Law Forward Sues to End Wisconsin School Choice for 60,000 Students

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 22

Wisconsin’s school choice programs face a new legal threat after progressive group Law Forward filed suit arguing the vouchers violate the state constitution.
A 2000 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling allowed vouchers only if lawmakers provide “sufficient resources” to traditional public schools, and the suit claims that standard is no longer being met.
Milwaukee Public Schools now receive about $25,000 per student, but Law Forward says funding remains inadequate and a progressive-majority state Supreme Court could prove receptive to that argument.
The case lands as Wisconsin Democrats Francesca Hong and Mandela Barnes have also pledged to abolish the programs, putting a long-running voucher system at risk through both courts and politics.
Milwaukee launched the nation’s first voucher program in 1990, and Wisconsin has become an early battleground in a broader Democratic push against school choice seen in states including Illinois and Arizona.