Amendment ASA1-AB64

AB64-ASA1,672m Section 672m. 38.50 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (2).

AB64-ASA1,673m Section 673m. 38.50 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (3).

AB64-ASA1,674m Section 674m. 38.50 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (5) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,417,8 440.52 (5) Employees, quarters. The board shall employ a person to perform the duties of an executive secretary and any other persons under the classified service that may be necessary to carry out the board's responsibilities. The person performing the duties of the executive secretary shall be in charge of the administrative functions of the board. The board shall, to the maximum extent practicable, keep its office with the technical college system board department.

AB64-ASA1,680m Section 680m. 38.50 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (7).

AB64-ASA1,685m Section 685m. 38.50 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (8).

AB64-ASA1,686 Section 686 . 38.50 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (title).

AB64-ASA1,687 Section 687 . 38.50 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (a) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,417,23 440.52 (10) (a) Authority. All proprietary schools shall be examined and approved by the board before operating in this state. Approval shall be granted to schools meeting the criteria established by the board for a period not to exceed one year. No school may advertise in this state unless approved by the board. All approved schools shall submit quarterly reports, including information on enrollment, number of teachers and their qualifications, course offerings, number of graduates, number of graduates successfully employed, and such other information as the board considers necessary. If a school closure results in losses to students, parents, or sponsors, the board may authorize the full or partial payment of those losses from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (2) (gm) 20.165 (1) (jt).

AB64-ASA1,688m Section 688m. 38.50 (10) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (b).

AB64-ASA1,689m Section 689m. 38.50 (10) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (c).

AB64-ASA1,694m Section 694m. 38.50 (10) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (cm).

AB64-ASA1,695 Section 695 . 38.50 (10) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (d).

AB64-ASA1,696 Section 696 . 38.50 (10) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (e).

AB64-ASA1,697 Section 697 . 38.50 (10) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (f).

AB64-ASA1,698 Section 698 . 38.50 (11) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (title).

AB64-ASA1,699 Section 699 . 38.50 (11) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (a).

AB64-ASA1,700m Section 700m. 38.50 (11) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (b).

AB64-ASA1,701m Section 701m. 38.50 (11) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (c).

AB64-ASA1,702 Section 702 . 38.50 (11) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (d) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,418,21 440.52 (11) (d) The board or association shall preserve a student record that comes into the possession of the board or association under par. (b) 1. or 2. and shall keep the student record confidential as provided under 20 USC 1232g and 34 CFR part 99. A student record in the possession of the board is not open to public inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1). Upon request of the person who is the subject of a student record or an authorized representative of that person, the board or association shall provide a copy of the student record to the requester. The board or association may charge a fee for providing a copy of a student record. The fee shall be based on the administrative cost of taking possession of, preserving, and providing the copy of the student record. All fees collected by the board under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (2) (i) 20.165 (1) (jv).

AB64-ASA1,703m Section 703m. 38.50 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (12).

AB64-ASA1,704d Section 704d. 38.50 (13) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (13) (title).

AB64-ASA1,704f Section 704f. 38.50 (13) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (13) (a).

AB64-ASA1,704h Section 704h. 38.50 (13) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (13) (b).

AB64-ASA1,704j Section 704j. 38.50 (13) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (13) (c).

AB64-ASA1,704m Section 704m. 38.50 (13) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (13) (d) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,419,9 440.52 (13) (d) The board may charge a fee for evaluating an educational institution under par. (a) 2. e. in an amount that is sufficient to cover all costs that the board incurs in evaluating the institution. All fees collected by the board under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (2) (g) 20.165 (1) (jr).

AB64-ASA1,704n Section 704n. 39.285 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 39.285 (1) (a) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,419,15 39.285 (1) (a) By May 1, 1998, and annually thereafter March 1 of each year, the board shall approve, modify, or disapprove any proposed formula for the awarding of grants for the upcoming academic next fiscal year submitted under sub. (2) or (3) or s. 36.11 (6) (c) or 38.04 (7m).

AB64-ASA1,704ng Section 704ng. 39.285 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,420,3 39.285 (1) (b) If the board determines during a fiscal year that any formula approved under par. (a) during the prior fiscal year needs to be modified during the fiscal year in order to expend the entire amount appropriated for grants to students under s. 39.30 or 39.435, except s. 39.435 (2) or (5), in that fiscal year, the board shall submit the modified formula to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the modified formula within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the modified formula may be implemented as proposed by the board. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the modified formula, the modified formula may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.

AB64-ASA1,704nm Section 704nm. 39.285 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,420,9 39.285 (2) By April 10, 1998, and annually thereafter February 10 of each year, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities shall develop and submit to the board for its review under sub. (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under s. 39.30 for the upcoming academic next fiscal year to students enrolled at private institutions of higher education.

AB64-ASA1,704nr Section 704nr. 39.285 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,420,15 39.285 (3) By April 10, 1998, and annually thereafter February 10 of each year, each tribally controlled college in this state is requested to develop and submit to the board for its review under sub. (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under s. 39.435, except for grants awarded under s. 39.435 (2) or (5), for the upcoming academic next fiscal year to students enrolled at that tribally controlled college.

