Wisconsin Near the Top in K-12 Education Cuts
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | December 10, 2015
Check out the Wisconsin Budget Project analysis of a new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The study finds that Wisconsin has cut K-12 education funding more than only 3 states in the nation since 2008.
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SAA Opposes AB 489
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | December 8, 2015
In a public hearing today before the Assembly Committee on Family Law, the SAA registered in opposition to Assembly Bill 489, a bill that would expand child abuse and neglect reporting requirements to contracted school employees and school volunteers who work directly with children at least 40 hours per year.
The bill would impose new training requirements for volunteers and staff, would likely necessitate new language in contracts for bus transportation and food service contracts could deter community members from volunteering in schools, and, because the bill provides no funding ensures that these new requirements would become unfunded mandates.
The SAA will inform the membership of future developments on this legislation.
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Hundreds Pack Library for Reading of Transgender Book
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | December 4, 2015
Check out this article from the Wisconsin State Journal. In a turnout that stunned organizers, nearly 600 people filled the library in Mount Horeb Wednesday night to hear a public reading of a children’s book about a transgender girl, with many in the crowd expressing strong support for a local family with a transgender child.
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Fab Lab Grant Applications Due January 22, 2016
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | December 1, 2015
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is administering a new program for Wisconsin public school districts. The Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) Program will provide grants to districts to help them equip Fab Labs within public schools.
Fab Labs incorporate technologies such as 3D printing and computer-assisted design to give students hands-on experience, allowing them to put into practice concepts they have learned in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) courses.
Grants to help public school districts create or expand these labs will be available in amounts up to $25,000 per district. The funds may be used to purchase equipment used for instructional and educational purposes by elementary, middle, junior, or high school students.
Fab Labs grants will be awarded through a competitive process, with applications for the first grant year due January 22, 2016.
View application details here: InWisconsin.com/fablabs.
If you have any questions about this grant, please contact WEDC Sector Manager: Kathleen Heady 608-210-6841.
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Investigation: Failing Milwaukee Voucher Schools
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | December 1, 2015
I found this FOX6 (Milwaukee) investigation into failing Milwaukee voucher schools interesting.
Check it out here.
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