If Wisconsin is in great financial shape, why can’t we afford to fund our schools?

By: Ruth Conniff

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: October 16, 2026

Words: 1,152

Last Updated: 1 day, 11 hours ago

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It was a dreary, rainy Thursday morning when the state education department announced some depressing news: According to the final, official numbers, 62% of Wisconsin school districts will receive less money in state general aid this year than they did last year.

Schools are struggling because, for the third year in a row, the state budget put no new money into general school aid, the Department of Public Instruction …

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