SAA, WASB: Joint statement on signing of the state budget

MADISON — The School Administrators Alliance and the Wisconsin Association of School Boards have issued the following joint statement in response to the legislature’s passing and the governor’s signing of the 2023-25 biennial state budget: While the newly signed 2023-25

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Dave Cieslewicz: Consider automatic admissions on merit

A GOP proposal is floating around the Wisconsin Legislature to require the UW to grant automatic admission to any Wisconsin student who graduates in the top 5% of their high school class. They might not intend it this way, but it looks like that could be a significant move toward diversity.

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SAA, WASB: Joint statement on signing of the state budget

MADISON — The School Administrators Alliance and the Wisconsin Association of School Boards have issued the following joint statement in response to the legislature’s passing and the governor’s signing of the 2023-25 biennial state budget: While the newly signed 2023-25 State Budget Act falls short of providing the inflation-adjusted increase

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Dave Cieslewicz: Consider automatic admissions on merit

A GOP proposal is floating around the Wisconsin Legislature to require the UW to grant automatic admission to any Wisconsin student who graduates in the top 5% of their high school class. They might not intend it this way, but it looks like that could be a significant move toward diversity.

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Sen. Wirch: Statement on sale of Lou Perrine’s Gas and Groceries

Kenosha – Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Somers) issued the following statement on the sale of Kenosha icon Lou Perrine’s: “What a bittersweet day.  Lou Perrine’s isn’t just a store in Kenosha; Lou Perrine’s IS Kenosha.  People from all over know about Lou Perrine’s, and while I’m sad to hear that Lou, Anthony,

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Education Law and Policy Hub: Hartland-Lakeside School District families ask Wisconsin Attorney General to investigate school board corruption

HARTLAND– Today a coalition of families in the Hartland-Lakeside School District sent a letter to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul seeking the support of the Wisconsin Department of Justice in addressing long-running government transparency and ethics issues on the District’s school board.  Under state law, when a government entity like

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