MADISON, Wis. – School choice advocates in Wisconsin believe parents should have as much information at their fingertips as possible before deciding where to enroll their children.

They think that information should include the number of crimes and safety-related incidents that occur at specific high schools.

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Two bills currently in the Wisconsin legislature would accomplish that goal, to one degree or another. One would force high schools to add crime statistics to the information provided on their annual state report card, while another would create a much smaller pilot program at three schools of different types.

School choice proponents may very well believe such a program would be to their benefit, particularly now that the state’s private school voucher program has been expanded statewide, and kids throughout Wisconsin have the ability to use state funds to attend private schools if they choose.

Sometimes those private schools are safer than public schools, and that’s something parents would definitely want to know.

As explained by the Associated Press, “Advocates of the school choice program have used crime data to persuade public school students to transfer to voucher or charter schools, particularly in Milwaukee, saying their schools are a safer option than urban public schools.

“School safety is a significant factor for parents when deciding where to send their children, said Jim Bender, president of School Choice Wisconsin, which represents private schools in the voucher program. The group analyzed police data from 2014 and issued a report comparing a higher number of calls to schools in the Milwaukee public school district with those to charter and private vouchers schools.”

One bill in the state Assembly, sponsored by Rep. John Jagler (R-Watertown), calls for all public high schools, and those private schools in the state school choice program, to provide statistics on crimes reported to the police, school principal or school security personnel. Those statistics would be included on the school’s annual state report cards, which are accessible to the public.

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Another bill in the state Senate, supported by Republican Senate President Mary Lazich would create a far more limited pilot program for crime reporting, using one selected urban, rural and suburban high school.

State education officials say statistics are already available to the public regarding incidents the result in student suspensions or expulsions, but that information does not include incidents where the police are called but no school disciplinary action results.