Amendment SSA1-SB40

SB40-SSA1,470,21 5. The system or an institution or college campus may not implement a new or revised information technology development project authorized under a strategic plan until the implementation is approved by the Board of Regents in accordance with procedures prescribed by the board.

SB40-SSA1,470,24 6. The Board of Regents shall consult with the joint committee on information policy and technology in providing guidance for planning by the system and institutions and college campuses.

SB40-SSA1,471,5 (c) The Board of Regents shall develop and adopt the following written policies for information technology development projects included in the strategic plan required of the system and each institution and college campus under par. (a) and that either exceed $1,000,000 or that are vital to the functions of the system, institution, or college campus:

SB40-SSA1,471,6 1. A standardized reporting format.

SB40-SSA1,471,8 2. A requirement that both proposed and ongoing information technology development projects be included.

SB40-SSA1,471,12 (d) The Board of Regents shall submit for review by the joint legislative audit committee and for approval by the joint committee on information policy and technology any proposed policies required under par. (c) and any proposed revisions to the policies.

SB40-SSA1,471,17 (2) Large, high-risk projects. In consultation with the legislative audit bureau and the joint legislative audit committee, the Board of Regents shall promulgate administrative rules applicable to the system and each institution and college campus pertaining to large, high-risk information technology projects that shall include:

SB40-SSA1,471,19 (a) A definition of and methodology for identifying large, high-risk information technology projects.

SB40-SSA1,471,21 (b) Standardized, quantifiable project performance measures for evaluating large, high-risk information technology projects.

SB40-SSA1,471,23 (c) Policies and procedures for routine monitoring of large, high-risk information technology projects.

SB40-SSA1,471,25 (d) A formal process for modifying information technology project specifications when necessary to address changes in program requirements.

SB40-SSA1,472,2 (e) Requirements for reporting changes in estimates of cost or completion date to the board and the joint committee on information policy and technology.

SB40-SSA1,472,4 (f) Methods for discontinuing projects or modifying projects that are failing to meet performance measures in such a way to correct the performance problems.

SB40-SSA1,472,7 (g) Policies and procedures for the use of master leases under s. 16.76 (4) to finance new large, high-risk information technology system costs and maintain current large, high-risk information technology systems.

SB40-SSA1,472,11 (h) A standardized progress point in the execution of large, high-risk information technology projects at which time the estimated costs and date of completion of the project is reported to the board and the joint committee on information policy and technology.

SB40-SSA1,472,15 (3) Commercially available products. The Board of Regents shall promulgate administrative rules applicable to the system and each institution and college campus pertaining to the use of commercially available information technology products, which shall include all of the following:

SB40-SSA1,472,20 (a) A requirement that the system and each institution and college campus review commercially available information technology products prior to initiating work on a customized information technology development project to determine whether any commercially available product could meet the information technology needs of the system, institution, or college campus.

SB40-SSA1,472,24 (b) Procedures and criteria to determine when a commercially available information technology product must be used and when the system or an institution or college campus may consider the modification or creation of a customized information technology product.

SB40-SSA1,473,5 (c) A requirement that the system and each institution and college campus submit for approval by the board and prior to initiating work on a customized information technology product a justification for the modification or creation by the system, institution, or college campus of a customized information technology product.

SB40-SSA1,473,7 (4) Master leases. (a) In this subsection, "master lease" has the meaning given under s. 16.76 (4).

SB40-SSA1,473,12 (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the Board of Regents shall submit to the governor and the members of the joint committee on information policy and technology a report documenting the use by the system and each institution and college campus of master leases to fund information technology projects in the previous fiscal year. The report shall contain all of the following information:

SB40-SSA1,473,14 1. The total amount paid under master leases towards information technology projects in the previous fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1,473,16 2. The master lease payment amounts approved to be applied to information technology projects in future years.

SB40-SSA1,473,20 3. The total amount paid by the system and each institution and college campus on each information technology project for which debt is outstanding, as compared to the total financing amount originally approved for that information technology project.

