(4) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Award grants under this section in a competitive process based on criteria designed by the department.
(b) In awarding grants, give preference to school districts that demonstrate the support of the teachers employed by the school district, the community, and the businesses in the community.
(c) In awarding grants, make all reasonable efforts to reflect the diversity of school districts in size of enrollment, ethnicity, location, family income, and density of population.
(d) Promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
(5) This section does not affect a school district's duty to bargain with the employees collective bargaining representative over wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
SECTION 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.
(1) DIFFERENTIATED COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.
(a) The department of public instruction shall promulgate emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes to implement section 115.40 of the statutes, as created by this act, by October 15, 2005. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, the emergency rules promulgated under this paragraph remain in effect until July 1, 2006, or the date on which the permanent rules take effect, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for the rule.
(b) The department of public instruction may not accept an application from a school board for a grant in the 2005-07 fiscal biennium under section 115.40 of the statutes, as created by this act, that is received by the department after December 15, 2005.
(c) The department of public instruction shall award grants for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium under section 115.40 of the statutes, as created by this act, by January 31, 2006. The department shall pay one-third of the grant in the 2005-06 fiscal year and two-thirds of the grant in the 2006-07 fiscal year.
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LRB-1590LRB-1590/1
MES:cjs:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ziegler, BB 0389 - Repeal appropriation for earned income tax credit, utility public benefits
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: repealing an appropriation for the earned income tax credit, utility public benefits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
taxation
Income taxation
Under current law, some of the claims for the refundable earned income tax credit (EITC) are paid out of a utility public benefits fund appropriation, some are paid from an appropriation related to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the remaining claims are paid out of a sum sufficient appropriation.
This bill repeals the utility public benefits fund appropriation for the EITC.
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. 20.835 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.835 (2) (f) Earned income tax credit. A sum sufficient to pay the excess claims approved under s. 71.07 (9e) that are not paid under pars. (kf) and (r) par. (kf).
SECTION 2. 20.835 (2) (r) of the statutes is repealed.
****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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LRB-1591LRB-1591/2
ARG:kjf:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0388 - Soo Locks appropriation
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Other transportation
This bill creates a new appropriation in the segregated transportation fund for the purpose of providing state funds for a federal project to improve the Soo Locks connecting Lake Superior with the other Great Lakes.
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. 20.395 (1) (gt) of the statutes is created to read:
20.395 (1) (gt) Soo Locks improvements, state funds. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of providing the state share of a federal project to improve the Soo Locks connecting Lake Superior with the other Great Lakes.
****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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LRB-1592LRB-1592/1
PG:wlj:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ziegler, BB0381 - Revenue limits; 3-year or 5-year calculation
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Under current law, a school district's revenue limit is based on a three-year rolling average of its enrollment. This bill sets a school district's revenue limit at the amount calculated using a three-year or five-year rolling average of its enrollment, whichever yields the higher amount.
For further information see the state and local 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. 121.905 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.905 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under subd. 2. and s. 121.91 (8), divide the result in par. (a) 1. by the sum of the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years and the number of pupils enrolled who were school district residents and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a county children with disabilities education board program in the previous school year.
SECTION 2. 121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and, (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 1999-2000 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:
SECTION 3. 121.91 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.91 (4) (f) 1. For Except as provided in sub. (8), for the 1999-2000 school year or any school year thereafter, if the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years is less than the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2m) (e) is increased by the additional amount that would have been calculated had the decline in average enrollment been 25% of what it was.
SECTION 4. 121.91 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
121.91 (8) Beginning with the calculation of a school district's revenue limit for the 2006-07 school year, a school district's base revenue per member under s. 121.905 (3) (b) 1., a school district's revenue limit under sub. (2m), and the adjustment for declining enrollment under sub. (4) (f) shall be calculated as provided in those sections and with a 5-year rolling average of enrollment instead of a 3-year rolling average of enrollment. The result that provides a school district with the higher revenue limit is the one in effect.
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LRB-1594LRB-1594/P2
CTS:kjf:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0383 - Transfer manufacturing extension program to technical college system
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Commerce and economic development
Commerce
Under current law, the Department of Commerce awards grants to technology-based nonprofit organizations to provide support for a manufacturing extension center. This bill transfers administration of this program to the Technical College System Board and prohibits the board from awarding a grant to a district in the technical college system or to a corporation or foundation created for the benefit of a district.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.143 (1) (fj) of the statutes is renumbered 20.292 (1) (fj) and amended to read:
20.292 (1) (fj) Manufacturing extension center grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 560.25 38.34.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 38.34 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
38.34 (3) The board may not award a grant to a corporation or foundation created for the benefit of a district.
SECTION 3. 560.25 (title) and (1) of the statutes are renumbered 38.34 (title) and (1).
SECTION 4. 560.25 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 38.34 (2) and amended to read:
38.34 (2) GRANTS. Subject to sub. (4) (3), the department board may make a grant from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (fj) 20.292 (1) (fj) to a technology-based nonprofit organization to provide support for a manufacturing extension center if all of the following apply:
(a) The technology-based nonprofit organization submits to the department board a plan detailing its proposed expenditures and performance measures related to the project.
(b) The secretary state director approves the plan submitted under par. (a).
SECTION 5. 560.25 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
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JTK:jld&kjf:ch
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0374 - Funding of employment service from UI Reed Act moneys
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: financing of the state employment service and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
