Marquette Poll: Evers, Walker in a Toss-up for Governor
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 10, 2018
The new Marquette Law School Poll is out and it shows that that the Governor’s race is essentially a toss-up, with Walker leading 47-46 (well within the margin for error). Check out the coverage by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here.
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School Referendums Set For November 6th
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 4, 2018
From The Wheeler Report:
Wisconsin schools will be holding 82 school referendums on the November 6 ballot.
See the report here.
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Walker Campaign Does Not Respond To SAA Request
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 3, 2018
As you know, on September 6th the SAA asked the Walker and Evers campaigns to respond in writing to several questions on current education policy issues impacting Wisconsin public schools and public school children.
The Evers campaign submitted their responses on the September 25th deadline. After multiple requests and reminders, we have yet to receive a response from the Walker campaign.
Stay tuned.
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Legislature to Call Extraordinary Session Starting November 12
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 3, 2018
From The Wheeler Report . . .
Sen. Fitzgerald has announced that the legislature will call itself into Extraordinary Session on Nov. 12 to take up AB-963, a bill to provide tax credits for Kimberly-Clark in the city of Neenah and village of Fox Crossing. The bill passed the Assembly on February 22, 59-37. Fitzgerald said the Senate will hold a public hearing and a vote will be held on the Senate floor “later in November.” Sen. Fitzgerald told the Associated Press the Extraordinary Session will only consist of the Kimberly-Clark tax incentive package, but Speaker Vos said he is open to taking up additional legislation beyond the Kimberly-Clark tax incentive package in the Extraordinary Session. The Senate Organization Committee ballot will be distributed to members at 2:30 tomorrow, with a deadline of 4:30 tomorrow. The Assembly Organization Committee ballot will be distributed to members at 1 pm on Wednesday and the responses are required by 4 pm on Wednesday.
See Wisconsin State Journal Coverage here.
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SAA Member Jeff Wright Running for State Assembly
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 27, 2018
I’m writing as a reminder to all SAA members that we have one of our own running for the State Legislature.
You might recall that, in 2016, Jeff Wright, assistant superintendent for the Sauk Prairie Schools, ran a strong but unsuccessful campaign for the State Assembly. Jeff is running again this year for the State Assembly (51st Assembly District) as a Democrat. Jeff’s career as an educator began as a history, government and world affairs teacher. He also served as a high school principal on the south side of Chicago. I first connected with Jeff several years ago when he delivered extremely effective testimony on the state budget before the Joint Finance Committee. He is a strong advocate for Wisconsin schools and Wisconsin school children.
Needless to say, the SAA is very excited about Jeff’s candidacy. If you would like more information about his campaign, including information on making a campaign contribution, I have provided a link to Jeff’s campaign website below.
Please note: The State Elections Commission has advised that SAA members should access campaign donation pages from a personal computer and not on school servers.
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