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Meeting Date:
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10/26/2017 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Reports and Communications from the Board Clerk/Chief Officer, Office of Board Governance
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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1. Monthly Report, with Possible Action, on Legislative Activities Affecting MPS
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
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Attachments
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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The Board's Legislative Policy Specialist will present the monthly update on legislative activities affecting MPS.
Even with the Wisconsin State Budget having been signed into law, two key educational policy and budget items have been revived in recent discussions: Governor Walker is supporting a proposal that would increase sparsity aid for rural districts, and Representative John Nygren, Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Finance, has made reference to his proposal to bring a greater level of fairness to revenue-limit policy which currently engenders significant funding disparities between students.
Concerns about revenue-limit and funding disparities have drawn increasing levels of media attention: In a recent column, Alan Borsuk, Senior Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University, made reference to George Orwell’s “Animal Farm" when highlighting the basic unfairness of Wisconsin’s education-funding system, “...where some kids have been defined year after by the state as more equal than others.”
Additional analysis concerning the state budget will be shared, along with possible state and federal policy updates.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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NA
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Recommendation:
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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