106.273 (3) (am) The department may not make a per pupil award of $1,000 to a school district under par. (a) if the industry-recognized certification program completed by the pupil as a condition of the award under par. (a) 2. is an information technology instructional program developed under s. 115.455.
59,1407k
Section 1407k. 106.275 of the statutes is created to read:
106.275 Technical education equipment grants. (1) Awarding of grants. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department may allocate up to $500,000 in each fiscal year for technical education equipment grants to school districts under this section. From that allocation, the department may award grants in the amount of not more than $50,000 to school districts whose grant applications are approved under sub. (2) (b).
(b) A school district that is awarded a grant under this section shall use the grant moneys awarded for the acquisition of equipment that is used in advanced manufacturing fields in the workplace, together with any software necessary for the operation of that equipment and any instructional material necessary to train pupils in the operation of that equipment.
(c) As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a school district shall provide matching funds equal to 200 percent of the grant amount awarded. The match may be in the form of money, or the monetary value of equipment, contributed from private sources, the school district, or both.
(2) Grant application process. (a) A school district that wishes to receive a grant under this section shall apply for the grant in accordance with procedures and requirements established by the department under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 1. A grant application shall describe the purpose and need for the grant, the projected outcomes that the school district is seeking to achieve as a result of receiving the grant, the amount and source of the matching funds required under sub. (1) (c), and any other information that the department may require under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 1.
(b) The department
, in consultation with the advisory committee created under sub. (4) (a), shall review and evaluate a grant application submitted under par. (a) in accordance with procedures and criteria established by the department under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 2. After completing that review and evaluation, the department shall notify the school district of the department's decision on the grant application.
(3) Reporting requirements. Each school district that receives a grant under this section shall file a report with the department by September 1 of each of the first 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the grant was received. The report shall describe how the grant moneys were expended, describe the outcomes achieved as a result of receiving the grant, share the best practices employed by the school district regarding the training of pupils in the use of the equipment acquired with the grant moneys, include a plan for sustainability of that training, and provide such other information as the department may require under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 3.
(4) Implementation of grant program.
(a) The secretary of workforce development shall create an advisory committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to assist the department in reviewing and evaluating grant applications under sub. (2) (b). The committee shall consist of 5 individuals appointed by the secretary each of whom represents a different industrial sector of the economy and a different geographic region of the state.
(b) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. Those rules shall include all of the following:
1. Rules establishing the procedures and requirements for applying for a grant under sub. (2) (a), including the information that must be submitted with a grant application.
2. Rules establishing the procedures and criteria for awarding a grant under sub. (2) (b).
3. Rules governing the reporting requirements under sub. (3), including the information that must be provided in a report submitted under sub. (3).
59,1407m
Section 1407m. 106.277 of the statutes is created to read:
106.277 Grants for teacher training and recruitment. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bt), the department shall award a grant to a nonprofit organization that applies on a form prepared by the department to receive a grant under this section if all of the following apply:
(a) The organization is described under section
501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) The organization operates a program to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in public or private schools located in low-income or urban school districts in this state.
(c) The organization submits an application no later than January 15 in the year for which the organization seeks a grant under this section and includes with its application a description of the organization and its program and the manner in which grant funding will benefit the organization or has benefited the organization in the past.
(2) The department shall establish a process for evaluating and assigning a score to each organization eligible to receive a grant under sub. (1). If the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bt) is insufficient to make the payments required under sub. (1), the department shall give preference in evaluating grants under this section to a nonprofit organization for each of the following:
(a) The program trains future teachers who are enrolled in an accredited college or university in this state concurrent with the training.
(b) The program focuses on future teachers who plan to teach in public or private schools in this state as a profession.
(c) The program provides continuing education and professional development.
(d) The program attempts to place a majority of its total participants in public or private schools located in low-income or urban school districts in this state.
(3) When awarding a grant under this section, the department may not consider the religious affiliation, if any, of the nonprofit organization or whether the organization has received funding from the state in the past.
(4) By February 15 of each year, the department shall make its determination regarding successful applicants and shall notify those applicants that will receive a grant under this section.
