Each year some Wisconsin school districts ask the state for permission to do things differently than the Department of Public Instruction requires. For instance, public schools asking for waivers may want to change the school start date, or not spend money to transport private school students on public buses. A proposed law would leave these and other decisions up to local education officials. Shamane Mills reports…
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