GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Five Wisconsin school districts released a joint letter urging state lawmakers to reconsider a bipartisan deal which would, among other policies, provide $617 million in additional special education funding to school districts across the state.
The districts include the Green Bay Area Public School District, Milwaukee Public Schools, the Racine Unified School District, the Madison Metropolitan School District, and the Kenosha Unified School District.
“We urge the Governor and the Legislature to return to the table to address the continued underfunding of special education,” they wrote. “Failure to approve a bipartisan plan will result in real harm, not just for students with disabilities, but for all public school students statewide.”…