AB100-engrossed, s. 1801mm 13Section 1801mm. 49.143 (2) (ep) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,851,1514 49.143 (2) (ep) Distribute the amount specified in the contract for any of the
15following purposes, as specified in the contract:
AB100-engrossed,851,1816 1. Customized labor training for a participant in a Wisconsin works
17employment position to provide training for a specific job that an employer has
18guaranteed to the participant upon successful completion of the training.
AB100-engrossed,851,2019 2. Enhancement of the education and training activities described under s.
2049.147 (4) (am) and (5) (bm).
AB100-engrossed,851,2221 3. Employment of job coaches and interpreters for participants in Wisconsin
22works employment positions.
AB100-engrossed,852,323 4. Support and treatment services, including child care, family counseling and
24in-home counseling, for the treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse. A Wisconsin
25works agency may contract or work with community-based support groups or other

1organizations to provide the services under this subdivision. Services provided
2under this subdivision do not include treatment of alcoholism or other drug abuse
3problems in excess of the minimum coverage required under s. 632.89 (2).
AB100-engrossed,852,44 5. Learning labs.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1801mn 5Section 1801mn. 49.143 (2) (ep) 2. of the statutes, as created by 1997
6Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,852,87 49.143 (2) (ep) 2. Enhancement of the education and training activities
8described under s. 49.147 (4) (am) (b) 1. a. and (5) (bm).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1802 9Section 1802. 49.145 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,852,1310 49.145 (2) (i) The individual is not receiving supplemental security income
11under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or state supplemental payments under s. 49.77 and, if
12the individual is a dependent child, the custodial parent of the individual does not
13receive a payment on behalf of the individual under s. 49.775
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1803 14Section 1803. 49.145 (2) (n) of the statutes is renumbered 49.145 (2) (n) 1.
15(intro.) and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,852,2316 49.145 (2) (n) 1. (intro.) Beginning Except as provided in subd. 4., beginning
17on the date on which the individual has attained the age of 18, the total number of
18months in which the individual or any adult member of the individual's Wisconsin
19works group
has actively participated in the job opportunities and basic skills
20program under s. 49.193 or has participated in a Wisconsin works employment
21position or both
, or has received benefits under, any of the following or any
22combination of the following
does not exceed 60 months. The months need not be
23consecutive. Participation in the
, whether or not consecutive:
AB100-engrossed,853,3
1a. The job opportunities and basic skills program under s. 49.193. Active
2participation in the job opportunities and basic skills program
begins to count toward
3the 60-month limit beginning on July October 1, 1996.
AB100-engrossed,853,7 43. A Wisconsin works agency may extend the time limit under this paragraph
5only if the Wisconsin works agency determines, in accordance with rules
6promulgated by the department, that unusual circumstances exist that warrant an
7extension of the participation period.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1804 8Section 1804. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,853,99 49.145 (2) (n) 1. b. A Wisconsin works employment position.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1805 10Section 1805. 49.145 (2) (n) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,853,1411 49.145 (2) (n) 1. c. Any program in this state or in any other state funded by
12a federal block grant for temporary assistance for needy families under title I of P.L.
13104-193, if the individual received benefits under that program that were
14attributable to funds provided by the federal government.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1806 15Section 1806. 49.145 (2) (n) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,853,2016 49.145 (2) (n) 2. Except as provided in subd. 4., in calculating the number of
17months in which the individual participated under subd. 1., the Wisconsin works
18agency shall include any month in which any adult member of a Wisconsin works
19group participated in a Wisconsin works employment position, if the individual was
20a member of that Wisconsin works group during that month.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1807 21Section 1807. 49.145 (2) (n) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,854,322 49.145 (2) (n) 4. In calculating the number of months under subds. 1. and 2.,
23a Wisconsin works agency shall exclude, to the extent permitted under federal law,
24any month during which any adult in the Wisconsin works group participated in any
25activity listed under subd. 1. a. to c. while living on a federally recognized American

