39. Reviewing the New State Budget with Anne Chapman

*Corrected an editing mistake in an earlier version*In which I’m joined by Anne Chapman, the leading expert in Wisconsin school finance, the research director of the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials, to talk about the impacts of state budget changes on school funding decisions and community conversations. In this episode, we’ve got:A recap of Wisconsin school finance basics, featuring an extended shandy metaphorA discussion of revenue-limit and state-aid changesA conversation on open-enrollment transfer amounts and declining-enrollment pressuresA summary of special-ed and high-cost special ed funding changes.This is a cross-posting of a conversation I featured on the School Perceptions podcast. If you’re a school leader or a district administrator or a board member, that show is aimed at you and you should check it out!