Education Week

By: Alyson Klein

Congress is on the verge of leaving town for the weekend without extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which expires Saturday. The move could put a financial strain on states—and eventually jeopardize coverage for the roughly 9 million children covered by the program.

And it’s not good news for district leaders and the children they serve, said Sasha Pudelski, the co-chair of the Save Medicaid in Schools Coalition.

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CHIP was last renewed in 2015 with no significant changes. Lawmakers typically renew it far ahead of the deadline, said Elisabeth Burak, the senior program director the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. The delay means a lot of unnecessary stress” on families and state leaders alike,” she said. Renewing the program quickly “should be a no brainer.”

Joan’s tweet is also embedded in the article.

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