Disability Rights Wisconsin: Statement on Joint Committee on Finance vote on Department of Public Instruction budget

A statement from Jill Jacklitz, Executive Director of Disability Rights Wisconsin, on tonight’s Joint Committee on Finance vote on the Department of Public Instruction budget: “While the motion passed this evening by the Joint Committee on Finance would provide a small increase in special education funding, a 37.5 percent reimbursement rate for special education services would keep Wisconsin’s rat...