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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:03 |
97% of our public school districts receive less in general aid than choice programs. Erpenbach, Pope, and Considine introduce legislation to increase accountability.
MADISON - Senator Erpenbach, Representative Pope, and Representative Considine introduced legislation to increase accountability of voucher programs and protect taxpayers. The bills circulated will freeze the number of participants in all three of the state’s voucher programs and require teachers in the voucher programs to be licensed.
Additionally, they would limit vouchers to the lesser of the current payment or the school district’s general aid per student, and limit voucher payments to no more than tuition charged. Senator Bewley also introduced legislation to require a referendum before a district loses any aid to voucher operations.
Many taxpayers have had to increase their own taxes in order to keep their public school doors open while vouchers drain the district’s resources without any transparency or accountability. The proposals that were introduced will help to protect taxpayers and our already massively underfunded public schools.
Senator Erpenbach and Representative Pope released the following statements:
“Property taxpayers deserve to know how their tax dollars are being spent,” said Senator Erpenbach. “Voucher schools have been draining aid away from public schools, while not being held to the same standards. These proposals are commonsense ways to level the playing field.”
“97% of our public school districts receive less in general aid than choice programs,” said Representative Pope. “Taxpayers deserve full transparency when it comes to the unreliable voucher program, and assurance that their kids are able to get the best education possible.” |
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Written by AROW, Meleesa Johnson
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:08 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/water-treatment-plant-s5.jpgThis media release and fact sheet were provided by Wisconsin’s waste management professionals, a broad coalition of waste management organizations and individuals, interested in finding solutions to the issue of PFA/PFO-related contamination.
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Written by Jeff Smith, State Senator District 31
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 10:16 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/lincohn-hills-youth-prison-abuse-s5.jpgWe must close Lincoln Hills and take steps to reduce recidivism in Wisconsin. If we don’t invest in the rehabilitation of our youth, we will continue to see institutional racism in our corrections system.
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Written by The Hill Press
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Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:30 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/nancy-pelosi-nafta-deal-s5.jpgDemocrats win a number of provisions in the trade deal, including stronger environmental and labor standards intended to help U.S. workers. Deal would also give a political victory to Trump.
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Tuesday, 10 December 2019 14:34 |
Attorney General says he doesn't believe the conclusion of the Justice Department Inspector General that the Russia investigation was justified.
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Tuesday, 10 December 2019 10:01 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/trump-aoi-nadler-s5.pngTrump charged with abusing his office by pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election and obstructing Congress from conducting an investigation into his actions.
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Written by GOV Press Wisconsin
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Monday, 09 December 2019 17:07 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wi-national-guard-troops-s5.jpgGovernor calls for changes in leadership, sexual assault and harassment reporting procedures, investigation protocols, and accountability measures in the Wisconsin National Guard.
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Written by WisDems Press, Philip Shulman
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Monday, 09 December 2019 15:53 |
State Legislators, local officials and health care experts call press conference Tuesday to highlight their support for the 'Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019'.
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Monday, 09 December 2019 09:34 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/jerry-nadler-headings2-s5.jpgDemocrats will try to present undisputed facts from Intelligence Committee investigation, Republicans again to defend Trump.
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Saturday, 07 December 2019 10:29 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The suspect in Friday's deadly shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., was a Saudi national and member of that country's air force, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a news conference.
"There’s obviously going to be a lot of questions about this individual being a foreign national, being a part of the Saudi Air Force and then to be here training on our soil and to do this," he said.
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Written by Priorities Wisconsin, Cassidy Geoghegan
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Friday, 06 December 2019 16:00 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/flood-wi-field-s5.jpgWith people losing benefits, health care costs going up, and wages stagnant, Wisconsin is not seeing the turbocharged economy that Trump promised.
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