State Budget Issues - Previous Years

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2005-2007

* A Recipe To Fix School Funding - Wisconsin State Journal, October 4, 2006
* Strapped School Units Will Plead Their Case - Wisconsin State Journal, October 1, 2006
* Supt. Rainwater's Letter on the Taxpayer Protection Amendment to Madison delegation - May 9, 2006
* Supt. Rainwater's Thank You Letter to Governor Doyle - August 1, 2005
* No More Cuts Now For City Schools - The Capital Times, July 26, 2005
* Doyle Should Veto Tighter School Caps - the Wisconsin State Journal, July 22, 2005
* Supt. Rainwater's Budget Veto Letter to Governor Doyle - July 8, 2005
* Letter from MMSD Board of Education to the Madison Legislative Delegation [PDF File] - June 20, 2005
* Impact of Joint Finance Committee's K-12 allowable revenue limit increase - June 15, 2005
* MMSD Key 2005-07 Budget Issues - February 25, 2005
* MMSD Class Size Reduction Information - February 25, 2005
* Four Year Old Kindergarten Funding - February 25, 2005
* Impact of substitute amendments to AB 58 and SB 28 - February 2, 2005
* 2005-07 Legislative Agenda
* State Joint Finance Committee Members From the State's Web site.
* Madison State Legislators

2003-05

* Supt. Rainwater Thanks Governor Doyle Regarding 2003-05 State Budget - July 29, 2003
* Letter to Governor Doyle from Supt. Rainwater on 2003-05 State Budget - June 27, 2003
* Letter to Legislative Leadership from Supt. Rainwater on 2003-05 State Budget - June 11, 2003
* Letter to Joint Finance Committee from Supt. Rainwater on 2003-05 State Budget - March 18, 2003
* Write to Key Legislators — Sample Letter
* 2003-05 Biennial State Budget Issues
* Too Many Cooks at Work on the State Budget?
An article from MMSD's Legislative Liaison Joe Quick, which appeared in the January, 2003 edition of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards' journal Wisconsin School News.

2001-03

* 2001-03 Biennial State Budget Issues
* Supt. Rainwater's Budget Repair Bill Letter to April 2002 Conference Committee Members
* State Deficit Puts Squeeze on School Funding Resources
* Responding to the Needs of Non-English-Speaking Students [PDF File]
An article from MMSD's Legislative Liaison Joe Quick, which appeared in the November, 2001 edition of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards' journal Wisconsin School News.
* Supt. Rainwater Addresses Gov. McCallum Regarding the 2001-03 State Budget

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