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This page last updated: Thursday May 22, 2008
2008-2009 Annual Budget
2008-2009 Budget
Executive Summary ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Financial Summaries ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Department and Division Reports ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Amendments
Administrative Amendment 1 - Fund 80, Community Service Levy ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Board Amendment 1 - Technology Purchases ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Board Amendment 2 - Family Literacy/Even Start Literacy Program ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Budget Timeline
2007-2008 Annual Budget
MMSD Budget Cuts Since Enactment of State Revenue Cap in 1993
Board Actions on Budget Amendments - April 30, 2007 ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Board Member Budget Amendments ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Follow-up Budget Questions and Analysis
WISC-TV interview with Supt. Rainwater on proposed budget cuts
2007-08 Budget
Executive Summary ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Proposed Cuts to Operating Budget Summary ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Financial Summaries
Department and Division Reports
Superintendent's Budget Changes - March 9, 2007 ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Five Year Financial Forecast ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Gap for 2007-08 budget estimated at $9-12 million
- From MMSD Today
Budget Memo
Budget Timeline Presentation ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Budget Timeline
Parameters Used To Build 2007-08 Budget Forecast Model
Discussion Topics to Balance the 2007-08 MMSD Budget
Mandate Information ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
MMSD Budget Issues from Previous Years
2007-2009 Biennial Budget
Letter from Supt. Rainwater to Gov. Doyle on 4-Year Old Kindergarten
Comparison of the Governor's, Senate's and Assembly's Proposed Budgets ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Memo to Conference Committee Members on Key K-12 2007-09 Budget Issues for MMSD
Conference Committee Member Contact Information
Supt. Rainwater's Letter of Thanks to Senate Democrats
Key K-12 Budget Provisions - Memo to the Madison legislative delegation
2007-09 Legislative Agenda
2007-09 Biennial Budget Issues
2007-09 Biennial Budget Issues "Talking Points"
Sample support letters for:
SAGE
Categorical aid
Revenue limit flexibility
From the State's Web site:
Joint Finance contact information
Who are my legislators?
Madison legislative delegation contact information
Civitas Forum - How We Pay For Schools: The State's Role
- From the November 24, 2007 Wisconsin State Journal
School Financing Fix Is Up To Legislators
- From the May 19, 2007 The Capital Times
Revenue Limits Are Crippling Education Opportunities
- April 20, 2007 The Capital Times Letter to the Editor from the MMSD Board of Education
School Funding Reform Gets Boost
- From the April 20, 2007 Wisconsin Statue Journal
Resolution Calls For New Approach To Funding Schools
- From WISC-TV Channel 3000
Democrats Want Deadline For School Funding Reform
- From NBC15
Revenue Cap Retaliation
- From the April 19, 2007 The Capital Times
Cut Our Schools Some Slack
- From the April 8, 2007 Wisconsin State Journal
Squeezing Schools
- An interactive school funding series from the Wisconsin State Journal
- School Funding A Statewide Issue - Letter from Supt. Rainwater to the Wisconsin State Journal
Measure Would Help Schools
- From the January 23, 2007 Wisconsin State Journal
Schools' Budget Shortfall Pegged
- From the January 20, 2007 Wisconsin State Journal
School Class Size Hike Pondered
- From the January 17, 2007 The Capital Times
January 16, 2007 Letter from Supt. Rainwater to Gov. Doyle
MMSD Revenue Limit Facts
4K Funding Disparity
Doyle Can Expect A Battle On The Teacher Salary Limit
- From the December 17, 2006 Wisconsin State Journal
School Funding in Wisconsin
- Produced in 2005 with data from the 2004-05 school year.
State Budget Issues from Previous Years
Letter to Madison's Washington Delegation regarding Reading First
Letter from Madison's Washington Delegation to Terrell Halaska ![[PDF File]](/img/pdf-sm.gif)
Audit Blasts U.S. Reading Program
2006-07 K-12 Education Federal Budget Issues
Pending Legislation: Attempts to nationalize cable TV franchising
Letter to Senator Russ Feingold
Letter to Wisconsin's Delegates in Congress on the 2005-06 Federal Budget
2004-05 Federal Education Issues
Federal Education Issues