Gov. Scott Walker has released his 2011-2013 biennial budget, a budget that’s full of bad news for school districts and local governments. Here’s some highlights from Gov. Walker’s proposed budget:
- Cut state aid to local governments by $930 million over the next two years, while preventing local governments from making up any lost revenue by raising property taxes.
- Cut state aid to school districts by $834 million over two years, a 7.9% cut, while also implementing a 5.5% decrease in the maximum amount per student that public school districts are able to receive in state aid and property taxes.
- Reduced funding for Wisconsin’s prison system by $50 million.
- $250 million in cuts to funding for the UW System, with half of that $250 million coming from UW-Madison’s budget.
So what do you think of Gov. Walker’s biennial budget proposal?
I think that draconian is an understatement.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117212348.html
Here are a couple of my “favorites”
• Require that charter school teachers need only a bachelor’s degree to teach, rather than a teacher’s license.
• Remove mandates that school districts employ reading specialists and only licensed nurses with bachelor’s degrees; prepare indoor environmental quality plans; and require training on drug administration to be approved by the state Department of Public Instruction.
• Remove requirement that a municipality or county operate a recycling program to manage solid waste in compliance with disposal restrictions and eliminate financial assistance program for local government recycling programs.
O hell its all just BAD
Well, if my current career doesn’t work out, it’s good to know I can start up a charter school.
Even with the relaxed regulations you still cant hire scott walker to teach…
ZING!