1Indian reservation, in an Alaskan Native village or, in Indian country, as defined in
218 USC 1151, occupied by an Indian tribe, if, during that month, all of the following
3applied:
AB100-engrossed,854,54 a. At least 1,000 individuals were living on the reservation or in the village or
5Indian country.
AB100-engrossed,854,76 b. At least 50% of the adults living on the reservation or in the village or Indian
7country were unemployed.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1808 8Section 1808. 49.145 (2) (r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,854,109 49.145 (2) (r) The individual is not a fugitive felon under 42 USC 608 (a) (9) (A)
10(i).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1809 11Section 1809. 49.145 (2) (rm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,854,1312 49.145 (2) (rm) The individual is not violating a condition of probation or parole
13imposed under federal or state law.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1810 14Section 1810. 49.145 (2) (s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,855,915 49.145 (2) (s) The individual assigns to the state any right of the individual or
16of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other
17person, including any right to amounts accruing during the time that any Wisconsin
18works benefit is paid to the individual. If a minor who is a beneficiary of any
19Wisconsin works benefit is also the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order
20that includes support for one or more children not receiving a benefit under
21Wisconsin works, any support payment made under the judgment or order is
22assigned to the state during the period that the minor is a beneficiary of the
23Wisconsin works benefit in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor
24receiving the benefit under Wisconsin works, except as otherwise ordered by the
25court on the motion of a party. Amounts assigned to the state under this paragraph

1remain assigned to the state until the amount due to the federal government has
2been recovered. No amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual
3ceases to receive benefits under Wisconsin works may be considered assigned to this
4state. Except as provided in s. 49.1455, any money received by the department in a
5month under an assignment to the state under this paragraph for an individual
6applying for or participating in Wisconsin works shall be paid to the individual
7applying for or participating in Wisconsin works. The department shall pay the
8federal share of support assigned under this paragraph as required under federal
9law or waiver.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1811 10Section 1811. 49.145 (2) (v) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,855,1311 49.145 (2) (v) The individual states in writing whether the individual has been
12convicted in any state or federal court of a felony that has as an element possession,
13use or distribution of a controlled substance, as defined in 21 USC 802 (6).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812 14Section 1812. 49.145 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,855,1915 49.145 (3) (b) 2. Child support payments received by the individual on behalf
16of a child who is a member of the Wisconsin works group. The Wisconsin works
17agency shall not include child support payments received by the department under
18an assignment under sub. (2) (s) unless the department has distributed the money
19to the individual.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812am 20Section 1812am. 49.1455 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,856,2 2149.1455 Child support demonstration project. The department may
22conduct a demonstration project, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a federal
23waiver, under which the department may pay to an individual whom the department
24has selected to be part of a control group a portion of the amount of child support

1received by the department under an assignment by the individual under s. 49.145
2(2) (s).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812b 3Section 1812b. 49.147 (1) (title) and (a) (title) of the statutes are repealed.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812c 4Section 1812c. 49.147 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,856,55 49.147 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section:
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812d 6Section 1812d. 49.147 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (1) (c) and
7amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,856,108 49.147 (1) (c) In this section, "unsubsidized "Unsubsidized employment" means
9employment for which the Wisconsin works agency provides no wage subsidy to the
10employer including self-employment and entrepreneurial activities.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812e 11Section 1812e. 49.147 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,856,1212 49.147 (1) (b) "Disabled" has the meaning given in s. 46.985 (1) (d).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812f 13Section 1812f. 49.147 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
14(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-engrossed,857,315 49.147 (4) Community service job. (a) Administration. A Wisconsin works
16agency shall administer a community service job program as part of its
17administration of Wisconsin works to improve the employability of an individual who
18is not otherwise able to obtain sufficient employment, as determined by the
19Wisconsin works agency, by providing work experience and training, if necessary, to
20assist the individual to move promptly into unsubsidized public or private
21employment or a trial job. In determining an appropriate placement for a
22participant, a Wisconsin works agency shall give placement under this subsection
23priority over a placement under sub. (5). Community service jobs shall be limited to
24projects that the department determines would serve a useful public purpose or
25projects the cost of which is partially or wholly offset by revenue generated by the

