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WiscNet Tweaked, Green Bay Choice Out
By John Forester(Don't Use) | June 15, 2011
From WisPolitics:
Joint Finance Co-chair Robin Vos said Republicans have made more changes for WiscNet that will leave the service in place for those who now receive it and dropped the expansion of school choice to Green Bay as part of final negotiations in the state budget.
Vos and Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald announced yesterday the end to WiscNet services the Joint Finance Committee put into the budget would be delayed by two years.
Under the latest deal, the service would be allowed to continue and the UW System could still receive the $30 million in federal funding to install infrastructure.
But future expansions would be subject to JFC review. Vos said the JFC provision ending WiscNet would kick in July 31, 2013, unless all parties involved could reach an agreement on how the system would operate going forward.
Vos, R-Rochester, said the parties involved indicated that would be done within a month and said he expected JFC to hold a 13.10 hearing in July to address the program.
UW System officials were unhappy with the JFC moves to end the program, while private sector providers have complained that the system encroaches on their territory.
“No one is pleased, but everyone is satisfied,” Vos said.
Vos said the Green Bay expansion was pulled out because it lacked the needed support, but said it could come back in future legislation or the next budget if supporters build support in the community and the Legislature.
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