Politics & Government
Report: Ads Saying Pasch Voted for State Aid Cuts for Schools Are True
PolitiFact finds Pasch voted in favor of cutting state aid to schools by nearly $300 million in 2009.
The conservative group, Club for Growth Wisconsin’s, claim in radio ads that state Rep. Sandy Pasch voted to cut school aid by nearly $300 million were found to be “true” by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s PolitiFact.
The political fact-checking site said during the process for the 2009-2011 budget, Pasch (D-Whitefish Bay) voted in favor of then Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget, which cut general aid to schools by $294 million.
Pasch joined all but two Assembly Democrats in voting in favor of the spending plan, the site says.
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PolitiFact says Pasch spokesperson Gillian Morris understood that state aid cuts were offset by $877 million in federal stimulus funds.
However, the site said that according to the fiscal bureau and Department of Public Instruction, the $294 million reduction took into account the additional stimulus funds, and didn’t offset state education cuts.
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