SB389 would have repealed Governor Tony Evers' 2023 "partial veto" that provides an annual $325 per-pupil adjustment in the school-district revenue formula until 2425.
The Assembly passed SB389 on February 19, 2026, by a vote of 54 to 40, prior to it being vetoed by the Governor. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because this bill would have eliminated the Governor's 400-year increase in school funding. Not only does the "partial veto" provision in Article V, Section 10 of the Wisconsin Constitution, which allows the Governor to unilaterally amend or rewrite legislation, in violation of the separation of powers, need to be repealed, but education is not the role of government—it is the responsibility of a child's parents or family. Schools can and should be privatized, without stealing from taxpayers (e.g., property taxes) and draining the treasury. If not dismantled, the government's monopoly on K-12 education will continue to displace traditional private schools and homeschooling in favor of universal state-sponsored schooling. The best "school choice," by far, is for parents to choose not to place their child's education in the hands of the state. Educational and economic freedom cannot be achieved by forcing other citizens to furnish their tax dollars for all that now entails a compulsory, failing, and government-run school system.
