by Chris Kulow | Jun 15, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
Legislation (SB 330) that increases per pupil payment amounts to voucher/independent charter schools and also increases the low revenue ceiling for public school districts was passed by both the state Senate and Assembly with bipartisan support. The bill reflects a deal reached between the governor and legislative leaders on both K-12 education funding and shared revenue for local governments.
It passed the Senate on a vote of 24-9 as Senators LaTonya Johnson and Lena Taylor (both D-Milwaukee) joined Republicans in support.
The Assembly approved the bill 62-31, with Reps. Dora Drake and Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (both D-Milwaukee) joining Republicans in support. (more…)
by Chris Kulow | Jun 13, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
On the heels of approving a bill that provides increases to vouchers/independent charter payments and the low revenue ceiling, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) GOP majority approved on a party-line 11-4 vote an omnibus motion on K-12 education funding late Tuesday evening. The motion approved contains elements from the framework agreement announced by the governor and legislative leaders last week but also fills in some of the blanks in other areas.
Below is a summary of some the major provisions: (more…)
by Chris Kulow | Jun 13, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
Legislation (SB 330) that increases per pupil payment amounts to voucher/independent charter schools and also increases the low revenue ceiling for public school districts was approved by legislative committees today with bipartisan support. The Senate Education Committee voted 6-1 to recommend the bill for passage with Sen. Johnson (D-Milwaukee) supporting the bill and Sen. Larson (D-Milwaukee) opposing. The Joint Finance Committee approved the bill 11-3 with Sen. Johnson again supporting the bill.
The bill reflects a deal reached between the governor and legislative leaders on both K-12 education funding and shared revenue for local governments.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) prepared a memo on this legislation that you can find here. (more…)
by Dan Rossmiller | Jun 12, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget, State Issue
To assist the Joint Finance Committee as it works its way through the state budget, the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau prepares a set of budget papers for each state agency’s budget. These budget papers provide detailed background information and a set of options for members of the Joint Finance Committee to consider along with an estimate of the fiscal effect of each option.
As we noted in a previous post, the Joint Finance Committee is schedule to take up the Department of Public Instruction budget along with school funding on Tuesday, June 13.
For those of you who may be interested, here are links to the complete set of budget papers for the :
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by Dan Rossmiller | Jun 9, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
The Legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee will meet in Executive Session Tuesday afternoon to vote on the Department of Public Instruction’s budget and K-12 education funding. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 13 at 1:00 PM in Room 412 East, State Capitol. (View executive session notice here.)
We encourage school leaders to please reach out to your legislators to remind them of the needs of your district. It is expected the JFC will be voting on the K-12 funding package agreed upon by the governor and GOP leaders that we described in an earlier blog post.
Immediately prior to that meeting, the Joint Finance Committee will meet in Executive Session (view executive session notice here) to vote on two bills: the Shared Revenue bill (Assembly Bill 245) and Senate Bill 330, a newly introduced bill that does three things: (more…)
by Chris Kulow | Jun 9, 2023 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
From WisPolitics.com
: During its executive session late yesterday, the Joint Finance Committee voted 11-4 to approve a $10 million boost in general purpose revenue for the Department of Justice. That’s a fraction of the $92 million that Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed adding to the agency’s funding.
The funds the committee rejected included a call to put more state money into the Office of School Safety. (more…)
