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20.275
(1) (hb)
Principal, interest and rebates; program revenue — public
18library boards. All moneys received under s. 44.72 (4) (c) to reimburse s. 20.866 (1)
19(u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing educational
20technology infrastructure financial assistance to public library boards under s. 44.72
21(4)
(a) 1. or 2. and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building
22commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).
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120.866
(2) (zc)
Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board;
2school district educational technology infrastructure financial assistance; wiring. 3From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the technology for
4educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide educational technology
5infrastructure financial assistance to public library boards under s. 44.72 (4)
(a) 1.
6The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for this
7purpose.
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20.866
(2) (zcm)
Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board;
11public library educational technology infrastructure financial assistance; wiring. 12From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the technology for
13educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide educational technology
14infrastructure financial assistance to public library boards under s. 44.72 (4)
(a) 1.
15The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed
$10,000,000 16$6,000,000 for this purpose.
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17Section
7. 20.866 (2) (zcp) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.866
(2) (zcp)
Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board;
19public library educational technology infrastructure financial assistance;
20communications hardware. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for
21the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide
22educational technology infrastructure financial assistance to public library boards
23under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 2. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed
24$4,000,000 for this purpose.
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25Section
8. 44.70 (3d) of the statutes is created to read:
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144.70
(3d) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town or county.
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44.72
(4) (a) 1. The board may provide financial assistance under this
5subsection subdivision to school districts from the proceeds of public debt contracted
6under s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt
7contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zcm). Financial assistance under this
subsection 8subdivision may be used only for the purpose of upgrading the electrical wiring of
9school and library buildings in existence on October 14, 1997, and installing and
10upgrading computer network wiring.
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11Section
10. 44.72 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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44.72
(4) (a) 2. The board may provide financial assistance under this
13subdivision to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted
14under s. 20.866 (2) (zcp). Financial assistance under this subdivision may be used
15only for the purpose of purchasing communications servers, routers, hubs or
16switches that enable a computer network in a library building to be directly
17connected to the Internet. Financial assistance under this subdivision may not be
18used for the purchase of personal computers. The board shall establish, on a per
19building basis, the maximum amount of a financial assistance under this
20subdivision.
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44.72
(4) (b)
Financial assistance applications, terms and conditions. The
24board shall establish application procedures for, and the terms and conditions of,
25financial assistance under
this subsection par. (a). The procedures shall allow a
1public library board to apply for financial assistance under par. (a) 1. or 2. or under
2both par. (a) 1. and 2. The board shall make a loan to a school district or public library
3board in an amount equal to 50% of the total amount of financial assistance for which
4the board determines the school district or public library board is eligible and provide
5a grant to the school district or public library board for the remainder of the total.
6The terms
and conditions of any financial assistance under
this subsection par. (a)
71. or 2. may include provision of professional building construction services under s.
816.85 (15).
The terms and conditions of any financial assistance under par. (a) 2.
9shall require the recipient to apply for a rate discount under 47 USC 254 for any
10servers, routers, hubs or switches that are purchased with the financial assistance. 11The board shall determine the interest rate on loans under
this subsection par. (a).
12The interest rate shall be as low as possible but shall be sufficient to fully pay all
13interest expenses incurred by the state in making the loans and to provide reserves
14that are reasonably expected to be required in the judgment of the board to ensure
15against losses arising from delinquency and default in the repayment of the loans.
16The term of a loan under
this subsection par. (a) may not exceed 10 years.
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44.72
(4) (d)
Funding for financial assistance. The board, with the approval
20of the governor and subject to the limits of s. 20.866 (2) (zc)
and, (zcm)
and (zcp), may
21request that the building commission contract public debt in accordance with ch. 18
22to fund financial assistance under this subsection.
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144.73
(2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the board for
2access to either one data line or one video link, except that any educational agency
3may request access to additional data lines if the agency shows to the satisfaction of
4the board that the additional data lines are more cost-effective than a single data
5line and except that a school district that operates more than one high school
or a
6public library board that operates more than one library facility may request access
7to both a data line and a video link and access to more than one data line or video link.
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8Section
14. 44.73 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
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44.73
(2g) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line under
10the program established under sub. (1) may not do any of the following:
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(a) Provide access to the data line to any business entity, as defined in s. 13.62
12(5).
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(b) Request access to an additional data line for purposes of providing access
14to bandwidth to a political subdivision under a shared service agreement under sub.
15(2r) (a).
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16Section
15. 44.73 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
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44.73
(2r) (a) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line under
18the program established under sub. (1) may enter into a shared service agreement
19with a political subdivision that provides the political subdivision with access to any
20excess bandwidth on the data line that is not used by the educational agency. A
21shared service agreement under this paragraph is not valid unless the agreement
22allows the educational agency to cancel the agreement at any time after providing
23notice to the political subdivision.
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1(b) A political subdivision that obtains access to bandwidth under a shared
2service agreement under par. (a) may not receive compensation for providing any
3other person with access to the bandwidth.
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(c) An educational agency shall provide the board with written notice within
530 days after entering into or modifying a shared service agreement under par. (a).
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(5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 (7) to
9the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 44.73 (2) (d)
, except that no moneys
10in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are necessary
11for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared service
12agreement under s. 44.73 (2r) (a).