16.957 (2) (d) 4. d. Any other issue identified by the department, council, governor, speaker of the assembly or majority leader of the senate.
55,396t Section 396t. 16.957 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.957 (4) (b) Rules. (intro.) In consultation with the council, the The department shall promulgate rules that establish the amount of a low-income assistance fee under par. (a). Fees established in rules under this paragraph may vary by class of customer, but shall be uniform within each class, and shall satisfy each of the following:
55,398m Section 398m. 16.97 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
55,412p Section 412p. 16.973 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.973 (7) Prescribe and revise as necessary performance measures to ensure financial controls and accountability, optimal personnel utilization, and customer satisfaction for all information technology functions in the executive branch outside of the University of Wisconsin System and annually, no later than March 31, report to the joint committee on information policy and technology and the board concerning the performance measures utilized by the department and the actual performance of the department and the executive branch agencies measured against the performance measures then in effect.
55,416g Section 416g. 16.976 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.976 (3) Following receipt of a proposed strategic plan from an executive branch agency, the department shall, before June 1, notify the agency of any concerns that the department may have regarding the plan and provide the agency with its recommendations regarding the proposed plan. The department may also submit any concerns or recommendations regarding any proposed plan to the board for its consideration. The board shall then consider the proposed plan and provide the department with its recommendations regarding the plan. The executive branch agency may submit modifications to its proposed plan in response to any recommendations.
55,416r Section 416r. 16.976 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.976 (4) Before June 15, the department shall consider any recommendations provided by the board under sub. (3) and shall then approve or disapprove the proposed plan in whole or in part.
55,417g Section 417g. 16.977 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.977 Information technology portfolio management. (intro.) With the assistance of executive branch agencies and the advice of the board, the department shall manage the information technology portfolio of state government in accordance with a management structure that includes all of the following:
55,417r Section 417r. 16.978 of the statutes is repealed.
55,419b Section 419b. 16.98 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.98 (1) The department shall engage in such activities as the secretary deems necessary to ensure the maximum utilization of federal resources by state agencies and institutions and other eligible organizations and units of government, including community development corporations as defined in s. 234.94 (2). The department shall acquire excess and surplus real and personal property at such cost and shall charge fees to the recipient as is necessary to amortize expenditures for recipients for costs of transportation, packing, crating, handling and program overhead, except that the department may transfer any excess or surplus personal property to the department of tourism, upon request of the department of tourism, at no cost, subject to any limitation or restriction imposed by federal law.
55,419g Section 419g. 16.99 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.99 (1d) "Charter school sponsor" means an entity described under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) that is sponsoring a charter school and the director under s. 118.40 (2x).
55,422d Section 422d. 16.994 of the statutes is created to read:
16.994 Information technology block grants. (1) Competitive grants. In fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, the department may annually award grants on a competitive basis to eligible school districts for the purpose of improving information technology infrastructure. In awarding grants under this section, the department shall give priority to applications for school districts in which the percentage of pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) for a free or reduced-price lunch is greater than in other applicant school districts. The department shall require an applicant for a grant under this section to provide all of the following:
(a) A description of the specific infrastructure, including any equipment, that the applicant intends to purchase with grant proceeds.
(b) The applicant's plan to purchase, install, and use the information technology infrastructure described in par. (a).
(c) A description of the applicant's readiness to use information technology infrastructure purchased with grant proceeds.
(2) Eligible school districts. A school district is eligible for a grant under this section if the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is 13 or less.
(3) Maximum awards. The total amount the department may award to an eligible school district under sub. (1) during the 2015-17 fiscal biennium may not exceed the following:
(a) If the membership of the eligible school district is fewer than 750 pupils, $30,000.
(b) If the membership of the eligible school district is 750 pupils to 1,500 pupils, $40 multiplied by the school district's membership.
(c) If the membership of the eligible school district is more than 1,500 pupils, $60,000.
(4) Funding limitation. The department may not award grants under this section that total more than $7,500,000 in any fiscal year.
55,422e Section 422e. 16.994 of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
55,422g Section 422g. 16.996 of the statutes is created to read:
16.996 Educational technology teacher training grants. (1) Purpose. The department shall annually award grants to eligible consortia of school districts for the costs of training teachers to use educational technology.
