Tax Spenders Want More Money

Great.

A statewide coalition of nine education organizations is set to launch publicly today a major push to substantially increase state support of education and to fix problems that it says are undermining the quality of schools in Wisconsin.

The coalition includes the politically influential Wisconsin Education Association Council teachers union and comes at a time when both houses of the Legislature have come under Democratic leadership.

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At the convention, John Forrester, director of government relations for the statewide School Administrators Alliance, summed up what the participants agreed on:

“More is better. This is one of the things we all could agree on: More.”

Yes, I’m not shocked that a bunch of tax recipients want more tax money.  It makes their jobs easier when there’s enough money flowing through the system that they don’t actually have to prioritize or make hard choices. 

Of course, it’s not just about the money.  It’s also about trying to kill School Choice again.

• Increasing state payment for Milwaukee’s private school voucher program to 75% of the cost, up from the current level of 63%. At the same time, requiring voucher students to take the state’s standardized tests and teachers to have state certification.

Make no mistake… they want more of your money and they won’t take no for an answer.