SB21-SSA1,396 10Section 396. 16.956 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,66,1211 16.956 (6) Sunset. Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply after December 31, 2016
122021.
SB21-SSA1,396d 13Section 396d. 16.957 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,396h 14Section 396h. 16.957 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,66,1615 16.957 (2) Department duties. (intro.) In consultation with the council, the
16The department shall do all of the following:
SB21-SSA1,396p 17Section 396p. 16.957 (2) (d) 4. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,66,1918 16.957 (2) (d) 4. d. Any other issue identified by the department, council,
19governor, speaker of the assembly or majority leader of the senate.
SB21-SSA1,396t 20Section 396t. 16.957 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,66,2521 16.957 (4) (b) Rules. (intro.) In consultation with the council, the The
22department shall promulgate rules that establish the amount of a low-income
23assistance fee under par. (a). Fees established in rules under this paragraph may
24vary by class of customer, but shall be uniform within each class, and shall satisfy
25each of the following:
SB21-SSA1,398m
1Section 398m. 16.97 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,412p 2Section 412p. 16.973 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,67,103 16.973 (7) Prescribe and revise as necessary performance measures to ensure
4financial controls and accountability, optimal personnel utilization, and customer
5satisfaction for all information technology functions in the executive branch outside
6of the University of Wisconsin System and annually, no later than March 31, report
7to the joint committee on information policy and technology and the board
8concerning the performance measures utilized by the department and the actual
9performance of the department and the executive branch agencies measured against
10the performance measures then in effect.
SB21-SSA1,416g 11Section 416g. 16.976 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,67,2012 16.976 (3) Following receipt of a proposed strategic plan from an executive
13branch agency, the department shall, before June 1, notify the agency of any concerns
14that the department may have regarding the plan and provide the agency with its
15recommendations regarding the proposed plan. The department may also submit
16any concerns or recommendations regarding any proposed plan to the board for its
17consideration. The board shall then consider the proposed plan and provide the
18department with its recommendations regarding the plan.
The executive branch
19agency may submit modifications to its proposed plan in response to any
20recommendations.
SB21-SSA1,416r 21Section 416r. 16.976 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,67,2422 16.976 (4) Before June 15, the department shall consider any
23recommendations provided by the board under sub. (3) and shall then
approve or
24disapprove the proposed plan in whole or in part.
SB21-SSA1,417g 25Section 417g. 16.977 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,68,4
116.977 Information technology portfolio management. (intro.) With the
2assistance of executive branch agencies and the advice of the board, the department
3shall manage the information technology portfolio of state government in accordance
4with a management structure that includes all of the following:
SB21-SSA1,417r 5Section 417r. 16.978 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,419b 6Section 419b. 16.98 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,68,167 16.98 (1) The department shall engage in such activities as the secretary deems
8necessary to ensure the maximum utilization of federal resources by state agencies
9and institutions and other eligible organizations and units of government, including
10community development corporations as defined in s. 234.94 (2). The department
11shall acquire excess and surplus real and personal property at such cost and shall
12charge fees
to the recipient as is necessary to amortize expenditures for recipients
13for costs of
transportation, packing, crating, handling and program overhead, except
14that the department may transfer any excess or surplus personal property to the
15department of tourism, upon request of the department of tourism, at no cost, subject
16to any limitation or restriction imposed by federal law.
SB21-SSA1,419g 17Section 419g. 16.99 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,68,1918 16.99 (1d) "Charter school sponsor" means an entity described under s. 118.40
19(2r) (b) that is sponsoring a charter school and the director under s. 118.40 (2x).
SB21-SSA1,422d 20Section 422d. 16.994 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,69,4 2116.994 Information technology block grants. (1) Competitive grants. In
22fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, the department may annually award grants on
23a competitive basis to eligible school districts for the purpose of improving
24information technology infrastructure. In awarding grants under this section, the
25department shall give priority to applications for school districts in which the

1percentage of pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria under 42 USC 1758
2(b) (1) for a free or reduced-price lunch is greater than in other applicant school
3districts. The department shall require an applicant for a grant under this section
4to provide all of the following:
SB21-SSA1,69,65 (a) A description of the specific infrastructure, including any equipment, that
6the applicant intends to purchase with grant proceeds.
