AB100: Bill Text

AB100,1168,4 115.28 (20) (a) Advise the secretary state superintendent on funding criteria and evaluation plans for grant programs for the school district operating under ch. 119.

AB100, s. 2704 Section 2704. 115.28 (20) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,7 115.28 (20) (b) Advise the secretary state superintendent on the programs that meet or do not meet the funding criteria.

AB100, s. 2705 Section 2705. 115.28 (20) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,10 115.28 (20) (c) Assist the secretary state superintendent in monitoring the progress of funded programs.

AB100, s. 2706 Section 2706. 115.28 (20) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,13 115.28 (20) (d) Recommend to the secretary state superintendent needed changes in statutes or rules relating to grant programs.

AB100, s. 2707 Section 2707. 115.28 (20) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,16 115.28 (20) (e) Submit to the secretary state superintendent an annual report detailing the council's activities, accomplishments and projected needs.

AB100, s. 2708 Section 2708. 115.28 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,24 115.28 (24) Priority in awarding grants. Give priority in awarding grants to local community organizations under sub. (21) and to school boards under ss. 115.36 and 115.362, and in awarding grants from federal funds received under 20 USC 2301 to 2471, 20 USC 4601 to 4665 and 29 USC 1602 (b) (1), to programs that provide more than one of the educational services specified under sub. (21), s. 115.36, 115.362, 115.915, 118.01 (2) (d) 7. or 8. or 118.153 or 20 USC 2301 to 2471, 20 USC 4601 to 4665 or 29 USC 1602 (b) (1).

AB100, s. 2709 Section 2709. 115.28 (38) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2710 Section 2710. 115.29 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1169,2 115.29 General powers. (intro.) The secretary state superintendent may:

AB100, s. 2711 Section 2711. 115.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1169,8 115.29 (1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy secretary state superintendent or another employe of the department as the secretary's state superintendent's representative on any body on which the secretary state superintendent is required to serve, except the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system.

AB100, s. 2712 Section 2712. 115.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1169,13 115.29 (2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make such investigations as the secretary state superintendent deems important and as will acquaint the secretary state superintendent with the different systems of public schools in the United States.

AB100, s. 2713 Section 2713. 115.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,3 115.29 (4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the secretary's state superintendent's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having completed a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The secretary state superintendent may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results of examinations given by or at the request of the secretary state superintendent, successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits received in schools meeting the approval of the secretary state superintendent or other standards established by the secretary state superintendent.

AB100, s. 2714 Section 2714. 115.30 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,6 115.30 (4) (a) The condition of all schools under the department's state superintendent's supervision.

AB100, s. 2715 Section 2715. 115.30 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,9 115.30 (4) (c) The secretary's state superintendent's visits to educational institutions.

AB100, s. 2716 Section 2716. 115.30 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,12 115.30 (4) (f) A summary of the receipts and disbursements of all schools under the department's state superintendent's jurisdiction.

AB100, s. 2717 Section 2717. 115.31 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,14 115.31 (title) License or permit revocation; reports; investigation.

AB100, s. 2718 Section 2718. 115.31 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,21 115.31 (6) (b) Upon receiving a report under sub. (3) relating to a person licensed by the department, the department shall investigate to determine whether to initiate revocation proceedings. During the investigation Except as provided in par. (bm), during the investigation, the department shall keep confidential all information pertaining to the investigation except the fact that an investigation is being conducted and the date of the revocation hearing.

AB100, s. 2719 Section 2719. 115.31 (6) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1170,25 115.31 (6) (bm) At the request of the department of industry, labor and job development under s. 49.22 (2m), the department shall release information obtained under this subsection to the department of industry, labor and job development.

AB100, s. 2720 Section 2720. 115.31 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1171,5 115.31 (6m) The department of public instruction shall, without a hearing, revoke a license or permit granted by the department of public instruction if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the licensee or permit holder is liable for delinquent taxes.

AB100, s. 2721 Section 2721. 115.315 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1171,12 115.315 Memorandum of understanding; license restriction and suspension. As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the department shall restrict or suspend a license or permit granted by the department if the licensee or permit holder is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse.

AB100, s. 2722 Section 2722. 115.345 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1171,21 115.345 (1) Any school district approved by the department state superintendent may establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to participate in its school lunch program. If a school board desires to establish such a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for elderly persons and submit the plan to the department state superintendent. Upon petition of 5% of the voters in the school district who voted in the last school board election, the school board shall formulate a food services plan, provided that hot food service facilities are available to school children in the district.

AB100, s. 2723 Section 2723. 115.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1172,2 115.345 (2) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that school is in regular session. The school board may provide additional service at other times in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons in the district or adjacent districts is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the department state superintendent, so that unwarranted production expense is not incurred.

AB100, s. 2724 Section 2724. 115.345 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1172,10 115.345 (3) Any school board which operates a food services plan for elderly persons under this section shall make facilities available for service to elderly persons at every high school and junior high school in the district which provides hot food service to its students. Upon application, the department state superintendent may grant exceptions from compliance with this subsection for reasons of safety, convenience or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood. The school board may, in addition, provide service at elementary schools if desired.

AB100, s. 2725 Section 2725. 115.345 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1172,19 115.345 (4) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or at any site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested in the service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable to leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes. However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual homes. The department state superintendent may require consolidation of programs between districts and between schools if such a procedure will be convenient and economical.

AB100, s. 2726 Section 2726. 115.345 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1173,2 115.345 (6) All meals served must meet the approval of the department which state superintendent who shall establish minimum nutritional standards not inconsistent with federal standards and reasonable expenditure limits such that the average cost per meal is not excessive. The department state superintendent shall give special consideration to dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional plan. However, no school board shall be required to provide special foods for individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.

