Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Senate want to make sweeping changes to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' plans to keep a pandemic-era child care program running and address worker shortages. Evers called on legislators to pass a $1 billion package in a special session in September.
MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Senate proposed sweeping changes Friday to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ plans to address worker shortages in the state.
But Assembly Republicans last month rejected the proposal, instead approving their own plan that would create a loan program for child care providers, lower the minimum age of child care workers and increase the number of children workers could supervise. The Senate plan also would enter Wisconsin into multistate agreements that allow physician assistants, social workers and counselors to work in all those states. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation could request money from the Legislature’s budget committee to help child care providers become certified.
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