claim: the 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion"
author: jennifer shilling
evidence_1: apr 21, 2018 ... our governor cut $1.6b from education ... now is putting back $638 ... 2011-'13  state budget cut public school funding by $1.6 billion, july 25, ...
evidence_2: aug 1, 2018 ... we'll use a claim by state firefighters union president mahlon mitchell, ... on  saying walker cut $1.6 billion, mitchell's campaign cited a 2013 report by ... 2011- '13 budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion.
evidence_3: state budget recently signed into law by governor walker. however ...  understand governor walker's massive cuts amounting to $1.6 billion in public k- 12 education funding while we see increased funding to expand unproven  private voucher.
evidence_4: apr 20, 2018 ... one was made by tony evers, who, as state schools superintendent, ... that he  cut $1 billion or more in state funding for public schools. ... they indicate school  funding is down a total of more than $1 billion ... so, let's go to a more direct  measure -- state money allocated in the state budget for k-12 schools.
evidence_5: jun 26, 2011 ... scott walker signed his first budget sunday, a plan that plugs the state's $3  billion shortfall but also slashes funding for public schools and the ...