59,1444
Section 1444
. 109.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
109.09 (1) The department shall investigate and attempt equitably to adjust controversies between employers and employees as to alleged wage claims. The department may receive and investigate any wage claim that is filed with the department, or received by the department under s. 109.10 (4), no later than 2 years after the date the wages are due. The department may, after receiving a wage claim, investigate any wages due from the employer against whom the claim is filed to any employee during the period commencing 2 years before the date the claim is filed. The department shall enforce this chapter and s. 66.0903, 2013 stats., s. 103.49, 2013 stats., and s. 229.8275, 2013 stats., and s. 16.856, 2015 stats., and ss. 16.856, 103.02, 103.82, and 104.12. In pursuance of this duty, the department may sue the employer on behalf of the employee to collect any wage claim or wage deficiency and ss. 109.03 (6) and 109.11 (2) and (3) shall apply to such actions. Except for actions under s. 109.10, the department may refer such an action to the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurs for prosecution and collection and the district attorney shall commence an action in the circuit court having appropriate jurisdiction. Any number of wage claims or wage deficiencies against the same employer may be joined in a single proceeding, but the court may order separate trials or hearings. In actions that are referred to a district attorney under this subsection, any taxable costs recovered by the district attorney shall be paid into the general fund of the county in which the violation occurs and used by that county to meet its financial responsibility under s. 978.13 (2) (b) for the operation of the office of the district attorney who prosecuted the action.
59,1446
Section 1446
. 111.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.07 (5) The commission may make findings and orders or may authorize a commissioner or
an examiner to make findings and orders. Any party in interest who is dissatisfied with the findings or order of a commissioner or examiner may file a written petition with the commission as a body to review the findings or order. If no petition is filed within 20 days from the date that a copy of the findings or order of the commissioner or examiner was mailed to the last-known address of the parties in interest, such findings or order shall be considered the findings or order of the commission as a body unless set aside, reversed, or modified by such commissioner the commission or examiner within such time. If the findings or order are set aside by the commissioner commission or examiner the status shall be the same as prior to the findings or order set aside. If the findings or order are reversed or modified by the commissioner or examiner, the time for filing petition with the commission shall run from the time that notice of such reversal or modification is mailed to the last-known address of the parties in interest. Within 45 days after the filing of such petition with the commission, the commission shall either affirm, reverse, set aside, or modify such findings or order, in whole or in part, or direct the taking of additional testimony. Such action shall be based on a review of the evidence submitted. If the commission is satisfied that a party in interest has been prejudiced because of exceptional delay in the receipt of a copy of any findings or order, it may extend the time another 20 days for filing a petition with the commission.
59,1447
Section 1447
. 111.07 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.07 (6) The commission shall have the power to remove or transfer the proceedings pending before a commissioner or an examiner. It may also, on its own motion, set aside, modify, or change any order, findings, or award, whether made by an individual commissioner, an examiner, or by the commission as a body, at any time within 20 days from the date thereof if it shall discover any mistake therein, or upon the grounds of newly discovered evidence.
59,1448
Section 1448
. 111.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
111.14 Penalty. Any person who shall willfully assault, resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the commission or any of its agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this subchapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both.
59,1452
Section 1452
. 111.322 (2m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
59,1453
Section 1453
. 111.322 (2m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.322 (2m) (d) The individual's employer believes that the individual engaged or may engage in any activity described in pars. (a) to (c) (bm).
59,1454
Section 1454
. 111.335 (1) (cx) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.335 (1) (cx) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ or license, or to bar or terminate from employment or licensure, any individual who has been convicted of any offense under s. 38.50
440.52 (13) (c).
59,1460m
Section 1460m. 114.136 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
114.136 (2) (b) 3. An ordinance under this section may not prohibit the use of a physical barrier in lieu of compliance with a 48-hour drainage requirement for a storm detention pond that is located in a residential subdivision underlain by natural clay soil.
59,1461p
Section 1461p. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, and 118.195, and 118.197; prescribe by rule standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, beginning on July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this subsection, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year; file in the state superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses; and register each such license.
59,1462
Section 1462
. 115.28 (7) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.28 (7) (g) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3), (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14), grant a charter school teaching license to any person who has a bachelor's degree and demonstrates, based upon criteria established by the department, that the person is proficient in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach. The license authorizes the person to teach that subject or those subjects in a charter school. The license is valid for 3 years and is renewable for 3-year periods.
59,1463
Section 1463
. 115.28 (7) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.28 (7) (gm) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (8), (9), and (11), grant an initial charter school principal license to any person who is licensed, or otherwise credentialed, to be a school principal in another state if the person holds the license or other credential in good standing, has completed at least 3 years of full-time classroom teaching, and is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10). The license authorizes the person to be a principal of a charter school. The license is valid for 5 years and is renewable for 5-year periods.
59,1463f
Section 1463f. 115.28 (10o) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (10o) (c) Beginning in November of the 2017-18 school year, annually determine whether any unified school district qualifies as an eligible unified school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (2m) (a).
59,1463h
Section 1463h. 115.28 (10o) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (10o) (d) By November 30, 2017, and each November 30 thereafter, notify the clerk of each village located in an eligible unified school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (2m) (a), and the school district administrator of the eligible unified school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (2m) (a), that the unified school district qualifies as an eligible unified school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (2m) (a).
59,1464
Section 1464
. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (eb), award grants to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to provide training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in grades kindergarten to 8.
59,1465
Section 1465
. 115.28 (54m) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.28 (54m) Notice of educational options. Include on the home page of the department's Internet site a link to information about all of the educational options available to children in the state who are at least 3 years old but not yet 18 years old, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment, youth options, course options in a nonresident school district, the early college credit program, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
59,1467b
Section 1467b. 115.28 (60) of the statutes is repealed.
59,1467d
Section 1467d. 115.28 (63) of the statutes, as created by
2017 Wisconsin Act 31, is renumbered 115.28 (63) (intro.) and amended to read:
115.28 (63) Mental health training program. (intro.) Establish a mental health training support program under which the department provides training on the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment program, an all of the following evidence-based
strategy strategies related to addressing mental health issues in schools, to school district staff and instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).:
59,1467h
Section 1467h. 115.28 (63) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (63) (a) The screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment program.
59,1467p
Section 1467p. 115.28 (63) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (63) (b) Trauma sensitive schools.
59,1467t
Section 1467t. 115.28 (63) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (63) (c) Youth mental health first aid.
59,1468g
Section 1468g. 115.28 (64) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (64) College Possible. Annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fc), award a grant to College Possible, Inc., to work with pupils and college students in Milwaukee. The grant amount shall be determined on a matching basis, under which College Possible, Inc., provides matching funds in an amount equal to 20 percent of the grant amount.
59,1468m
Section 1468m. 115.28 (65) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (65) Wisconsin Reading Corps. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fr) to Wisconsin Reading Corps to provide one-on-one tutoring if Wisconsin Reading Corps provides matching funds of $250,000 in each school year.
59,1470
Section 1470
. 115.364 of the statutes is created to read:
115.364 Aid for school mental health programs. (1) In this section:
(a) “Eligible independent charter school” is a school under contract with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x) that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
(am) “Eligible private school” means a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
(b) “Eligible school district” is a school district that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
(2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:
1. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible school district an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the school district increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
2. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible independent charter school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the independent charter school increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
3. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible private school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the private school increased it expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
(b) 1. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.
2. a. Subject to subd. 2. b., if, after making the payments required under par. (a), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the state superintendent shall reimburse eligible school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools for an amount equal to expenditures made by the school district, private school, or independent charter school in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers less the amount of increased expenditures for which the school district, private school, or independent charter school was reimbursed under par. (a).
b. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subd. 2. a., the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
59,1470g
Section 1470g. 115.367 of the statutes is created to read:
115.367 School-based mental health services grants. (1) Grant program. The department shall establish and administer a competitive program to award grants to school boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health agencies to provide mental health services to pupils. School boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) may apply for a grant under this section individually or as a consortium of school boards, charter schools, or both. For purposes of this subsection, a “consortium of school boards” includes a cooperative educational service agency.
(2) Eligibility criteria. The department shall establish by rule the criteria the department will use to award grants under this section.
The department shall include all of the following in the criteria:
(a) That the applicant require providers and contractors who participate in its school-based mental health services program to bill the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and health insurance, as applicable, for any goods and services provided under the program.
(b) That the applicant has sought or will seek out community funding or foundation grants to cover at least some of the expenses of the program that are not paid by the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 or health insurance.
(c) Additional application criteria, which may include that the proposed school mental health services program includes collaboration with counties, providers, or community groups; considers the needs of pupils and families; and includes a referral or intake process, a continuum of therapeutic services, consultation with school staff, and access to services regardless of income.
(3) Awards. The department shall award grants under this section beginning in the 2018-19 school year. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt), the department shall award at least $3,250,000 in grants under this section each school year.
(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
59,1471
Section 1471
. 115.38 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
