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School board asks state to itemize public school and voucher spending on tax bills
Summary
The board adopted a resolution urging state legislators and agencies to require explicit itemization on property-tax bills separating public school funding from private-school voucher spending to improve transparency for Madison and Dane County taxpayers.
The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education voted to adopt a resolution requesting state action to make property tax statements clearer by separately identifying public-school funding versus private-school voucher expenditures. The board said itemization would give taxpayers a more complete understanding of how education-related property-tax dollars are distributed.
President Castro read the resolution calling for the state to mandate explicit itemization and encouraged local bodies including the Madison Common Council and the Dane County Board of Supervisors to publicly support this measure. "Taxpayers deserve clear, accurate, and complete information regarding how their local property tax dollars support Wisconsin's K–12 education system," the board stated in the adopted language. The motion carried following the usual advisory vote procedure; the resolution directs the superintendent to transmit the board’s request to state and local officials as listed in the document.
The resolution notes that mandatory voucher expenditures are reflected in district budgets but are not itemized on tax bills, which the board says hampers taxpayer understanding and accountability. The board did not propose specific legislative text but requested state-level itemization requirements and outreach to local government partners.
