{"id":4110,"date":"2023-07-07T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:57:12","slug":"education-watch-governor-evers-k-12-veto-adults-over-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4110","title":{"rendered":"Education Watch \u2013 Governor Evers K-12 Veto: Adults Over Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/education-watch-governor-evers-k-12-veto-adults-over-children\/\">https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/education-watch-governor-evers-k-12-veto-adults-over-children\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5365\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tweet0706231-1.png\" alt width=\"547\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>From the <\/b><b><i>Wisconsin State Journal<\/i><\/b><b>:<\/b><span> \u201cUnder the budget Evers signed, schools would be allowed to raise revenue by $325 per student per year until 2425. Given current public school enrollment levels, that\u2019s over a $260 million increase per year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To make the change, Evers used his partial veto to [make] \u2018for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year\u2019 became \u2018for 2023-2425.\u2019\u201d Doing so will raise voucher and charter payments as well. Read more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/state-regional\/government-politics\/tony-evers-signs-wisconsin-budget\/article_19c11d3a-19e7-11ee-a86a-77b9c6bb9cdb.html\"><span>here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/misc\/lfb\/informational_papers\/january_2023\/0027_school_district_revenue_limits_and_referenda_informational_paper_27.pdf\"><span>\u201cRevenue limits\u201d<\/span><\/a><span> are how much a district can spend per student through a combination of general aid from the state and local property taxes. If your district has a high limit but not a lot of state help, your school board may choose to raise property taxes. 2023\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sfs\/statistical\/basic-facts\/revenue-limits\"><span>limit per student<\/span><\/a><span> was $11,888.18, or about $300,000 per 25-student classroom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>However, targeted state aid and all federal aid are NOT included, being added on top. 2023\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sfs\/statistical\/cost-revenue\/comparative-revenue-member\"><span>total revenue per member<\/span><\/a><span> was $16,859.56, or $420,000 per classroom. (1-time pandemic relief boosted this higher.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Governor Evers\u2019 actions serve adults at the expense of the most struggling students. These permanent increases crowd out future legislatures\u2019 ability to put more toward targeted aid like special needs. Instead of funding schools based on what students need to thrive, Governor Evers provided an across-the-board increase that will raise taxes on the suburbs, squeeze rural and urban budgets, and allow districts to hold their 1:7.3 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicstaffreports.dpi.wi.gov\/PubStaffReport\/Public\/PublicReport\/RatioStudentsToFteStaffReport\"><span>staff-to-student ratio<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/education-watch-governor-evers-k-12-veto-adults-over-children\/ From the Wisconsin State Journal: \u201cUnder the budget Evers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":4112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4110","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\/4110","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=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4114,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions\/4114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}