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Home » Press Releases » Weekly Dem radio address: Gov. Evers celebrates vetoing bill to require Wisconsin to opt into nationwide expansion of private voucher schools under ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ slams Republican attacks on public education in America
Hey there, folks! Governor Tony Evers here. Wisconsin was the first state in the nation to create a private school voucher program. And as a former science teacher, principal, superintendent, and state superintendent, I’ve spent decades of my life watching the impacts that draining public funds from public schools to fund private voucher school programs has had on kids, schools, and public educati...