Students wearing mask for protect corona virus or covid-19 and doing exam in classroom with stress.
Members of the Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance Committee want the governor to divert more of the federal COVID-19 relief funding to Wisconsin schools offering in-person instruction.
The discretionary money from the CARES Act would help cover the costs for things like substitute teachers, personal protective equipment, and transportation.
State Representative Mark Born and a group of Republican lawmakers urged Governor Evers to take that approach at a Monday news conference.
Republican lawmakers want a return to in-person classes.
The budget committee moved more than $65-million in federal aid for schools to the ones offering in-person classes last month.
