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GOP Far Apart on Transpo; No Concensus on K-12
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 23, 2017
From WisPolitics.com … (late yesterday)
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Alberta Darling said today top GOP leaders have a long way to go on reaching a consensus on transportation, another sign the budget won’t be completed by the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
“We are as far apart on transportation as we were a few months ago,” Darling, R-River Hills, told WisPolitics.com in an interview this afternoon.
Fellow JFC Co-chair John Nygren told reporters yesterday the Senate and Assembly GOP are split on bonding, as the Senate supports bonding at levels higher than the $500 million Gov. Scott Walker has proposed, a position Assembly Republicans oppose. A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald later said Fitzgerald is advocating for $850 million in bonding.
Darling said in addition to broadly discussing transportation, top GOP leaders have yet to reach a consensus on K-12 education funding, following three consecutive days of closed-door meetings between Darling, Nygren, Fitzgerald, Speaker Robin Vos and others.
Darling also said members have yet to reach an agreement on property taxes, another major sticking point in budget discussions.
She said the group plans to meet again on Tuesday to continue negotiations, but maintains that members have “made some good progress” on the budget so far.
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