Where's the school funding fix?

Wisconsin State Journal Editorial:

So much for school funding reform.

Gov. Jim Doyle has dropped his broad proposal, and state lawmakers aren't forwarding any of their own ideas for fixing the system.

Once again our leaders have lobbed this festering problem onto the "too hard to fix" pile. Consequently, Wisconsin remains stuck with a funding system that's outdated and unfair.

Wisconsin's next governor needs to make this huge issue a priority during the fall campaign, with specific plans voters can assess.

The state's "three-legged stool" of school financing -- revenue caps, two-thirds state funding, and limits on teacher raises -- has fallen over because state leaders kicked out two of the legs.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 13, 2010 10:01 PM
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