Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 2/24/2022 - 5:30 PM
Category: Reports and Communications from the Board Clerk/Chief Officer, Office of Board Governance
Type: Action
Subject: 3. Action on a Request to Sign a Letter of Support for Act Now 2 Invest Relative to Dedicating the State Budget Surplus to K-12 Education
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 1
Academic Achievement
Policy:
Attachments Act Now 2 Invest Information
Letter to Governor Evers, et. al.
File Attachment:
Act Now 2 Invest Information.pdf
Letter to Governor Evers, et al.pdf
Background: The Office of Board Governance has received a communication from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB). The information in the attached letter, which was shared with the WASB Board of Directors last weekend, is from a group called “Act Now 2 Invest,” and concerns its efforts to gather support for a letter signed by business leaders and educators in support of dedicating a portion of the projected state budget surplus to K-12 education.

The Milwaukee Board of School Directors is asked to consider signing the attached letter in support.
Fiscal Impact Statement: This item has no fiscal impact.
Implementation and Assessment Plan Should the Board approve support for this effort, the Office of Board Governance will prepare a copy of the letter for transmission upon signature by the Board President.
Recommendation: The recommendation is that the Board
1. waive Board Rule 1.14 in order to give public hearing on this item and 2. determine how it wishes to proceed
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer