20,630
Section
630. 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.24
(7) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bg), the district board shall grant full remission of fees 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) and less the amount of any fees paid under
38 USC 3319, to any resident student who
maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also any of the following:
20,631
Section
631. 38.24 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.24 (7) (b) 1. A spouse of an eligible veteran.
The remission under this subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the eligible veteran received the service-connected disability rating.
20,632
Section
632. 38.24 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.24 (7) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 2m., an An unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the veteran died.
20,633
Section
633. 38.24 (7) (b) 2m. of the statutes is repealed.
20,634
Section
634. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) "Veteran" means a person who is verified by the department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of receiving benefits under ch. 45,; as being a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at a technical college; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
20,635
Section
635. 38.24 (8) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
38.24 (8) (am) In determining a person's residence at the time of entry into service under par. (a) 1r., the state from which the person entered service is irrelevant.
20,636
Section
636. 38.24 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.24
(8) (b) Except as provided in par. (bg), the district board shall grant full remission of the fees charged 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),
38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), or
38 USC 3313, to any student who is a veteran
and maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
20,637
Section
637. 38.26 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.26 (3) (c) Amounts awarded under par. (b) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (c)
(f) and may be paid to the district board in installments. Amounts awarded shall range from 25% to 75% of the total project cost. The board shall require the district board to provide the remaining percentage share of total project cost.
20,638
Section
638. 38.27 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.27 (2) (c) Amounts awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dc) (f) and may be paid in installments. Except as provided under par. (cm), amounts awarded for the purposes of sub. (1) (b) to (d) and (g) shall range from 25% to 75% of the total project cost. The board shall require the district board to provide the remaining percentage share of total project cost.
20,638g
Section 638g. 38.27 (2m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
20,638r
Section 638r. 38.27 (2m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
20,639
Section
639. 38.272 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.272 (3) The board shall may award grants under this section. Amounts awarded shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dd) (f).
20,640
Section
640. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.28 (1m) (a) 1. "District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under sub. (6) and ss. 38.12 (9), 38.14 (3) and (9), 118.15 (2) (a), and 118.55 (7r), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (20), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.33, and 38.38, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.
20,640m
Section 640m. 38.28 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.28 (1m) (a) 2. "District aidable cost" for any district that does not have an institution or college campus located in the district does not include costs associated with the collegiate transfer program at the district school. In this subdivision, "institution" and "college campus" have the meanings specified under s. 36.05. This subdivision does not apply beginning with aid paid under sub. (3) in the 2014-15 fiscal year.
20,641
Section
641. 38.28 (1m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
38.28 (1m) (am) "Dual enrollment programs" means programs or courses of study designed to provide high school students the opportunity to gain credits in both technical college and high school, including transcripted credit programs or other educational services provided by contract between a school district and a technical college.
20,642
Section
642. 38.28 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
38.28 (1m) (c) "Industry-validated curriculum" means a curriculum that is developed with business or industry input and that is based on competencies and assessments that reflect the skills and knowledge necessary for a specific job or jobs within a specific type of business or industry.
20,643
Section
643. 38.28 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.28 (2) (b) (intro.) Each Subject to par. (bm), each district's share of aids under this section the amount appropriated under s. 20.292 (1) (d) shall be computed as follows:
20,644
Section
644. 38.28 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 38.28 (2) (bs) and amended to read:
38.28 (2) (bs) The board shall reduce each district's aid payment under subd. par. (b) 2., or the amount allocated to each district under the plan administered under par. (be) 2., by the district's share of the amount necessary to produce and distribute the statewide guide under s. 38.04 (18), as determined by the board.
20,645
Section
645. 38.28 (2) (be) of the statutes is created to read:
38.28 (2) (be) 1. Subject to subd. 1m. and par. (bm), the board shall establish a formula for allocating the amount appropriated under s. 20.292 (1) (d) in a fiscal year to each district based on a district's performance in the 3 previous fiscal years with respect to the following criteria:
a. The placement rate of students in jobs related to students' programs of study.
b. The number of degrees and certificates awarded in high-demand fields. The board and the department of workforce development shall jointly determine what constitutes high-demand fields and revise the determination as necessary.
c. The number of programs or courses with industry-validated curriculum.
d. The transition of adult students from basic education to skills training.
dm. The number of adult students served by basic education courses, adult high school or English language learning courses, or courses that combine basic skills and occupational training as a means of expediting basic skills remediation, and the success rate of adult students completing such courses.
e. Participation in dual enrollment programs.
f. The workforce training provided to businesses and individuals.
g. Participation in statewide or regional collaboration or efficiency initiatives.
h. Training or other services provided to special populations or demographic groups that can be considered unique to the district.
1m. Subject to modification by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2., allocations under the formula established under subd. 1. shall be based on a district's performance with respect to 7 of the 9 criteria specified in subd. 1. a. to h., and the board shall allow each district to designate the criteria used for the allocations.
