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Advocates for parental involvement in education.

Supports parental notification if a student is seeking to transition to a name or gender other than what they were assigned at birth.

- Advocates for parental involvement in education.
- Supports parental notification if a student is seeking to transition to a name or gender other than what they were assigned at birth.

Student Wellbeing

Supports high academic standards and student wellbeing initiatives.

Believes restoring high academic standards will improve student performance, saying, "Kids rise to meet expectations set for them."

Believes in prioritizing reading, writing, and math in K-12 education.

Plans to realign Wisconsin's student scoring with NAEP standards, countering DPI's decision to lower cut scores, advocating for higher assessment benchmarks.

Plans to realign Wisconsin's student scoring with National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) standards, countering a decision by Superintendent Underly to lower cut-off scores.

- Believes restoring high academic standards will improve student performance, saying, "Kids rise to meet expectations set for them."
- Believes in prioritizing reading, writing, and math in K-12 education.
- Plans to realign Wisconsin's student scoring with National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) standards, countering a decision by Superintendent Underly to lower cut-off scores.

School Curriculum

Ensure funding reaches the classroom and rewards good teachers.

Plans to ensure school funding "reaches the classroom."

Support increased reimbursement for special education services and rural transportation.

Supports increased reimbursement for special education services and rural transportation.

Opposes increasing the reimbursement for special education spending to 90%.

Believes increasing the reimbursement for special education spending from 33% to 90% is "a very large jump" and may not be possible.

- Plans to ensure school funding "reaches the classroom."
- Supports increased reimbursement for special education services and rural transportation.
- Believes increasing the reimbursement for special education spending from 33% to 90% is "a very large jump" and may not be possible.

School Facilities & Resources

Supports rewarding quality teachers with respect and fair pay.

- Supports rewarding quality teachers with respect and fair pay.

Teachers

Support school choice for Wisconsin families.

Supports school vouchers, which allows public money to be used for private and charter school education.

Plans to establish a Department of Public Instruction (DPI) with an online dashboard for public access to school finances and performance.

Plans to establish an online dashboard for public access to school finances and performance.

- Supports school vouchers, which allows public money to be used for private and charter school education.
- Plans to establish an online dashboard for public access to school finances and performance.

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Secured a grant to create a hub of mental health services for students.

As school board president, supported the creation of a mental health services hub for students.

- As school board president, supported the creation of a mental health services hub for students.

Believes in using ongoing testing systems that track year-over-year student growth.

- Believes in using ongoing testing systems that track year-over-year student growth.

Advocates for improved school funding and resources.

Believes Wisconsin's "outdated school funding formula is failing our local districts."

Promotes collaboration among rural schools to expand educational opportunities.

Supports collaboration across political lines to enhance public school facilities, citing his leadership in installing solar panels to lower energy costs and promote clean energy.

Supports collaboration across political lines to improve public school facilities, citing his leadership in installing solar panels to lower energy costs and promote clean energy.

Supports modifying the sparsity aid formula to increase funding for rural districts, regardless of student population.

- Believes Wisconsin's "outdated school funding formula is failing our local districts."
- Promotes collaboration among rural schools to expand educational opportunities.
- Supports collaboration across political lines to improve public school facilities, citing his leadership in installing solar panels to lower energy costs and promote clean energy.
- Supports modifying the sparsity aid formula to increase funding for rural districts, regardless of student population.

Believes in empowering teachers to create personalized learning environments.

Believes Wisconsin's teacher shortage is a "crisis" level, especially in rural areas.

Commits to addressing the teacher shortage crisis by creating additional pathways into the profession.

Plans to advocate for educators and celebrate teaching by sharing their stories and fostering a supportive environment.

- Believes in empowering teachers to create personalized learning environments.
- Believes Wisconsin's teacher shortage is a "crisis" level, especially in rural areas.
- Commits to addressing the teacher shortage crisis by creating additional pathways into the profession.
- Plans to advocate for educators and celebrate teaching by sharing their stories and fostering a supportive environment.

