Behind the rhetoric: How Walker's union limits affected school budgets (5/19/2012).
Here's the concluding paragraph.
But at least a third of districts
- saw staffing increases,
- stayed steady or
- had very modest staffing reductions,
Some.
As in "how many"?
Really?! Don't you want to break this down for us?
These are 3 outcomes that should not be lumped together in such a cavalier, ho-hum fashion. And I'd be interested to know how "very modest" is defined.
Better reading.
Making Matters Worse: School Funding, Achievement Gaps and Poverty under Wisconsin Act 32,
- State budget cuts hit high poverty districts the hardest.
- High poverty districts have less state revenue to support the needs of children, and taxpayers in high poverty districts pay taxes at increasingly higher rates.
- Reductions in employee compensation hit high poverty districts the hardest.
- Reductions in the size of the workforce hit high poverty districts hardest.
- Act 32 increases funding gaps for poor and minority students.
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