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 INCREASE 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.