Month: June 2025
Month: June 2025
Wisconsin Act 12: Law Requirements & Compliant Reporting The Department of Public Instruction recently released guidance on how schools should complete their annual legal reporting requirement for state and local law violations that occur on school property. This requirement only applies to schools that have grades 9-12. SCWA and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) teamed up for a webinar on June 19, 2025, to help schools understand the process and answer questions. Our goal is to make the requirement feel manageable and give you confidence moving forward. During the webinar, WILL attorneys walked through what the law requires…
Read MoreWisconsin Act 20: Implementation, Processes and Procedures Recently, SCWA has been fielding numerous questions regarding Wisconsin Act 20 and the implementation, processes and procedures that are required going forward. Per state law, schools have until July 1, 2025, to implement their 3rd to 4th grade promotion policy that considers a child’s reading ability. This is right around the corner! To help alleviate any concerns and answer your questions, School Choice Wisconsin Action (SCWA) and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) held a webinar on June 13, 2025, and shared access to WILL’s model policy for private schools. Click…
Read MoreSCWA ECCA Informational Webinar School Choice Wisconsin Action has been fielding many calls recently regarding the ECCA and how it would affect schools in Wisconsin. After nearly a year of supporting and learning about this bill, we want to keep our member schools as up-to-date as possible. The ECCA would provide donors to nonprofit groups that distribute K-12 scholarships with a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit in exchange for their contributions. In case you missed it, this bill passed the House on June 4, 2025 and will soon be decided on by the Senate. SCWA partnered with national experts to host…
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