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Catch up on the latest SCWA outreach activities: Newsletter
PREVIEW: Joint Finance Committee (JFC) Budget Hearings The first Budget Hearing was held on Wednesday April 5 at the Waukesha Expo Center. SCW recruited seven schools to testify in person. The schools really stepped up to help! They were very enthusiastic and generous with their time preparing for the hearing and spending the day away…
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Be a Voice for School Choice! March 2023 Newsletter
PREVIEW: Dear School Choice Supporter, The demand for quality educational options nationwide is on the rise, as is public opinion supporting school choice. In Wisconsin, we are proud to have the oldest school choice program in the country, championed in the 1990s by bipartisan legislators and education leaders who believed low-income students should be able…
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Legislative Listening Sessions Dates — Have Your Voice Heard!
Legislators are holding in-district listening sessions to get constituent feedback. Take a look at the list below to see if your state representative or senator has scheduled a listening session and try to attend. If you don’t know who represents you, you can check online. These listening sessions tend to be small and are…
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Wisconsin’s Parental Awakening
For Immediate Release February 28, 2022 One of the nation’s leading opinion research firms conducted a random, scientific sample poll in February of likely Wisconsin voters. The survey focused largely on education issues. It showed significant support, across the political spectrum, for policies that expand parent options. Respondents also were in broad agreement on…
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Wisconsin Parents Are Clear: They Have Rights
For Immediate Release February 22, 2022 Likely Wisconsin voters leave little doubt about the rights they believe parents should have when it comes to the schooling of the state’s children. Their views clash sharply with the Democratic Party official and state legislator who said parents wanting “to have a say” should home school or…
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Broad Cross Section of Wisconsin Voters Want School Choice Universal
For Immediate Release February 22, 2022 Wisconsin voters strongly support making all families eligible for the state’s school choice programs and favor ending funding inequities between choice, charter, and traditional public schools. These are among key findings on education issues in a scientific, random sample poll conducted earlier this month by one of the…
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