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JFC to Take Up K12 This Afternoon
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 28, 2017
From WisPolitics.com …
The Joint Finance Committee will meet this afternoon to take up education as lawmakers begin a final push to finish the long-delayed budget.
Multiple sources told WisPolitics.com late last week the education package was expected to include boosting the income limit for the statewide school choice program to 220 percent of the federal poverty limit.
Deciding on a new income eligibility limit for the statewide voucher program was one of the last significant differences between Assembly and Senate Republicans.
The Assembly GOP has indicated it supported an increase to 300 percent, which is $73,800 for a family of four. The Senate GOP’s budget proposal, meanwhile, pushed an increase to 220 percent, which is $53,826.
The current limit is 185 percent, which is $45,263.
Along with the voucher program and public instruction, the Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up the Building Commission, the building program, the school levy tax credit and the lottery.
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