LFB Revenue Estimates Released
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 30, 2019
From The Wheeler Report . . .
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has released general fund revenue and expenditure projections for the Legislature. According to the memo, LFB expects a gross balance of $691.5 million and a net balance (gross balance – $75.0 million required statutory balance) of $616.5 million. The memo says their analysis shows over a three-year period, aggregate general fund tax collections are $282.0 million lower than expected in the November 20 DOA estimates (-$142.1 million in 2018-19, -$45 million in 2019-20, and -$94.6 million in 2020-21).
The memo highlights the some of the main differences between the DOA memo and their estimates:
- Estimated tax collections are $142.1 million lower than projected by DOA on November 20.
- The $142.1 million is offset by agency revenues deposited into the general fund of $17.4 million
- A reduction of net appropriations of $193.7 million:
- The Nov 20 DOA report estimated $82.6 million transfer to the budget stabilization fund – LFB does not believe that transfer will occur
- Lapses to the general fund will be $103.7 million greater than expected by DOA in the Nov. 20 memo.
LFB expects that the $82.6 million transfer to the budget stabilization fund won’t happen for two reasons. The first reason is that the tax estimate for 2018-19 is lower than the DOA memo, which would reduce the amount available for a potential transfer. The second reason pertains to legislation passed at the end of the year that says that any increased tax collections under the Wayfair decision must be excluded from the transfer for stabilization funds. Those two issues combined bring the 2018-19 tax estimate below the amount estimated by the 2017-19 budget, and therefore eliminate the transfer requirement.
The increased transfers to the general fund exceed those estimates in the Nov. 20 report primarily because of two reasons. The Department of Health Services is estimated to lapse $212.7 million GPR to the general fund, which is $63.7 million more than anticipated by the Nov. 20 memo. The Department of Workforce Development Fast Forward unencumbered amount is estimated at $21.7 million.
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Repost: Blue Ribbon Commission Recommendations
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 28, 2019
On the heels of the extraordinary turnout for the Blue Ribbon Commission Panel Discussion at the State Education Convention last Friday morning, the SAA is reposting the Blue Ribbon Commission recommendations.
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State of the State Address Tonight
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 22, 2019
From WisPolitics.com …
Gov. Tony Evers will deliver his first State of the State at 7 p.m. today.
The speech will be carried live by WisconsinEye and Wisconsin Public TV as Evers addresses a joint session of the state Legislature.
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SAA 2019-21 Legislative Agenda
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 22, 2019
After a lengthy process of seeking member input and vetting policy proposals, the 2019-21 SAA Legislative Agenda has been approved. The process utilized was designed to achieve a legislative agenda representative of our diverse, statewide membership. I want to thank the members of the SAA Policy Research & Development Team and the SAA Legislative Committee for all their significant contributions to the agenda. Hats off as well to all SAA members who participated in this process with their comments, questions and suggestions.
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Governor Requests to Give Budget Address
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 21, 2019
From The Wheeler Report . . .
Governor Evers has sent letters to both Senate Chief Clerk Jeff Renk and Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller requesting to deliver his budget address to a joint session of the legislature on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
Here is the history of Governor’s and their budget address speech dates.
- February 12, 1997 – Gov. Thompson
- February 16, 1999 – Gov. Thompson
- February 20, 2001 – Gov. McCallum
- February 18, 2003 – Gov. Doyle
- February 8, 2005 – Gov. Doyle
- February 13, 2007 – Gov. Doyle
- February 17, 2009 – Gov. Doyle
- March 1, 2011 – Gov. Walker
- February 20, 2013 – Gov. Walker
- February 3, 2015 – Gov. Walker
- February 8, 2017 – Gov. Walker
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