Milwaukee Public School (MPS) financing

January 29: "in his past 7 years as governor, MPS has received over $5.2 billion in state aid and with 80% of the school budget coming from state and federal sources. This was an interesting statement in that despite billions in state aid from taxpayers, the district is still failing. It is also interesting to remind lawmakers that MPS taxpayers are only paying 20% of their local school district. I know that property taxpayers in my district would greatly benefit from the state picking up 80% of the local school bill…"