Wisconsin Business Group Sues to Overturn Governor Evers' 400-Year School Funding Veto
The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the governor's use of partial veto powers to extend school funding increases far beyond the intended two-year period.
- Wisconsin's largest business lobbying group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, filed a lawsuit against Governor Tony Evers' partial veto that extended school funding by $325 per student per year until 2425.
- The lawsuit was filed directly with the state Supreme Court, bypassing lower courts, and argues that the governor exceeded his constitutional authority.
- Evers' partial veto, made in July, altered the duration of funding from two years to over four centuries by modifying the dates in the budget legislation.
- The Wisconsin Senate attempted to override the veto but failed due to insufficient support in the Assembly.
- The state's constitution, modified by voters in 1990 and 2008, restricts the governor's ability to alter legislative text to create new meanings or extend durations, a central issue in the lawsuit.
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