School Advocates Urge State to Spend More on Schools to Receive Coronavirus Aid

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 -- 11:00 AM

(AP) School advocates are complaining that the Republican-authored state budget doesn’t commit enough state aid to education even though the federal government is set to pump billions in coronavirus relief aid into Wisconsin districts.

The budget committee gave schools $128 million more over the next two years. The state needed to spend almost $400 million more than that to secure $2.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief money.

The committee last week cut property taxes levied by schools by $647 million and backfill the lost revenue with state aid. School leaders from around the state urged the Republican-controlled Legislature on Monday to do more.

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