MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly is pushing back against federal policy shifts she says undermine Wisconsin’s schools.
Underly says the Trump administration has been pulling back funding from critical programs.
“One of the casualties of that have been our students who receive funding who are deaf/blind and these are very vulnerable kids. But other programs have been, you know, around mental health, school nutrition. We also got a cancellation notice for a grant that prepared special education teachers,” Underly said.
Underly gave the annual State of Education Address at the Capitol Thursday. She enters her second term in the role after defeating Brittany Kinser in the April election.