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Legislative and Budget Alert
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 13, 2023
Good morning members,
As you know, things are progressing quickly in the Capitol after news broke last week that K-12 finance was negotiated as part of a larger conversation around shared revenue. There are several committees’ meetings today that will impact the 2023-25 state budget.
While the Assembly committee on education is meeting on AB 305, the Senate committee on education is holding a vote on the companion bill SB 330. The proposals are moving tangentially with the K-12 budget before the Joint Finance Committee today and represent the compromise that Governor Evers and Legislative leaders agreed to last week addressing per pupil payments for choice and charter schools and raise the low revenue limit ceiling from $10,000 to $11,000. Several questions have yet to be answered on this specific proposal including the impact that Act 141 would have on the ability of 28 school districts to raise their revenue limit.
This afternoon, the Joint Finance Committee will take up the K-12 funding in accordance with the compromise released late last week. At this time, no additional information has been provided in writing and there are many outstanding questions. A copy of the motion will be summarized as soon as we have access to those details. I encourage you to contact your legislators and share how the current proposal would impact your district finances next year. A sample of an email can be found here.
Find your state legislators here. Please reach out if you have questions.
Additionally, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs will hold a hearing on AB 321 which is the literacy proposal introduced tangentially to the $50 million proposed set aside in the state budget. Ultimately while we all want to see an investment in our students’ literacy attainment but this sweeping bill being rushed through in the assembly, and it contains too many logistically unworkable scenarios, unanswered questions and retention requirement that research has proven is not in the best interest of all children. An example of communication on this issue can be found here.
I encourage you all to continue to reach out to your legislators if possible.
I will follow back as soon as more information is available.
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