There's the letter of the bill which says the legislature originally said this is a school funding increase for the next budget period. The spirit of The state supreme court took a stance that you've never taken before where you took a 400 year increase in spending and you said, oh no, that's not a significant increase in scope. So they changed a historical precedent that the state supreme court has always stood by where they say you can't really increase, significantly increase the scope of a bill. (01:17–01:33)
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Asserts that the Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling on the 400-year spending increase is unprecedented.
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