IRG urges Wisconsin lawmakers to question DPI secrecy

(The Center Square) – It’s not just the nearly $400,000 expense that has one watchdog group wanting more from Wisconsin’s public school managers.

The Institute for Reforming Government on Thursday said lawmakers in Madison need to question the secrecy around the Department of Public Instruction’s 2024 meeting to rewrite the state’s testing standards.

“What justification does DPI have to hold this standard setting workshop in secret?” IRG’s Jake Curtis asked during an interview on News Talk 1130 WISN. “Either this was a formal workshop committee, in which case the open meetings law is triggered, or essentially the way that DPI framed this was dishonest.”…

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