Thursday, March 15, 2012
12:05 PM
Dems rip GOP over Milwaukee school cuts
Sparring between the parties is underway -- and not even on a bill on today's calendar.
Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, rose to thank the chamber for an amendment to SB 315 earlier this week that allows the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association to negotiate concessions without triggering collective bargaining restrictions.
Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday, citing a letter from four other district unions asking that MTEA withdraw its request, charged that Dems and unions were putting politics above teaching jobs.
"This will help young teachers ... stay in the classroom to teach our school kids," Knodl said.
A series of Dems rose to chide Republicans for past cuts to MPS, while Rep. Louis Molepske, D-Stevens Point, argued that the measure wouldn't have been needed without last year's budget repair bill.
"That should have been an issue between the board (and) the union," Molepske said.
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