MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, statewide parental choice program, and Special Needs Scholarship Program changes -
Act 36Open enrollment aid: process for which the transfer amount for a child with a disability can be adjusted [Sec. 208v, 1483m, 1485m, 1534s-1535h, j-v, 1640cm, 1641p] -
Act 59Special education costs: DPI to request DOA to reimburse charter schools [Sec. 1494-1504] -
Act 59Special education transition grants re postsecondary education or training or competitively employed [Sec. 1504d-i] -
Act 59Special education transition readiness grants re workforce transition support services [Sec. 208n, 1504j] -
Act 59Special Needs Scholarship Program eligibility: prior year open enrollment and prior year public school enrollment requirements repealed [Sec. 1486c, em, 9335 (5d)] -
Act 59Special Needs Scholarship Program: method and amount revised [Sec. 208m, 1486ap, b, d, e, 1487g-1492f, i-k, n] -
Act 59Special Needs Scholarship Program summer school payments [Sec. 208m, 1492g, h, 1492L-1493r, 9335 (3q)] -
Act 59Asset revisions re financial eligibility requirements for W-2, Wisconsin Shares, and FoodShare; DCF and DHS required to perform periodic review of public benefit database and compare to national databases that contain death records -
Act 269Case management services for W-2 recipient transitioning to unsubsidized employment: TANF moneys for incentive payments; DCF to report on performance on work participation rates, compliance programs with DHHS, and appeals process for certain penalties [Sec. 898, 921, 9106 (3w)] [9106 (3w) -- partial veto] -
Act 59Child abuse and neglect prevention services: DCF to allocate certain TANF funding for grants to counties, nonprofit organizations, and tribes -
Act 254Child care programs established or contracted for by school boards with Wisconsin Shares funding: DCF oversight [Sec. 785, 834, 1625] -
Act 59Child protective services: county departments of human services and social services may contract with other county departments of DCF on behalf of populous county [Sec. 835t, 982b, 984b, c, 9331 (6p)] -
Act 59Children and family aids to counties: DCF allocation increased [Sec. 772] -
Act 59CHIPS proceeding: prohibition on appointing counsel to parent eliminated; pilot program creating parent’s right to counsel in certain counties created and SPD to run; DCF, report, and sunset provisions -
Act 253Chronic absenteeism in schools and public benefits: DCF, DPI, DHS, and DWD to collaborate on a report [Sec. 9152 (1)] -
Act 59Civil legal services for persons eligible for TANF: annual grants to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation established [Sec. 895g, m, 903m] -
Act 59DCF grants to support foster parents and children created, report required -
Act 260Drug trafficking, evidence-based substance abuse prevention, family and juvenile treatment courts, and drug treatment for inmates of county and tribal jails: grant programs established; DOJ, DHS, DCF duties; search warrant based on sworn affidavit or complaint provision -
Act 261Families and Schools Together (FAST) program: DCF to allocate TANF moneys to certain City of Milwaukee elementary schools [Sec. 899] -
Act 59Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required -
Act 202FoodShare eligibility denial for noncompliance with child support orders or refusal to cooperate with paternity determination [Sec. 958, 959, 961-963b, 9120 (2p)] -
Act 59Foster care licensing revisions re continuity of care when license is revoked, suspended, or surrendered, or contract is terminated; and issuing license to out-of-county public licensing agency -
Act 257Hire Heroes program created in DWD to provide transitional jobs to veterans; DVA, DCF, and DWD memorandum of understanding; funding and report provisions -
Act 195Homeless case management services grants: DCF to allocate TANF grants toward [Sec. 129, 453, 901] [129 -- partial veto] -
Act 59Interagency Council on Homelessness created; appropriation and report provisions -
Act 74Legislative oversight of requests from DHS for federal approval and state agency requirements; DHS to implement the Badger Care Reform waiver re childless adults and submit amendment to state's MA plan, rate change, or certain provider payments to JCF for approval; incorporates into statutes rules on controlled substance screening, testing, and treatment policy for FSET; OCI to administer WIHSP in accordance to DHHS terms and conditions; DCF reallocation or reduction of moneys in TANF schedules requires JCF approval; DWD rules on UI work search and registration waivers codified and DWD authority to establish waivers eliminated; DWD Fast Forward program appropriation split among its specific programs -
Act 370Offender reentry demonstration project focused on noncustodial fathers in first class city established; TANF block grant moneys [Sec. 916, 924] -
Act 59Pay for success contracting: DOA may use for eligible services to individuals, conditions and JCF approval required; DHS, DOC, DCF, and DWD to study if pay for success could be used for programs they administer; reports required -
Act 267Public assistance and local assistance allocations, Boys and Girls Clubs provisions [Sec. 896, 897, 902, 903, 904-913, 918, 919] -
Act 59Rate-based client services purchased by DCF, DOC, DHS, or certain county departments: retention and disposition of surpluses generated by providers modified; audit and JCF provisions [Sec. 744b-h, 923b-m, 1850e, f, 9106 (3t), 9108 (2t), 9120 (3t), 9306 (4t), 9308 (1t), 9320 (2t), 9406 (4t), 9408 (3t), 9420 (3u)] -
Act 59Runaway and homeless youth services: DCF grants [Sec. 393L, 844n] -
Act 59School to be notified of permanency review or hearing and time period for transfer of pupil records modified; school and school district notification requirements when foster home or group home is licensed and a child is placed in out-of-home care revised -
Act 251Sex trafficking victim: funding for services for [Sec. 392g] -
