Schools that experience a high number of crimes would have to hire police officers and station them in their buildings under a Republican-authored bill the state Assembly passed Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Assembly approved a Republican-backed bill Tuesday that would break up Milwaukee's school district, which is the state's largest, into up to eight smaller districts, which critics say would not guarantee better outcomes for struggling students.

The Wisconsin Assembly was scheduled to vote on a Republican-backed bill on Tuesday that would break the state's largest public school district in Milwaukee up into as many as eight smaller districts, a step critics say will not guarantee better outcomes for struggling students.

School board members in Wisconsin's largest school district have voted to cut ties with police officers who patrol outside its schools.

Last week, Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Darienne Driver proposed a number of reforms to Milwaukee’s schools. Some of these ideas are not without merit.