GOP bills to boost school district consolidation support come amid enrollment decline
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As GOP lawmakers advance legislation to encourage school districts to merge amid declining birth rates in Wisconsin, education stakeholders say districts considering consolidation could use extra support.
The state’s population is projected to drop by nearly 200,000 by 2050, and those backing the legislation have cited the projection to argue maintaining 421 school districts is unsustainable...
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