic-related needs of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) five times greater than the COVID-19 costs for the Lancaster School District in Marklein’s southwest Wisconsin district? Marklein asked because a Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) report said federal pandemic-aid packages will give MPS an average of $11,242 per student, while giving the Lancaster district aid averaging $2,213 per student. ....
The data raise concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic s effect on Wisconsin s longstanding and massive gap in academic achievement between its Black and white students. ....
Milwaukee Public Schools to get nearly $800M in relief aid Milwaukee Public Schools to get nearly $800M in relief aid The state of Wisconsin is set to receive more than $2 billion in federal aid for school districts, with more than a third of it going to Milwaukee Public Schools. MILWAUKEE - The state of Wisconsin is set to receive more than $2 billion in federal aid for school districts, with more than a third of it going to Milwaukee Public Schools. The largest school district in the state, MPS is set to receive nearly $800 million in COVID-19 relief, which equates to about $11,000 per student. ....
State agencies defend budget priorities at Republican controlled Joint Finance Committee Tuesday was the start of the Legislature’s review of Governor Evers’ proposed state budget. Joint Finance Committee Co-Chair Howard Marklein says that Wisconsin will be receiving a massive influx of aid from the federal government, and that Republicans are keeping an eye on things. “The total amount that a federal money that’s come into the state is huge and, in terms of us doing the budget for the next two years, that is something that we’re going to have to consider.” Marklein says he’s unhappy with the size of Evers’ budget, and that it will dip into the state’s rainy day general fund balance. ....
Underly wins race for state superintendent April 6, 2021 9:28 PM Jaymes Langrehr Updated: The Associated Press called the race for Underly just before 9:30 p.m. Wisconsin School Superintendent April 6, 2021 11:35 PM 11:35 pm CDT While technically a nonpartisan race, Underly largely had the support of Democrats while Kerr largely had the support of Republicans. Underly is the superintendent of the Pecatonica School District and previously worked in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Carolyn Stanford Taylor served as state superintendent for the last two years after Tony Evers left the job when he became governor in 2019, but decided not to run for a full term. ....