More Administrators Speak Out On Budget Impact
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 12, 2015
Administrators from Pardeeville, Portage and Lodi are the focus of this Portage Daily Register article.
Wauwatosa administrators discuss the proposed budget’s impact on their local school district in this article.
Sheboygan administrators discuss the budget’s impact on their local school district in this article.
These are great examples of strong leadership on behalf of the students they serve.
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2014-15 Per Pupil Aid Estimate by School District
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 12, 2015
This spreadsheet, produced by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), represents the best estimates they have at this time related to the $150 per FTE pupil payment for 2014-15 by school district. Please note these figures could also closely approximate the 2015-16 cut that districts would sustain if the $150 per pupil aid payment is cut as proposed in the Governor’s biennial budget plan.
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Superintendents Reach Out to Their Communities
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 11, 2015
Twenty-four superintendents from West-central Wisconsin school districts signed a letter encouraging their communities to engage in conversation on the importance of evidence-based policies in education. For your information, we are posting this as a sample letter to communities in the SAA Evidence-Based Agenda Support Materials on the SAA web site.
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Huebsch: Walker’s Top Priority for New Money is More Tax Cuts
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 11, 2015
From WisPolitics:
A number of GOP lawmakers have said they want to see any increases in expected revenues over the next two years to go toward K-12 education, the UW System or lowering bonding for transportation.
But DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said at a WisPolitics.com luncheon yesterday the guv’s No. 1 priority for any new money is more tax cuts.
“Putting more money in the pockets of the people who earn it has been something that from the beginning Gov. Walker, even when he was in the Legislature, recognized continues to spur economic growth,” Huebsch said.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said in response to Huebsch’s comments he would be open to additional tax cuts if May re-estimates found a significant windfall coming the state’s way. But short of that, there are other priorities.
“I am always looking for ways to put more money in the hands of Wisconsin families,” Vos said. “But I also want to guarantee that we have the very best education and university system possible, so a lot of it depends on what the numbers are.”
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Whitewater, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Administrators Speak Out on Budget Impact
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 11, 2015
Hats off to Whitewater superintendent Eric Runez and business manager Nathan Jaeger, Fort Atkinson superintendent Jeff Zaspel and business manager Jason Demerath, and Jefferson superintendent Craig Gerlach. These administrators met with representatives of the Jefferson Daily Union to share their concerns about the impact of the governor’s proposed budget cuts on their schools and the students they serve. The news article is linked below.
As you can see, this is an outstanding example of the SAA’s local advocacy model at work. Great job, gentlemen!
See the article here.
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