JFC Hears from School District Superintendents
The committee heard from two school district superintendents of widely varying sizes; Markesan School District Supt. Sue Alexander and Madison Supt. Art Rainwater. Both said their budgets have been shrinking.
Alexander said her declining enrollment district faced dissolution, but on the second try residents approved funding to keep the district afloat. Markesan has lost more than $1.6 million in funding in recent years due to declining enrollment, she said. But she urged the committee to adopt the per pupil increases included in Gov. Doyle's budget, and to raise the low revenue limit ceiling by $400.
Rainwater said the issue for his district is the revenue cap, and said his district has lost $53 million in recent years, and will be down $10.5 million this year.
"Give us the resources to meet standards, or be willing to change those standards," Rainwater said.
Labels: Arlington_Meeting, Joint Committee on Finance, School funding
