Wisconsin students with disabilities often denied public school choices
Wisconsin lets public schools reject applications of students with disabilities who seek transfers across district lines — a form of exclusion courts have upheld.
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Have taxpayers paid $600 million toward the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium?
Yes. A 0.1% sales tax in Milwaukee County and its adjoining counties raised $609 million over 24 years for construction of a new stadium for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
Was Wisconsin’s public school spending the third-slowest growing in the nation between 2002 and 2020?
Yes. Wisconsin had the third-slowest increase in PreK-12 education spending per student in the nation between 2002 and 2020, according to a Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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