Despite new data which reveals that less than 7% of Milwaukee Public School students are proficient in Math or English Language Arts, the district is proposing to spend millions of the federal COVID aid on new sports complexes and a teacher retreat. Read More Milwaukee Public Schools Approves Spending Plan For $500 Million In Federal COVID Aid
While in the few months since Governor Evers released his 2021-2023 budget proposal JFC Republicans have made many substantial changes, it is important not to forget how radical the Governor’s proposals were. Here is the MacIver Institute’s complete analysis of the 2021-2023 education budget as passed by the Governor and JFC. The Basics of Evers’ Education Proposal Evers’ massive spending plan would have sent more than $17.3 billion to DPI over the biennium. In base year doubled math, that’s a $1.7 billion, or 11 percent, increase over the prior budget. The agency would have hired one more position, bringing …
Republicans Count Massive $2.6 Billion Of Federal Aid Towards Funding Of K12 Schools 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 Popular UW Tuition Freeze Eliminated – Will Evers, …
No push to return all children to in-person instruction or what we do to make up for the lost year of learning 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% March 3, 2021 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 …
2020 State of Education Speech by Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor Read More 2020 State Of Education Address: Stanford Taylor Gives High Praise To Schools And Staff For Work During COVID