Board hears legislative update: $450M surplus, $10.5M grant for special education
At a board meeting, Alyssa reported Wisconsin’s projected budget surplus of roughly $450 million above estimates and said the U.S. Department of Education awarded the state a five‑year, $10.5 million grant aimed at recruiting and retaining special‑education teachers. Board members asked staff to gather comparative retention data.
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Alyssa, providing the legislative update, told the board the state surplus “came in $450,000,000 above projections” and that “the starting surplus for the 2027–29 budget is now nearly $3,000,000,000.” She said final surplus numbers will be released in mid‑October and noted the legislature will consider how to allocate those funds during the 2027 budget deliberations.
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