Governor Walker's bait-and-switch budget has nothing new for public school children

Tom Beebe:

Question: When is $129 million not $129 million?

Answer: When it is the additional aid Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker promised to send to the state's public schools.

Despite the Governor's claimed increase for 2013-15─an anemic and inadequate one percent even if true─it is really only $39 million .... a paltry half-percent increase or $44.83 per student even if schools could spend it (but more on that later).

This is a cruel joke on kids who only want a quality education. It is also public policy that calls into question the moral commitment of the administration to public education.

Related: Wisconsin State Tax Based K-12 Spending Growth Far Exceeds University Funding.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 26, 2013 1:38 AM
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