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Assembly GOP Dumps Last Minute Racine County Voucher Expansion; Passes Budget
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 20, 2013
Under pressure from Senate Republicans and others, Assembly Republican leadership removed the last minute proposed expansion of vouchers in eastern Racine County that was tucked into a draft of the so-called “technical” amendment, before the Assembly passed Assembly Bill 40 (State Budget Bill) as amended on Wednesday.
You might recall that, under the “draft technical amendment”, another $5.3 million in state taxpayer money would have been funneled into the program that allows students to attend religious and other private schools at taxpayer expense in eastern Racine County. That program is based in the home county of Vos, a longtime voucher proponent who helped establish the Racine program two years ago. The abandoned proposal would have brought another 750 students into that program, according to projections from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
The abandoned proposal also would have broken the deal struck on K12 education issues (including vouchers) between GOP legislative leaders and the Governor.
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