“allow DPI to treat any money directed to it as money that can be used by the Office of Literacy for any literacy program that office deems fit.”
An Evers spokesperson said last month Evers was within his right to line-item veto the appropriations bill.
But on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said the governor was using literacy funding “as a pawn in his effort to strengthen his veto power rather than doing the right thing for Wisconsin families.
When asked if withholding the money from DPI would affect implementation of the literacy bill, LeMahieu said if Evers acted legally, this would not be a discussion.
“Any delay in the implementation of the bipartisan literacy changes will fall squarely at the feet of the Governor,” LeMahieu said.
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Mind the Governance Mulligans + low expectations on Wisconsin Reading Curricula
