Bill Would Allow Gun Education Class in High Schools
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 10, 2017
Check out this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel news story on Assembly Bill 427 which would allow schools to offer on-site gun education classes as electives. Superintendents Finco, Athey and DeKlotz did a nice job expressing concerns about the bill.
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Hearing Scheduled on Bill Requiring Schools to Use Competitive Bidding
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 7, 2017
The Assembly Committee on Local Government, chaired by Rep. Ed Brooks (R-Reedsburg), will hold a public hearing on Assembly Bill 307, requiring all school districts (including MPS) to utilize competitive bidding for school construction projects in excess of $75,000, next Wednesday, July 12 at 11:00am in Room 400NE, State Capitol.
The Legislative Reference Bureau summarizes the bill as follows:
“This bill increases to $75,000, with an exception for certain highway projects, the threshold governing sealed, competitive bids that is applicable to a local unit of government. Under current law, if the estimated cost of a public works project exceeds $25,000, the state or local unit of government must solicit bids and award the public works contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
The bill also requires a school board and the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools to comply with these bidding requirements.
The bill also provides an exception to bidding requirements for improvements that are constructed by a person other than the local unit of government and donated to a local unit of government after the completion of construction.”
The SAA opposes AB 307. SAA members interested in testifying against the bill should contact SAA as soon as possible.
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Evers Considers Run for Governor
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 7, 2017
Check out Molly Beck’s story in the Wisconsin State Journal about State Superintendent Tony Evers considering a run for Governor.
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Supreme Court Rules Against School District in Open Meetings Case
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 30, 2017
From the Legal Side…
The Boardman & Clark law firm recently published this School Law Update regarding the recently decided open meetings law case involving the Appleton School District. 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 Boardman & Clark.
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July 1 General Aid Estimate Released
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 30, 2017
A little over half of Wisconsin public school districts will receive less general aid in the 2017?18 school year than they did for the 2016?17 school year according to estimates released today by the Department of Public Instruction.
Additional information is available in the DPI news release here.
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