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Board hears state funding briefing: MPS told per‑pupil aid has lagged inflation for 18 years
Summary
Chris Thiele of MPS governmental relations told the board that Legislative Fiscal Bureau data show Wisconsin has not provided per‑pupil funding that keeps pace with inflation for 18 consecutive years and that the state allows districts to increase levies by only a small, adjusted per‑pupil amount this year.
Chris Thiele, from the Office of Governmental Relations, told the Milwaukee Board of School Directors that a Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis shows Wisconsin has not provided per‑pupil funding that keeps pace with inflation for 18 years.
Thiele said the state’s current statutory framework limits districts’ ability to raise revenue and described the year’s allowable per‑pupil…
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