Wisconsin budget committee approves $639 million boost for K-12 schools
Lawmakers on the Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee voted Monday to approve the largest funding boost to Wisconsin's K-12 schools since before Gov. Scott Walker took office.
Walker's budget proposal included $649 million in new education spending, including an increase in per-pupil aid of $200 in the 2017-18 school year and $204 in the following year.
The measure Republican lawmakers approved on a party-line vote brings that boost down to $639 million, by spending less than what Walker proposed on rural schools and high-performing Milwaukee schools.
This spending plan comes after Walker proposed a $127 million cut to K-12 funding in his 2015-17 budget, which lawmakers reversed. The previous budget kept funding for public schools flat, and his first budget included a $782 million cut.
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