% SCOTT ROSS, BILL McCOSHEN,
% THANK YOU.
% WITH SPRING ELECTIONS OVER,
% STATE LAWMAKERS TURN THEIR
% ATTENTION TO CRAFTING THE NEW
% TWO-YEAR STATE BUDGET.
% AFTER GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% RELEASED HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL IN
% FEBRUARY, REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS
% ARE NOW BUILDING THEIR OWN
% EXPECTED PLAN WORKING WITH A $7
% BILLION SURPLUS.
% MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP
% WEDNESDAY AS THE LEGISLATURE'S
% BUDGET WRITING COMMITTEE HELD
% ITS FIRST LISTENING SESSION.
% MANY OF THOSE TESTIFYING BEFORE
% THE COMMITTEE CAME SEEKING MORE
% MONEY FOR K THROUGH 12
% EDUCATION.%>> HAVING NO INCRE
ASE ON THE PER
% PUPIL REVENUE LIMIT FOR THE LAST
% TWO SCHOOL YEARS HAS BEEN
% EXTREMELY CHALLENGING,
% ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME WHEN
% WE'VE HAD TO REACT TO EXTREME
% INFLATION RATES, STAFF
% SHORTAGES, AND NAVIGATE A SAFE
% RETURN TO SCHOOL IN THIS GLOBAL
% PANDEMIC.
% HAVING NO INCREASE IN THE
% REVENUE LIMIT DURING A TIME WHEN
% WE NEEDED IT THE MOST HAS CAUSED
% US TO RELY ON ONE-TIME DOLLARS
% AND THESE DOLLARS ARE RUNNING
% OUT.
% >> I WAS PLEASED TO KNOW THAT I
% HAD FOUND AN EDUCATION FACILITY
% THAT MET MY NEEDS FOR MY SON AND
% MY NEEDS AS A PARENT AS WELL.
% I FOUND IT WITHIN MY COMMUNITY.
% I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT CLOSING
% THE FUNDING GAP ACROSS ALL
% SECTORS OF EDUCATION IN THE
% STATE OF WISCONSIN SO THAT OUR
% SCHOOLS CAN CONTINUE TO CLOSE
% THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP THAT HAS
% PLAGUED OUR CITY.
% >> THE JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE
% WILL HOLD THREE MORE PUBLIC
% LISTENING SESSIONS ON THE STATE
% BUDGET LATER THIS MONTH IN
% EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN DELLS AND
% MINUMINUMINOQUA.