(2) Eligible consortia. A consortium of school districts is eligible for a grant under this section if all of the following apply:
(a) The consortium consists of 3 or more school districts.
(b) Each school district's membership in the previous school year divided by that school district's area in square miles is 13 or less.
(c) The consortium applies for a grant under this section.
(3) Grant amount. In any year the department awards grants under this section, subject to sub. (4), the department shall pay to each eligible consortium the sum of the following amounts:
(a) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of less than 750 pupils in the previous year, $7,500.
(b) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of 750 pupils to 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $10 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous year.
(c) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of more than 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $15,000.
(4) Funding. (a) The department may not award grants under this section that total more than $1,500,000 in any fiscal year.
(b) If, in any fiscal year, $1,500,000 is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (3), the department shall prorate the payments among the eligible consortia.
55,423 Section 423. 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a) and amended to read:
16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to either one data line or one lines and video link, except as follows: links.
55,424 Section 424. 16.997 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
55,425 Section 425. 16.997 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
55,426 Section 426. 16.997 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
55,427 Section 427. 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:
16.997 (2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether to provide more than one data line and video link to an educational agency. The department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth, equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
55,453f Section 453f. 19.36 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (7) (a) (intro.) In this subsection:
55,453g Section 453g. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) In this subsection, "final "Final candidate" means each applicant who is seriously considered for appointment or whose name is certified for appointment, and whose name is submitted for final consideration to an authority for appointment, to any of the following:
55,453L Section 453L. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 1. a. A state position, except that is not a position in the classified service and that is not a position in the University of Wisconsin System.
55,453p Section 453p. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 1. c. The position of president, vice president, or senior vice president of the University of Wisconsin System; the position of chancellor of an institution; or the position of the vice chancellor who serves as deputy at each institution.
55,453t Section 453t. 19.36 (7) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 2. (intro.) "Final candidate" includes all of the following, but only with respect to the offices and positions described under subd. 1. a. and b.:
55,453x Section 453x. 19.36 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 3. "Institution" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).
55,453xm Section 453xm. 19.36 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (12) Information relating to certain employees. Unless access is specifically authorized or required by statute, an authority shall may not provide access to a record prepared or provided by an employer performing work on a project to which s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 103.50 16.856 or 84.062 applies, or on which the employer is otherwise required to pay prevailing wages, if that record contains the name or other personally identifiable information relating to an employee of that employer, unless the employee authorizes the authority to provide access to that information. In this subsection, "personally identifiable information" does not include an employee's work classification, hours of work, or wage or benefit payments received for work on such a project.
55,464 Section 464. 19.45 (11) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:
19.45 (11) (a) The administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of administration shall, with the board's advice, promulgate rules to implement a code of ethics for classified and unclassified state employees except state public officials subject to this subchapter, personnel in the University of Wisconsin System, and officers and employees of the judicial branch.
55,475 Section 475. 20.002 (11) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.002 (11) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 3, the secretary of administration shall limit the total amount of any temporary reallocations to the general fund at any one time during a fiscal year to an amount equal to 5% 9 percent of the total amounts shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) of appropriations of general purpose revenues, calculated by the secretary as of that time and for that fiscal year. During the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, the amount that may be reallocated under this subdivision during a fiscal year may not exceed 9 percent of such revenues.
55,478d Section 478d. 20.003 (4) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.003 (4) (gm) For fiscal year 2015-16, $65,000,000 plus the amount calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal year 2015-16, but not to exceed 2 percent.
55,478g Section 478g. 20.003 (4) (gn) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.003 (4) (gn) For fiscal year 2016-17, $65,000,000 plus the amounts calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, but not to exceed 2 percent.
55,478h Section 478h. 20.003 (4) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.003 (4) (L) For fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the prior fiscal year's required statutory balance plus $5,000,000 and the accumulated amount calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter , but not to exceed 2 percent.
55,479 Section 479. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2017, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
Figure: 20.005 (1)
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55,480 Section 480. 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (2) State borrowing program summary. The following schedule sets forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b) following]
Figure: 20.005 (2) (a)
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