Evers Administration Rejects Idea of Emergency in Wisconsin School Choice Lawsuit
The effort to end school choice in Wisconsin through the state’s supreme court has failed to convince Gov. Tony Evers.
The Evers Administration late Friday submitted a brief with the high court, explaining there is no emergency basis for the Supreme Court to take the case.
“This response does not address the ultimate merits of Petitioners’ claims, but simply explains why they are more appropriately adjudicated in the circuit court,” the court filing from Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld stated.
Progressive activist and often-candidate Kirk Bangstad filed the lawsuit last month, claiming school choice and Wisconsin’s voucher programs are both unconstitutional and hurt traditional public schools by sending money to private schools.
Bangstad said both programs need to be shut down “before the next school year.”
The Evers’ Administration filing says nothing in Bangstad’s lawsuit makes that case.
“While the topic of educating Wisconsin’s children is obviously one of g