Sen. Felzkowski: Votes to Support Rural Schools

CONTACT: Sen. Mary Felzkowski 608-266-2509 Madison, WI – The Joint Finance Committee today took up the Department of Public Instruction budget and voted on a myriad of K-12 education funding proposals, from increases in special education funding, to doubling mental health

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UW System: statements on state budget proposal

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Pitsch UW System 608-265-3419 mpitsch@uwsa.edu universityrelations@uwsa.edu MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson issued this statement today: “By not extending the $45 million annual budget reduction and by not further mandating a tuition freeze, the

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THU AM Update: LFB says GOP lawmakers would need to put another $428M into K-12, higher ed to qualify for $2.2B in federal COVID aid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers would have to put another $428 million into K-12 and higher education to ensure Wisconsin gets $2.2 billion from federal COVID-19 relief packages, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. That price

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Sen. Felzkowski: Votes to Support Rural Schools

CONTACT: Sen. Mary Felzkowski 608-266-2509 Madison, WI – The Joint Finance Committee today took up the Department of Public Instruction budget and voted on a myriad of K-12 education funding proposals, from increases in special education funding, to doubling mental health aids, to various programs targeted to aid rural school districts.

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UW System: statements on state budget proposal

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Pitsch UW System 608-265-3419 mpitsch@uwsa.edu universityrelations@uwsa.edu MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson issued this statement today: “By not extending the $45 million annual budget reduction and by not further mandating a tuition freeze, the budget committee offers the UW System flexibility to develop talent,

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Sen. Cowles and Rep. Kerkman: Audit Shows Decline in Net Position of the Unemployment Reserve Fund

For More Information Contact: Senator Cowles ~ 800.334.1465 Representative Kerkman ~ 888.529.0061 MADISON – Today, the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) released its audit of the Unemployment Reserve Fund for fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 and FY 2019-20 (report 21-9). Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program is accounted for in the Fund, which is managed

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