Child Care

STABILIZED THE CHILDCARE INDUSTRY

• Stabilized the child care industry without making pandemic-era handouts permanent
• Provided bridge funding until a new community-based 4K child care system can begin operating in the 2nd year of the biennium
  • The new, community-based child care system is modeled after the successful school choice program
• Increased Wisconsin Shares to the 75th percentile of market rates
• Meaningful reforms to the child care system will create new slots and make child care more affordable:
  • A 2-year pilot program to increase teacher: student ratios
  • Creating accreditation for Large Family Care Centers
  • Allow child care centers to hire students at least 16 years old who have begun to take early childhood education classes as assistant teachers
  • Continues updating the child support portal — Kids Information Data System (KIDS) — to match parents seeking child care with qualified centers 

Senator Marklein With Child Advocacy Center Advocates

Senator Quinn at Heart of the North Learning Center

Senator Marklein at Little Vikings Childcare

Senator Quinn at RL Head Start