SB21-SSA1,69,87 (b) The applicant's plan to purchase, install, and use the information
8technology infrastructure described in par. (a).
SB21-SSA1,69,109 (c) A description of the applicant's readiness to use information technology
10infrastructure purchased with grant proceeds.
SB21-SSA1,69,13 11(2) Eligible school districts. A school district is eligible for a grant under this
12section if the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the
13school district's area in square miles is 13 or less.
SB21-SSA1,69,16 14(3) Maximum awards. The total amount the department may award to an
15eligible school district under sub. (1) during the 2015-17 fiscal biennium may not
16exceed the following:
SB21-SSA1,69,1817 (a) If the membership of the eligible school district is fewer than 750 pupils,
18$30,000.
SB21-SSA1,69,2019 (b) If the membership of the eligible school district is 750 pupils to 1,500 pupils,
20$40 multiplied by the school district's membership.
SB21-SSA1,69,2221 (c) If the membership of the eligible school district is more than 1,500 pupils,
22$60,000.
SB21-SSA1,69,24 23(4) Funding limitation. The department may not award grants under this
24section that total more than $7,500,000 in any fiscal year.
SB21-SSA1,422e
1Section 422e. 16.994 of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this
2act), is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,422g 3Section 422g. 16.996 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,70,6 416.996 Educational technology teacher training grants. (1) Purpose.
5The department shall annually award grants to eligible consortia of school districts
6for the costs of training teachers to use educational technology.
SB21-SSA1,70,8 7(2) Eligible consortia. A consortium of school districts is eligible for a grant
8under this section if all of the following apply:
SB21-SSA1,70,99 (a) The consortium consists of 3 or more school districts.
SB21-SSA1,70,1110 (b) Each school district's membership in the previous school year divided by
11that school district's area in square miles is 13 or less.
SB21-SSA1,70,1212 (c) The consortium applies for a grant under this section.
SB21-SSA1,70,15 13(3) Grant amount. In any year the department awards grants under this
14section, subject to sub. (4), the department shall pay to each eligible consortium the
15sum of the following amounts:
SB21-SSA1,70,1716 (a) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of less
17than 750 pupils in the previous year, $7,500.
SB21-SSA1,70,2018 (b) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of 750
19pupils to 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $10 multiplied by the school district's
20membership in the previous year.
SB21-SSA1,70,2221 (c) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of more
22than 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $15,000.
SB21-SSA1,70,24 23(4) Funding. (a) The department may not award grants under this section that
24total more than $1,500,000 in any fiscal year.
SB21-SSA1,71,2
1(b) If, in any fiscal year, $1,500,000 is insufficient to pay the full amount under
2sub. (3), the department shall prorate the payments among the eligible consortia.
SB21-SSA1,423 3Section 423. 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a)
4and amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,71,65 16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department
6for access to either one data line or one lines and video link, except as follows: links.
SB21-SSA1,424 7Section 424. 16.997 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,425 8Section 425. 16.997 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,426 9Section 426. 16.997 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,427 10Section 427. 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,71,1511 16.997 (2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether
12to provide more than one data line and video link to an educational agency. The
13department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth,
14equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic
15development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
SB21-SSA1,453b 16Section 453b. 19.32 (1bb) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,71,2317 19.32 (1bb) "Deliberative materials" means communications and other
18materials, including opinions, analyses, briefings, background information,
19recommendations, suggestions, drafts, correspondence about drafts, and notes, that
20are created or prepared in the process of reaching a decision concerning a policy or
21course of action or in the process of drafting a document or formulating an official
22communication. "Deliberative materials" include interauthority and
23intra-authority communications, but do not include:
SB21-SSA1,72,3
1(a) Communications with persons who are not authorized to participate in the
2process of reaching a decision, drafting a document, or formulating an official
3communication.
SB21-SSA1,72,54 (b) Communications with persons other than an authority, unless the
5communication is within the scope of a contract between the person and an authority.
