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Increasing Child PovertyStudents Receiving Free and Reduced Lunch
04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 1220%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Fiscal Year End
% of WI Public School Students
Source: DPI, April 2013
State tax revenue is growing
Source: Comparative Summary of Governor and JFC Budget Recommendations, table 7, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, June 2013; Legislative Fiscal Bureau Memo, March 2013; Legislative Fiscal Bureau letter to JFC Co-Chairs, May 2013
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Fiscal Year Ends
Tax Revenue($ in billions)
*Estimated values
Where does money come from?
Sources: State of WI Budget in Brief, February 2013; Preliminary 2012-13 General Fund Tax Collections August 2013
General Purpose Revenue
45%
Federal Revenue29%
Program Revenue15%
Segregated Revenue11% General
Fund
All Funds
Where does money go?
Health Care30%
Local Public Schools18%University of WI System*
17%
Transportation*9%
Local Government7%
Corrections4%
All Other Programs15%
All Funds
*excludes bonding**Excludes property tax relief
Sources: State of WI Budget in Brief, February 2013; Summary of Governor’s Budget Recommendations, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, March 2013 State Debt Related Memo, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, June 2013; Summary of General Fund Appropriations by Agency, August 2013.
2001-03 2003-05 2005-07 2007-09 2009-11 2011-13 2013-150
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Health
Education
UW System
Transporta-tion
Shared Rev-enue and Tax Relief
Corrections
All Other Programs
Biennial Budget
$ in billions
Total Budgeted Spending: Health grows rapidly as education spending slows
Spending plan is up sharplyincreases by $10b over 4 budgets
2007-2009
2009-2011
2011-2013
2013-2015
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Budget Years
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Sources: Comparative Summary of Governor and JFC Budget Recommendations, table 1, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, June 2013; Comparative Summary of Budget Recommendations — 2011 Act 32 (and 2011 Acts 10, 13, and 27) table 1, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 2011; Comparative Summary of Budget Recommendations (2009 Act 28) table 1, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 2009; Summary of Budget Provisions 2007 WI Act 20 table 1, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 2007.
Several Big Increases in General Fund SpendingTax Rate Changes = $647.9 million
New Ec. Dvpt tax credits = $75 million
Medical Assistance = $850 million
Marketing “In Wisconsin”=$10.9m
80 New Vehicles $1.7 million
DNA collection at arrest = $11.6 m (inc $250 surcharge at arrest)
New Private School Tuition Tax Break = $30 m
New Money in Private School Vouchers = $78 m
Spending Increases, but so does Debt
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$ in Billions
Republican governor
Democratic Governor
Source: Legislative Audit Bureau Memo, Feb. 2013 & Legislative Fiscal Bureau Memo, March 2013; Legislative Fiscal Bureau Memo June 2013.
New Borrowing increases $2 b
New or expanded state buildings $233m
Corrections expansion or improve $34m
National Guard & Military Affairs $70m
DNR HQ & park improvements $23m
Transportation $998m
World Dairy Expo $9m
Maritime Museum $5m
Family Justice Ctr, MKE $10m
UW buildings & improvements $703m
Not paying debt bills is Kicking the Can Down the Road
Debt Restructured by Legislative Session
2001-03 2003-05 2005-07 2007-09 2009-11 2011-13McCallum Doyle Doyle Doyle Doyle Walker
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Source: Legislative Fiscal Bureau Memo, May 2012
WI Education Policy
Has become a tangle
of different types of schools
all paid for with
public dollars.
Big Increase in Private School & Independent Charter School Spending
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$ in Millions
Source: DPI, April 2013
Changes in Education Budget• Expand private school voucher program statewide
with a cap of 500 students in the first year & 1,000 students in the 2nd yr.
• 38.4% of private school dollars come from public school district; rest from state
• $78 million = New Tax $$ for Private Vouchers• Raise K-8 private school payments to $7,210 (10%)• Raise private high school payments to $7,856 (22%)• Increase in dollars to public schools (yr 1=1.3%)
• Increase revenue limit to schools by $75 per pupil• Provide a one-time aid increase of $75 per pupil• Superintendents say they need $230 per student
just to cover cost increases
Public School Spending Without private school vouchers and independent charter
Schools
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$ in Billions
Source: DPI, April 2013
Fund Public Schools including items requested by Dept of Public Instruction
Governor Walker did not fund: Fair Funding for Schools
High Cost Special Education
Improving Graduation Rates
Increase for Rural Schools (Sparsity)
Bilingual-Bicultural Education
Career & Technical Education Grants
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (STEM)
SAGE increases
Additional Library Assistance
High Cost Transportation
Fix Fiscal ProblemsEliminate Tax Rate Change &
Create 2% Reserve Fund of $623 million
Get rid of Structure Deficit
Cut almost in half Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) gap
Remove Transportation Fund raid on General Fund
Fix deficit in Children & Families programs (TANF)
Ended the budget years with $300 million surplus!
What’s In? What’s Out?
Set aside over $600 m in reserves
Expand BadgerCare
Change School Funding
Restore ag, conservation, UW & courts cuts
Invest in Mental Health, Drug court & addiction recovery
Return $ to nursing homes
Expand Family Care
All policy unrelated to $$$
Private School tuition tax break
80 new vehicles
Expanded private school vouchers
Sale of state assets in no-bid contracts
New & increased tax loopholes
Changes in income tax rates
We Will Move Forward
When we realize the ‘status quo’ is no longer an option.
When we arm ourselves with the facts about our local schools.
When we begin a community discussion about what we want for our schools.
When we raise our voices together.
The Future of Rural Schools
For Further Information Contact:
Senator Kathleen Vinehout
State Capitol P.O. Box 7882
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7882
Sen.vinehout@legis.wisconsin.gov
www.legis.wi.gov/senate/sen31/news
877-763-6636 (toll free)