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Patrick Testin: “We didn't live up to that commitment to that 42 and 45%…”

Featuring: Patrick Testin, Republican | President pro tempore, Wisconsin Senate

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Senator Patrick Testin March Update

Published | Video Starts at 17:47

… reimbursement in the first year of the budget, a 45% increase in the second year of the budget, and a 90% reimbursement for higher special education reimbursement. Now, in actuality, We didn't live up to that commitment to that 42 and 45% reimbursement increase due to some figures submitted by the Department of Public Instruction. to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. And so that is one area that I think all parties agree would go a long way to providing some relief to school districts because they oftentimes have to take that out of their general fund. (17:47–18:01)

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Asserts that the state did not meet the agreed reimbursement increases for special education due to figures from the Department of Public Instruction.

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