SB21-SSA1,453d 6Section 453d. 19.32 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,72,207 19.32 (2) "Record" means any material on which written, drawn, printed,
8spoken, visual, or electromagnetic information or electronically generated or stored
9data is recorded or preserved, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which
10that has been created or is being kept by an authority. " Record" includes, but is not
11limited to, handwritten, typed, or printed pages, maps, charts, photographs, films,
12recordings, tapes, optical disks, and any other medium on which electronically
13generated or stored data is recorded or preserved. "Record" does not include drafts,
14notes, preliminary computations, and like materials prepared for the originator's
15personal use or prepared by the originator in the name of a person for whom the
16originator is working; deliberative materials; materials which that are purely the
17personal property of the custodian and have no relation to his or her office; materials
18to which access is limited by copyright, patent, or bequest; and published materials
19in the possession of an authority other than a public library which that are available
20for sale, or which that are available for inspection at a public library.
SB21-SSA1,453f 21Section 453f. 19.36 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,72,2222 19.36 (7) (a) (intro.) In this subsection:
SB21-SSA1,453g 23Section 453g. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,73,224 19.36 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) In this subsection, "final "Final candidate" means each
25applicant who is seriously considered for appointment or whose name is certified for

1appointment, and whose name is submitted for final consideration to an authority
2for appointment, to any of the following:
SB21-SSA1,453L 3Section 453L. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,73,54 19.36 (7) (a) 1. a. A state position, except that is not a position in the classified
5service and that is not a position in the University of Wisconsin System.
SB21-SSA1,453p 6Section 453p. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,73,107 19.36 (7) (a) 1. c. The position of president, vice president, or senior vice
8president of the University of Wisconsin System; the position of chancellor of an
9institution; or the position of the vice chancellor who serves as deputy at each
10institution.
SB21-SSA1,453t 11Section 453t. 19.36 (7) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,73,1312 19.36 (7) (a) 2. (intro.) "Final candidate" includes all of the following, but only
13with respect to the offices and positions described under subd. 1. a. and b.
:
SB21-SSA1,453x 14Section 453x. 19.36 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,73,1515 19.36 (7) (a) 3. "Institution" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).
SB21-SSA1,453y 16Section 453y. 19.38 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,73,19 1719.38 Legislative records. No provision of this subchapter that conflicts with
18a rule or policy of the senate or assembly or joint rule or policy of the legislature shall
19apply to a record that is subject to such rule or policy.
SB21-SSA1,464 20Section 464. 19.45 (11) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2132
, is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,74,222 19.45 (11) (a) The administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit
23recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of
24administration
shall, with the board's advice, promulgate rules to implement a code
25of ethics for classified and unclassified state employees except state public officials

1subject to this subchapter, personnel in the University of Wisconsin System, and
2officers and employees of the judicial branch.
SB21-SSA1,475 3Section 475. 20.002 (11) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,74,104 20.002 (11) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 3, the secretary of administration
5shall limit the total amount of any temporary reallocations to the general fund at any
6one time during a fiscal year to an amount equal to 5% 9 percent of the total amounts
7shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) of appropriations of general purpose
8revenues, calculated by the secretary as of that time and for that fiscal year. During
9the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, the amount that may be reallocated under this
10subdivision during a fiscal year may not exceed 9 percent of such revenues.
SB21-SSA1,478d 11Section 478d. 20.003 (4) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,74,1312 20.003 (4) (gm) For fiscal year 2015-16, $65,000,000 plus the amount
13calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal year 2015-16, but not to exceed 2 percent
.
SB21-SSA1,478g 14Section 478g. 20.003 (4) (gn) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,74,1715 20.003 (4) (gn) For fiscal year 2016-17, $65,000,000 plus the amounts
16calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, but not to exceed
172 percent
.
SB21-SSA1,478h 18Section 478h. 20.003 (4) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,74,2219 20.003 (4) (L) For fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter, an
20amount equal to the prior fiscal year's required statutory balance plus $5,000,000
21and the accumulated amount calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal year 2017-18
22and each fiscal year thereafter, but not to exceed
2 percent.
SB21-SSA1,479 23Section 479. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB21-SSA1,75,3
120.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for
2the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2015, and ending on June
330, 2017, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
SB21-SSA1,75,55 Figure: 20.005 (1)
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