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Wisconsin’s School Funding Cuts Among the Nation’s Deepest
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 13, 2013
Wisconsin’s cuts to education since the start of the recession are the 7th largest in the country, according to a new report. These cuts deepened the recession, slowed the recovery, and have the potential to make Wisconsin less prosperous in the future.
Wisconsin has cut state investment in K-12 schools by 15.3% since 2008, a deeper cut than 43 other states, according to a report released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-partisan policy research organization.
When cuts in state aid for education are measured in dollar amounts rather than percentage terms, Wisconsin’s cuts to education since the recession rank second in the nation, trailing only Alabama’s cuts. In 2014, Wisconsin will spend $1,038 less per student in state aid for K-12 education than it did in 2008, after adjusting for inflation.
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