Walker’s budget boosts per-student voucher payments

Wisconsin private school voucher payments would increase by $217 per student under Gov. Scott Walker's budget for each year of the biennium, according to a Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo Dems released today. That means for grades K-8, total per-student voucher funding would hit $7,540 in 2017-18 and $7,757 in 2018-19. Meanwhile for grades 9-12, total state funding would equal $8,186 per choice stu...