US EditionWisconsin Schools, Teachers Sue for More Funding From GOP-Led Legislature
The lawsuit claims Wisconsin's school funding has not kept pace with inflation since 2010, forcing districts to raise property taxes and impacting high-needs students the most, advocates say.
- On Monday, the Wisconsin PTA, Law Forward and Wisconsin Education Association Council sued the Wisconsin Legislature in Eau Claire County Circuit Court over inadequate school funding.
- Plaintiffs say the state now pays about half education costs, blaming rising high-needs students, weak special education reimbursement, and decades of falling test scores.
- Per-Student spending rose to $18,592 from $16,820, and 2024 had 241 referendums with 169 approved; Jeff Mandell said, `When schools are underfunded, students lose opportunities and communities suffer.'
- Because lawmakers and the governor have yet to reach a deal, the suit asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to adopt a new finance system, which will almost certainly move up for review.
- Legal experts call it possibly the state's most fiscally consequential lawsuit, noting the 2000 Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the formula but attorneys argue conditions now warrant a new challenge, while Will Flanders says spending has risen adjusted for inflation.
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Wisconsin school funding unconstitutional according to lawsuit filed by teachers, parents, students
The lawsuit details the state’s history of funding schools and the increasing reliance on property taxes through school referendums to try to keep up with costs. Education advocates call for state lawmakers to invest in schools at a Feb. 2025 rally organized by the Wisconsin Public Education Network. Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner.A group of Wisconsin parents, students, teachers, school districts and education advocates are suing the …
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Schools, teacher groups sue Wisconsin Legislature over K-12 funding
(The Center Square) - The Green Bay, Eau Claire, Beloit, Necedah and Adams-Friendship school districts along with parent-teacher groups, educator associations and individuals are suing the Wisconsin Legislature saying that it does not properly fund K-12 public education in the…
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