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Court to rule on whether governor controls school policy

By: Associated Press//June 24, 2019//

Court to rule on whether governor controls school policy

By: Associated Press//June 24, 2019//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is poised to release a ruling on whether the governor or the state schools superintendent controls Wisconsin school policy.

In 2017, Republican legislators passed a law dubbed the REINS Act requiring state agencies to get the governor’s permission before writing regulations. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit with the high court last year arguing that then-Superintendent Tony Evers was writing regulations without then-Gov. Scott Walker’s approval.

Evers defeated Walker in the November elections but the lawsuit remains pending. The Supreme Court is expected to release a ruling Tuesday morning.

The court ruled in 2016 that the schools superintendent doesn’t have to abide by a 2011 law similar to the REINS Act that requires agencies to get the governor’s permission before writing regulations.

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