Families with students with disabilities, who do not qualify for Medicaid because of family income levels, can access help through the Katie Beckett Medicaid program. This Department of Health Services program provides families a Medicaid card to cover the services that may not be covered by their private insurance. Your school families can learn more [...]
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Final 2021-22 Voucher Amounts
August 19, 2021
There has been some confusion around what the final voucher amounts will be for the upcoming school year. The final amounts as reported last week from the DPI are: K-8: $8,336 9-12: $8,982 SNSP: $13,013
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Tax Withholding to Help Families Save
August 12, 2021
When the state budget was recently being passed, the Governor and Legislature disagreed on tax policy so the state’s critical tax withholding charts will not be updated but the state’s tax brackets are changing. This means people are now paying more taxes to the state that they do not owe. The state gets to use [...]
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Emergency Connectivity Fund Closes Aug. 13
August 05, 2021
There is still time for schools to apply for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF). Schools have until August 13, 2021, to apply. The ECF is designed to fill in gaps in remote learning technology needs. This includes laptops and mobile hotspots for remote learning. The program is complicated and has a [...]
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Plan Now to Keep EANS Purchases in 2023
July 15, 2021
The federal EANS I grant period will end on September 30, 2023. The DPI has issued guidance indicating that when the grant expires the titles to any materials, supplies and contracts that are eligible under another active federal grant can be transferred to the appropriate federal program. For example, physical education equipment purchased under the [...]
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DPI Leadership Change
July 15, 2021
On July 5, the new Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) took office in Madison. Dr. Jill Underly won the 2021 April election for the four-year term as the state’s top education official. She comes to Madison after six years as the Superintendent of the Pecatonica School District, which has a total enrollment [...]
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CAPE Federal Funding Webinars
July 15, 2021
The Council for American Private Education will host a webinar series for private school leaders on recent federal COVID relief programs for schools. These federal programs include: EANS I, ARP EANS, ECF and ARP IDEA. Webinars will be held weekly through the end of the summer on Tuesdays 1-1:30pm EST. Each week’s agenda will highlight the federal updates, urgent [...]
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Legislative Update
July 15, 2021
Governor Grants DPI Waiver Authority: On June 30, Gov. Evers signed SB-302,sponsored by Sen. Stroebel (R-Saukville), allowing the DPI to create waivers for the Choice and SNSP programs. This bill is similar to the bills the Governor signed earlier in the Pandemic. WCRIS registered in support of the bill. Temporary School Voucher Expansion Vetoed: On [...]
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COVID-19 Update
July 15, 2021
Testing at your School? In the upcoming school year, if your school is contemplating using COVID checks for preventing the spread of the virus among unvaccinated students, the state will help you pay for it. Schools will be connected to testing partners who will handle on-site COVID-19 testing for teachers and staff, as well as [...]
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EANS: Ownership of Purchased Goods
June 23, 2021
The DPI has released information about how CESA 6 will handle items purchased with EANS funds at the end of the federal grant in 2023. If the item is applicable to other federal education programs, then the ownership of the item will be transferred to the appropriate program. So, for example, an EANS-purchased item that [...]
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