Finance Committee Schedules Many Children’s Issues on May 18 and 19

by | May 14, 2011

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The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has scheduled two executive sessions on the budget bill next week – Wed. May 18 and Thurs. May 19. Both meetings will begin at 11 AM in the JFC meeting room — 412 East, State Capitol. The agenda Wednesday includes four papers relating to DHS issues, and 8 papers concerning the Department of Children and Families – including child welfare issues, foster care, and the Social Service Block Grant. Thursday’s agenda includes many K-12 education issues and the Technical College System.

Further information and links to many of the specific papers was posted today on the Wisconsin Budget Project Blog.

Jon Peacock

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