The state legislature needs to properly fund education. There are 91 referendums related to school funding on ballots around Wisconsin, 66% of them related to regular expenses, that school districts are unable to meet due to current funding. This at the same time we are told there is a $7.1 Billion state surplus, the highest ever. There is a double burden on state taxpayers, while we are asked to pay for the referendums, we are also paying into a system that is not properly funding schools.
It looks like a shell game. With all the school referendums that we have already seen across the state, and new referendums related to school funding in every election it seems clear that this is systemic, and not related to poor planning at the individual school districts.
It may be time to reconsider public funding of voucher schools. Can state taxpayers afford to fund two different school systems?
The state legislature needs to properly fund education. There are 91 referendums related to school funding on ballots around Wisconsin, 66% of them related to regular expenses, that school districts are unable to meet due to current funding. This at the same time we are told there is a $7.1 Billion state surplus, the highest ever. There is a double burden on state taxpayers, while we are asked to pay for the referendums, we are also paying into a system that is not properly funding schools.
It looks like a shell game. With all the school referendums that we have already seen across the state, and new referendums related to school funding in every election it seems clear that this is systemic, and not related to poor planning at the individual school districts.
It may be time to reconsider public funding of voucher schools. Can state taxpayers afford to fund two different school systems?