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The Delta Dental Foundation of Wisconsin just announced a new grant program to replace existing water fountains with water bottle filling stations combined with a water fountain, similar to what many of you may have seen at airports throughout the US. The Cool Water program is open for participation by any school in Wisconsin, including [...]

The City of Racine was one of the first cities to include a breakout of how much taxpayer money goes towards voucher schools. The Racine Journal’s Editorial Board wrote an editorial detailing why they believe breaking out the voucher amount is misleading to the public and disagreeing with a move to make it a common practice [...]

If your school is considering participating in the Wisconsin or Racine Parental Choice programs in the future, you can get a general idea of how many voucher seats are available in your enrollment area by reviewing the DPI Report on the 2018 third Friday enrollment counts and payment data, the most recent data available. The [...]

Private school parents can benefit from Wisconsin’s K-12 tuition tax deduction by simply completing a one-page form with their 2018 state tax filing. This is a state tax deduction that was won by WCRIS for private K-12 school parents across the state. But it does no good for private school families and schools unless parents [...]

The DPI reports that this year the Science Forward Exam will be based on the new Wisconsin Science Standards. On January 23, Kevin Anderson, the DPI Science Consultant, will host a webinar from 3:30 to 4:15 with information about the new exam and new item types. If you would like to participate in the webinar, [...]

1. When will we know what the Governor is planning on doing with the state budget? Evers will give a State of the State address on January 22, which will be televised live by Wisconsin Public Television. Governors typically use the speech to signal the top priorities that will be pursued in the two-year state [...]

If you received a school safety grant from the State of Wisconsin, you are required to provide all of your staff with three hours of training by the end of the school year. WCRIS worked with veteran educators to create a guide that helps private school administrators use the DPI free online training modules to [...]

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released a PowerPoint guide for the Personal Electronic Computing Device Grant. The grant provides matching funds to schools, based on their ninth grade enrollment count, for the purchase of mobile computing devices. The PowerPoint includes information about the application process, eligible devices and important deadlines. Please note that [...]

The 2019 WCRIS Leadership Conference Keynote is Meghan Cox Gurdon. Meghan is an essayist, book critic, and former foreign correspondent who has been the Wall Street Journal’s children’s book reviewer since 2005. Her work has appeared widely, in publications such as the Washington Examiner, the Daily Telegraph, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, the [...]

The Department of Justice’s Office of School Safety released instructions on how to submit your school safety plans and other needed documentation by the January 1, 2019 deadline. You can find the instructions here.