LRB-1186/2
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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Boggs, BB0373 - Performance grants
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
EDUCATION
Higher education
This bill directs the Board of Regents of the UW System (board) to award grants to UW institutions to provide funding for:
1. Economic development programs.
2. Programs that have as their objective the development of an educated and skilled workforce.
3. Programs to improve the affordability of postsecondary education for resident undergraduates.
The bill directs the board to report annually to DOA on the programs awarded a grant. The report must include the goals, budget, and results for each program and a systemwide summary of all programs funded.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.285 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
20.285 (1) (e) Incentive grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to institutions under s. 36.25 (52).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 36.25 (52) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (52) Incentive grants. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (e), the board shall award grants to institutions to provide funding for the following programs:
1. Economic development programs, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a).
2. Programs that have as their objective the development of an educated and skilled workforce, such as increasing the number of degrees awarded in fields for which the occupational demand is high or in fields that are determined to be high-demand fields under s. 38.28 (2) (be) 1. b., increasing the number of opportunities available to students to gain work experience in their fields through internships or cooperative work experiences, and increasing or enhancing research and development.
3. Programs to improve the affordability of postsecondary education for resident undergraduates, including reducing the time required to obtain a degree, increasing the opportunities available for high school pupils to earn credit toward a postsecondary degree, and improving the transfer of credit between institutions of higher education.
(b) Annually, the board shall submit a report to the secretary of administration on the programs awarded a grant under this subsection. The report shall include the goals, results, and budget for each program. The report shall also include a systemwide summary of this information.
****Note: Section 38.28 (2) (be) 1. b., cross-referenced in par. (a) 2., is created in LRB-1105.
Section 9148.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.
(1) Incentive grants. Within 90 days after the effective date of this subsection, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the secretary of administration for his or her approval a plan for the establishment of the incentive grant program under section 36.25 (52) of the statutes, as created by this act. The plan shall include all of the following:
(a) Application procedures and procedures and criteria for awarding grants.
(b) A plan to establish performance goals and accountability measures for each grant recipient.
(c) A plan to track and report program results reported by grant recipients.
(d) An acknowledgment that the amounts awarded are not base building.
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