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Legislative committee flags literacy, licensure and special-education costs
Summary
Commissioner Myers reported the Aug. 23 meeting with local legislators covered literacy legislation, teacher licensure shortages, reading-coach allocations and special-education funding; he said the district still uses $12,000,000 from Fund 10 to support special education.
Commissioner Myers told the Janesville School District board that a legislative committee meeting on Aug. 23 with local legislators included substantive discussion of recent literacy legislation, teacher licensure constraints, and special-education funding.
Myers said the committee sought clarification about how many reading coaches would be provided under the new literacy measures, noting the number provided per CISA division appeared to be only three. He also raised teacher-shortage concerns linked to licensure processes and the financial barriers facing student teachers.
On funding for special education, Myers stated that the district still uses $12,000,000 from its Fund 10 to support special-education services and questioned how recent funding changes would reimburse districts for work already in place. He reported the committee thanked legislators for interest in education and plans to reconvene in the spring for further discussions.
The report was informational; no formal board action was recorded at the meeting on these topics.
