Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature call for change

In "Dems look at changing school funding", Shawn Johnson discusses the future of school funding in Wisconsin now that the Democratic party control the state government:

Doyle says he wants to preserve funding for public schools for which the state pays almost two-thirds of their costs.

Actually, the state pays a little over half of public school costs, rather than the "two-thirds" promised when the revenue limits were passed in 1993, which is why districts keep going to referendum and asking local citizens for more money. The state hasn't quite kept up with its end of the bargain.

Johnson writes:

Educators have long said Madison needs to something, because the state’s 15-year-old revenue limits have forced good programs and teachers to fall by the wayside.

The state’s largest teachers’ union says it wants the government limits on school tax revenues and teacher pay and benefit increases.