With many Wisconsin school districts moving to virtual education this fall, will taxpayers receive the savings or will the education establishment keep the excess funding? Sen. Stroebel take a look ahead to the next state budget. Read More Wisconsin Should Analyze Its School Funding Model In A World Of Online Education
Free from the fetters of union driven health plans thanks to Act 10, school districts have turned to innovative and cost-saving health insurance options for their employees. Changes made possible by Gov. Walker’s signature reform have allowed school districts to save $3.2 billion in benefits costs alone – much of that on health benefits. Read More MacIver News Minute: How School Districts Use Act 10 to Save Billions on Health Insurance
By Ola Lisowski – One major innovation that has sprung up since Act 10’s passage comes in the form of high deductible healthcare plans. Rather than using traditional plans where the employer – in this case, taxpayers – pick up the vast majority of employee healthcare costs, high deductible health plans are an increasingly popular way for districts to keep costs down. Read More Act 10 Brought Innovations in Health Care
K-12 school administrators in Wisconsin have it pretty good. Despite constant pleas by public schools that there’s no money to even keep the lights on, taxpayers shelled out nearly $437 million for K-12 administrator salaries in the last school year, salaries that total $126,617 per year on average with benefits. MacIver Research Associate Ola Lisowski joins Oliver Burrows on WXCO in Wausau to share her latest report. Read More News And Views: Bloated Public School Administrator Salaries and Act 10 Savings
If Wisconsin public schools are hurting for cash, why are administrators pulling in such hefty salaries? Taxpayers last year shelled out nearly $437 million for administrator salaries, and 41 percent of public school educrats enjoyed a salary north of $100,000. The average with benefits was more than $126,000. Read More MacIver News Minute: Despite Cries of Poverty, K-12 Educrats Pulling in Hefty Salaries