Teacher Pension Cuts Affirmed by Wisconsin High Court

Wisconsin school districts and municipalities could begin reassessing their options for unilaterally modifying their retirement systems after the Wisconsin Supreme Court validated their right to do so under Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) controversial 2011 law removing public sector workers’ collective bargaining rights.

In a closely watched case involving Wisconsin Act 10, the state high court declined to review a teachers’ group challenge to pension system revisions imposed by the Neenah Joint School District. The court’s Jan. 12 decision affirms a Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruling from last August holding that W.A. 10’s prohibitions on collective bargaining for retirement benefits voided ...