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Tony Evers: “Our administration is launching a new teacher apprenticeship…”

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Governor Evers delivers the 2024 State of the State Address

Published January 23, 2024 | Video Starts at 52:36

Recent estimates show that only 67% of new educators in Wisconsin make it past five years. So through the Department of Workforce Development, Our administration is launching a new teacher apprenticeship pilot program. with the Department of Public Instruction to provide more mentorship and support for new educators. (52:36–52:42)

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Tony Evers

“Wisconsin has never been in a better fiscal position.”
Governor Evers delivers the 2024 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 23, 2024 | 15:28-15:32
“We began this biennium in the best fiscal position in our state's history.”
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“Since I took office, we've invested in building nearly 15,000 affordable housing units, nearly 2,500 last year alone, and more than 24,000…”
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“This past year, we worked together to invest more than $500 million in workforce housing, one of the largest investments in our state's.”
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“Since 2019, we've improved over 7424 miles of roads and 1780 bridges, including over 900 miles of roads and over 200 bridges last year…”
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“We've also worked with our Minnesota and federal partners to secure over $1 billion in federal funding to support our effort to replace the…”
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“We're working to meet our ambitious goal of increasing the value of Wisconsin's agricultural exports by at least 25% by mid-2026.”
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“We worked together last year to invest $2 million to help promote Wisconsin's milk and dairy, meat crop and other products around the world.”
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“Our administration worked with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Menominee and Lac Courte Oreille Tribal nations…”
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“We secured nearly $2 million to support researching and developing strategies to help conserve this important cultural resource for future…”
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“I'm approving the largest forest conservation effort in our state's history.”
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“We've approved the conservation easement for the Pelican River Forest remaining acres to protect the forest for generations of future…”
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“We worked together last year to keep Major League Baseball in Wisconsin through 2050.”
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“We've approved enough solar projects across our state 4,000 megawatts worth to power more than 750,000 Wisconsin homes.”
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“Our bipartisan effort included a 20% increase in support to most municipalities statewide.”
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“We now rank fourth in the country for successfully helping veterans find employment.”
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“I directed $10 million into a new statewide program to help get contaminants like PFAS out of our water supplies.”
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“This program has helped replace or abandon nearly 500 contaminated water wells across Wisconsin.”
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“Last year, the legislature and I both approved $125 million investment to start tackling PFAS across our state.”
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“It's been over 200 days and Republicans have not released one cent of that [$125 million] investment.”
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“We fought hard to secure another $30 million in this budget to build upon our successful get kids Ahead Initiative to provide mental health…”
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“I requested more than $500 million last steered to help expand access to mental and behavioral health services statewide, only a fraction of…”
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“According to the latest report from the Office of Children's Health, mental health kids continue to report highly concerning levels of…”
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“One third of our high school kids still experience feelings of sadness and hopelessness nearly every day.”
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“About 1 in 10 teens have attempted suicide and nearly half of LGBTQ youth seriously, seriously consider suicide.”
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“One in six kids experience a serious episode of depression in 2020. Three used to be one in seven.”
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“I'm announcing I'm creating an Interagency Council on Mental Health and directing Wisconsin state agencies to work together to reduce…”
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“We have important elections coming up this year, including one in November, it's been clear that I believe we should make it easier, not…”
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“I'll continue to veto any effort by politicians to abuse their power to interfere with our elections, just as I always have.”
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“I promised from the beginning I would never stop fighting for fair maps.”
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“60% of Wisconsinites on average have consistently said they support abortion being legal in all or most cases.”
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“Wisconsin women spent over a year experiencing force firsthand what it's like to live in a state that bans nearly all abortions, even in…”
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“Today, thanks to the lawsuit Democrats filed days after the Supreme Court decision, Wisconsinites now have the same reproductive freedom in…”
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“Republicans are advancing a bill that would ask Wisconsinites to strip themselves of some of the basic reproductive freedoms that were just…”
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“Badger Care plus currently covers over the counter emergency contraception and daily contraception with a prescription from a provider.”
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“I'm directing the Department of Health Services to issue a standing order for Badger Care plus to serve as a prescription to over the…”
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“Pregnant women in Wisconsin up to certain income levels are eligible for Badger Care plus for the term of their pregnancy and up to 60 days…”
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“A bipartisan bill, Senate Bill 110, introduced by Senators Baldwig and Filzkowski, would enable Wisconsin to join 43 other states that…”
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“Our decade long struggle to retain, attract and train talented workers to address our state's workforce shortages.”
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“In April last year, our State unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4% last year.”
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“Wisconsin had an all time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.”
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“Our state's labor force participation rate also consistently remained above the national average throughout the year.”
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“2,110 child care programs are projected to close.”
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“87,000 kids could be without child care.”
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“We could lose over 4,880 child care jobs.”
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“That's about a half a billion dollar of economic impact on our state.”
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“I directed $170 million in emergency funding to keep our child care industry afloat.”
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“I propose investing 240 million doll to jump start a program that would provide most private sector workers 12 weeks of paid leave.”
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“Republicans rejected my proposal not once, but twice.”
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“I directed over $150 million to find innovative long term solutions to our workforce challenges.”
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“We've been able to deliver workforce training and support services to more than 33,000 Wisconsinites across the state.”
Governor Evers delivers the 2024 State of the State Address | Uploaded January 23, 2024 | 49:53-50:03
“Wisconsin had the highest participation rate in our Registered Apprenticeship program in two decades.”
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“Wisconsin had reached an all time record high number of participants in the registered apprenticeship program's 112 year history.”
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“Wisconsin faces a potential deficit of 20,000 nurses by 2040.”
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“Between 2020 and 2030, Wisconsin's healthcare industry will see nearly 32,000 annual openings across occupations.”
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“My administration launched one of the country's first ever registered nurse apprenticeship pathways.”
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“We announced a new initiative to train over 10,000 certified direct care professionals.”
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“I'll sign an executive order creating a new healthcare Workforce Task Force.”
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“Only 67% of new educators in Wisconsin make it past five years.”
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“I'm creating a new Office of State Employee Engagement and Retention.”
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