JFC Looks at Budget Hearings in Latter Half of March
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 9, 2015
From WisPolitics:
The Joint Finance Committee is looking at the latter half of March for four public hearings on the state budget.
The offices of the co-chairs said they’re looking at four regions for the public hearings: the Fox Valley, the Milwaukee area, southwestern Wisconsin in the area between Platteville and La Crosse, and northern Wisconsin the area between Wausau and Antigo.
That would put the committee on track to start voting on Walker’s budget in April.
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Editorial: Walker Slams Public Schools
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 9, 2015
Check out the Appleton Post Crescent’s strongly worded editorial condemning Walker’s education budget.
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Send Wistax Piece to Your Legislators, Media
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 9, 2015
Last Friday, the SAA reposted a blog post from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (Wistax) that clearly lays out the funding cuts to public schools in the governor’s budget proposal and places the impact of that proposed cut in the context of school funding over the past eight years.
This piece is particularly valuable in explaining the impact of the budget proposal to your parents, community, media and legislators; especially because Wistax is a highly credible, nonpartisan source of information on taxes and spending.
The SAA urges all of you to send the Wistax piece to your legislators and your media.
For your convenience in contacting your legislators, we have provided links to the Assembly Directory, the Senate Directory and Who Are My Legislators.
If you should have any questions please email me. Thanks for listening and, as always, thank you for everything you do on behalf of Wisconsin school children.
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Problems Swirl Around Badger Exam
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 9, 2015
See Erin Richards’ (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) story regarding the problems associated with the Smarter Balanced Exam.
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Rural Schools Get a Mixed Bag
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 9, 2015
This Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article highlights how the benefits of the Governor’s rural schools initiatives in his budget proposal are washed away by the Governor’s proposed cuts to per-pupil spending.
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