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• Assembly Republicans Pass Education Reform Package
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Governor Evers Goes Off the Woke Cliff

In the Democrats’ continuing war against women, Governor Evers has finally gone off the Woke cliff.

First, Democrats wanted to put men into women’s’ sports.  Then it was allowing men and boys into women and girls’ locker rooms and bathrooms.  Now, in his biennial budget bill, Governor Evers wants to erase the word “mother” from the Wisconsin State Statutes.  What does he want to replace the word “mother” with?  The term “inseminated person.”

Representative Amanda Nedweski found that the Governor’s budget bill strikes the word “mother” in at least 30 places.  He replaces the word “father” over 120 times in the 1,917 page document.

This kind of virtue-signaling jargon is an insult to every mother throughout the state of Wisconsin.  In this case the Governor hasn’t just gone way off into left field to appease his far-left base, he’s gone right off the Woke cliff.

Assembly Republicans Pass Education Reform Package

Last week, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed a comprehensive package of bills aimed at reforming education in Wisconsin.  The bills include raising standards, prohibiting students from using distracting cell phones in classrooms, and ensuring more funding goes into the classroom instead of being spent on more inflated administrators’ salaries.

Education is a top priority for Assembly Republicans.  Instead of just blindly throwing more money at the educational system and expecting different results, we want to ensure we raise standards, improve transparency, and get more funding directly into the classroom to improve outcomes.

Specifically, the Republican package of bills includes the following measures:

• Reforming Educational Standards – Reverses DPI’s actions that lowered standards.
• Focus Funding into Classrooms – Ensures more tax dollars go directly into the classroom, rather than toward bloated administrative costs.
• No Phones in Classrooms – Prohibiting cellphones in classrooms will remove a major distraction and allow students to focus on their instruction.
• Curriculum Transparency – Allows parents to know what is being taught in our schools.
• Civics & Cursive – Prioritizes the teaching of civics and cursive writing.

Assembly Bill 1 is directly aimed at raising the educational standards that DPI Secretary Jill Underly unilaterally lowered, which resulted in deceptive test results that harmed both parents and students.  Even Governor Evers agreed, calling Underly’s lowering of standards “a mistake,” further proving we need to reverse her actions.

All of our data shows student scores are down in Wisconsin despite large increases in state aid.  With the biennial state budget process starting in Madison, it’s important that reforms are passed before we invest millions of tax dollars into our schools.

The package of bills passed the full Assembly and will now go to the Senate for their consideration.

In the Capitol

This week students from UW-Stevens Point visited the office to discuss agricultural, natural resources and UW System issues.

Nathan from Hortonville and Hassan from Appleton are both seniors in nursing programs. They visited the office as part of the Wisconsin Nurses Association Day at the Capitol.

State Capitol Tours

The best way to experience the beauty and grandeur of Wisconsin’s Capitol building (located at 2 East Main Street, Madison, WI 53702) is to see it for yourself. It is open to the public weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and weekends and holidays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free tours are offered daily, year round except on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas. Tours start at the information desk Monday through Saturday at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m. and 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 p.m.; and Sundays at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 p.m. A 4:00 p.m. tour is offered weekdays (Monday – Friday), excluding holidays, during Memorial Day through Labor Day. Plan on spending 45-55 minutes for a tour. The sixth floor museum and observation deck are open during the summer months. Groups of ten or more can make an on-line reservation for a tour of the State Capitol or call (608)266-0382.