SAA Budget Release
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 4, 2015
The SAA has issued a news release on Governor Walker’s 2015-17 state budget proposal.?
See the release here.
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State Budget News
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 4, 2015
??The SAA is continuing to analyze the Governor’s 2015-17 biennial state budget plan. For your information we are providing links to the Budget in Brief as well as the Executive Budget document. We are also linking newspaper coverage as well. Stay tuned. More to come.
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Difficult Budget a “Self-Inflicted Wound”
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 2, 2015
?Numerous commentators are quoted in Matt DeFour’s Wisconsin State Journal news article essentially agreeing that Wisconsin’s difficult budget was a “self-inflicted wound.”
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Expanding Voucher Program Wrong Choice for Wisconsin
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 29, 2015
?Here is an interesting op-ed piece written by Zachary Herrnstadt and printed in The Country Today, Eau Claire.
Herrnstadt is a government relations associate for the Wisconsin Farmers Union, a member-driven organization committed to enhancing the quality of life for family farmers, rural communities and all citizens through educational opportunities, cooperative endeavors and civic engagement.
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Follow-up to SB 1 Hearing
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 29, 2015
?After spending all day yesterday in the Capitol meeting with 10 legislators, I wanted to briefly catch up with the SAA membership on the Senate Bill 1 (school accountability) public hearing held on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Education Reform.
In my admittedly biased opinion, the outstanding testimony delivered in support of SB 1 by SAA members clearly dominated the proceedings — a fact that unfortunately was not reflected in the news coverage of the event. Hats off to those SAA members who made the commitment to sit through a long hearing to testify. Those members testifying included (please forgive me if my memory fails and I omit someone): Jeff Jacobson and John Humphries, Dodgeville; Aaron Sadoff, North Fond du Lac; Bruce Quinton, Pepin; JoAnn Sternke, Pewaukee; Pat DeKlotz, Kettle Moraine; Dean Gorrell, Verona; Darienne Driver, Milwaukee; and Michelle Langenfeld, DeAnn Lehman and Mark Flaten, Green Bay.
I also greatly appreciate all member efforts to contact your legislators in support of the SAA position on SB 1. Our position came through loud and clear. I will keep the membership updated on future developments on this important issue.
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