MIDST OF
THE
% IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
IN
WASHINGTON,% VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE CAME
% TO
THE WISCONSIN
STATE
CAPITOL
% ON
TUESDAY
T
O
CELEBRATE
NATIONAL
% SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK
IN THE
STATE,
% WHERE
THE
SCHOOL
CHOICE
MOVEMENT
% BEGAN.%MARISA WOJCIK
HAS
THE
STORY.
% >>
I'M HERE
IN
W
ISCONSIN
BECAUSE
% THIS
IS
WHERE
IT
ALL
B
EGAN.
% 30
YEARS
AGO,
GOVERNOR TOMMY
% THOMPSON MADE
HISTORY
WHEN
HE
% CREATED
THE
FIRST
SCHOOL
CHOICE
% PROGRAM
IN
AMERICA.% >>
REPUBLICAN VICE
PRESIDENT% MIKE PENCE
A
ND
U.S.
EDUCATION
% SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS
BROUGHT
% MESSAGES
ABOUT
S
CHOOL CHOICE T
O
% THE
WISCONSIN
STATEHOUSE
% TUESDAY.%>> WE
HAVE A
PRESIDENT
AND A% VICE
PRESIDENT WHO
ARE
CHAMPIONS
% FOR
STUDENTS,
FOR
PARENTS,
FOR
% EDUCATION
FREEDOM.
% >>
THE
EVENT,
CONSIDERED TO BE
% THE FIRST
EVER
I
N
THE
CAPITOL
% FOR A
SITTING VICE
PRESIDENT,
% WAS AN
OFFICIAL VISIT
AND
% PROMOTED A NEW
EDUCATION PLAN
% FROM
THE
TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
% >>
AND
AS
W
E
SPEAK,
THE
% PRESIDENT AND I
A
RE
N
OW WORKING
% WITH
THE SECRETARY
O
F
E
DUCATION
% AND
MANY OF
THE
GREAT
CHAMPIONS% HERE TO
CREA
TE A
NEW
PROGRAM
TO
% PROVIDE MORE
THAN
$5
BILLION
IN
% SCHOOL CHOICE
PROGRAMS
ACROSS
% AMERICA.%>>
B
UT
WISCONSIN
DEMOCRATS
ARE
% TRYING
TO
UNDO
S
CHOOL
CHOICE
IN
% WISCONSIN.
% STARTING
WITH
GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS' FAILED
ATTEMPT
TO
PHASE
% OUT
VOUCHER
PROGRAMS I
N
HIS
% FIRST
BUDGET.
% >>
I
LEARNED ON THE
WAY
H
ERE
% THAT
THERE'S A
BILL
BEING
% INTRODUCED IN THE WISCONSIN
% LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY% PHASE
OUT
SCHOOL
CHOICE
IN
THIS
% STATE.%>>
STATE
REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN
% BROSTOFF, A
MILWAUKEE
DEMOCRAT,
% ANNOUNCED
HIS
P
LAN
IMMEDIATELY
% FOLLOWING THE SPEECH
F
ROM
THE% VICE
PRESIDENT.% >> WE
WANT
TO L
INE
OUR
% CLASSROOMS WITH
QUALIFIED
% TEACHERS.
% THEY WAN
T T
O
LINE
THEIR
POCKETS
% WITH PUBLIC
DOLLARS.% >>
THE
RE
ARE
317
VOUCHER
% PROGRAMS
IN THE
STATE,
PRIMARILY
% FOR RELIGIOUS
SCHOOLS.
% LAST
YEAR
THE
Y
RECEIVED
$351
% MILLION
I
N STATE
FUNDING.
% THE WISCONSIN
BUDGET
PROJECT
% SAYS
THAT
SINCE
2012
THE
T
OTAL% COST
O
F
REDIRECTED
STATE
A
ID
% FROM
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS T
O
VOUCHER
% SCHOOLS HAS
RIS
EN
68%.
% EVEN
S
O,
THE
PROJECT
SAY
S
$351
% MILLION
REPRESENTS A
RELATIVELY
% SMALL
SHARE
O
F
OVERALL
STATE
AID
% FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.% >>
ALLOW
M
E
T
O
BRING
GREETINGS
% FROM ANOTHER FRIEND
O
F
MINE.
% >>
EVEN
THOUGH VICE
PRESIDENT% MIKE PENCE
WAS
VISITING
UND
ER
% OFFICIAL
DUTIES, IT
WAS
CLEAR
% THAT
POLICY
AND
POLITICS
W
ERE
% CLOSELY
INTERTWINED.% >>
I'M HERE
TO
T
ELL
YOU
% PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
STANDS
% FOR
SCHOOL
CHO
ICE.% >>
AFTER A DONALD
TRUMP
CAMPAIGN
% RALLY IN
MILWAUKEE
TWO
WEEKS
% AGO,
IT'
S
CLEAR
WISCONSIN
WILL
% MAINTAIN
T
HE
BATTLE
GROUND
% SPOTLIGHT.
% FOR "HERE AND NOW," I'M MARISA
% WOJCIK.
% >>
ACCORDING
T
O
TH
E
WISCONSIN
% BUDGET
PROJECT,
DESPITE
RECENT
% INCREASES,
WISCONSIN'S
PUBLIC
% K-12
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
STILL
% RECEIVE
LESS
IN
STATE
A
ID
THAN A
% DECADE AGO
BECAUSE O
F
TAX
CUTS
% AND
DIVERSION
OF
FUNDING