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Meeting Date:
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5/25/2017 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Reports and Communications from the Board Clerk/Chief Officer, Office of Board Governance
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Info
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Subject:
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1. Monthly Report, with Possible Action, on Legislative Activities Affecting MPS
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
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Attachments
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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The Board's Legislative Policy Specialist will present the monthly update on legislative activities affecting MPS.
The State’s Joint Committee on Finance has moved into executive session and continues to move through the state budget section by section. While there has been no official date set, at the time of this publication it is anticipated that the committee will take up budget items concerning education after Memorial Day. Indications continue to be that the Joint Committee on Finance will support at least the overall funding level proposed in the Executive Budget, though a number of details will likely need to be worked out.
At the federal level, there are indications that the President’s full budget proposal for the 2017-2018 fiscal year will be introduced the week of May 22. The federal budget largely determines funding levels for the 2018-19 school year. Given the preview provided in the “skinny budget” introduced earlier in the year, the President’s proposal may include significant and damaging cuts to K-12 education and other programs that support students within Milwaukee Public Schools. Given that the implementation of policies within the new Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) are in part dependent on funding assurances made at the federal LEVEL during the development of ESSA and that state-level plans were developed with those assurances in mind, funding cuts to ESSA programs will be particularly damaging.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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NA
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Recommendation:
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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