1projects. After every 6 months of an individual's participation under this subsection
2and at the conclusion of each assignment under this subsection, a Wisconsin works
3agency shall reassess the individual's employability.
AB100-engrossed,857,64 (b) Grant-paying community service job. 1. `Required hours.' Except as
5provided in subd. 1m., a participant under this paragraph may be required to
6participate in any of the following:
AB100-engrossed,857,197 a. Education and training activities for not more than 10 hours per week
8assigned as part of an employability plan developed by the Wisconsin works agency.
9The department shall establish by rule permissible education and training under
10this subd. 1. a., which shall include a course of study meeting the standards
11established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high
12school graduation, technical college courses and educational courses that provide an
13employment skill. Permissible education under this subd. 1. a. shall also include
14English as a 2nd language courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines
15would facilitate an individual's efforts to obtain employment and adult basic
16education courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an
17individual's efforts to obtain employment. Participation in customized training, as
18described in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) 1., shall be considered participation in education and
19training activities under this subd. 1. a.
AB100-engrossed,857,2320 b. A community service job for not more than 30 hours per week. To the extent
21that the participation in customized training, as described in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) 1.,
22exceeds 10 hours per week, it shall be considered participation in a community
23service job under this subd. 1. b.
AB100-engrossed,858,324 c. For the first 2 weeks of participation under this paragraph, an assessment
25and motivational training program identified by the community steering committee

