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Lawsuit Seeks to Toss Wisconsin School Choice Program

Lawsuit Seeks to Toss Wisconsin School Choice Program

City Cast Madison

October 18, 202324m 2s

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Show Notes

The first school choice program in Wisconsin was created more than thirty years ago - and it’s been fought over ever since. If you’d rather send your kid to a private school than your local public school, and you have a low income, the state will pay for it. It started out as an experimental pilot program and now pays for more than 50,000 private school students. 

A new lawsuit by Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad claims it’s unconstitutional because it’s depriving public schools of public money. Molly Stentz speaks with Brian Potts, partner at Perkins Coie, about what the lawsuit seeks to do.  

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