Tea Party Groups Urge Walker to Scrap CCSS
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 27, 2013
Dozens of conservatives and leaders of tea party groups from across Wisconsin sent Gov. Scott Walker a letter Tuesday urging him to “be the hero” and reject Common Core education standards.
The letter signed by 61 people came after Assembly Republicans who studied the standards indicated last week that they were not interested in abandoning them. The voluntary standards, covering English and math currently used by 45 states, were adopted in Wisconsin in 2010.
Read more here. See the Open Letter to Governor Walker here.
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DPI Comments on Proposed MOE Rules; Comment Window Closing Soon
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 26, 2013
On September 18, 2013, the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in the Federal Register on changes the agency plans to make to the IDEA regulations regarding LEA Maintenance of Effort Eligibility and Compliance.
See here to watch our overview webinar on the proposed rules.
In addition, the comments DPI will be submitting through www.regulations.gov can be downloaded here.
We encourage everyone to stay informed, watch the webinar and read our comments. Any individual can submit comments on the proposed rules here.
The comment window is closing on December 2nd.
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WERC to Hold Certification Elections Beginning Friday
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 26, 2013
The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission will begin holding certification elections for some 400 local teachers unions on Friday.
WERC general counsel Peter Davis said commissioners James Scott and Rodney Pasch today voted to proceed with the elections for school district unions that had filed for recertification by a Sept. 1 deadline.
The elections had been put on hold after a Dane County judge found Scott and Pasch in contempt of court last month. Judge Juan Colás originally struck down Act 10 as unconstitutional for most local government employees, then issued his contempt order after WERC continued to process elections for those unions. The state Supreme Court invalidated the contempt order last week.
Voting is set to end at noon on Dec. 19. The local unions would need to gain approval from 51 percent of their eligible members to remain certified. Two state employee unions fell short of that threshold in elections that concluded last week.
See more here on the upcoming elections. See Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Coverage.
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SAA Announces On-Line PAC/Conduit Contribution Option
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 8, 2013
The SAA is pleased to announce the creation of a secure on-line credit card option for your SAA PAC and SAADirect contributions. This option was created at the suggestion of many SAA members.
For your convenience, we have made available a video tutorial on this new option.
If you are interested in making a contribution please go to the Donate Now button on the left hand side of our home page.
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Rural Schools Task Force To Hold 2nd Hearing
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 4, 2013
The Speaker’s Task Force on Rural Schools will hold it’s second of four planned public hearings this Wednesday, November 6th at 1:30 p.m. in the Intermediate School Commons of Royall Middle School in Elroy.
The Task Force will hear invited testimony regarding high transportation costs and school district challenges from the following area school superintendents: Mark Gruen, Royall School District; Christine Weymouth, Mauston School District; Curt Bisarek, Hillsboro School District; and John Eyerly, Westfield School District.
Also invited to speak are Cheri Newlun from Seats Inc., Andy Wohlrab from Sprinkman Corporation, and local parent Carrie Buss.
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