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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Governor’s 400-Year School Funding Veto

The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 in favor of Gov. Tony Evers’s use of the state’s expansive partial veto power, affirming its constitutionality.

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
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Overview

  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Gov. Tony Evers’s 400-year school funding veto is constitutional, cementing the state’s broad partial veto powers.
  • Evers’s 2023 partial veto extended a $325 per-student funding increase through the year 2425 by striking specific digits and punctuation in the budget bill.
  • The court’s liberal majority argued the state constitution permits such vetoes, while the conservative minority warned it grants governors excessive legislative authority.
  • Republican lawmakers have introduced a constitutional amendment to limit gubernatorial veto powers and are awaiting a ruling on a separate literacy-program veto case.
  • Wisconsin’s partial veto, the broadest in the nation, has long been a point of contention between governors and the Legislature over budget control.