{"id":6356,"date":"2023-10-13T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2023-10-13T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:00:41","slug":"will-stands-ready-to-defend-wisconsins-school-choice-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6356","title":{"rendered":"WILL Stands Ready to Defend Wisconsin\u2019s School Choice Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/will-law.org\/will-stands-ready-to-defend-wisconsins-school-choice-programs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The News:<\/strong>\u00a0The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) stands ready to defend Wisconsin\u2019s Choice Program in court, representing parents, students, teachers, and choice schools across Wisconsin. WILL is preparing to file a motion to intervene in the case recently filed by the Minocqua Brewing Super PAC challenging Wisconsin\u2019s choice program.<\/div>\n
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WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg, released the following statement,<\/div>\n
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\u201cWisconsin\u2019s choice program serves over 52,000 students and plays a vital role in Wisconsin\u2019s education system. Unfortunately, Far-left interest groups are uniting behind a Super PAC, to take education options away from low- and middle-income kids and families across the state.<\/em><\/div>\n
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If successful, their efforts would destroy a popular program that serves thousands of Wisconsin families. The arguments that it makes would call into question Wisconsin\u2019s entire education system, throwing us all into chaos. Their \u2018facts\u2019 in their complaint are incomplete, misleading, misinformed, and their legal arguments border on nonsense. WILL stands ready to oppose their efforts and mount a staunch defense of the program in court.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n
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Additional Background:\u00a0<\/strong>WILL has reviewed the plaintiff\u2019s petition and takes issue with many of its asserted \u201cfacts\u201d and its flawed conclusions.\u00a0Under Wisconsin law, the funding disparity that continues to exist is in favor of public schools and not schools in the choice program.<\/div>\n
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Under current funding, Wisconsin school vouchers are still significantly less than the funding per pupil in the average district. According to DPI data, the average district in Wisconsin now receives $14,863 in state and local funds. The K-8 voucher amount for the 2023-24 school year is 64% of that total, and the 9-12 voucher is 81% of that figure.<\/div>\n
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Wisconsin choice schools are not \u201cmoving local funds out of local districts.\u201d\u00a0School choice is funded entirely by the state, and local taxes solely fund local school districts.<\/div>\n
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Wisconsin\u2019s school choice programs serve over 50,000 kids and the data consistently shows that as a group choice schools serve primarily minority and low-income families and outperform public school districts on a variety of education metrics.\u00a0The attempt to deny this opportunity to families that choose to participate is shameful.<\/div>\n
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Support WILL\u2019s efforts and join the cause at\u00a0will-law.org\/schoolchoice.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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