Evers Signs Budget, Pumps More Money Into K-12 Through Partial Vetoes
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 3, 2019
From WisPolitics.com …
Gov. Tony Evers signed the two-year budget Wednesday, but only after using his partial veto authority to pump nearly $100 million more into K-12 education than what Republicans had proposed.
He also undercut former Gov. Scott Walker’s push to require able-bodied adults with school-age children to meet work requirements to receive food stamps and for adults without kids to go through drug screening to qualify.
While the requirements remain, Evers’ moves nixed the funding so they can’t be administered.
Evers also indicated in his veto message that he will sign a separate bill that would direct additional revenue from online sales to lower income taxes. The combined impact of the income tax reductions in the budget and AB 251 total $518 million over the two-year period. The reductions would reduce the lowest two income tax brackets.
Evers used his line-item veto authority 78 times. That figure matches the average number of partial vetoes Wisconsin governors have used on budget bills over the last decade. Over the past 30 years, governors have issued an average of 137 partial vetoes, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Evers wrote in his veto message the GOP version of the budget falls short, adding he seriously considered vetoing the full document.
“But when I ran for this office, I said it was time for a change, and I made promises to the people of Wisconsin,” Evers wrote. “I promised I would put politics aside to get things done.”
See more in the Budget Blog here.
See Evers veto message here.
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Strang, Patteson: Approval Requirements In School District Real Estate Transactions
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 2, 2019
From The Legal Side…
With the annual meeting of the electors approaching for common school districts and union high school districts, many are considering whether elector approval is required for certain real estate transactions. This legal update from Strang, Patteson explores this issue.
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BoardmanClark: Metadata is a Public Record: What Does this Mean for School Districts?
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 2, 2019
From The Legal Side…
BoardmanClark recently published this School Law FYI regarding a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision and the way that school districts must respond to records requests for electronic files. The SAA regularly receives these updates and we believe this is valuable information for SAA members. We are distributing this update to SAA members with the permission of BoardmanClark.
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ETF Update – WRS Contribution Rates to Increase Slightly
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 2, 2019
The Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) announced in a recent bulletin that required contribution rates for Wisconsin Retirement System employers and employees will increase slightly in 2020. The Employee Trust Funds Board approved the rate changes June 20, following an annual report by the retirement system’s consulting actuary. Read more here.
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DPI Releases General Aid Estimate
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 2, 2019
Following a timeline required by state law, the Department of Public Instruction released an estimate yesterday of the general school aids each public school district will receive for the 2019-20 school year. For additional information, see the DPI news release and district aid estimates.
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