AB100, s. 2727 Section 2727. 115.345 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1173,7 115.345 (7) Participants in a program under this section may be required to document their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the department. The department state superintendent may issue identification cards to such persons if necessary.

AB100, s. 2728 Section 2728. 115.345 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1173,12 115.345 (7m) A private school may establish a food services plan for elderly persons. If the plan meets all of the requirements of this section and is approved by the department state superintendent, the private school is eligible for reimbursement in the same manner as school districts under sub. (5).

AB100, s. 2729 Section 2729. 115.345 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1173,15 115.345 (8) The department state superintendent shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement this section.

AB100, s. 2730 Section 2730. 115.35 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1173,18 115.35 (5) (c) As to the department's state superintendent's recommendations to improve such programs and cooperation.

AB100, s. 2731 Section 2731. 115.36 of the statutes is renumbered 46.72, and 46.72 (3) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,1173,24 46.72 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) 20.435 (3) (g), fund school district projects designed to assist minors experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs or to prevent alcohol or other drug abuse by minors. The department shall:

AB100, s. 2732 Section 2732. 115.361 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2733 Section 2733. 115.361 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.361, and 115.361 (1) (intro.), (2), (2m) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB100,1174,3 115.361 (1) (intro.) In this subsection section:

AB100,1174,9 (2) A school board contracting under par. (am) sub. (1m) may apply to the department for a grant to help fund the costs of the program. The department shall review the applications and determine which of the applicants will receive grants. A grant shall fund 100% of the cost of the classroom materials for the program and 80% of the costs of the contract, except that no grant may exceed $50,000. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm).

AB100,1174,13 (2m) Beginning January 1, 1991, law enforcement agencies shall use the sheriff's department of a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or a program that provides comparable training, to train law enforcement officers for the program under this subsection section.

AB100,1174,16 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection section, including rules establishing criteria for selecting grant recipients under par. (b) sub. (2).

AB100, s. 2734 Section 2734. 115.361 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 46.73 (3), and 46.73 (3) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,1174,24 46.73 (3) (b) Beginning in the 1990-91 school year and annually thereafter, the The department annually may award grants of up to $50,000 to school districts with small and medium memberships and grants of up to $70,000 to school districts with large memberships. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) 20.435 (3) (em). In this paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).

AB100, s. 2735 Section 2735. 115.361 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 46.73 (4), and 46.73 (4) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,1175,5 46.73 (4) (b) Grants under this subsection shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) 20.435 (3) (em). To the extent possible, the department shall ensure that grants are equally distributed on a statewide basis.

AB100, s. 2736 Section 2736. 115.361 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 46.73 (5), and 46.73 (5) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,1175,12 46.73 (5) (b) (intro.) The department shall award grants under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) 20.435 (3) (em). The amount of a grant may not exceed 80% of the cost of the program, including in-kind contributions. The department may award a grant to a school board under this subsection only if all of the following apply:

AB100, s. 2737 Section 2737. 115.361 (7) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2738 Section 2738. 115.361 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.73 (7) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,1175,18 46.73 (7) (title) Allocations. (intro.) Of the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) 20.435 (3) (em), annually the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following programs:

AB100, s. 2739 Section 2739. 115.361 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2740 Section 2740. 115.361 (7) (a) 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are renumbered 46.73 (7) (c), (d) and (e).

AB100, s. 2741 Section 2741. 115.361 (7) (b) and (c) of the statutes are repealed.

AB100, s. 2742 Section 2742. 115.362 (title) and (1) of the statutes are renumbered 46.73 (6) (title) and (a).

AB100, s. 2743 Section 2743. 115.362 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.73 (6) (b), and 46.73 (6) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,1176,4 46.73 (6) (b) (intro.) The department shall award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fy) 20.435 (3) (em) to school districts for any of the following:

AB100, s. 2744 Section 2744. 115.362 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2745 Section 2745. 115.362 (3) to (5) of the statutes are renumbered 46.73 (6) (c) to (e), and 46.73 (6) (c), (d) 1. and 2. e. and (e), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB100,1176,11 46.73 (6) (c) Except for grants under sub. (2) (a) par. (b), no school district may receive more than one grant under this section subsection. Grants awarded under sub. (2) (a) par. (b) shall not be used to supplant or replace funds otherwise available for the program.

AB100,1176,16 (d) 1. Each school board receiving a grant under sub. (2) (a) par. (b) 2. shall ensure that its program meets standards established by the department by rule. The school board may establish the program individually or on a cooperative basis with one or more school districts, cooperative educational service agencies or county handicapped children's education boards.

AB100,1176,19 2. e. Release teachers from other duties in order to enable them to participate in training programs under subd. 1. 2. a. and s. 115.36 46.72 (2) (a) and in pupil assistance programs under subd. 2. b.

AB100,1176,23 (e) The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for the awarding of grants under sub. (2) (a) par. (b). The rules shall require that the department give priority in awarding grants to school districts in which no pupil assistance program is available.

AB100, s. 2746 Section 2746. 115.39 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2747 Section 2747. 115.40 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1177,3 115.40 (4) (a) The secretary state superintendent and the secretary of health and social services shall provide technical assistance to and consult with applicants regarding the preparation of their applications.

AB100, s. 2748 Section 2748. 115.40 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1177,11 115.40 (4) (b) The secretary state superintendent and the secretary of health and social services shall review the applications and jointly determine the grant recipients and the amount of each grant. A grant may not be awarded to a school board, agency or organization unless the percentage of the participating school district's membership in the previous school year for whom aid to families with dependent children was being received under s. 49.19 was greater than 5%. In this paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).

AB100, s. 2749 Section 2749. 115.40 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: