Current law requires the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to
establish a statewide workforce investment system to meet the employment,
training, and educational needs of persons in this state; to plan, coordinate,
administer, and implement a youth apprenticeship program and such other
employment and education programs as the governor may assign to DWD; and to
make grants to persons providing employment and training activities to dislocated
workers.
This bill creates a workforce training program to be administered by DWD.
Under that program, DWD is required to award grants to public and private
organizations for the development and implementation of workforce training
programs and an organization that is awarded a grant may use the grant for the
training of both new and incumbent employees of businesses in this state. In
addition, the bill permits DWD to require a public or private organization, as a
condition of receiving a grant, to provide matching funds at a percentage to be
determined by DWD.
The bill appropriates $7,500,000 in each of fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15
to DWD for grants under the program (grants appropriation), and $180,000 in fiscal
year 2012-13, $1,660,000 in fiscal year 2013-14, and $3,160,000 in fiscal year
2014-15 to DWD for administration of the program (administration appropriation).
The bill, however, requires DWD to estimate the amount of moneys needed for the
administration of the program in fiscal year 2014-15 and, if the amount needed is
less than the amount appropriated, to submit to the Joint Committee on Finance a
proposal to transfer moneys from the administration appropriation to the grants
appropriation for the purpose of increasing funding for workforce training grants.
If a transfer is made, the bill requires DWD, in submitting information to the
Department of Administration for purposes of the 2015-17 biennial budget act, to
submit a dollar amount for the grants appropriation as though the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 2014-15 (base amount) is the amount shown in the
appropriation schedule plus the amount transferred and to submit a dollar amount
for the administration appropriation as though the base amount is the amount
shown in the appropriation schedule minus the amount transferred.
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:
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1Section
3. 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.445
(1) (b)
Workforce training program; grants. As a continuing
3appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for workforce training grants under s.
4106.27 (1).
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5Section
4. 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.445
(1) (bm)
Workforce training program; administration. Biennially, the
7amounts in the schedule for the administration of the workforce training program
8under s. 106.27.
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9Section
5. 106.27 of the statutes is created to read:
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10106.27 Workforce training program. (1) Workforce training grants. 11From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall award grants
12to public and private organizations for the development and implementation of
13workforce training programs. An organization that is awarded a grant under this
14subsection may use the grant for the training of both new and incumbent employees
15of businesses in this state. As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection,
16the department may require a public or private organization to provide matching
17funds at a percentage to be determined by the department.
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1(2) Implementation. The department shall have all powers necessary and
2convenient to implement this section, including the power to do all of the following:
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(a) Promulgate, by rule, procedures and criteria for awarding grants under sub.
4(1).
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(b) Receive and review applications for grants under sub. (1) and to prescribe
6the form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in an
7application for a grant under sub. (1).
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(c) Audit and inspect the records of grant recipients.
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(d) Require reports from grant recipients as needed.
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10(3) Annual report. Annually, by December 31, the department shall submit
11a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance
12providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under this
13section during the preceding fiscal year.
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14Section
6.
Nonstatutory provisions.
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(1)
Workforce training grants. Before July 1, 2016, the department of
16workforce development shall consult with the technical college system board and the
17Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in reviewing applications for
18workforce training grants under section 106.27 (1) of the statutes, as created by this
19act, and in awarding those grants.
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(2)
Workforce training program; positions. The authorized FTE positions for
21the department of workforce development are increased by 4.0 GPR positions, to be
22funded from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes, as
23created by this act, for the purpose of administration of the workforce training
24program under section 106.27 of the statutes, as created by this act.
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25Section
7.
Fiscal changes.
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1(1)
Workforce training program; transfer of moneys from administration
2appropriation to grants appropriation.
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(a) By July 1, 2014, the department of workforce development shall estimate
4the amount of moneys needed for the administration of the workforce training
5program under section 106.27 of the statutes, as created by this act, in fiscal year
62014-15. If the department estimates that the amount needed for the
7administration of that program in fiscal year 2014-15 is less than the amount
8appropriated under section 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes, as created by this act, in
9that fiscal year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a
10proposal to transfer moneys from that appropriation to the appropriation under
11section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the purpose of
12increasing funding for workforce training grants under section 106.27 (1) of the
13statutes, as created by this act.
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(b) If within 14 working days after the date on which the department of
15workforce development submits the proposal under paragraph (a) the
16cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary of
17workforce development that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose
18of reviewing the proposal, the amount proposed for transfer is transferred from the
19appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statues, as created by this act, to
20the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act,
21and may be expended by the department of workforce development for workforce
22training grants under section 106.27 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act. If
23within 14 working days after the date on which the department of workforce
24development submits the proposal under paragraph (a
) the cochairpersons of the
25joint committee on finance notify the secretary of workforce development that the
1committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal,
2moneys may be transferred from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (bm) of
3the statutes, as created by this act, to the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (b)
4of the statutes, as created by this act, and may be expended by the department of
5workforce development only as approved by the committee. Upon the transfer of any
6moneys under this paragraph, the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the
7statutes, as created by this act, is increased by the amount transferred.
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(c) Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, if any moneys are
9transferred under paragraph (b), the department of workforce development, in
10submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the
112015-17 biennial budget bill, shall submit a dollar amount for section 20.445 (1) (b)
12of the statutes, as created by this act, as though the amount appropriated to the
13department of workforce development in fiscal year 2014-15 is the amount shown
14in the schedule plus any amount transferred under paragraph (b) and shall submit
15a dollar amount for section 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes, as created by this act, as
16though the amount appropriated to the department of workforce development in
17fiscal year 2014-15 is the amount shown in the schedule less any amount transferred
18under paragraph (b).
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8.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
20except as follows:
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(1)
Workforce training program; grants and administration. Section 2 of this
22act takes effect on the 2nd day after publication of the 2013-15 biennial budget act.
