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More Property Taxes to Come? WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Taxpayers About Upcoming Referenda
WILL is providing a useful tool to inform voters about how the upcoming school referenda questions on the November ballot can affect their bottom line. WILL’s calculator was developed with data from local school districts via information available online and open records requests. Gathering that data also showcased some of the shortfalls in accountability and transparency that exist at the local level related to ballot referenda.
Parents Fight MPS to Protect their Children in School, Demand District Follows the Law
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a lawsuit seeking a writ of mandamus on behalf of several parents in the Milwaukee Public School District. This civil action seeks to hold the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which oversees MPS, accountable for failing to provide the number of school resource officers state law requires in order to protect MPS schools and students.
Gaming the System: Wisconsin’s Forward Exam Scores Now Useless
Today, Wisconsin’s DPI released the 2023-24 Forward Exam scores for schools across Wisconsin. In the past, WILL has referred to these scores–and the report card built from them–as creating a “Lake Wobegone” effect where everyone is above average.
Calculator: WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Tax Payers About Upcoming Referenda
Along with casting votes for President and US Senator, Wisconsin voters across the state will have school referenda to consider. These referenda ask voters’ permission to issue debt for something specific or to exceed the annual revenue limits set by state law, in either case by increasing voters’ property taxes.
WILL Files Amicus Brief to Defend Rights of all Wisconsin Student Athletes & Their Parents
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed an Amicus Brief in the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a case against the WIAA. WILL urges that the WIAA should be considered a state actor and bound by the state and federal constitutions.
Following Legal Actions by WILL, American Bar Association Removes Two Racial Quotas
The American Bar Association removed two racial quotas from its Judicial Clerkship Program following a Title VI complaint and a judicial misconduct complaint filed by WILL earlier this year.
Analysis: What Did Federal COVID Money Accomplish? Well…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government shelled out $189.5 billion to schooldistricts across the country via Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding. Wisconsin was no exception. Across three rounds of ESSER funding, the state andschool districts received more than $2.4 billion dollars.
Federal Judge Rules Against $37 Billion Biden-Harris Affirmative Action Infrastructure Program
WILL secures major victory against the nationwide Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, which sets aside construction contracts for certain minority groups
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Wisconsin Watchdog | Milwaukee finds new way to delay selling empty school buildings
From Wisconsin Watchdog:
“That reading of the statute doesn’t make any sense,” said C.J. Szafir, associate counsel and education policy director at the ...
AM 620 WTMJ | Education Policy Director CJ Szafir on Week in Review
CJ discusses politics this week with Charlie Sykes and Collin Roth. Of note, school choice enrollment is up 100% this year!
RightWisconsin | Protecting Religious Freedom No Easy Task
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg writing at RightWisconsin today:
In one of the most ringing passages in our constitutional ...
Wisconsin Watchdog | Lawmaker’s anti-ALEC bill is anti-constitution
From Wisconsin Watchdog:
“I have a problem with the notion that people who put out public pronouncements about legislation should be subject to ...
Wisconsin State Journal | Live chat replay – Debating changes to Wisconsin election laws
WILL President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, joined Matt Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, and Mark Pitsch and Phil Brinkman both with ...
Wisconsin Watchdog | Newly released John Doe docs reveal much more about rogue GAB
"“He said that he has been getting beat up by these attorneys and felt really beat up by Esenberg,” Falk wrote, apparently a reference to Rick Esenberg of ...
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Amid MPS takeover debate, Chris Abele floats early-childhood proposal
"The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, which has been critical of the district's handling of its vacant buildings, criticized ...
LaCrosse Tribune | Critics say campaign finance overhaul empowers outside groups, legislative leaders
"Rick Esenberg, president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty, said it’s typically easy to guess which groups or individuals ...
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