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Related: About this forumEau Claire schools tax levy hike attributed to state aid reduction
Walker just cuts and cuts.
http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/front_page/article_17431840-42d9-11e4-a650-57c8568b6428.html
Eau Claire schools tax levy hike attributed to state aid reduction
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 11:55 pm
By Blythe Wachter Leader-Telegram staff
As the states share of public education costs spirals downward, Eau Claire school district residents will contribute more money out of pocket.
Amid a 3.9 percent decrease in general state aid and rising costs, the districts proposed 2014-15 budget would boost the amount of money collected from local taxpayers by nearly 6 percent to preserve existing services.
This increase is the function of the revenue limit formula controlled by the state, Superintendent Mary Ann Hardebeck said..............
In student achievement scores, Eau Claire ranks eighth out of the states 10 largest schools but ranks third in the overall accountability score, Hardebeck said.
But the district usually rates at the bottom in key spending areas, she said. So I think the community is getting a good value for the dollars invested in public education.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)postulater
(5,075 posts)All part of the plan.
Squeeze the schools for money.
Make them welcome corporate assistance in the name of maintaining their standards.
Corporation starts funding local district.
Corporation starts to dictate lesson plans to teachers.
Corporation owns the school without having to own it.
http://www.gefoundation.com/education/developing-futures/
http://www.greatschools.org/wisconsin/milwaukee/1091-Clemens-School/
http://www.matc.edu/matc_news/2014_GEHealthcareDonation.cfm
and read the single comment on this page:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2011/01/milwaukee_wins_20_million_for.html
riversedge
(70,204 posts)thanks for the links--promise to read them.
Mary Burke: Vouchers make for good 'soundbite' at expense of public schools: http://bit.ly/ZGAILz #wiready #wipolitics #wiunion
Burke, Wisconsin's Democratic candidate for governor, discussed education policy at an invitation-only event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. About 40 people attended the discussion, which also featured National Education Association president Lily Eskelsen García and was moderated by Wisconsin Education Association Council president Betsy Kippers.
The best way to persuade parents and voters to invest in public education rather than an expansion of Wisconsin's statewide voucher program is to present it in financial terms, Burke said.
"We have to get out of the ideological warfare on this, and lets just talk dollars and cents
which actually resonates with just about everyone," Burke said.
She cited an estimate from the state Department of Public Instruction that projects the cost of the voucher expansion at $1.2 billion per year. That projection is the estimated cost if 10 percent of public school students were to enroll in the system.
"Just to give you an estimate of what that is, that is $2.8 million per school district in this state," Burke said, noting that a voucher expansion would have to be paid for through cuts to public education or other programs, or a tax increase. "Its a lot of money. I dont know any school districts that can just cut that amount of money
when they lose 10 percent of their students.".......................
Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/jessie-opoien/mary-burke-vouchers-make-for-good-soundbite-at-expense-of/article_cf8ab564-42bd-11e4-8e50-b7d064fd2252.html#ixzz3E9hpEk5V
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)This increase is the function of the revenue limit formula controlled by the state,
My God, this man has to go!
sybylla
(8,509 posts)And they were supported then because the state promised 2/3rd funding at the time. Now Walker and the GOP legislature has completely given up on funding schools. This will happen more an more across the state.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)happening. I have seen articles over the last several months--. My only hope is that people are waking up for Nov 4