Gov. Evers and Legislative Leaders Announce Budget Deal
At 5:00 AM this morning, Gov. Tony Evers, Republican legislative leaders and Senate Democratic leader Dianne Hesselbein announced a budget compromise that significantly boosts funding for K-12 education, childcare, and the Universities of Wisconsin while enacting $1.5 billion in tax savings.
Gov. Evers stated in announcing the deal, “I’m excited to announce our state budget will not only invest over $330 million for our child care industry and provide direct support for child care providers to help lower the cost of child care for working families but it will also provide nearly $1.4 billion in spendable revenue for K-12 schools with the largest increase in special education aid for K-12 schools ever in state history and will make the largest investment in our UW System in over two decades.”
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