Ensuring high-quality education remains a top priority.
MADISON… Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly moved swiftly on a comprehensive package of bills aimed at reforming education in Wisconsin. The bills include raising standards, prohibiting students from using distracting cell phones in classrooms, and ensuring more funding is spent directly in the classroom rather than on more inflated administrator’s salaries. Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August (R-Walworth) emphasized Republicans are united to continue to improve Wisconsin’s education system.
“Education remains a top priority for Republicans,” said August. “Rather than just blindly throwing more money at the educational system and expecting different results, we want to ensure we raise standards, improve transparency, and get more funding directly into the classroom to improve outcomes.”
Specifically, the Republican package of bills include the following measures:
- Reforming Educational Standards – Reverses DPI action that lowered standards.
- Focus Funding into Classrooms – Ensures more tax dollars go to directly to the classroom, rather than bloated administrative costs.
- No Phones in Classrooms – Prohibiting cellphones in classrooms will remove a major distraction and allow students to focus on their instruction.
- Curriculum Transparency – Allows parents to know what is being taught in our schools.
- Civics & Cursive – Prioritizes the teaching of civics and cursive writing.
“AB 1 is directly aimed at raising the educational standards that DPI Secretary Jill Underly unilaterally lowered, which has resulted in deceptive results and is harmful to parents and students,” said August. “Even Governor Evers agrees, calling Underly’s lowering of standards ‘a mistake,’ further proving we need to reverse her actions.”
“All of our data shows student scores are down in Wisconsin despite large increases in state aid,” said August. “With the biennial state budget process starting in Madison, it is important that reforms are passed before we invest millions of tax dollars into our schools.”
The package of bills passed the full Assembly and will now go to the Senate for their consideration.
