WiRSA Update - July 1, 2025

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Quick Overview of WiRSA Update: BACK TO THE TOP

  • Announcing new school member, Belleville, and new associate member, Allied Facility Partners

  • Legislative Update - Governor Tony Evers announced a tentative bipartisan budget agreement

  • WiRSA Conference Registration / Room Information /Keynote 2025

  • DPI News - July 1 school aid estimates for 2025-26

  • Great webinar on community economic development from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension

  • AASA Advancing Rural Education Cohort begins July 16th

  • Student Privacy Policy Office - Summer Webinars

  • News Articles

Announcments

WiRSA would like to welcome our newest school member -
Gibraltar Area Schools!

WiRSA would like to welcome Belleville as our newest school member (Superintendent - James Schmitt)

WiRSA would also like to welcome our newest associate member, Allied Facility Partners

The strength of WiRSA is embedded in our membership!

Legislative Update

Governor Tony Evers announced a tentative bipartisan agreement with Speaker Vos, Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, and Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein. According to a release from Governor Evers, the agreement will “provide nearly $1.4 billion in spendable revenue for K-12 schools with the largest increase to the special education reimbursement rate in state history.”
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WiRSA Conference Registration / Room Information

WiRSA Conference Registration

Website Link Registration Link

Stevens Point Convention Center

Thursday, October 30 & Friday October 31, 2025

Wednesday, October 29 (7:00 pm. Reception)

Registration Questions - Kelly Jahoda (CESA 5), jahodak@cesa5.org / 608-745-5422

WiRSA Conference Room Reservations

Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center

  • Rate: $98.00 Single Occupancy State Rate - $120.00 Double Occupancy State Rate

  • Booking rooms is usually the first item on the agenda. WiRSA conference attendees can book reservations online 24 hours a day using the following link: WiRSA Conference 2025

  • If you want to make reservations over the phone, please call 715-344-0200 and press #1. When making reservations, please reference the group name for WiRSA Conference 2025 or the Group Block Code: RSA.

  • Our group rate will be available until September 29, 2025 or (until the block is full). On this date, any remaining rooms in your block will be released for general reservations at the hotel's prevailing daily rate, which may be higher than your group rate. Please book by 9/25/2025.

WiRSA Conference Keynote 2025 - Mark Mambretti

Lasting success depends on everyone working together to provide a memorable experience.  Discover how simple principles and leadership lessons that have been perfected at the world’s leading theme park can apply to any office and every role in a school system. We'll explore both a philosophical framework for leaders and also provide concrete actions which will foster authentic engagement.

You'll discover the method behind the "Magic" of improving your workplace's culture, climate, and results.

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DPI - News!

Press Releases: - Current News Releases from DPI

Informational

Are We at an Inflection Point in Community Economic Development? The 4th Wave.

Register Now | Webinar / Tuesday, July 22 / 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (CST)

Communities are rethinking how they approach economic growth and development. Instead of focusing solely on jobs and businesses, many are asking, “What makes this a great place to live? Why would people want to live here?”

During this webinar, we will explore a growing trend in community economic development where investing in people, places, and quality of life is just as important as traditional business and job-focused strategies. Drawing from 50 years of national data, Steven Deller, Ph.D., will explore evidence that jobs increasingly follow people, and what that means for the future of community economic development practitioners and, more importantly, our communities.

Cost: Free

Presenter: Steve Deller, Ph.D.

About the presenter: Steve Deller is a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a community economic development specialist with Extension. His work focuses on modeling community and small regional economies to better understand the changing dynamics of the economy, assess the impact of those changes, and identify local economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

This Webinar is co-sponsored by:

University of Minnesota Extension Department of Community Development’s CD Exchange webinar series.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension, Community Economic Development’s Lunch-n-Learn series.

Informational

Rooted in Rural, Rising Together

What if that isolation became connection?

What if your challenges became shared innovations?

AASA's Advancing Rural Education Cohort transforms scattered success into systematic advantage. You'll explore:

  • Comprehensive education models spanning preschool to post-secondary

  • Unlock early learning practices that leverage rural strengths 

  • Harness the potential of industry credentials and early college experiences to transform high school outcomes

  • And more

REGISTER TODAY

Most importantly, you'll forge meaningful connections with fellow leaders who understand that rural communities are laboratories for educational innovation!

This a virtual learning experience and our first meeting is Wednesday, July 16.

Please reach out to me at vtruesdale@aasa.org if you have any questions.

Informational

The SPPO and PTAC will present a series of webinars on Wednesdays in July and August:

July 16, 2-3 p.m. ET: Data Sharing within the FERPA Framework. This session will cover the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act’s (FERPA’s) data protection requirements, its exceptions to general consent for data disclosure, and requirements and best practices for written agreements.July 23, 2-3 p.m. ET: Disclosure Avoidance. Join this webinar for a discussion of disclosure avoidance best practices and methodology.July 30, 2-3 p.m. ET: Demystifying FERPA: Navigating Access and Amendment Requests with Trust and Clarity. This webinar will focus on the rights of parents and eligible students to access and request amendments to education records under FERPA.

In August, the Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO), through its Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), will host a 3-part National Summer Webinar Series:

August 13, 2-4 p.m. ET: FERPA 101 and Data Security Best Practices covers the basics of FERPA and provides training on current data security best practices for education data systems.August 20, 2-4 p.m. ET: FERPA 201 and Transparency dives into scenarios that schools and districts face and highlights PTAC’s research on transparency.August 27, 2-4 p.m. ET: Incident Response and Vetting Educational Technology leads participants through a simulated data breach and explores how to assess online educational technology for privacy protections and general FERPA compliance.

News / Articles / Webinars

OFFICE OF SCHOOL SAFETY

OFFICE OF SCHOOL SAFETY SAFETY RESOURCES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES VIRTUAL LEARNING

Legislative Update

Bill Updates

Bills Introduced

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