{"id":5575,"date":"2023-09-12T21:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:36:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:36:25","slug":"wisconsin-democrats-propose-new-regulations-for-school-vouchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5575","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Democrats propose new regulations for school vouchers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/regulations-for-school-vouchers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The push against school choice in Wisconsin comes after a report last week that showed choice schools in the state saw better test scores with fewer state dollars than traditional public schools.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol may be trying to roll back school choice in the state after presenting a package of legislation they say would reinvest in public schools and bring transparency to voucher school spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about public dollars, public schools, and public oversight,\u201d Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, told reporters.<\/p>\n

The Democrats\u2019 transparency plan would require the state to tell taxpayers how much money goes to voucher students each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this bill passes, each property tax bill would have a line that says something like: The gross reduction in state aid to your school district in the current year is a result of people enrolled in one of the choice programs. Or as a result of payments to a private school under the special needs scholarship program,\u201d Rep. Deb Andraca, D-Whitefish Bay, said.<\/p>\n

Andraca says the plan is not anti-school choice, but rather about transparency.<\/p>\n

Larson, who has long been an opponent of school choice, said Wisconsin must choose between public schools or choice schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWisconsin cannot afford to fund two competing school systems,\u201d Larson added. \u201cWe need urgent action to stop the unchecked expansion of the voucher programs and independent charter schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans at the Capitol secured a major expansion of school choice funding in the new state budget.<\/p>\n

The plan, signed by Gov. Tony Evers, will eventually increase voucher payments from $8,399 to $9,874 per student for younger students and from $9,045 to $12,368 for high school students.<\/p>\n

The new state budget includes $1 billion more for traditional public schools.<\/p>\n

Yet, Rep Francesca Hong, D-Madison, said Wisconsin\u2019s public schools need more.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur budget cycle this past year, unfortunately, did not do enough,\u201d Hong said. \u201cOur children deserve more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s public schools received more than $6 billion<\/a> in state funding in 2021 and are on pace to receive billions more this year while enrollment is falling.<\/p>\n

Public schools in the state are also in line for 400 years of per-pupil funding increase, after Gov. Evers used his veto to extend<\/a> a two-year per-pupil increase for four centuries.<\/p>\n

The push against school choice in Wisconsin also comes after a report last week that showed choice schools in the state saw better test scores with fewer state dollars<\/a> than traditional public schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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