{"id":15040,"date":"2025-01-30T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T16:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15040"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:02:17","slug":"barriers-to-educational-freedom-government-regulations-limit-success-and-innovation-of-choice-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15040","title":{"rendered":"Barriers to Educational Freedom: Government Regulations Limit Success and Innovation of Choice Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/barriers-to-educational-freedom-government-regulations-limit-success-and-innovation-of-choice-schools\/\">https:\/\/will-law.org\/barriers-to-educational-freedom-government-regulations-limit-success-and-innovation-of-choice-schools\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty (WILL) released a new report titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Government-Regulations-Limit-Success-and-Innovation-of-Choice-Schools-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"web\">The High Cost of Overregulation: How Excessive Government Control Threatens School Choice in Wisconsin<\/a>.\u201d The report analyzes how burdensome regulations hinder the ability of choice schools to open and expand in Wisconsin. WILL aims for this report to serve as a critical warning to policymakers in Wisconsin and across the nation that overregulating these institutions limits opportunities for families seeking alternatives to traditional public schools.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Quotes: WILL Research Director, Will Flanders, Ph.D., stated, \u201cWhile accountability in education is important, an increasing regulatory burden discourages private school participation in choice programs, ultimately limiting educational opportunities for families.\u00a0Policymakers must tread carefully and focus on achieving a balance that safeguards the flexibility and innovation that has made school choice successful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Neumann, Ph.D., Executive Chair and CEO of Sky Schools, stated, \u201cToo many regulations will reduce the diversity of educational options and limit flexibility. Schools will be forced into a smaller box, reducing the variety of educational models available to parents. The resources needed for compliance take away from what\u2019s best for kids, regressing the system toward a one-size-fits-all model.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our Findings: When examining the various regulations and requirements that choice schools must comply with, several stand out as being overly burdensome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schools can be denied entry into the program for failing to fill out forms, budgets, or completing training to DPI\u2019s satisfaction.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>On top of statutory state mandates, the DPI often adds additional requirements through administrative rules and guidance documentations, making compliance more cumbersome for schools.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>DPI\u2019s extended regulations include extensive requirements for private auditors when reviewing the choice school\u2019s student enrollment audits, fiscal and internal control practices, and the financial audits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There are also specific ways that families must prove residency and income when applying to the programs. This severely hurts families\u2019 motivations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Excessive regulation diverts resources away from the classroom and student-centered activities, potentially hampering educational outcomes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>During the 2023-24 Wisconsin legislative session, there were 33 bills introduced that would have imposed a regulatory burden on choice programs, the highest since at least 2009.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WILL\u2019s School Choice Work: WILL has been an adamant defender of school choice since its founding in 2011. Our policy team has done extensive work to educate policymakers on the success of the school choice program and dispel false claims made by opponents. Our legal team also represented the school choice community in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2023, when an original action sought to end the school choice program, which the Court ultimately denied. WILL is prepared to defend school choice against legal or legislative attacks that may arise to ensure Wisconsin families have the best educational opportunities possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Government-Regulations-Limit-Success-and-Innovation-of-Choice-Schools-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"web\">\u201cThe High Cost of Overregulation: How Excessive Government Control Threatens School Choice in Wisconsin,\u201d<\/a> January 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read and share the press release online here.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WILL_Flanders_Color_002_WEB_980x617_100ppi_Sharpened.jpg\" alt=\"Will Flanders, PHD\" class=\"wp-image-9280\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Will Flanders, PHD<\/h4>\n<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Research Director<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Flanders@will-law.org<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/barriers-to-educational-freedom-government-regulations-limit-success-and-innovation-of-choice-schools\/\">Barriers to Educational Freedom: Government Regulations Limit Success and Innovation of Choice Schools<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\">Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/will-law.org\/barriers-to-educational-freedom-government-regulations-limit-success-and-innovation-of-choice-schools\/ The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15042,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040\/revisions\/15042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}