With the stroke of his pen, Governor Tony Evers approved a set of compromise measure that make major changes in how state money is returned to local governments and funds schools, and that means millions more dollars coming to Sheboygan County and its cities, towns and villages.
What are now Wisconsin Acts 11 and 12 increased state shared revenue by an average 20 percent for municipalities, increased school low revenue ceiling $1,000 per student, enables the City and County of Milwaukee to raise taxes to avoid bankruptcy and pumps more than $1 billion more into K-12 education.
For Sheboygan County and its municipalities, the impact varies due to the new formula, with some entities getting increases in hundreds of percent over existing revenue, but in total resulting in a 36 percent increase in shared revenues. The largest percentage increase was 327.1% to the Town of Mosel, while the least – 20% to the City of Sheboygan – still meant over $1.9 million more. Total county and municipality increases amount to $5,136,301.
During his bill signing on Tuesday Governor Evers acknowledged the compromise achieved through his talks with Assembly Speaker Robin Voss and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu of Oostburg, saying that he’s “always believed that supporting our local communities is an area where we could work to find common ground and bipartisan support, and that’s exactly what we did.”
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