A quality rating system for child-care providers who receive funding from the Wisconsin Shares program aims to rank child-care quality under a new plan Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday.
The new program, YoungStar, comes after a year of turmoil within the Wisconsin Shares program and a recent Department of Children and Families crackdown on fraudulent child-care providers.
The ranking system will be based on the quality of the staff, health of the children and the child-care centers learning environment.
In a statement, Doyle said after proposing a quality rating system three times he is ""proud that [his] most recent budget allows [the state] to get this program in place.""
Under YoungStar, providers with the highest rankings will receive a greater share of the $400 million Wisconsin Shares budget than lower ranked providers.
According to Doyle's statement, the Joint Finance Committee will review the YoungStar plan in the coming weeks.
