Evers Proposes $1.7 Billion Increase in Funding for Wisconsin Schools

Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for a nearly one-point-seven-billion-dollar increase in funding for Wisconsin schools in his two-year budget proposal.  Evers is seeking about a ten-percent hike in school aid as he challenges Governor Scott Walker’s bid for re-election.  Evers says he wants to bring funding back to levels public schools haven’t seen since the mid 1990s.  The 15-point-four-billion-dollar budget request comes as state agencies are submitted their spending plans to Governor Walker’s office.  The plan includes an increase of 606-million dollars for special education programs.  The Evers campaign has not said how the school funding increase will be paid for.  The Walker campaign says the governor will continue historic investments in schools without raising taxes.