The state put revenue caps into effect in 1993 under Act 16, as a way to increase state financial support for public schools and provide property tax relief. Now the state should make our kids a top priority. I think the stadiums, roads and prisons the state has built are great, but our kids should be on top. Hanson added that the caps have forced schools up against a wall. Natural gas doubled this year.
Gasoline continues to go up.
Costs have gone up a lot faster. Now schools are forced to cut into the bone. She pointed to the Florence School District where art, music and library services have been eliminated in the schools. Or the Wausau School District, where 33 teacher positions will go unfilled next fall to save money. But what worries Kunsch, Hanson and Hommerding most is the fact that the cuts brought on by revenue caps are coming home to roost in Phillips, Prentice and Park Falls.