(The Center Square) – There is more criticism from the Wisconsin capitol after Milwaukee Public Schools missed another deadline on another state-required report.
Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, said MPS missed last month’s deadline to turn its District Aid Certification into the state’s Department of Public Instruction.
“This was the very first step under the agreed-to Corrective Action Plan and they missed it,” Wanggaard said in a statement. “MPS and State Superintendent Jill Underly agreed that submitting this report on time and accurate was ‘high-priority and high-urgency.’”
MPS agreed to that Corrective Action Plan after the city’s schools failed to turn in two other required financial reports last year.
So far, the failure to file those reports, as well as other reporting failures with MPS’ federal Head Start program, have cost Milwaukee Schools $17 million. MPS has said it could lose as much as $50 million because of its financial reporting problems and their fallout.
Wanggaard said this is not just a Milwaukee problem.