This spring’s election saw the lowest passage rate for school district referendums statewide in over a decade.
For the past few elections, voters overwhelmingly supported referendums, approving 80% of them last year across the state in both April and November.
But this spring, Wisconsin voters approved a little over half of the 83 referendums on ballots earlier this month, according to an aggregated list of school district referendums across the state from the Department of Public Instruction. Researchers from the Wisconsin Policy Forum told USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin this is the lowest passage rate for school district referendums in over a decade.
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