Education
Recognizing that high quality schools are critical to developing educated citizens and a strong future workforce, the Alliance is focused on fostering effective business-education partnerships at all levels. We support Waukesha County students in being both college and career ready and helping families and educators understand job opportunities in the marketplace today and in the future.
2021 Policy Priorities:
- Support transferable credits among higher education institutions.
- Advocate for effective and flexible programs to address the teacher shortage.
- Support innovative and flexible programs that help students, parents and educators understand career opportunities and pathways.
- Support expansion of innovative post-secondary academic offerings in Waukesha County and the region.
- Advocate for increasing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education, including expansion of Wisconsin’s Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) Grant Program.
- Expand school accountability beyond traditional measures to include workforce development outcomes.
- Support collaboration among K-12 institutions to maximize course offerings and replicate best practices.
- Promote expansion of youth apprenticeship, dual enrollment and other programs that help students obtain career skills and experience and/or receive higher education credits.
- Advocate for policies that allow schools to remain agile and focus on the priorities listed above, particularly in response to the changing environment because of COVID 19.
Waukesha County Technical College students will benefit from historic credit transfer agreement
August 12, 2020Waukesha County Technical College students seeking to transfer credits to one of the state’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities will have a much easier time in the future thanks to a historic, comprehensive credit transfer agreement. More than a dozen popular introductory courses are included in the agreement, such as chemistry, psychology and speech. Under […]
Advocating to expand Youth Apprenticeship in Wisconsin
March 12, 2020Governor Evers signed AB 72 / SB 72 into law as Act 171 on March 3, 2020. The Alliance’s Education Policy Committee advocated for the bill, which expands Youth Apprenticeship (YA) programs in Wisconsin to include all 16 career clusters. YA gives high school juniors and seniors opportunities to work in targeted fields while obtaining […]
Governor Evers signs higher education credit transfer bill
November 22, 2019The Alliance is proud to announce that Governor Evers signed Assembly Bill 189 – streamlining the credit transfer between the University of Wisconsin system and Wisconsin technical colleges and universities. The Alliance’s Education Policy Committee publicly supported the bill via letters of support to legislators and committee chairs, and in-person testimony during a public hearing […]
Alliance supports higher education credit transfer bill now on Evers’ desk
November 8, 2019The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 189, led by State Rep. Scott Allen, (R-Waukesha), on Tuesday, sending it to Gov. Tony Evers for signing. The bill is intended to streamline credit transfer between the University of Wisconsin system, Wisconsin technical colleges, private colleges and universities, and tribal schools. Currently there are two credit transfer […]
Alliance advocates to expand youth apprenticeship opportunities
September 30, 2019The Waukesha County Business Alliance supports Assembly Bill 72, which would expand Youth Apprenticeship opportunities to students and employers in the areas of education/training, public safety, human services, business administration and government administration. Adding these occupations would mean that the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development would be offering curriculum in all 16 career clusters for Youth Apprenticeship.
Alliance advocated to improve credit transfer among higher ed
September 12, 2019The Alliance’s Education Policy Committee has long supported improving the transfer of credits among higher education institutions. On Thursday, September 12, the Alliance testified at the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities in support of two Assembly bills that advance these efforts: AB 189 and AB 371. Click here to watch the testimony from Robyn […]
Education Policy Committee
Susan Marshall
Chair
Susan A. Marshall
Kent Lorenz
Vice Chair
Community Leader
Francis Bauer
ITU AbsorbTech, Inc.
Jill Burby
Bank Five Nine-Oconomowoc-Wisconsin Avenue
Nate Butt
Quad/Graphics
Jerry Fons
Executive Power LLC
Michael Frohna
Junior Achievement
Kat Goetz
TLX Technologies, LLC
Todd Gray
von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Lauren Hess
Town Bank, a Wintrust Community Bank
Jeff Hoffman
Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Nate Hoffman
Carrus Group
Ildiko Huppertz
ProHealth Care
Rick Kalscheuer
R&R Insurance Services, Inc.
Neil Lappley
Lappley & Associates Ltd
Kathryn Leverenz
Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin Inc
Kent Lorenz
Community Leader
Reggie Newson
Ascension WI
Julie Okoro
Children’s Wisconsin
Jackie Pride
Eaton
Anna Stern
Tri-North Builders Inc
Melanie Varin
TopLine Results Corporation
Brad Wells
US Bank
Tracy Wymelenberg
Ascension WI