{"id":3955,"date":"2023-06-30T13:54:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:04:23","slug":"education-watch-busting-school-choice-myths-green-bay-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"Education Watch \u2013 Busting School Choice Myths: Green Bay Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/education-watch-busting-school-choice-myths-green-bay-edition\/\">https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/education-watch-busting-school-choice-myths-green-bay-edition\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>From the Green Bay Area Public Schools board<\/span><\/strong><span>: \u201cAnd if the state had reimbursed us anywhere near the level they\u2019re doing for the voucher schools\u2019 special education program, [our budget deficit] would be much, much less.\u201d \u201cRight now, our revenue ceiling will move to 11,000 dollars per pupil and the 9 through 12 vouchers, it\u2019s my understanding that that will be 12,000 dollars per pupil. So, it\u2019ll be 1,000 dollars more.\u201d Watch more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/z_eSulZxtCQ?feature=share&amp;t=3621\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4316\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Staff-Quinton-Klabon-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"Quinton Klabon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Additional context from IRG Senior Research Director Quinton Klabon:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As Wisconsinites debate the merits of the bipartisan school funding increase, it\u2019s important to dismiss false claims. Green Bay\u2019s are similar to those of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards.<\/li>\n<li>The special needs voucher amount <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/misc\/lfb\/bill_summaries\/2023_25\/0330_sb_330_low_revenue_adjustment_and_indexing_mechanism_for_the_choice_and_charter_programs_6_13_23.pdf\">will have gone<\/a> from $13,076 in 2023 to $15,046 in 2024. Critics claim that the state pays voucher schools 90% of the special needs costs of those students. That refers to\n<div id=\"oh11\" class=\"overlayHide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/imce\/parental-education-options\/SNSP\/snsp_actual_costs.pdf\">9 total children<\/a> in a specialized program. They also may not understand that the voucher pays for that child\u2019s entire education, not just the special needs part. In comparison, the average district will receive about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WIGOV\/bulletins\/360f7f6\">$18,000<\/a>, all told, per special needs student next year. (Neither amount approaches the roughly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sfs\/aid\/special-ed\/sped-sap\/longitudinal-expenditure\">$29,000<\/a> total cost of public special needs students in <a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sfs\/statistical\/cost-revenue\/section-d\">2022<\/a>.)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Critics also compare charter and voucher amounts to districts\u2019 revenue limits. The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/misc\/lfb\/informational_papers\/january_2023\/0027_school_district_revenue_limits_and_referenda_informational_paper_27.pdf\">correction<\/a> there is simple: Wisconsin only limits property tax revenue and general aid from the state. Categorical state aid (like special needs) and all federal aid is not limited. As a result, Green Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sfs\/statistical\/cost-revenue\/section-d\">received<\/a>\u00a0$16,848 per student in 2022, far more than choice.<\/li>\n<li>According to IRG\u2019s groundbreaking <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/esser-funding-audit\">ESSER III research<\/a>, Green Bay has 1 year to allocate $33 million in federal relief after starting with $45 million. The current board did not create the <a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/education\/green-bay-school-board-reconvenes-to-address-budget-deficit-and-potential-school-closures-green-bay-area-public-school-district-middle-high-elementary-declining-enrollment-motions-langlade-mcauliffe-franklin-wequiock\">massive deficit<\/a>\u00a0that Green Bay faces, but choice schools didn\u2019t, either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/education-watch-busting-school-choice-myths-green-bay-edition\/ From the Green Bay Area Public Schools board: \u201cAnd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institute-for-reforming-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}