SB40-SSA1,473,22 4. A summary of repayments made towards any master lease in the previous fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1,474,11 (5) High-cost projects. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the Board of Regents shall include in each contract with a vendor of information technology that involves a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (2) or that has a projected cost greater than $1,000,000, and require the system and each institution and college campus that enters into a contract for materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services relating to information technology to include in each contract with a vendor of information technology that involves a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (2) or that has a projected cost greater than $1,000,000 a stipulation requiring the vendor to submit to the board for approval any order or amendment that would change the scope of the contract and have the effect of increasing the contract price. The stipulation shall authorize the board to review the original contract and the order or amendment to determine all of the following and, if necessary, to negotiate with the vendor regarding any change to the original contract price:

SB40-SSA1,474,13 1. Whether the work proposed in the order or amendment is within the scope of the original contract.

SB40-SSA1,474,14 2. Whether the work proposed in the order or amendment is necessary.

SB40-SSA1,474,16 (b) The Board of Regents may exclude from a contract described in par. (a) the stipulation required under par. (a) if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

SB40-SSA1,474,18 1. Including such a stipulation would negatively impact contract negotiations or significantly reduce the number of bidders on the contract.

SB40-SSA1,474,24 2. If the exclusion is sought by the system or an institution or college campus, the system or that institution or college campus submits to the board a plain-language explanation of the reasons the stipulation was excluded and the alternative provisions the system, institution, or college campus will include in the contract to ensure that the contract will be completed on time and within the contract budget.

SB40-SSA1,475,6 3. The board submits for approval by the joint committee on information policy and technology any explanation and alternative contract provisions required under subd. 2. If, within 14 working days after the date that the board submits any explanation and alternative contract provisions required under this subdivision, the joint committee on information policy and technology does not contact the board, the explanation and alternative contract provisions shall be deemed approved.

SB40-SSA1,475,12 (6) Open-ended contracts. (a) The Board of Regents shall require the system and each institution and college campus that has entered into an open-ended contract for the development of information technology to submit to the board quarterly reports documenting the amount expended on the information technology development project. In this subsection, "open-ended contract" means a contract for information technology that includes one or both of the following:

SB40-SSA1,475,14 1. Stipulations that provide that the contract vendor will deliver information technology products or services but that do not specify a maximum payment amount.

SB40-SSA1,475,17 2. Stipulations that provide that the contract vendor shall be paid an hourly wage but that do not set a maximum limit on the number of hours required to complete the information technology project.

SB40-SSA1,475,19 (b) Compile and annually submit to the joint committee on information technology the reports required under par. (a).

SB40-SSA1, s. 737 Section 737. 38.04 (21) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,475,25 38.04 (21) (intro.) Pupils attending technical colleges; board report. Annually by the 3rd Monday in February the board shall submit a report to the department of administration, department of children and families, department of public instruction, and department of workforce development, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). The report shall specify all of the following by school district:

SB40-SSA1, s. 738 Section 738. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,476,3 38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States if that person meets all of the following requirements:

SB40-SSA1,476,5 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.

SB40-SSA1,476,7 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years following the first day of attending a high school in this state.

SB40-SSA1,476,11 3. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

SB40-SSA1, s. 738m Section 738m. 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,476,18 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bm), the district board shall grant full remission of fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees from any other district board under this subsection and from the board of regents under s. 36.27 (3n) (b), to any resident student who is also any of the following:

SB40-SSA1, s. 739 Section 739. 38.24 (7) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,476,21 38.24 (7) (b) 3. A child of an eligible veteran, if the child is at least 18 17 but not yet 26 years of age and is a full-time student at a technical college.

SB40-SSA1, s. 739m Section 739m. 38.24 (7) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,476,25 38.24 (7) (bm) To receive a fee remission under this subsection, a person must claim it by the end of each semester in which the person is eligible for the fee remission.

SB40-SSA1, s. 740 Section 740. 38.24 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,477,4 38.24 (7) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the district board for all fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (2) and (3m).

SB40-SSA1, s. 740g Section 740g. 38.24 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,477,11 38.24 (8) (b) The Except as provided in par. (bm), the district board shall grant full remission of the fees charged under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees from any other district board under this subsection and from the board of regents under s. 36.27 (3p) and less the amount of any fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c) or 38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), to any student who is a veteran.

