Last Friday, January 22, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA) representatives joined Governor Jim Doyle at Malaika Early Learning Center in Milwaukee as he announced details of YoungStar, a new five-star quality rating and improvement system for Wisconsin child care programs. WECA believes this program will: improve the overall quality for children in child care, provide [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Doyle’
Caregiver Background Check Law to go Into Effect
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child care, Department of Children and Families, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, fraud on December 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
In November 2009, the Caregiver Background Check Bill (SB331), was signed into law by Governor Doyle. The bill- created to increase safety and decrease fraud within child care programs- will go into effect February 1, 2010 across the state. The bill includes legislation that 1) requires much more frequent criminal background checks for child care [...]
Governor Doyle Signs Mandatory Kindergarten Bill into Law
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 5-year-old kindergarten, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, Wisconsin kindergarten on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Governor Doyle signed AB119-a bill that changes current mandates regarding enrollment in, and completion of, 5-year-old Kindergarten- into law. “This legislation will help ensure that all kids in Wisconsin will get off to the right start in school,” said Governor Doyle in a released statement. Beginning in 2011-2012, completion of 5-year-old Kindergarten will [...]
Budget Passes Assembly, Signed by Governor Doyle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, Wisconsin Shares on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Conference Committee version of the Wisconsin state budget passed through the Assembly on Friday evening with a vote of 51-46. This version of the budget, along with a comparison with the original Senate and Assembly versions, can be viewed here. This joint version allocates $1,500,000 in 2010-2011 for 4-year-old Kindergarten start-up grants (in addition [...]
Conference Committee Meets to Discuss State Budget
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A six-member team of legislators have formed a conference committee to iron out differences in the Senate and Assembly versions of the Wisconsin state budget. Representing the Senate: Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston; Mark Miller, D-Monona; and Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. Representing the Assembly: Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville; Mary Hubler, D-Rice Lake, and Minority [...]
State Budget: Senate Version
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, Wisconsin Shares on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, June 17th, the Senate passed their version of the Wisconsin state budget with a vote of 17-16. The Senate budget makes two important early education funding changes to the Joint Finance Committee’s recommended budget. Neither of these changes were present in the Assembly budget. First, the Senate version allocates an additional $3,000,000 in [...]
Jalen Knox-Perkins Day Care Van Alarm Bill Signed into Law
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child care, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, May 29th, 2009, Governor Doyle signed the Jalen Knox-Perkins bill into law at Penfield Children’s Center in Milwaukee. The bill has been re-named after the 4-month-old child who recently died after being left alone for several hours inside a child care transportation van. The family of Jalen Knox-Perkins accompanied Doyle for the signing. [...]
4-year-old Kindergarten Grant Funding: Scheduled to be Discussed this Week
Posted in Events, tagged Budget, child care, Doyle, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During the week of May 18th, the Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to discuss several public instruction funding proposals, including 4-year-old Kindergarten grants. This discussion was originally scheduled for May 5th, but was pushed back because of the growing budget deficit (see earlier blog entry). In his proposed budget, Governor Doyle included an additional $1 [...]
Governor Doyle Responds to a Growing Budget Deficit
Posted in Press, Uncategorized, tagged Budget, Doyle, Early Childhood Education on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Governor Doyle addressed the state in response to the continuing economic downturn in Wisconsin. Some estimates have found that the state budget deficit could be more than $1 billion larger than the $5.7 billion shortfall estimated in February. In order to fill the hole, the Governor proposed several cost-cutting measures to prepare for an [...]
