MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Legislature’s budget-writing committee plans to vote for expanding the state’s private-school voucher program.
Gov. Scott Walker has proposed doing away with the 1,000-student enrollment cap for the statewide program that began two years ago. But in doing that, Walker’s plan would lower the amount of the taxpayer-funded voucher that students receive for their private-school education.
The Joint Finance Committee planned to vote late Tuesday on a different funding approach that would keep the vouchers at the same level.
That is expected to cost public schools about $48 million over two years.
Enrollment statewide other than Milwaukee would be capped at no more than 1 percent of a district’s population, going up 1 percentage point a year until 10 percent. After that, there would be no limit.
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