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Assembly GOP Announces Forward Agenda
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 7, 2016
From The Wheeler Report . . .
The Assembly Republicans announced their 2017-18 Forward Agenda. Rep. Steinke presented a video to the media discussing the various areas of the program. In the transportation section the video said, “All options are on the table.” Steinke said the first action will be to realize all potential savings within transportation, but if new revenue is needed Assembly Republicans are prepared to look at all the options. Vos said there is “no magic bullet” for transportation, but the state has borrowed too much in the past, and it is not cheaper to delay projects or borrow for them.
With regards to higher education, Rep. Murphy said the Assembly Republicans agree with continuing the tuition freeze at the UW System. Murphy said the Assembly Republicans support performance metrics for the UW System which could be tied to the 4-year graduation rate, increased job placement in high demand fields, and increased job placement overall.
When asked about AB-1, Speaker Vos said the caucus had not decided what item will be AB-1 yet, but technology access, specifically getting laptops or tablets to all high school freshmen was a priority. Vos said Assembly Republicans have created a website and “We’re listening,” encouraging people to read the agenda and provide feedback to legislators. The agenda is broken down into three categories with specific items by category.
Job Growth and Government Reforms
- Tax Reform: Hold the line on taxes, simply the tax code, tax incentives for job growth and economic development.
- Tax Reform: Creating a task force to study Wisconsin’s tax structure.
- Incentivizing Generosity: Creating IRA charitable rollovers, sales tax holiday, eliminate the “victory tax”
- Transportation: Enact cost saving reforms, improving incentives and penalties during construction process, Transportation audit, new revenue generating opportunities (naming rights, drones for project inspections, tollways, advertising and sponsorships), user fees, giving options to local governments.
- Reviewing Government Regulation: domestic partnership streamlining, administrative rule reform, Red Tape Review, elimination of the State Treasurer, evidence based policy making.
- Improving Veterans Services
- WEDC Accountability and Economic Development
- Fighting Federal Government Overreach
- Responding to Technology: autonomous vehicles, personal delivery devices, individualized transit options, home rental services, modernizing the dairy and agricultural industries, broadband expansion, promote international trade and exports
Education and Workforce Development
- K-12 Administration Reform: public schools (evaluate school funding formula, provide money-saving flexibilities), reducing administrative overheard, increase cooperation among school districts, zones of innovation, expansive summer school programs
- Continued Support for School Choice: explore education savings accounts.
- Addressing the Skills Gap and Encouraging Technical Education and STEM Careers: support technical training in schools, introduce students to local technical jobs, STEM, computer science and robotics, fab labs
- Preparing Students for the Future: 1:1 learning initiative, financial literacy and life skills courses, civics education
- Addressing Urban Issues: opportunity schools and partnership program, meeting the challenges of teaching in an urban environment, improve classroom safety,
- Addressing Rural Issues: broadband access, minimum aid payments
- Higher Education: improving transfer of credits, time to degree and degree completion, ideological diversity and free speech protections, encouraging business experience and internships, performance metrics, financial aid, remedial education
- Developing our Workforce: career education and workforce development coordinators, occupational licensing reform, expansion of the transitional jobs program, certification of qualification for employment, disability workforce improvement, incentivizing startups in STEM fields
Health and Public Safety
- Health: Heroin and opiate prevention and education, focus on Alzheimer’s, mental health proposals, healthcare worker shortage, sexual assault nurse examiners, Medicaid, improving and expanding volunteer health care program, rights to try, long-term care investment fund, CBD oil
- Fighting Crime: crime in Milwaukee, Blue Lives Matter, juvenile justice system review, carjacking, fighting recidivism, synthetic drugs, underscore the seriousness of drunk driving, human trafficking
- Public Safety: recruitment and retention for law enforcement and corrections professionals, PSAPs-911 funding, volunteer firefighters and EMS certifications, uninsured drivers,
- Environmental issues: groundwater quantity concerns, protecting water quality, Stewardship funding
- Stronger Families: parental leave savings accounts.
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