Assembly Republicans Offer COVID-19 Proposal

By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | December 1, 2020

From The Wheeler Report . . .

Assembly Speaker Vos and the Assembly Republicans announced a package to address the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the release, the package includes:

Create of a $100 million fund to respond to the public health emergency
Double the number of local public health staff working on the COVID-19 response
Offer weekly rapid antigen tests for home use
Continue the prohibition of co-payments for any COVID-19 tests
Establish legislative oversight of vaccine distribution plan
Provide guidelines for state employees to return to work
Reauthorize state employee transfers
Establish limited liability for schools, businesses and local governments
Allow for an essential family member/caregiver to visit a loved one in nursing homes in specific circumstances
Re-establish personal electronic computing device grants for schools ($9 million)
Require teacher instruction from school buildings by end of January, providing exceptions
Require school board approval of virtual instruction by two-thirds vote of the board
Provide payments to parents of $371 (half of the per pupil aid increase for the year) for students who have had at least 50% virtual instruction since September
Allow health service providers from other states to practice in Wisconsin
Require UW System to provide credit to students who assist in the COVID-19 response
Create of business grants for the hospitality industry
Require the Department of Workforce Development to eliminate the backlog of unemployment insurance claims

The proposal also includes statutory changes to affect the distribution of certain COVID-19 vaccines.

Vos said, “Wisconsin needs a comprehensive response and Assembly Republicans are ready to act before the end of the year.”

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