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Top Ten Reasons to Kill the Budget Repair Bill « Larry Miller's Blog #WIunion #SolidarityWI

Institute For Wisconsin’s Future: Top Ten Reasons to Kill the Budget Repair Bill « Larry Miller's Blog

Institute For Wisconsin’s Future: Top Ten Reasons to Kill the Budget Repair Bill

Top Ten Reasons

10. “This bill will shatter relationships among educators and school leaders, undermining current innovations around teacher compensation, evaluation, and improvement. It will have a chilling effect on teacher recruitment and sends a terrible message about the value of public service.” Tony Evers – Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction

9. The bill allows “the Department of Administration to sell or contract for the operation of state heating, cooling and power plants without oversight from the legislature or the Public Service Commission.” The Oshkosh Northwestern

8. Walker’s budget repair bill, introduced last week, “would give the state Department of Health Services the