Restoring credibility and reforming the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is essential for improving K-12 education.

Believes reform is needed at Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction to address leadership failures that have driven away staff and left public schools without a clear vision.

Plans to rebuild DPI’s relationship with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) for better support.

Hopes to advocate for large districts such as Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and ensure it receives necessary support.

Supports stronger accountability measures for schools accepting public funds through the voucher program.

Supports stronger accountability measures for private and charter schools accepting public funds through the voucher program.

Believes property tax bills should clearly differentiate between funds used by public schools and those allocated to the voucher program.

Believes property tax bills should clearly differentiate between funds used by public schools and those allocated to the voucher program so taxpayers are aware.

- Believes reform is needed at Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction to address leadership failures that have driven away staff and left public schools without a clear vision.
- Hopes to advocate for large districts such as Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and ensure it receives necessary support.
- Supports stronger accountability measures for private and charter schools accepting public funds through the voucher program.
- Believes property tax bills should clearly differentiate between funds used by public schools and those allocated to the voucher program so taxpayers are aware.

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Jill Underly - Ballotpedia

Supports mental health initiatives in schools.

Supports mental health initiatives in schools such as suicide and substance abuse prevention programs.

- Supports mental health initiatives in schools such as suicide and substance abuse prevention programs.

Advocates for school safety and student wellbeing.

Believes careers in the skilled trades are well-paying and in high demand.

Promotes healthy school lunches and nutrition programs.

As state superintendent, supported policies that contributed to Wisconsin achieving a record high graduation rate of 90.5%, ranking in the top 3 nationally.

Supports the new bipartisan literacy law that aims to improve reading skills in young children by hiring more reading coaches and implementing phonics-based reading instruction for 4-year-old kindergarten through third grade.

Supported a bipartisan literacy law that aims to improve reading skills in young children by hiring more reading coaches and implementing phonics-based reading instruction for 4-year-old kindergarten through third grade.

- Believes careers in the skilled trades are well-paying and in high demand.
- As state superintendent, supported policies that contributed to Wisconsin achieving a record high graduation rate of 90.5%, ranking in the top 3 nationally.
- Supported a bipartisan literacy law that aims to improve reading skills in young children by hiring more reading coaches and implementing phonics-based reading instruction for 4-year-old kindergarten through third grade.

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Supports equitable access to resources for all schools.

Supports increasing the special education reimbursement rate to 90 percent by 2027.

Supports increasing the special education reimbursement rate from 31.5 percent to 90 percent by 2027.

Supports increasing school funding and believes schools are currently underfunded.

- Supports equitable access to resources for all schools.
- Supports increasing the special education reimbursement rate from 31.5 percent to 90 percent by 2027.
- Supports increasing school funding and believes schools are currently underfunded.

Supports teachers' labor rights such as fair pay, benefits, and working conditions.

As state superintendent, secured $10.5 million in federal grants for special education teacher recruitment, launched Wisconsin’s first teacher apprenticeship programs, and proposed $59.5 million to support teacher development.

- Supports teachers' labor rights such as fair pay, benefits, and working conditions.
- As state superintendent, secured $10.5 million in federal grants for special education teacher recruitment, launched Wisconsin’s first teacher apprenticeship programs, and proposed $59.5 million to support teacher development.

Advocates for high-quality public education for all children in Wisconsin.

- Advocates for high-quality public education for all children in Wisconsin.

Jill Underly

- The state superintendent of public instruction oversees Wisconsin's public elementary and secondary education. The superintendent's office is responsible for distributing state and federal funds to schools, licensing teachers and librarians, and administering other educational services.
- They are also responsible for fostering cooperation and resource sharing among the state's schools and libraries. 
- The superintendent is elected every four years in a nonpartisan election. 
- The superintendent manages over 600 employees and a budget worth more than $15 billion. 
- They are paid an annual salary of $132,351.

Chief executive of the state’s public education and libraries

Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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