Act 10 Saves Elmbrook $5.3M in Benefit Costs
New report says the Elmbrook School District has seen a big reduction in pension and health care costs because of changes in state's collective bargaining law.
The controversial state law that eliminated most collective bargaining rights for school employees reduced benefit costs for the Elmbrook School District by about $5.3 million last school year, according to a report released Monday. That labor cost savings came close to offsetting the approximately $5.5 million in state cuts to Elmbrook's maximum allowable revenue for the 2011-12 school year, according to the report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. Whether that trend of closing the gap will continue in future years is yet unknown, said Keith Brightman, Elmbrook's assistant superintendent for finance, operations and human resources. The pension savings will recur annually, but further cuts in revenue authority and aid to public school …
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4:59 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
The dead don't pay taxes. Even if we the living, employed or not, don't like it a percentage of our tax dollar goes to federal and state government employee unions. In Wisconsin (2010), 1 of 6 employee's has a local, state or federal government job yet their unions are wealthy and powerful enough in government to dictate policy over the other 5 (83%), and wealthy and powerful enough in government… more ›