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Kelda Roys
State Senator (District 26)
Background
Attorney, small business owner, former nonprofit executive. Wisconsin State Senator representing Madison and central Dane County since 2020. Reelected unopposed 2024. Advocate for public education and family-centered policies. Selected for 2025-2026 Prenatal-to-Three Innovation Fellowship.
Education Stance
- Fully fund public schools
- Free 2-year college/technical schools
- Phase out school voucher system
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Vocal advocate for restoring collective bargaining rights. Supports wages supporting middle-class.
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Issues at a Glance
Curriculum and Policy
Sen. Roys is a facilitator who ensures front‑line educators guide state policy, instead of top‑down mandates. She seeks to restore educator trust in state lawmakers.
School Funding
For Sen. Roys, school funding is a constitutional duty and moral obligation. Instead of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, she has a plan to redirect revenues to public schools, addressing affordability for families struggling under tax increases caused by the state’s refusal to meet its share of school funding costs. Her position is to reject any state budget that doesn’t meet the state’s fiscal responsibility to public education.
Community Schools
Sen. Roys is a supporter of Community Schools, emphasizing dignity, safety and welcoming schools for all students, regardless of income, race, gender or immigration status. She has vowed to use every tool available as governor to ensure moral leadership, inclusive schooling and safety for all students, no exceptions.
Technical Colleges
Sen. Roys sees Wisconsin Technical Colleges as engines for economic equity. She supports free tuition as a path to freedom of opportunity and proposes stronger support for technical college educators as part of her broader economic justice platform.
Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)
Sen. Roys sees public benefits as a universal good, not a privilege, because Wisconsin is stronger when we stand together, rather than divide and conquer. She is committed to protecting WRS while extending its equity model.
Mental Health and Opportunities
Sen. Roys points to Trump administration federal interference as a key factor in Wisconsin’s unmet mental health needs. She sees mental health services, as well as other supports in public schools to meet the needs of the whole child, as fundamental to community well‑being and student success.
Student Loans and Educator Shortages
Sen. Roys believes the educator workforce is an economic and justice issue. She has a plan to connect higher‑ed affordability, worker retention and rural equity. She also looks to expand “Bucky’s Tuition Promise” statewide to achieve higher‑ed affordability.
Special Education and Vouchers
Sen. Roys is an outspoken critic of inequitable funding for public schools and the complacency shown by both parties in demanding accountability. She believes special education is a matter of civil rights and fiscal responsibility and demands, at a minimum, parity with voucher special needs funding until public funding of private vouchers is ended.
Education Support Professionals
Sen. Roys ties staffing levels to student well‑being, especially for marginalized students. She is a firm advocate for workforce advocacy among ESPs, stressing that equitable staffing is a safety and professional respect issue.
Voucher Transparency and Phase‑Out
Sen. Roys is anti‑voucher and has a plan for phasing out taxpayer funding for private tuition includes enforcing nondiscrimination and ensuring transparency while sunsetting new voucher enrollments. Her “attrition‑based” rollback plan will provide stability while achieving an end to unaccountable private school vouchers.
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