Educators Lobby on State Budget

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- Photos by Ken Opin

WEAC members came to the State Capitol June 10, 1999, to talk personally with legislators about educational items in the state budget bill. The bill is being debated through June and scheduled for passage by early July. Members shared with legislators personal stories about how state policy impacts their schools and the children they teach. Among the items they discussed were:

• Class size and the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program.
• Special education funding
• The Wisconsin Technical College System
• The Work Based Learning Board.
• School district revenue controls.
• The Qualified Economic Offer law.

Posted June 15, 1999