Six Sauk County School Boards have signed a unified statement

Six Sauk County School Boards have signed a unified statement on the urgent need for a bipartisan compromise on school funding and property tax relief. The school boards of Baraboo, Reedsburg, River Valley, Sauk Prairie, Weston, and Wisconsin Dells all approved the statement. They request that these issues be addressed now, utilizing the larger-than-anticipated state budget surplus and before the legislature adjourns for the year.   

The statement from the six school districts of Sauk County says: The five largest school districts in Wisconsin recently released a shared statement about the urgent need for a bipartisan compromise on school funding that provides property tax relief to Wisconsin taxpayers and helps stabilize school district budgets. The school districts of Sauk County stand with these larger districts recognizing that the need for action is real in the state’s largest cities and its most rural communities.  

The elected school boards of other school districts the Sauk County school districts refers to are Green Bay, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine which states: Wisconsin families are struggling. Families are paying more for groceries, utilities, and health insurance. School districts face those same pressures. Like families, school districts are impacted by increasing expenses due to inflation. That is why the most recent state budget was such a profound disappointment. When the state had a $4 billion surplus, we expected lawmakers to recognize the shared financial strain facing families and public schools. Instead, Wisconsin’s K–12 public school students received a $0 increase in general state aid. At the same time, a promised increase in critical funding for students with disabilities came up short. 

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