Proposal To Impact Transgender Students, School Policy
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 9, 2015
As you are likely aware, Representative Jesse Kramer (R-Kewaskum) and Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) are proposing to bar transgender students from using school bathrooms or locker rooms assigned to the gender with which they identify, under a bill draft currently being circulated for co-sponsorship in the State Capitol. Governor Scott Walker has also expressed support for the concept of the proposal.
Clearly, this is an extremely controversial issue and the SAA is requesting your feedback on the bill draft to help guide our actions as the proposal moves forward. Please send your comments to beth@wsaa.org.
Thanks for listening, and as always, thanks for all your efforts on behalf of the children you serve. Every Child, Every Day.
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SAA Opposes AB 321
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 9, 2015
At a public hearing yesterday before the Assembly Committee on Education the SAA testified in opposition to Assembly Bill 321, relating to the school district budget summary, annual audit and annual report. Last week, the SAA registered its opposition to the Senate companion SB 234, before the Senate Education Committee. In essence, the bill does two things:
- It requires DPI to create another budget summary form that school districts are not required to use.
- It requires a school board to post its district annual report and its audit report on the district website. There is no specific required date by which the board must do so.
The SAA will keep the membership apprised of any developments on this legislation.
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SAA Opposes SB 228
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 7, 2015
At a public hearing today before the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, the SAA testified in opposition to Senate Bill 228, relating to the Academic Excellence Scholarship Program. Our primary concern is that the bill would dramatically reduce the number of scholarships awarded under the program. The bill would adversely impact students from all types of high schools (urban, suburban, rural). In particular, it would result in significantly fewer scholarship recipients from small rural schools.
The SAA will keep the membership apprised of any developments regarding this legislation.
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Walker Job Approval Falls To 37 Percent
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 30, 2015
From WisPolitics . . .
Gov. Scott Walker’s job approval continued to drop in the latest Marquette University Law School poll, dipping to 37 percent.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump took over the top spot in the GOP primary, and Hillary Clinton’s support at the front of the Dem pack was steady. Russ Feingold also saw his lead over U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, bump back up.
Taken in the days after Walker dropped out of the presidential race, the survey found 59 percent of registered voters disapproved of the job he was doing. In the last Marquette poll conducted in August, Walker’s job approval rating split was 39-57.
Since dropping out, Walker has said he may run for a third term. The poll, though, found 35 percent would support another Walker bid, while 62 percent did not want to see him run again.
The survey also found a shakeup in the GOP primary with Walker now out of the field. He was in first place at 25 percent in the last poll.
Now, Donald Trump leads the GOP field at 20 percent, up from 9 percent. Ben Carson was next at 16 percent, Marco Rubio at 14 percent and Carly Fiorina at 11 percent. No one else broke double digits.
The poll found if Walker had stayed in the race, he would have been at 28 percent.
On the Dem side, Clinton was at 42 percent with Bernie Sanders at 30 percent and Joe Biden, who has not said if he will run, at 17 percent. In August, Clinton was at 44 percent, Sanders 32 and Biden 12.
In the U.S. Senate race, Feingold led Johnson 50-36. In August, Feingold was up 47-42.
The survey of 803 registered voters was conducted Thursday through Monday and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percent points. Forty-five percent of the interviews were done via cellphone with the rest over land lines.
The subsample of 321 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents had a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 percentage points, while the questions asked of the 394 Dem and Dem-leaning independents had a margin of error of plus or minus 5.9 percentage points.
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Walker Left Biggest Supporters in the Dark
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 22, 2015
Check out this fascinating piece from Politico about Governor Walker’s exit from the presidential race. Apparently, he made the decision without informing many of his closest advisers and biggest political donors.
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