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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 9, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Erpenbach, Carpenter, Johnson,
Agard, Smith, Roys and Pfaff, cosponsored by Representatives Pope,
Andraca, Spreitzer, Vruwink, Hebl, Emerson, Shelton, Conley, Sinicki,
Considine, Hesselbein, Milroy, Bowen, Cabrera, Shankland and Hong.
Referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families.
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1An Act to create 20.437 (1) (em) and 49.135 of the statutes;
relating to: a grant
2program to fund child care staff to care for children with disabilities, granting
3rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a grant program under which the Department of Children and
Families may award grants to licensed child care centers and certified child care
providers to pay for additional staffing to assist in the care of children with
disabilities when other funding is unavailable or insufficient for this purpose. The
bill authorizes DCF to determine grant eligibility and award amounts, and allows
DCF to promulgate rules to administer the grant program.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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4Section
1. 20.437 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.437
(1) (em)
Child care staffing for children with disabilities. A sum
6sufficient for the grant program under s. 49.135.
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1Section
2. 49.135 of the statutes is created to read:
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249.135 Child care staffing for children with disabilities. (1) In this
3section, “child with a disability” means a child with a disability, as defined in s. 106.50
4(1m) (g), including a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5) (a).
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5(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (em), the department may
6award grants to child care centers licensed under s. 48.65 and child care providers
7certified under s. 48.651 to pay for additional staffing to assist in the care of children
8with disabilities when other funding is unavailable or insufficient for this purpose.
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9(3) The department shall determine eligibility for the grant program under this
10section and the amount that is awarded to each provider of child care services.
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11(4) The department may promulgate rules to administer this section.