2. No later than March 31, 2014, the board shall submit a plan for making allocations pursuant to the formula established under subd. 1. to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the board shall implement the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the board may not implement the plan unless the committee approves or modifies the plan. If the committee modifies the plan, the board may implement the plan only as modified by the committee.
3. In each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2014-15, the board shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that describes how the amount appropriated under s. 20.292 (1) (d) is allocated to each district under the plan administered under subd. 2. The report shall describe all of the following:
a. The amount allocated to each district in the fiscal year under the formula administered under the plan.
b. The performance of each district with respect to each criterion specified in subd. 1. a. to h.
c. The methodologies used to make a district's allocation described under subd. 3. a. based on the district's performance described under subd. 3. b.
d. The performance of the technical college system as a whole with respect to each criterion specified in subd. 1. a. to h.
e. Any other information used to administer the plan.
4. The board shall make the report submitted under subd. 3. available to the public. Each district board that maintains an Internet site shall make the report available to the public at the Internet site.
5. The board shall include in its biennial budget request under s. 16.42 any legislative proposals that the board recommends that relate to the criteria specified in subd. 1. a. to h. or to the plan or formula approved or modified by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2.
20,646
Section
646. 38.28 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
38.28 (2) (bm) 1. In this paragraph, "amount appropriated" means the amount appropriated under s. 20.292 (1) (d).
2. a. Except for the percentages of funding specified in this subdivision to be distributed under par. (be), all of the amount appropriated shall be distributed under par. (b).
b. In fiscal year 2014-15, the percentage is 10 percent.
c. In fiscal year 2015-16, the percentage is 20 percent.
d. In fiscal year 2016-17
and each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage is 30 percent.
20,647
Section
647. 38.28 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
20,648
Section
648. 38.28 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.28 (2) (d) Notwithstanding par.
pars. (b), (be), and (bm), the board may withhold, suspend or reduce in whole or in part payment of state aid under this subsection to any district board whose program or educational personnel does not meet minimum standards set by the board or which violates this chapter or any rule promulgated by the board under the authority of this chapter. The board shall discontinue aids to those programs which are no longer necessary to meet needs within the state.
20,649
Section
649. 38.28 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
20,650
Section
650. 38.28 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
20,651
Section
651. 38.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.28 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dm) (f), the board shall annually may pay to any district that does not have an institution or college campus located within the district an amount equal to that portion of the instructional costs of the district's collegiate transfer program not supported by fees and tuition that is equal to the state support of similar programs in the University of Wisconsin System, as determined by the board. In this subsection, "institution" and "college campus" have the meanings specified under s. 36.05.
20,652
Section
652. 38.28 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
20,653
Section
653. 38.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.29 (1) The board shall annually notify each district board receiving state aid under s. 38.28 (2) (g) of the amounts available for grants under this section. Grants may award grants to district boards under this section may be awarded only for the development of advanced chauffeur training facilities, the acquisition of instructional equipment for such facilities, operational costs associated with the maintenance of such facilities and equipment and costs incurred in the coordination of the training programs.
20,654
Section
654. 38.29 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.29 (2) (c) Amounts awarded shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (fg) (f).
20,655
Section
655. 38.32 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.32 (2) The board shall review proposals submitted by district boards that are consistent with sub. (1). From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (e) (f), the board shall may award grants to district boards to partially pay the salaries of teachers participating in approved proposals. Any funds received by a district board under this subsection shall be equally matched by the district board.
20,656
Section
656. 38.33 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.33 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (eg) (f), the board shall may award grants to district boards to establish faculty development programs. The programs shall promote all of the following:
20,657
Section
657. 38.38 of the statutes is amended to read:
38.38 Services for handicapped students. Annually the board shall may award a grant to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (de)
(f), to assist in funding transitional services for handicapped students. Each district board shall receive an amount equal to one-sixteenth of the amount appropriated and shall contribute matching funds equal to 25% of the amount awarded.
20,658
Section
658. 38.40 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.40 (4m) (a) The board may approve an innovative school-to-work program provided by a nonprofit organization for children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a), in a county having a population of 500,000 or more to assist those children at risk in acquiring employability skills and occupational-specific competencies before leaving high school. If the board approves a program under this paragraph, the board may award a grant, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (ef) (f), to the nonprofit organization providing the program and the nonprofit organization shall use the funds received under the grant to provide the program.
20,659
Section
659. 38.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.41 (3) (a) The board shall award grants Amounts awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (eh) (f).
20,659m
Section 659m. 38.41 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
20,693
Section
693. 39.435 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2013-14 2015-16, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.
20,694
Section
694. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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 2013-14 2015-16, "base amount" means the appropriation amount calculated under par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.
20,695
Section
695. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) Biennially, beginning on February 1, 2013 2015, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next biennium as follows:
