State Sen. Kathleen Bernier (R-Chippewa Falls) was a leader of the advocates for the screening plan. “We can’t afford to not change business as usual because our children are suffering,” she said in an interview. She called the argument that there was not enough funding for what the bill called for “bogus.”
State Rep. LaKeshia Myers (D-Milwaukee), one of the Democrats who supported the bill, has worked as an educator for many years. She saw better screening as a start on addressing problems. “We’ve got to do something, we’ve got to do something,” she said during a legislative hearing.
The political dynamics of what happened with the proposal were inescapable. But the overall reading picture for Wisconsin students is also clear.
Bernier said she would keep fighting on reading issues. She said, “I’m not going to let the governor off the hook.”
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results