Quinton Klabon summary:
LAB said DPI is very harsh to choice schools!
DPI threatened to defund private schools whose finances were 1 week late and defunded after 1 month.
DPI…perhaps did not threaten districts? And it took DPI 5.5 months to defund MPS?
1 month versus half a year is a big disparity!
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Audit finds nearly a quarter of Wisconsin schools missed financial deadlines. The Legislative Audit Bureau made 22 recommendations to DPI to improve procedures
Legislative Audit Bureau.
We found that fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 audited financial statements and related audit findings for 325 of 421 school districts (77.2 percent) were submitted by the December 15 deadline established by DPI, but were submitted an average of 67.7 calendar days late for 96 school districts (22.8 percent). Neither statutes nor DPI’s policies specified a deadline by which DPI was required to complete its review of the financial information submitted to it. We found DPI took an average of 87.4 calendar days to complete its review of the audited financial statements and related audit findings for the 325 school districts, including an average of
74.7 calendar days during which DPI did not begin its review. The FY 2022-23 audited financial statements and related audit findings for Milwaukee Public Schools, which were due on December 15, 2023, were submitted on December 20, 2024, and were the latest among all 421 school districts.
We found that FY 2022-23 audited financial statements and related audit findings for 23 of 28 independent charter schools (82.1 percent) were submitted by the December 15 deadline established by DPI, but were submitted an average of 56.4 calendar days late for 5 schools (17.9 percent). DPI took an average of 82.0 calendar days to complete its review of the audited financial statements and related audit findings for 21 independent charter schools whose statements were submitted on time and for which relevant documentation was available, including an average of 56.0 calendar days during which DPI did not begin its review. We found that DPI did not have any written policies for reviewing audited financial information for independent charter schools.
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Did taxpayer funded Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Underly Juice Test Scores for Reelection?
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Only 31% of 4th graders in Wisconsin read at grade level, which is worse than Mississippi.
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Madison taxpayers have long supported far above average (now > $25,000 per student) K-12 tax & spending practices. This, despite long term, disastrous reading results.
Madison Schools: More $, No Accountability
The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.
When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?