Evers’ budget tour hits Milwaukee: With a $4 billion state surplus, everyone wants a slice

Other education advocates called for the state to increase funding for charter and private choice schools. Those schools get a smaller share of per pupil funding than public schools, but public education advocates note choice schools are not subject to each of the same reporting requirements.

“Nearly half of our kids are outside Milwaukee Public Schools,” Colleston Morgan, director of the City Forward Collective, said. “Those students are still facing significant funding gaps.”

Both public education and private K-12 funding got significant funding jumps as part of a broad compromise that increased state aid to local governments.