1under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. The Wisconsin works agency may require not more than
240 hours of participation per week under this subd. 1. c. in lieu of the participation
3requirements under subd. 1. a. and b.
AB100-engrossed,858,104 1m. `Education for 18-year-old and 19-year-old students.' A Wisconsin works
5agency shall permit a participant under this paragraph who has not attained the age
6of 20 and who has not obtained a high school diploma or a declaration of equivalency
7of high school graduation to attend high school or enroll in a course of study meeting
8the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of
9equivalency of high school graduation to satisfy, in whole or in part, the required
10hours of participation in a community service job under subd. 1.
AB100-engrossed,858,2511 2. `Time-limited participation.' An individual may participate under this
12paragraph in a particular community service job for a maximum of 6 months, with
13an opportunity for a 3-month extension under circumstances approved by the
14department. An individual may participate in more than one community service job
15under this paragraph, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of participation under
16this subsection. The months need not be consecutive. The department or, with the
17approval of the department, the Wisconsin works agency may grant an extension to
18the 24-month limit on a case-by-case basis if the Wisconsin works agency
19determines that the individual has made all appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized
20employment and has been unable to find unsubsidized employment because local
21labor market conditions preclude a reasonable employment opportunity in
22unsubsidized employment for that participant, as determined by a Wisconsin works
23agency and approved by the department, and if the Wisconsin works agency
24determines, and the department agrees, that no trial job opportunities are available
25in the specified local labor market.
AB100-engrossed,859,4
13. `Worker's compensation.' A participant under this paragraph is an employe
2of the Wisconsin works agency for purposes of worker's compensation coverage,
3except to the extent that the person for whom the participant is performing work
4provides worker's compensation.
AB100-engrossed,859,85 (c) Wage-paying community service job. 1. `Definition.' In this paragraph,
6"employer" means a nonprofit, nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 with
7which the Wisconsin works agency contracts under subd. 1m. to provide employment
8to a participant.
AB100-engrossed,859,129 1g. `Limited scope.' The department shall permit this paragraph to be
10implemented by 2 Wisconsin works agencies in Milwaukee County that are selected
11by the department based on requests received by the department from those
12Wisconsin works agencies.
AB100-engrossed,859,1713 1m. `Employment arrangement.' A Wisconsin works agency may contract with
14a nonprofit, nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 to provide employment to
15the participant. The contract shall require the Wisconsin works agency to reimburse
16the employer for the amounts paid by the employer for the wages and payroll taxes
17of the participant.
AB100-engrossed,859,2018 2. `Eligibility.' A Wisconsin works agency may not place an individual under
19this paragraph unless the individual is working at least 15 hours per week in an
20unsubsidized job.
AB100-engrossed,859,2321 3. `Work supplementation.' The Wisconsin works agency may require a
22participant under this paragraph to work not more than the lesser of the following
23in a community service job under this paragraph:
AB100-engrossed,859,2424 a. Fifteen hours per week.
AB100-engrossed,860,2
1b. The difference between 40 hours and the number of hours that the
2participant works in an unsubsidized job.
AB100-engrossed,860,173 4. `Time-limited participation.' An individual may participate under this
4paragraph in a particular community service job for a maximum of 3 months, with
5an opportunity for a one-month extension under circumstances approved by the
6department. An individual may participate in more than one community service job
7under this paragraph, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of participation under
8this subsection. The months need not be consecutive. The department or, with the
9approval of the department, the Wisconsin works agency may grant an extension to
10the 24-month limit on a case-by-case basis if the Wisconsin works agency
11determines that the individual has made all appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized
12employment and has been unable to find adequate unsubsidized employment
13because local labor market conditions preclude a reasonable employment
14opportunity in unsubsidized employment for that participant, as determined by a
15Wisconsin works agency and approved by the department, and if the Wisconsin
16works agency determines, and the department agrees, that no trial job opportunities
17are available in the specified local labor market.
AB100-engrossed,860,2118 5. `Worker's compensation.' The Wisconsin works agency shall provide the
19participant with worker's compensation coverage, except to the extent that the
20employer for whom the participant is performing work provides worker's
21compensation.
AB100-engrossed,860,2222 6. `Sunset.' This paragraph does not apply after September 30, 2001.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812g 23Section 1812g. 49.147 (4) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,861,724 49.147 (4) (as) Required hours. Except as provided in par. pars. (at) and (av),
25a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a community service

1job program to work not more than 30 hours per week in a community service job.
2A Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in the community
3service job program to participate in education or training activities for not more
4than 10 hours per week. Participation in customized training, as described in s.
549.143 (2) (ep) 1., shall be considered participation in education and training
6activities. To the extent that the participation in customized training exceeds 10
7hours per week, it shall also be considered part of the work requirement.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812h 8Section 1812h. 49.147 (4) (av) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,861,169 49.147 (4) (av) Education for 18-year-old and 19-year-old students. A
10Wisconsin works agency shall permit a participant under this subsection who has not
11attained the age of 20 and who has not obtained a high school diploma or a
12declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to attend high school or enroll
13in a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the
14granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to satisfy, in whole
15or in part, the required hours of participation in a community service job under par.
16(as).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812j 17Section 1812j. 49.147 (5) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,862,418 49.147 (5) (bm) Education or training activities. A Except as provided in par.
19(bw), a
participant under this subsection may be required to participate in education
20and training activities assigned as part of an employability plan developed by the
21Wisconsin works agency. The department shall establish by rule permissible
22education and training under this paragraph, which shall include a course of study
23meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a
24declaration of equivalency of high school graduation, technical college courses and
25educational courses that provide an employment skill. Permissible education under