Act 59Substance abuse: reporting requirements for certain credentialing boards re opioids; federal waiver re dispensing narcotics for addiction treatment; buprenorphine prior authorization review and report; counseling changes re licensing and who can offer treatment; school health instruction requirements; graduate program in psychiatric mental health nursing at UW—Madison; training resources for social service workers; DCF, DHS, and DSPS duties; administrative rules provisions [Admin.Code DHS 75.02, 75.03; MPSW 1.09; SPS 160 (title), 160.015, 160.02, 160.03, 161, 163.01, 163.02, 164.01, 165, 166, 168] -
Act 262W-2 and FoodShare employment and training (FSET) programs: performance-based payment system for contractors; healthy eating incentive pilot program for FoodShare eligible households, sunset provision -
Act 266W-2 programs: controlled substance abuse screening and testing revisions [Sec. 881-895, 9106 (2), 9306 (2)] -
Act 59Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and bonuses for four- and five-star rated facilities increased -
Act 236Disaster damage aid payment to Town of Lafayette [Sec. 9145 (5f)] -
Act 59Chiropractic examination: score required for successful completion revised -
Act 288Medical examinations for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration performed by certain chiropractors allowed; delegation of certain services by a chiropractor; administrative rule changes [Admin.Code Chir 2.01, 3.02, 4.05, 9.01, 10.01] -
Act 180Physical medicine pilot program: DHS to study and implement if authorized by legislature [Sec. 9120 (4g)] -
Act 59Alcohol beverage licenses and permits and cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses: application form signature and notarized requirements modified; corporate agent and false information penalty provisions -
Act 289Cigarette tax stamp discount for manufacturers, direct marketers, and distributors increased [Sec. 1644r, 9438 (4f)] -
Act 59Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and tax credits: WEDC authorized to create; provisions re TIDs, sales tax exemption, environmental impact statements, wetlands and waterways permits, PSC certificates and market-based rates, grants to local governments, county bonding, town incorporation as city or village, and DNR oversight; highway bonding authorization; design-build system for public works projects; enterprise zone tax credit revisions; economic development liaison appointed by DOA; electronics manufacturing small business development director in WEDC; worker training and employment program and annual report; appeal of decisions relating specifically to the zone; job creation threshold; LAB audit required [partial veto] -
Act 58MA incorrect payment or employer penalty under BadgerCare Plus: recovery provisions revised [Sec. 950-953] -
Act 59Civics assessment requirement for high school graduation: passing score increased [Sec. 1528m] -
Act 59Background checks and fingerprinting of civil service and political subdivision employees and contract employees with access to federal tax information required -
Act 154``Engineer” in title in classified service prohibited unless certain criteria are met; state civil service provision -
Act 111Equal Rights, Division of: hearing provision re frivolous complaint [Sec. 1767] -
Act 59Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2015-16 contract ratification -
Act 216Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2016-17 contract ratification -
Act 217Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2016-17 contract ratification between UW--Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee -
Act 221Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2017-18 contract ratification -
Act 218Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2017-18 contract ratification between UW Board of Regents and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee -
Act 219Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2017-18 contract ratification between UW--Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee -
Act 220DWD authority to set apprentice-to-journeyworker ratio revised; minimum terms for carpentry and plumbing apprenticeships changed -
Act 148Local government ordinance authority re wage claims and collections, employee hours and overtime, required employee benefits, and soliciting salary history of prospective employees preempted; political subdivision minimum wage exemptions eliminated and imposing occupational license requirements prohibited; state and local governments prohibited from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive rights under federal or state labor laws, penalty provision -
Act 327College Possible, Inc.: Superintendent of Public Instruction to award grant to, matching provision [Sec. 217g, 1468g] -
Act 59Developmentally disabled who receive postsecondary education in a setting distinguishable from the health care institution: DHS to request MA waiver [Sec. 747w] [vetoed] -
Act 59Dual enrollment programs in high schools: HEAB to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision; DPI issuance of lifetime licenses revised -
Act 206Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils -
Act 307Emergency administration of opioid antagonist to pupils and other persons appearing to overdose: civil liability for school bus operator, employees and volunteers of public, private, and tribal schools, and college residence hall director; calling 911 provision -
Act 29Epinephrine auto-injectors: use and supply of by authorized individuals allowed; definition provision -
Act 133Faculty at UW System, technical colleges, and private colleges or universities may teach at a public high school without a DPI issued license under certain conditions [Sec. 1507, 1508, 1512p] -
Act 59Grounds of college or university meeting specific criteria: property tax exemption created [Sec. 997d, e, 9338 (2e)] -
Act 59LLC articles of organization: initial filing fee exemption for student entrepreneurs, definition provision -
Act 177Special education transition grants re postsecondary education or training or competitively employed [Sec. 1504d-i] -
Act 59