Wisconsin Senate Democrat Members' Proposed Budget Amendment: Save Talented & Gifted Funding

JR Ross:

The second Dem amendment includes a whole host of provisions on education.

See it here.

Here are some details, according to a summary from Minority Leader Mark Miller's office:

-increase funding to K-12 by $356 million.

-repeal expansion of the choice program.

-repeal elimination of funding for gifted and talented programs, AODA grants, and science, technology, engineering and match grants.

-Fund the Wisconsin GI Bill and tie financial aid to increases in tuition.

-Boost funding to tech colleges by $17 million annually.

-repeal a provision JFC put into the budget that would create an individual income tax credit derived from property assessed as manufacturing or agricultural property. The tax credit would kick in Jan. 1, 2013, and when fully phased in for tax year 2016 would be worth $128.7 million annually.

-- By JR Ross

Fascinating. I wonder what's behind this?

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 16, 2011 8:39 PM
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