Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Craney
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 29, 1996No. 95-2168-OAPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoland B. Day, C.J.
This is an original action to determine the constitutionality of those parts1 of 1995 Wis. Act 27, the budget bill, which created a state *678Education Commission, a state Department of Education (DOE), and the position of state Secretary of Education (SOE). By this act, the non-partisan elected state Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) is made the chair and a member of the new Education Commission. We conclude that 1995 Wis. Act 27 unconstitutionally gives the former powers of the elected state Superintendent of Public Instruction to appointed "other officers" at the state level who are…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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