Wisconsin Republicans Move to Repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-Year School Funding Increase

Wisconsin Republicans move to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding increase

Two years ago, Gov. Tony Evers made national headlines when, with the stroke of his veto pen, he transformed two years of school funding in the state budget into 400 years.

Lawmakers again seek to reverse Gov. Evers’ veto allowing school revenue cap increases for 400 years • Wisconsin Examiner

When the 2023-25 budget bill made it to Gov. Tony Evers, he exercised his partial veto power, striking two digits and a dash from the years to extend the annual increases through 2425 — an additional 400 years. Evers signed the 2023-25 budget bill on July 5, 2023. (Baylor Spears | Wisconsin Examiner)A handful of Republican lawmakers are seeking, again, to take away schools’ authority to raise their school revenue limits by $325 per pupil annuall…

Wisconsin Republicans introduce bill to repeal Evers’ 400-year veto

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin state legislators have started circulating a bill to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding veto.

Wisconsin Republicans move to repeal Gov. Tony Evers' 400-year school funding increase

Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would repeal the results of Gov. Tony Evers' "400-year veto," arguing it amounts to an unfair property tax increase in perpetuity. The post Wisconsin Republicans move to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding increase appeared first on WPR.

Wisconsin Republicans Introduce Bill To Repeal Evers’ 400-Year Veto

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin state legislators have started circulating a bill to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding veto. Evers’ veto in July 2023, which turned a temporary $325 per student K-12 funding increase – originally slated for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years – into a permanent increase through the year 2425, was recently upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April, The Center Square previously reported. However,…