Wisconsin: Want to give more tax dollars to charter schools? No? Then sign here:
in my email from State Representative Melissa Sergent ...
Dear Friends,
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> Today, I was proud to join fellow Assembly Democrats in announcing the start of a petition drive to remove the expansion of the unaccountable private school voucher program from the 2013-15 budget.
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> Despite the previous state budget’s historic cuts of $1.6 billion to public education, Gov. Walker’s proposed 2013-15 budget freezes public school classrooms. Unaccountable, private voucher schools would be expanded to new districts, including Madison, and receive a 30% increase in taxpayer funding.
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> This petition drive gives citizens throughout the 48th Assembly District, and all over Wisconsin, the ability to show their opposition to Gov. Walker’s education budget that puts private schools ahead of our public school classrooms. Wisconsin’s public education system is the foundation for our children’s future, and we must do everything we can to ensure that our schools have adequate funding.
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> Instead, the Republicans are again looking at no increase for our public school students while giving a $1,414 per pupil increase to their private voucher school peers. I have heard loud and clear from my constituents that they are strongly opposed to the idea of giving public, taxpayer dollars to private, unaccountable schools; and they want a real investment in our public schools this session.
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> A blank petition form is attached to this email. I urge you to share it with your friends and neighbors and then send it to my office at:
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> Representative Melissa Sargent
> PO Box 8953
> Madison, WI 53708
If you'd like to fill the petition out online, it's available at:
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/sargent
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