{"id":11242,"date":"2024-06-19T05:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2024-06-19T05:55:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:55:48","slug":"wisconsin-lawmakers-say-mps-troubles-costing-their-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=11242","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Lawmakers Say MPS Troubles Costing Their Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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Lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol say Milwaukee Public School\u2019s financial crisis will cost their schools as well.<\/p>\n

Republican Rep. Jerry O\u2019Connor, R-Fond du Lac, said MPS\u2019 recently approved property tax increase will shift the way that state school aid dollars are spent.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder Wisconsin\u2019s equalization aid formula, state tax dollars are distributed to school districts inversely based on property value per student, aiming to \u2018equalize\u2019 aid. This formula is expenditure-based, meaning that as Milwaukee increases its expenditures, it receives a larger share of state aid regardless of property tax \u2018wealth,\u2019\u201d O\u2019Connor (pictured above) said.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor said schools in Fond du Lac will lose $777,511 because of that shift. North Fond du Lac School District will lose $83,186, and the Oakfield School District will see a reduction of $45,982.<\/p>\n

\u201cDenying voters full access to information about a referendum undermines the democratic process and can lead to uninformed decisions that negatively impact our community and faith in government institutions. It\u2019s essential that all voters have complete and transparent information to make educated choices. Had voters had access to the details of MPS\u2019s financial mismanagement, the outcome of this close referendum may have been different,\u201d O\u2019Connor said. \u201cIn my many years in banking, such a withholding of information would be at best, negotiating in bad faith, and, at worst, grievous fraud against the State Legislature and taxpayers of Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor is not the only Republican who says their schools will suffer because of MPS\u2019 problems.<\/p>\n

Rep. Barbara Dittrich, R-Oconomowoc, said her area schools stand to lose nearly $1 million because of MPS\u2019 impact on the statewide funding formula.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf ever there were a case for fixing Wisconsin\u2019s convoluted funding formula, this is it. All students in the state must not be dragged down by the irresponsibility of adults who failed to file statutorily required reports and hide relevant information from voting taxpayers. If the educational bureaucracy wants to know why school choice is so popular in this state, they need only look in the mirror,\u201d Dittrich added.<\/p>\n

Dittrich said Arrowhead Schools will lose $175,282 because of MPS\u2019 shift. She said Hartland-Lakeside Schools will lose $197,495, Herman-Neosho-Rubicon Schools will lose $56,721 and Oconomowoc Area Schools will lose $503,617.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stand with the area public schools I serve as well as the taxpayers and will not support any sort of a bailout for MPS. Neither will I support handing the district to local government that has not been able to prove itself any more fiscally prudent,\u201d Dittrich said<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor for The Center Square<\/a>.
\nPhoto \u201cJerry O\u2019Conner\u201d by Re-elect Jerry O\u2019Conner<\/a>. Background Photo \u201cMilwaukee Public School\u201d by Charles Edward Miller<\/a> CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/em><\/p>\n

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