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Wisconsin's school-safety plans adequately cover most safety guidelines and procedures, according to an audit looking at a $100 million grant program.
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Read More »Bill to revive policy for energy-efficiency projects at schools
Bills in the state legislature would undo a thousand-year ban on a previous policy that had allowed school districts to raise cash without a voter referendum for energy-efficiency projects.
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Read More »Catholic school accuses Madison of religious bias in witholding permit, blocking athletic events
A Madison Catholic school is accusing city officials of religious bias after they both prevented it from holding sporting events at an athletic complex and withheld an electrical permit needed for the installation of stadium lights.
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Read More »Minn. judge tosses ABC lawsuit challenging school PLAs
A judge in Minneapolis has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Minneapolis School District’s use of certain collective-bargaining pacts, known as “project labor agreements,” on school projects.
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Read More »Madison referendum should include neighborhood schools
Madison is talking about a school referendum with a price tag as high as $280 million.
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Read More »In schools, safety grants used to install various ‘fortifications’
To illustrate what's different about school safety in Portage, Peter Warning pointed to the numbers and letter "156-L" written above his office door.
Read More »BUILDING BLOCKS: Renovation and expansion of Gresham Schools
In November 2018, voters living in Gresham School District approved a bond referendum calling for a series of projects in the Gresham School District.
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Read More »Voters approve $678.4M in school-construction referendums on Election Day
Voters on Tuesday approved $678.4 million worth of construction-related school referendums statewide in another big election cycle for K-12 building projects.
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Read More »On the ballot: Voters to weigh in on more than $1B in school projects Tuesday
Wisconsin voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to consider more than $1 billion worth of school referendum spending in another lucrative election that follows on a surge in public school construction last year.
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Read More »Report: School referendums approved break records in 2018 (UPDATE)
School referendums approved by voters in Wisconsin this year have broken records for the total amount and percentage passed.
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