WATCH – All across Wisconsin Monday night, parents and students demanded their school districts make masks optional. Few school boards agreed to do that. That same night, the FDA announced it was okay to start giving COVID shots to children as young as 12. Parents were prepared to talk about that too. Read More Parents And Students Demand Schools Make Masks Optional
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Wisconsin School District Employees Pay On Average $82 A Month For Health Insurance Single Plan; $200 A Month For Family Plan
A new report was released by the Department of Administration that shows 69% of all public school districts ask their employees to pay 12% or more of monthly premium as required by Act 10. 8 school districts still require their employees to contribute nothing toward their monthly premiums. Read More Wisconsin School District Employees Pay On Average $82 A Month For Health Insurance Single Plan; $200 A Month For Family Plan
No Limit To “Green” School Spending Under Bi-Partisan Bill
By Bill Osmulski – A group of 12 Republican and 2 Democrat state lawmakers plan to bring back the Energy Efficiency Exemption (EEE), which existed from 2009 to 2018. That program allowed districts to disregard their revenue limits for “green” projects. School districts and the Department of Public Instruction applied a very broad interpretation of what qualified. Read More No Limit To “Green” School Spending Under Bi-Partisan Bill
School Districts Skim Millions from Local Taxpayers, Some Blame School Choice
More than 100 school districts were able to skim money from their local property taxpayers using a questionable calculation in the state’s school choice program. This exemption from state-imposed revenue limits allowed districts to raise taxes millions in total beyond what they lost to choice schools, all while some blamed the choice program for the unnecessarily high tax levies. Read More School Districts Skim Millions from Local Taxpayers, Some Blame School Choice
School Districts Skim Millions from Local Taxpayers, Some Blame School Choice
More than 100 school districts were able to skim money from their local property taxpayers using a questionable calculation in the state’s school choice program. This exemption from state-imposed revenue limits allowed districts to raise taxes millions in total beyond what they lost to choice schools, all while some blamed the choice program for the unnecessarily high tax levies. Read More School Districts Skim Millions from Local Taxpayers, Some Blame School Choice