by Chris Kulow | Mar 7, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
From a press release: The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) announced four (4) public hearings related to the State Budget today.
“As the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), we invite you to provide comments and input. Your ideas are an essential part of our process. We also encourage you to visit the website we
have dedicated to the public hearing process. It is a central portal for input to reach the entire committee and it will be a helpful tool when looking for upcoming budget hearings and other documents pertaining to the budget process.”
The public hearing schedule is: (more…)
by Chris Kulow | Mar 1, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Issue
Assembly Bill 69 has been added to the
agenda for the March 2 Assembly Committee on Education public hearing that we had
previously posted about. The bill is authored by state Rep. Nik P. Rettinger (R-Mukwonago). Below is the Legislative Reference Bureau analysis of the bill:
“This bill requires each public school, including a charter school, to report any incident that occurs in a school building or on school grounds to local law enforcement. The bill provides that, if 100 or more incidents occur in and on public school buildings and grounds during a school semester, and at least 25 of those incidents result in an arrest, the school must, no later than the first day of the next school year, employ or contract for the employment of a law enforcement officer as an armed school resource officer (SRO) to work at the school. Under the bill, “incident” is a defined term that includes violations of state and municipal disorderly conduct laws and certain crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, burglary, battery, and arson. However, the bill provides that, for purposes of counting the number of incidents that resulted in arrest, “incident” does not include incidents related to use or possession of alcohol, cigarettes, nicotine, tobacco products, or vaping devices. (more…)
by Chris Kulow | Feb 23, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, WASB
The Government Relations team will begin their state budget-focused webinar series
Capitol Chat on Friday, February 24 at noon. These will be shorter weekly webinars every Friday at noon primarily focusing on developments at the Capitol with an opportunity to ask questions. We plan to record these webinars for those who are not able to watch live.
by Chris Kulow | Feb 14, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
Governor Evers today announced details of his budget initiatives for K-12 education including an overall increase of $2.6 billion. That figure includes significant investments in special education aid, increases in revenue limits and general aid, increases in the low revenue ceiling and more. The details are provided below. The governor delivers his budget address tomorrow evening at 7pm (WisEye coverage begins at 6:30pm).
From the Governor’s office (see full release):
Overall Investment
To ensure kids and educators have the resources they need to be successful, Gov. Evers is providing an overall state investment of over $2.6 billion in general and categorical aids for public schools. Gov. Evers’ historic education budget proposes: (more…)
by Chris Kulow | Feb 9, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, WASB
The Government Relations team will begin their state budget-focused webinar series
Capitol Chat on Friday, February 24 at noon. These will be shorter weekly webinars every Friday at noon primarily focusing on developments at the Capitol with an opportunity to ask questions. We plan to record these webinars for those who are not able to watch live.
You can access the Capitol Chat webinars on our NEW
State Budget Webpage (among other places). The webpage has been redesigned in a more user-friendly format and includes:
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