{"id":1950704,"date":"2023-06-19T04:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T08:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-teachers-union-pressures-democratic-governor-to-veto-school-choice-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T04:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T08:14:57","slug":"wisconsin-teachers-union-pressures-democratic-governor-to-veto-school-choice-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-teachers-union-pressures-democratic-governor-to-veto-school-choice-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"WI teachers union urges Dem governor to reject school choice agreement."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-teachers-union-pressures-democratic-governor-to-veto-school-choice-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Pressure Mounts on Gov. Tony Evers to Veto School Funding Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) is facing increasing pressure from the state&#8217;s teachers union to veto a school funding deal that has sparked controversy. The deal, negotiated with Republicans in the state legislature, aims to boost funding for public schools by $1 billion. However, the inclusion of a $282 million funding increase for the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">school choice program<\/a> and charter schools has drawn criticism from the Wisconsin Education Association.<\/p>\n<h3>Union Calls for Veto<\/h3>\n<p>The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) is urging Governor Evers to veto the legislation, which recently passed both chambers of the legislature. Peggy Wirtz-Olsen, the president of WEAC, expressed her concerns, stating, &#8220;Wisconsin is sitting on a $7 billion budget surplus, and this so-called funding compromise only compromises our students. A child graduating from a public school this month has never seen a state funding increase that has kept up with inflation. Governor Evers, WEAC calls on you to veto these proposals when they come to your desk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amy Mizialko, the president of the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, also criticized Governor Evers, emphasizing the impact on public school students and families. &#8220;We can&#8217;t have the public education governor of this state at the table saying that he&#8217;s going to participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-teachers-union-pressures-democratic-governor-to-veto-school-choice-deal\/\" title=\"WI teachers union urges Dem governor to reject school choice agreement.\">education hunger games<\/a> of Wisconsin and sacrifice the vast majority of public school students and public school families and public school voters,&#8221; Mizialko said. &#8220;Public tax dollars don&#8217;t belong in private schools, period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Evers Stands Firm<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the opposition from the state&#8217;s unions, Governor Evers, who received support from the teachers unions during his election, has defended the legislation as a &#8220;win for Wisconsin.&#8221; In a tweet, he stated, &#8220;It\u2019s my job as governor to always work to do the right thing when it matters most. We\u2019re securing over $1 billion for our kids and our schools to improve reading and kids\u2019 mental health while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-vote-to-adopt-3-5t-budget-resolution-move-forward-with-big-spending-agenda\/\" title=\"House Dems vote to adopt .5T budget resolution, move forward with big spending agenda\">making historic investments<\/a> in our communities. This is a win for Wisconsin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Education Association Council and the governor&#8217;s office did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>million increase for the school choice program has drawn criticism. The teachers union argues that the funds should be solely allocated to public schools. Evers is now under pressure to veto the deal, highlighting the ongoing debate over education funding in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1950705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5877,3925,6244,4173,10084,3924,4605,4701,4399],"class_list":["post-1950704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-agreement","tag-choice","tag-dem","tag-governor","tag-reject","tag-school","tag-teachers","tag-union","tag-urges"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}