Students with developmental disabilities are working hard to get back on track after a year of virtual instruction deprived them of in-person education and programs that are essential for their development. Many parents and special education teachers had a difficult time adjusting classes for disabled students. Andrea Ruppar, an assistant professor of special education at […]
State budget committee to weigh school spending priorities
Tomorrow, Wisconsin’s Budget-writing Finance Committee will take up spending priorities for the state’s public and private schools and the University of Wisconsin system. Since shredding the Governor’s proposed biennial budget earlier this month, the Republican-controlled body has spent the past three weeks rebuilding the spending plan from scratch. For more, our producer Jonah Chester spoke […]
Evers, Republicans Split On Budget Surplus
Last month, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected that Wisconsin would have a budget surplus of nearly $452 million by the end of 2021. While Republicans have repeatedly called for cutting taxes and returning that surplus to Wisconsin taxpayers, Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order earlier today calling on lawmakers to “recommit to two-thirds […]
