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A few days later, to prevent passage of the bill, all fourteen Democratic members of the Wisconsin State Senate fled Wisconsin and traveled to Illinois to delay a vote on the bill. [20] With only 19 Republican members, the Senate would not have the 20 Senators required for a quorum to vote on the bill, since it was a fiscal bill. [21]
In the 2009 and 2010 elections, school-choice-supporting Republicans gained seven governors’ seats. 12 states expanded school choice in 2011. Newly Republican states enacted half of that year's school-choice legislation. [5] In 2011 Wisconsin opened the Milwaukee program to all city students and introduced a similar plan in Racine.
The Wisconsin Senate amended the bill to remove financial items, allowing it to be passed without a quorum. This allowed Republicans to pass the bill without Democrats present on March 9. None of the 14 Democrats were present for the vote. Senator Schultz was the lone "Nay" vote, with the other 17 Republicans voting to pass the amended bill. [96]
Voting 30-19 in favor of override to Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto, the state Senate on Wednesday afternoon bookended the House of Representatives’ 72-44 override one day earlier to make House Bill ...
(The Center Square) – Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol continue to look to spend the state’s $4 billion budget surplus on the state’s schools. Senate Minority Leader Diane Hesselbein ...
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In the 2011-2012 legislative session, funding for local public schools was cut by $1.6 billion, [21] and during the 2013-2014 session 50% of Wisconsin school districts received less state money than they did under the previous session. [22] Larson supported initiatives to fully restore funding for local public schools. [23] [24]
He was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1990, from the 31st Assembly District, and was thereafter reelected. [1] [2] He remained a member of the Assembly until 2014, when he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate from the 11th District. [2] Nass is one of the Senate's most conservative members. [3] [4]