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Superintendent: $50 million in early-literacy funding could lapse; district consulting legal on enforcement visits
Summary
Superintendent said $50 million allocated for mandated reading changes could revert to the state surplus if not released and told parents the district is consulting legal counsel about an executive order concerning outside law-enforcement visits to schools.
The West Allis-West Milwaukee School District superintendent told the board that $50,000,000 allocated for early-literacy work could go into the state’s surplus if the Legislature does not release the funds by June 30.
In a superintendent’s report, Dr. Robinson said the funding was tied to a prior law (Act 20) and that the district is seeking reimbursement for mandated reading changes that remain unfunded. “There’s been a fight, and it’s actually kind of held up in courts to…
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