1this paragraph shall also include English as a 2nd language courses that the
2Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an individual's efforts to obtain
3employment and adult basic education courses that the Wisconsin works agency
4determines would facilitate an individual's efforts to obtain employment.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812k 5Section 1812k. 49.147 (5) (bs) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,862,116 49.147 (5) (bs) Required hours. Except as provided in par. pars. (bt) and (bw),
7a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional
8placement to engage in activities under par. (b) 1. for up to 28 hours per week. A
9Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional
10placement to participate in education or training activities under par. (bm) for not
11more than 12 hours per week.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812p 12Section 1812p. 49.147 (5) (bt) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,862,1913 49.147 (5) (bt) Motivational training. A Except as provided in par. (bw), a
14Wisconsin works agency may require a participant, during the first 2 weeks of
15participation under this subsection, to participate in an assessment and
16motivational training program identified by the community steering committee
17under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. The Wisconsin works agency may require not more than
1840 hours of participation per week under this paragraph in lieu of the participation
19requirement under par. (bs).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812t 20Section 1812t. 49.147 (5) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,862,2421 49.147 (5) (bw) Certain single parents of disabled children. A participant may
22not be required to participate in education and training activities under par. (bm),
23the work requirement under par. (bs) or motivational training under par. (bt) if all
24of the following conditions are met:
AB100-engrossed,862,2525 1. The participant is a single parent of a disabled child.
AB100-engrossed,863,2
12. The Wisconsin works agency determines that the participant is needed in
2the home for at least 40 hours per week to provide care for the disabled child.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1812u 3Section 1812u. 49.147 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,863,74 49.147 (5) (c) Worker's compensation. A participant under this subsection who
5is not exempt under par. (bw)
is an employe of the Wisconsin works agency for
6purposes of worker's compensation coverage, except to the extent that the person for
7whom the participant is performing work provides worker's compensation coverage.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1813 8Section 1813. 49.147 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,863,129 49.147 (6) (c) Distribution and administration. From the appropriation
10appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (e), (jL) and (md), the department shall distribute
11funds for job access loans to a Wisconsin works agency, which shall administer the
12loans in accordance with rules promulgated by the department.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1814 13Section 1814. 49.147 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,863,1714 49.147 (6) (d) 2. The individual has graduated from high school or has met the
15standards established by the secretary of education state superintendent of public
16instruction
for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation
17under s. 115.29 (4).
AB100-engrossed, s. 1815 18Section 1815. 49.148 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,864,519 49.148 (1) (b) Community service jobs. For a participant in a community service
20job, a monthly grant of $555, paid by the Wisconsin works agency or by the
21department under sub. (2)
. For every hour that the participant misses work or
22education or training activities without good cause, the Wisconsin works agency
23shall reduce
the grant amount shall be reduced by $4.25. Good cause shall be
24determined by the financial and employment planner in accordance with rules
25promulgated by the department. Good cause shall include required court

1appearances for a victim of domestic abuse. If a participant in a community service
2job is required to work fewer than 30 hours per week because the participant has
3unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c), the grant amount under this
4paragraph may be reduced by an amount equal to the product of $4.25 and the
5difference between 30 and the number of hours the participant is required to work.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1815c 6Section 1815c. 49.148 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
7.... (this act), is renumbered 49.148 (1) (b) 1. and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,864,198 49.148 (1) (b) 1. For a participant in a community service job under s. 49.147
9(4) (b)
, a monthly grant of $555, paid by the Wisconsin works agency or by the
10department under sub. (2). For every hour that the participant misses work or
11education or training activities without good cause, the grant amount shall be
12reduced by $4.25. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment
13planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall
14include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse. If a participant
15in a community service job under s. 49.147 (4) (b) is required to work fewer than 30
16hours per week because the participant has unsubsidized employment, as defined in
17s. 49.147 (1) (c), the grant amount under this paragraph may be reduced by an
18amount equal to the product of $4.25 and the difference between 30 and the number
19of hours the participant is required to work.
AB100-engrossed, s. 1815d 20Section 1815d. 49.148 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,864,2421 49.148 (1) (b) 2. For a participant in a community service job under s. 49.147
22(4) (c), minimum wage for every hour actually worked in the community service job,
23not to exceed 15 hours per week, paid by the employer, as defined in s. 49.147 (4) (c)
241.
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