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Wisconsin voters on Tuesday approved $736.9 million in borrowing for school construction projects in two dozen school districts.
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Read More »Voters support $736.9M in school spending in spring referendums 
Voters support $736.9M in school spending in spring referendums
Tomah schools pause plans for construction referendum
The Tomah Area School District has paused plans for a massive construction referendum after a survey showed voters would reject the request.
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Read More »Policy Forum: Wis. tax bills $1.1B higher owing to recent school referendums
Recent school referendums pushed Wisconsin property taxes $1.1 billion higher in December 2020 than they otherwise would have been, according to an analysis by the Wisconsin Policy Forum.
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Read More »Voters turn down building referendums at unusually high rate (UPDATE)
Voters rejected school building referendums at an unusually high rate in elections held throughout the state on Tuesday, including some ballot questions seeking permission for multi-million-dollar construction projects.
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Read More »Report: Wisconsin school property taxes increase 3.3%
Property taxes levied by schools in Wisconsin will go up 3.3%, a smaller increase than in 2019 but still larger than any other year over the past decade, a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum released on Thursday showed.
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Read More »Report: Voters ignore pandemic, partisanship to pass school referendums
Despite a pandemic, an economic downturn and a polarizing presidential election, a report released on Tuesday has found that Wisconsin voters approved school referendums at the second-highest rate in state history since 1993 on Nov. 3.
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Read More »Voters OK more than $700M in school-construction work
Voters overwhelmingly approved a series of school referendums during Tuesday's election, giving the go-ahead to more than $700 million in construction projects to districts throughout the state.
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Read More »Voters to consider more than $900M in school construction on Nov. 3
Wisconsin voters will consider more than $900 million in school construction work across the state when they head to the polls on Nov. 3.
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Read More »Nation’s public schools need major repairs, report finds
The majority of U.S. public school districts need to make major building repairs in at least half of their schools, yet many districts are unable to pay for updates or have postponed them to improve security in case of a shooting, according to a federal report.
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Read More »Report: School referendum voters in giving moods despite pandemic
April 30, 2020
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Despite an election marred by an outbreak of COVD-19, voters overwhelmingly passed school referendums seeking cash for new construction or other needs, according to a report.
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