Jill Underly: “Every time a referendum is passed, our school finance…”

“According to Wisconsin Policy Forum, those referendums were approved at the lowest rate since 2010, just this past election cycle. Is this shared revenue system sustainable the way it's set up? Well, at this point, no, it's not. Because Every time a referendum is passed, our school finance formula becomes more unequal. Our schools deserve the funding. It's one of the main functions of our state budget. And when they can't meet their funding obligations, you know, because costs have gone up, they have to ask the local taxpayers to raise their own taxes.” (06:03–06:09)

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