Disability Rights Wisconsin: Wisconsin kids and communities deserve better, JFC should support increased funding for special education and school-based mental health grants

As the Joint Committee on Finance of the Wisconsin State Legislature convenes tomorrow to made decisions on education funding for Wisconsin’s children, Disability Rights Wisconsin asks the Committee to move Wisconsin from our dismal place as the second worst in the country for special education funding and provide funding for a 60 percent special education reimbursement rate at minimum. Only 30.64...