The federal government has just approved the use of a supplemental $11 million to improve early learning and development in Wisconsin, on top of the initial grant of $22.7 million in 2012. The Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant is intended to help states build more efficient and effective early learning systems, with an...
Four-year-old kindergarten (4K) continues to grow in Wisconsin, as 11 more school districts have added 4K for the 2013-14 school year. The number of children served has more than tripled over the last decade, growing to 48,490 students served, compared to 16,051 in the 2002-03 school year, according to a DPI news release on 4K growth....
The Ides of March (March 15) is one of a number of key dates this year relating to health insurance. That’s the date by which adults over the poverty level who will lose their BadgerCare coverage in April need to sign up for insurance through the federal Marketplace in order to avoid a period of being uninsured. A new WCCF document in...
Private Coverage in Wisconsin Exceeds Federal Target for First Three Months New figures released by federal officials today show that nearly 2.2 million people picked a private health insurance plan through the federal Marketplace by December 28, including nearly 41,000 in Wisconsin. In addition, more than 44,000 Wisconsinites who...
Key facts about the changes coming to health insurance in Wisconsin.
On Wednesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder released Guiding Principles to help guide schools to improve school climate and discipline. Addressing concerns about the extensive use of suspensions, expulsions, and other exclusionary practices that in the end hurt achievement - particularly youth of...
Waiver Agreement Clears Way for Changes That Take Effect on April 1 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that Wisconsin has been granted a federal waiver to make substantial changes to BadgerCare. As anticipated, the waiver allows the state to extend BadgerCare up to the poverty level for adults who aren’t...
Finance Committee Will Also Consider Further Changes to BadgerCare Back in November, the Assembly passed 11 mental health bills that are now in the Senate, including 8 that have been referred to Joint Finance Committee (JFC). Seven of those bills, which were developed by the Speaker’s Task Force on Mental Health, are being considered...
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has a substantial agenda on Wednesday (Jan. 8) when it finally considers the budget items from the committee’s postponed Nov. 6th “section 13.10” meeting, as well as seven of the eight mental health bills that were referred to the committee in mid-November (which I’ll summarize in tomorrow’s WCCF blog...
Shortly before Christmas, Governor Walker signed a bill that delays the major changes to BadgerCare (contained in the biennial budget bill). The following changes, which were originally supposed to take effect on January 1, are being delayed by the Special Session bill until April 1: Reducing eligibility for parents and caretakers, as...
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