Scope Statement for Fund 80 Rule Available
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 15, 2014
The DPI scope statement for the proposed rule change on Fund 80 is now available. This proposed rule change will create Chapter PI 80, as required by 2013 Wisconsin Act 306. Under 2013 Wisconsin Act 306, the department must define ineligible costs related to community programs and services.
The SAA has heard from many members regarding the proposed rule change required by Act 306. The SAA will closely monitor this process and keep the membership informed of any developments.
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Democrats Criticize Rural Schools Report
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 8, 2014
Here is an interesting news story from the Wisconsin State Journal on the partisan sparring over the recommendations from the Rural Schools Task Force.
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Graduation Rates Continue to Climb
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 8, 2014
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) announced today that Wisconsin’s statewide public school graduation rate continued its upward trend, improving 2.3 percentage points between the 2009-10 and 2012-13 school years. The class of 2013 had a four?year graduation rate of 88.0 percent, five-tenths of a point higher than the prior year.
Additional information is available in this news release. District- and school-level graduation rate data is available here.
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Swearingen, Clark Each Issue Rural Schools Reports
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 7, 2014
Representatives Rob Swearingen (R-Rhinelander) and Fred Clark (D-Baraboo), the chair and vice-chair of the Speaker’s Task Force on Rural Schools respectively, have each issued task force reports. The SAA is heartened by the potential for real bipartisan support for addressing many of the issues highlighted in both reports. We also thank Chairman Swearingen, Vice-Chairman Clark and the other members of the task force for their hard work and dedication in proposing solutions that will improve rural schools’ abilities to provide quality learning opportunities for all the children they serve.
The SAA is reviewing both reports to identify the measures we believe are in the best interest of rural schools and rural school children. Links to both reports appear below.
Swearingen Report Clark Report
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Nass to Run for Open Senate Seat
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 7, 2014
Longtime GOP state Rep. Steve Nass will run for the open 11th Senate District, an aide tells WisPolitics.com.
Nass is jumping into the race for the 11th SD after Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, announced yesterday he would not seek re-election to the heavily GOP seat in southern Wisconsin.
Nass, who was first elected to the Assembly in 1990, is expected to formally announce his bid this afternoon, aide Mike Mikalsen said.
He will become the 22nd member of the Assembly to announce plans to retire rather than seeking re-election, breaking the record that was set in 1983, according to data from the Legislative Reference Bureau that goes back to 1963. Another three members left the chamber last year for other jobs and were replaced in special elections.
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