WI DHS gets $175M+ to support COVID-19 testing in schools
By AP author
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin schools will receive more than $175 million in federal funding to pay for school-based COVID-19 testing for teachers, students and staff, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.
The money is coming to Wisconsin as part of $10 billion the U.S. Department of Health Services announced in March it was targeting to help schools reopen across the country. The tests would be voluntary.
Evers said the state Department of Health Services will be working with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to develop a testing program in conjunction with what schools may already have in place. Schools were sent a survey last week to ask what type of testing programs would best meet their needs, Evers said.
Gov. Evers announces $175M in federal funding for school-based COVID-19 testing program
April 20, 2021 11:13 AM Logan Rude
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday more than $175 million in federal funding for the state to develop a school-based COVID-19 testing program for students, teachers and staff.
“We know this pandemic has been tough on students, educators, and staff and administration alike,” Evers said. “Expanding access to testing is one tool we can use to help decrease disruption in classrooms across the state.”
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will work in tandem with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to create a program that uses testing infrastructure that’s already in place throughout the state.
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