We’ll talk to the school board president in Viroqua about the latest figures on state funding for public schools that may surprise a lot of people. Despite a new state budget that put some new money into some areas, there was zero increase in general state aid, and so many school districts are falling even further behind keeping up with expenses. More referendums will result from the GOP hostility to public education.

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