SB40-SSA1, s. 740r Section 740r. 38.24 (8) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,477,14 38.24 (8) (bm) 1. To receive a fee remission under this subsection, a person must claim it by the end of each semester in which the person is eligible for the remission.

SB40-SSA1,477,16 2. The remission under this subsection applies only to semesters that begin within 10 years after a veteran is separated from service.

SB40-SSA1, s. 741 Section 741. 38.24 (8) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,477,20 38.24 (8) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the district board for all fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (2) and (3m).

SB40-SSA1, s. 742 Section 742. 38.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,478,3 38.28 (3) If the appropriation for state aid under s. 20.292 (1) (fc) (u) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount under subs. (2) (c) and (g), funds in the appropriation shall be used first for the purposes of sub. (2) (c) and any remaining funds shall be prorated among the districts entitled to support under sub. (2) (g). If the appropriation for state aid under s. 20.292 (1) (fc) (u) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (2) (c), funds in the appropriation shall be prorated among the districts entitled to the funds.

SB40-SSA1, s. 743 Section 743. 38.29 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,478,6 38.29 (2) (c) Amounts awarded shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (fg) (v).

SB40-SSA1, s. 743m Section 743m. 38.41 (2) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:

SB40-SSA1,478,9 38.41 (2) (a) The board may award a grant of up to $20,000 to a district board to provide skills training or other education to a business if all of the following apply:

SB40-SSA1,478,10 1. The business is located in this state and satisfies any of the following criteria:

SB40-SSA1,478,11 a. The business has no more than 100 employees.

SB40-SSA1,478,13 b. The business had no more than $10,000,000 in gross annual income in its most recent fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1,478,16 2. The district board agrees in writing to use the grant only to provide skills training or other education related to the needs of the business to current or prospective employees of the business.

SB40-SSA1,478,17 3. The business agrees in writing to comply with par. (b).

SB40-SSA1,478,19 4. The business and the district board submit a plan to the board detailing the proposed use of the grant, and the board approves the plan.

SB40-SSA1,478,22 5. The business and the district board enter into a written agreement with the board that specifies the conditions for the use of the grant, including reporting and auditing requirements.

SB40-SSA1,478,24 6. The business and the district board agree in writing to submit to the board the report required under par. (c) by the time required under par. (c).

SB40-SSA1,479,3 7. The business provides matching funds at least equal to the amount of the grant. The board may waive the requirement under this subdivision if the board determines that the business is subject to extreme financial hardship.

SB40-SSA1,479,4 (b) A grant under this subsection may not be used for any of the following:

SB40-SSA1,479,7 1. To pay more than 80 percent of the cost of any skills training or other education related to a business that is provided to the owner of the business, the owner's spouse, or a child of the owner.

SB40-SSA1,479,9 2. To pay wages or compensate for lost revenue, if any, in connection with providing the training or other education, or otherwise.

SB40-SSA1,479,12 (c) A district board that receives a grant under this subsection shall submit to the board, within 6 months after the grant has been fully depleted, a report prepared jointly with the business detailing how the grant was used.

SB40-SSA1,479,14 (3) (a) The board shall award grants under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (eh).

SB40-SSA1,479,16 (b) The board may award no more than $1,500,000 in the 2007-08 fiscal year, and no more than $2,000,000 in any fiscal year thereafter, under sub. (1).

SB40-SSA1,479,18 (c) The board may award no more than $500,000 in the 2007-08 fiscal year, and no more than $1,000,000 in any fiscal year thereafter, under sub. (2).

SB40-SSA1, s. 745 Section 745. 39.435 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,479,23 39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2007-08 2009-10, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.

SB40-SSA1, s. 746 Section 746. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,480,4 39.435 (7) (a) 2. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2007-08 2009-10, "base amount" means the appropriation amount calculated under par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1, s. 747 Section 747. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,480,8 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) Biennially, beginning on February 1, 2007 2009, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next biennium as follows:

SB40-SSA1, s. 748 Section 748. 39.437 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,480,13 39.437 Wisconsin covenant scholars grants. (1) Establishment of grant program. There is established, to be administered by the board, a Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to provide grants to students who meet the eligibility criteria specified in sub. (2).

SB40-SSA1,480,15 (2) Eligibility. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a student is eligible for a grant under this section if the student meets all of the following criteria: