LRB-1301/P3
KRP:cdc&wlj
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hynek, BB0191 - Transfer career and technical education incentive grants to DPI
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
1. Career and technical education incentive grants and completion awards
This bill transfers from DWD to DPI the authority and obligation to award career and technical education (CTE) incentive grants and completion awards. Under current law, DWD approves industry-recognized certification programs designed to 1) mitigate workforce shortages; and 2) prepare individuals for occupations as fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and emergency medical services practitioners (public safety occupations). Currently, DWD must award CTE incentive grants to school districts that have programs approved by DWD and the amount of each grant depends on the number of pupils who complete the school district's programs. DWD also must award CTE completion awards to pupils for each DWD-approved program the pupil completes that is related to public safety occupations. The bill also transfers program approval authority from DWD to DPI.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.445 (1) (bz) of the statutes is renumbered 20.255 (2) (ck) and amended to read:
20.255 (2) (ck) Career and technical education incentive grants. The amounts in the schedule for the career and technical education incentive grants under s. 106.273 115.457 (3).
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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2. 20.445 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 20.255 (3) (ck) and amended to read:
20.255 (3) (ck) Career and technical education completion awards. A sum sufficient for the career and technical education completion awards under s. 106.273 115.457 (4).
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
3. 106.273 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (title).
Section
4. 106.273 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (1) and amended to read:
115.457 (1) Identification of workforce shortages. The department state superintendent shall annually confer with the department of
public instruction workforce development and the Wisconsin technical college system to identify industries and occupations within this state that face workforce shortages or shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers. The state superintendent of public instruction shall annually notify school districts of the identified industries and occupations and make this information available on the Internet site of the department of public instruction.
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5. 106.273 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (2), and 115.457 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
115.457 (2) Approval of programs. (intro.) The department state superintendent shall approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to do any of the following:
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6. 106.273 (3) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (title).
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7. 106.273 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (a) and amended to read:
115.457 (3) (a) From the appropriation under s.
20.445 (1) (bz) 20.255 (2) (ck), the department state superintendent shall annually award all of the following incentive grants to school districts:
1m. An incentive grant to a school district that has an industry-recognized certification program approved by the department
state superintendent under sub. (2) (a). Subject to pars. (am) and par. (b), the amount of the incentive grant under this subdivision is equal to $1,000 for each student pupil in the school district to whom all of the following apply:
****Note: This is reconciled s. 115.457 (3) (a) 1m., as renumbered from s. 106.273 (3) (a) 1m. This section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1301/P2 and LRB-2009/P1.
a. In the prior school year, the student pupil obtained a high school diploma or a technical education high school diploma from a school in the school district.
b. The student pupil successfully completed the program in a school year in which the program was approved by the department
state superintendent under sub. (2) (a).
2m. An incentive grant to a school district that has an industry-recognized certification program approved by the department
state superintendent under sub. (2) (b). Subject to par. (b), for each such program the school district has, the amount of the incentive grant under this subdivision is equal to $1,000 for each student pupil in the school district who successfully completed the program in a school year in which the program was approved by the department
state superintendent under sub. (2) (b).
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8. 106.273 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (b) and amended to read:
115.457 (3) (b) If the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bz) 20.255 (2) (ck) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount per student pupil under par. (a) 1m. and 2m., the department state superintendent may prorate the amount of the department's payments among school districts eligible for incentive grants under this subsection.
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9. 106.273 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (4) and amended to read:
115.457 (4) Completion awards for
students pupils. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (c) 20.255 (3) (ck), the department state superintendent shall annually award a completion award to a student
pupil in the amount of $500 for each industry-recognized certification program approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (b) that the student pupil successfully completed in a school year in which the program was approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (b).
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10. 106.273 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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