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Month: September 2023
Month: September 2023
Schools in Wisconsin must provide “safe and healthful facilities,” but what exactly does that mean? School Choice Wisconsin and Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty held a webinar on Friday, August 25, 2023, about safety requirements for private schools. Watch a recording of the webinar featuring Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Attorney Cory Brewer and School Choice Wisconsin President Nicholas Kelly to learn about health and safety requirements for private schools in Wisconsin. Watch the webinar recording
Read MoreSchool Choice Wisconsin is excited to announce our annual Hispanic Heritage Month K-12 Art Contest. This year’s theme — Prosperity, Power & Progress — recognizes the significant achievements of the Hispanic community in areas of economics, business and politics. Entries must be hand-created drawings or paintings and must be delivered to the Hispanics for School Choice office at 10427 W. Lincoln Ave. #1800, West Allis, WI 53214 by October 13, 2023. Winners will be announced on Facebook on Nov. 2, with winners taking home cash prizes of up to $200. Learn more here, and we look forward to seeing many…
Read MoreWest Allis, Wisconsin – Nic Kelly, President of School Choice Wisconsin, issued the following statement after circulation of a co-sponsorship memo with six bill drafts by Wisconsin legislative democrats earlier today. The so-called “Investing in Our Kids’ Education Initiative – Public Money for Public Schools” bill package seeks drastic and harmful changes which would block new enrollments to and fully phase-out all of Wisconsin’s Parental Choice and Special Needs Scholarship Programs. “School Choice Wisconsin Action is disappointed that any legislator who has witnessed the positive impact of the choice program in Wisconsin for the past 30 years continues to perpetuate…
Read MoreThe laws establishing school choice in Wisconsin outline who is eligible to participate in the state’s parental choice programs. To enter the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program or the Racine Parental Choice Program, families must live in the Milwaukee or Racine school districts and have an income that doesn’t exceed 330 percent of the federal poverty level. To be eligible for the statewide Wisconsin Parental Choice Program, families can’t have an income of more than 220 percent of the federal poverty level. An analysis of choice student demographics provide a more detailed picture of who is being served by private choice…
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