News From The Capitol Archive 1998 - 1999
Committee backs bill adding support staff to Trust Funds Board [8/25/99]
Educators
from Phillips meet with governor to discuss impact of revenue controls
[7/27/99]
June 1999
Members come to Capitol to talk with legislators about impact of state
budget provisions [6/15/99]
Coalition calls for continuation of state commitment to school construction
[6/14/99]
Joint Finance Committee cuts high school graduation test
[6/9/99]
Administrators from five school districts appeal for relief from revenue
controls
[6/8/99]
Educators walk to Madison to protest school district revenue controls
[6/7/99]
WEAC members intensify budget pressure on legislators
[6/4/99]
Assembly
OKs bill involving use of reasonable force by teachers
[6/2/99]
300-mile march planned for June 7-17 to protest school district revenue
controls
[5/28/99]
Budget committee votes are major step forward for SAGE, special education
[5/21/99]
About 200 educators, parents and others urge fair funding of special
education
[5/18/99]
Erpenbach, Craney help launch "Take Your Parent to School Week"
[5/10/99]
Schools scramble to implement School Safety and Discipline law
[5/5/99]
Special education gets shortchanged
[5/5/99]
1,100 students lobby against tobacco at State Capitol
[5/5/99]
Special education costs rising much faster than state aid, audit finds
[5/4/99]
200 visit legislators on SAGE Day at the Capitol
[5/3/99]
Expand
SAGE to help more kids, supporters to tell legislators
[4/27/99]
Finance
committee backs body alarms for staff at Mendota mental health facility
[4/23/99]
Robson to introduce special education bill
[4/21/99]
Craney
urges Joint Finance Committee to fully fund SAGE, repeal QEO and revenue
controls
[4/16/99]
Madison
teachers seek increased state special education funding
[4/16/99]
Joint Finance co-chairs announce removal of non-fiscal policy items
from budget
[4/13/99]
Plan would restore funding for BadgerLink [4/12/99]
WEAC members speak for education at state budget hearings
[4/9/99]
New
bill would improve retirement benefits [4/9/99]
School for the blind is on the rebound [4/5/99]
WEAC, alliance fight for adequate state funding of special education
[4/1/99]
Revenue controls hit home in Waterloo
[3/31/99]
Education takes center stage in northeastern Wisconsin hearing [3/26/99]
Members prepare for testimony before Joint Finance Committee [3/26/99]
Praise - and concern - expressed at hearings on proposed teacher licensing
changes [3/12/99]
Chase expresses 'deep disappointment' in vote on federal class size
initiative
[3/12/99]
Hearings scheduled on state budget plan
[3/12/99]
Capitol News Briefs - March 5, 1999
[3/5/99]
Bills address pay for state-employed teachers [3/4/99]
Legislature joins in Read Across America [3/2/99]
U.S. education official observes successes of SAGE program
[2/23/99]
The WEAC Government Relations Division has prepared an analysis of the
governor's 1999-2001 budget proposal
[2/17/99]
Hearings scheduled on proposed teacher licensure changes [2/17/99]
Charter school law perpetuating development of two unequal public school
systems, committee told
(News release and complete testimony) [2/10/99]
WEAC testifies in support of bill providing broader criteria for advancing
out of 4th and 8th grades
[2/10/99]
Projected enrollment declines to exacerbate impact of revenue controls
[2/9/99]
1999-2001
session preview: Legislature must balance tax cut proposals, education
needs [2/9/99]
Revenue
controls keep Eau Claire schools stuck in the past [2/5/99]
Voucher schools accused of violating admissions laws
[2/3/99]
State of State education proposals hold promise
(news release) [1/28/99]
Second-year study again finds that SAGE significantly improves student
achievement
[1/24/99]
School boards association endorses competency tests for new teachers
[1/21/99]
WEAC Legislative Agenda gets early attention at Capitol
[1/21/99]
Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance teacher salary report does not reflect reality,
Craney says
[1/12/99]
Hearings scheduled on proposed rules for alternative teaching permits
[12/18/98]
UniServ Advisory Council proposes 'Great Schools Initiative'
[12/17/98]
Revenue controls punish Wilmot
[12/2/98]
Seven members say they testified because, 'We had a story to tell'
[10/2/98]
Cyberlobby II comes to 1998 WEAC Convention
[10/2/98]
WEAC Advisory Council focuses on November 3 elections
[9/30/98]
Janesville teachers and school officials unite against revenue controls
[9/21/98]
DPI unveils budget proposal
[9/11/98]
Religious school voucher ruling appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
[9/2/98]
SAGE expands to 74 schools
[9/2/98]