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Noon Wednesday: Boosting Funding for K-12 Schools

By Marisa Wojcik

July 14, 2021

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An increase for Wisconsin's K-12 schools in the state's budget coupled with one-time federal pandemic aid still falls short according to public school advocates. Julie Underwood, former dean of the UW-Madison School of Education and board president for the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools, explains.

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