{"id":5579,"date":"2023-09-12T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:37:06","slug":"statement-from-scw-president-regarding-proposed-bill-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5579","title":{"rendered":"Statement from SCW President Regarding Proposed Bill Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolchoicewi.org\/statement-from-scw-president-regarding-proposed-bill-package\/\">https:\/\/schoolchoicewi.org\/statement-from-scw-president-regarding-proposed-bill-package\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>West Allis, Wisconsin \u2013 Nic Kelly, President of School Choice Wisconsin, issued the following statement after circulation of a co-sponsorship memo with six bill drafts by Wisconsin legislative democrats earlier today. The so-called \u201cInvesting in Our Kids\u2019 Education Initiative \u2013 Public Money for Public Schools\u201d bill package seeks drastic and harmful changes which would block new enrollments to and fully phase-out all of Wisconsin\u2019s Parental Choice and Special Needs Scholarship Programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool Choice Wisconsin Action is disappointed that any legislator who has witnessed the positive impact of the choice program in Wisconsin for the past 30 years continues to perpetuate myths and mistruths about Wisconsin\u2019s parental choice programs. We remind legislators that public opinion shows strong, bipartisan support for educational freedom across Wisconsin and encourage them to refrain from signing onto any legislation that would limit opportunities for families already hamstrung by social and economic barriers. Students and families need to be able to choose a school that meets their needs regardless of their income or zip code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helpful links to debunk many common myths maybe be found here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolchoicewiaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPCP-Twenty-Questions_f_no-bleed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolchoicewiaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Final-3-As-FAQs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three A\u2019s of Accountability \u2013 Assessments, Audits, and Accreditation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolchoicewi.org\/statement-from-scw-president-regarding-proposed-bill-package\/\">Statement from SCW President Regarding Proposed Bill Package<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolchoicewi.org\">School Choice Wisconsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/schoolchoicewi.org\/statement-from-scw-president-regarding-proposed-bill-package\/ West Allis, Wisconsin \u2013 Nic Kelly, President of School&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-choice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","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\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5580,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions\/5580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}