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Wisconsin lawmakers have once again failed to meet the needs of kids and public schools in state budget deal, despite remarkable advocacy efforts and an unprecedented alignment of the education community to demand increases to revenue limits, spendable aid, special education funding, and meeting priority needs.
Organizations strongly urge State Senators and State Representatives to vote NO on the budget deal that was announced on July 1 because it falls far short of meeting the true needs of Wisconsin. They further urge Gov. Evers to veto this budget for failing to break the cycle of inadequate support for Wisconsin communities, especially in the Year of the Kid.
Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network and Sandy Whisler, President, Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools, released the following statement today in response to the Joint Finance Committee’s proposal to deny even an inflationary increase to public school funding for the 2025-2027 biennium.
How to take action to demand a better budget for Wisconsin!
Jon Shelton, president of AFT-Wisconsin, cautions against a new way to obscure voucher costs and limit accountability in this piece originally published on Substack.
Learn how "decoupling" voucher school funding could affect public schools and the state budget.
Once again, Wisconsinites demand a budget that delivers for kids and their public schools.
In back-to-back state budget listening sessions, public school champions showed up to demand that the Joint Finance Committee deliver the budget Wisconsin kids deserve.
Reflecting on the spring election and highlighting standout testimony from the first JFC hearing.
Public Schools Week 2025 concluded with a resounding bang last Friday.
Meet the candidates for State Superintendent & make a plan to #VotePublic on February 18!
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