TABOR vote nears

The State Assembly has scheduled an April 27th vote on the latest incarnation of TABOR, the so-called Taxpayer Protection Amendment, or TPA.The TPA is a constitutional amendment that limits revenue growth for state and local bodies of government. Under the amendment, complicated formulas specify the percentage by which units of government are able to increase their revenues.

While the specifics of competing TPA proposals have differed in recent weeks, all suffer from the same fundamental flaw says WEAC President Stan Johnson.

New certification guidelines proposed

The State Certification Committee, the group responsible for overseeing the state certification code, has drafted an important new certification guideline that comes as a result of the restructuring of the associate of applied science (AAS) degree.

WEAC and WMC: technical colleges critical

Wisconsin's technical colleges are essential to closing the state's "skills gap" in the manufacturing sector according to WEAC president Stan Johnson and James Haney, president of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state's largest business advocacy group.

Click the link below to view a guest editorial submitted to several Wisconsin newpapers by Johnson and Haney.

WTCS student tuition to increase

Wisconsin residents will pay more to attend technical colleges in 2006-07, as the result of a tuition increase approved by the WTCS State Board in March.