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Title: UPDATED – Protesting Teachers Could Reap $9 Million from Taxpayers to Attend Rallies: Absent educators may be paid to abandon students and march on the Capitol
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Maciver Institute, The Free Market Voice of Wisconsin
URL Source: http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/02 ... taxpayers-more-than-6-million/
Published: Feb 21, 2011
Author: MACIVER NEWS SERVICE
Post Date: 2011-02-21 23:39:08 by Murron
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Views: 16790
Comments: 25
UPDATED – Protesting Teachers Could Reap $9 Million from Taxpayers to Attend Rallies: Absent educators may be paid to abandon students and march on the Capitol Madison, Wisconsin: As Milwaukee Public School teachers left their classrooms to march in Madison Friday, they likely earned more than $3 million to not teach students in Wisconsin’s largest school district. In Madison, the school district was closed for three days after hundreds of teachers engaged in a mass sick-out so they could attend protest rallies at the State Capitol. That could cost the district $2.7 million. Late Sunday night Madison Metropolitan School District administration announced their schools would be shut down yet one more day, at a possible cost of more than $900,000. Many of absent teachers converged on the Capitol to protest a bill which would alter their compensation packages and make changes in government employee unions’ ability to collectively bargain on issues other than wages. While some have speculated that the absent teachers will see their pay docked, that may not be the case if they provide a doctor’s note. Due to collective bargaining rules currently in place, the absences could be considered excused and the teachers would be paid for their protesting. That possibility took on added significance as the MacIver News Service broke the story Saturday that several doctors in lab coats were handing out medical excuse notes to passers by, without examining the ‘patients.’ “I asked if they were handing out doctors’ excuses and a guy said yes and asked me if I needed one,” one woman told MNS Saturday. “When I told them I needed one for February 16 and 17th, he wondered if I wanted to come back here for the protests next week.” What happened next surprised her. “I said, ‘sure,’ and I received a doctor’s note for the 16th through the 25th of February, without a medical exam.” If all the teachers in Milwaukee and Madison are paid for the days missed, the protest related salaries for just the state’s two largest districts would exceed $6.6 million dollars. Using a figure of $100,005 for average teacher compensation in MPS and an average yearly workload of 195 days, these teachers cost approximately $513 per day in salary and benefits to employ. Spread over 5,960.3 full-time licensed teachers in the district, this adds up to $3,057,634 in daily expenses. The average teacher’s total compensation in Madison is $74,912, according to the Department of Public Instruction. Each day costs $384.16 per teacher. The district has 2,370 teachers. These figures don’t include administrators and support staff, many of which got an unexpected paid days off thanks to the week’s protests. The issue extends far beyond Milwaukee and Madison, however. More than two dozen school districts were closed for at least one day last week as teachers called in sick to attend protests over the Budget Repair bill in Madison. MNS is examining the total costs associated with those teachers’ salaries and will update this story when those figures are available. Updated: We’re analyzing costs at other districts whose schools were also closed due to mass sick-outs by teachers. The chart below reflects about one third of the number of districts that closed. We will be updating the chart throughout the week 
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#1. To: Murron (#0)
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=303502&Disp=3#C3
February 21, 2011 Senator Galloway Statement on Fraudulent Sick Notes Senator Pam Galloway (R48;Wausau), released the following statement today: “Over the weekend, various news outlets have reported that some physicians were handing out medical excuse notes to protestors attending rallies at the State Capitol. There is video footage of this including notes signed by a physician who is employed as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I have no issue with public employees who went in to see their physicians and obtained a note after being examined. However, I am outraged that doctors allegedly stood on street corners in downtown Madison passing out medical excuses like leaflets. Make no mistake these medical excuses are as flimsy as the paper they were written on. As a physician, I took an oath to uphold professional standards. To hand out an excuse without properly evaluating a patient is both unethical and fraudulent. I am confident that reports of this will trigger a review of the medical licenses of those found to be responsible for engaging in this behavior. For those employers requiring a medical excuse to avoid taking disciplinary actions for unexcused absences, I would urge them to closely examine the validity of these notes. On a state level, I will be looking into this situation and urge the State Medical Examining Board to conduct a full investigation.” I think the AMA will enjoy this Video! ~ Murron
#5. To: Murron (#4)
I don't think the AMA would have the slightest interest in the video.
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#4. To: A K A Stone, All (#1)
State Senator (and DOCTOR) Pam Galloway (and the AMA) will investigate fake sick notes.
Replies to Comment # 4. I think the AMA will enjoy this Video! ~ Murron
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