AB64-ASA1,704pg Section 704pg. 39.385 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,420,18 39.385 (3) (b) He or she graduated from a graduate medical education training program in this state with an emphasis on primary care medicine or psychiatry.

AB64-ASA1,704pm Section 704pm. 39.385 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,421,4 39.385 (4) (b) A physician or psychiatrist may apply for participation in the grant program by submitting an application to the board in a form prescribed by the board. A physician or psychiatrist may submit that application while the physician or psychiatrist is participating in a graduate medical education training program described in sub. (3) (b), but must submit that application before accepting employment or any other affiliation as a primary care physician or psychiatrist in an underserved area in this state. The application shall include such information as the board may require to establish that the physician or psychiatrist meets the eligibility requirements specified in sub. (3) for participation in the grant program and any other information the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5).

AB64-ASA1,704q Section 704q. 39.397 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,421,8 39.397 School leadership loan program. (1) The board shall establish a loan program for students selected by the board in a competitive application process who meet all of the following requirements:

AB64-ASA1,421,12 (a) Are enrolled in a school leadership program at an institution of the University of Wisconsin System that permits students to earn degrees in less time than a traditional school leadership program and that includes a required mentorship or apprenticeship component.

AB64-ASA1,421,13 (b) Are nominated by a superintendent of a school district.

AB64-ASA1,421,16 (2) (a) Loans under sub. (1) shall be made from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (cu). Except as provided in par. (b), loans under sub. (1) shall be repaid at an annual interest rate of 5 percent.

AB64-ASA1,421,18 (b) The board shall forgive 25 percent of the loan and 25 percent of the interest on the loan for each school year the recipient satisfies all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,421,20 1. The recipient is employed in a school leadership position in an elementary or secondary school in this state.

AB64-ASA1,421,23 2. The recipient receives a rating of proficient or distinguished on the educator effectiveness system or the equivalent in a school that does not use the educator effectiveness system.

AB64-ASA1,422,3 (3) The board shall deposit in the general fund as general purpose revenue-earned all repayments of loans made under sub. (1) and the interest on the loans.

AB64-ASA1,704r Section 704r. 39.435 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,705 Section 705 . 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,422,7 40.02 (8) (b) 3. For the purpose of determining a beneficiary of a deferred compensation plan under par. (a) 2., a surviving domestic partner.

AB64-ASA1,706 Section 706 . 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,422,12 40.02 (21d) (intro.) “Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2 individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], that satisfies all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,707f Section 707f. 40.03 (6) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,423,2 40.03 (6) (m) 1. In consultation with the division of personnel management in the department of administration, shall annually, by April 1, submit to the joint committee on finance any changes it proposes to make to the group health insurance programs under subch. IV, other than programs under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.55, for the following year. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the group insurance board may implement the proposed changes. If, within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes, the group insurance board may not implement the proposed changes without the approval of the committee.

AB64-ASA1,423,17 2. In consultation with the division of personnel management in the department of administration, submit to the joint committee on finance any changes it proposes to make to the group health insurance programs under subch. IV, other than programs under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.55, for the following year that were not submitted to the joint committee on finance under subd. 1. if the proposed changes would have a financial impact or would affect covered benefits. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the group insurance board may implement the proposed changes. If, within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes, the group insurance board may not implement the proposed changes without the approval of the committee.

AB64-ASA1,708 Section 708 . 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,6 40.51 (2m) (a) In addition to the restriction under par. (b), neither a domestic partner of an eligible employee nor a stepchild of a current domestic partnership may not become be covered under a group health insurance plan under this subchapter unless the eligible employee submits an affidavit, designed by the group insurance board, attesting that the eligible employee and his or her domestic partner satisfy the requirements for a domestic partnership under s. 40.02 (21d). The eligible employee shall submit this affidavit to his or her employer at the time the eligible employee first enrolls in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter or at the time the eligible employee requests a change in dependent status while the eligible employee is enrolled in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter. Upon the dissolution of a domestic partnership, the eligible employee shall submit in a timely manner to his or her employer an affidavit, designed by the group insurance board, attesting to the dissolution of the domestic partnership.

AB64-ASA1,709 Section 709 . 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,11 40.51 (2m) (b) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6 months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.

AB64-ASA1,709g Section 709g. 40.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,21 40.51 (6) This state shall offer to all of its employees at least 2 insured or uninsured health care coverage plans providing substantially equivalent hospital and medical benefits, including a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider plan, if those health care plans are determined by the group insurance board to be available in the area of the place of employment and are approved by the group insurance board. The group insurance board shall place each of the plans into one of 3 5 tiers established in accordance with standards adopted by the group insurance board. The tiers shall be separated according to the employee's share of premium costs.

AB64-ASA1,710 Section 710 . 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,24 40.513 (3) (b) The employee's spouse or domestic partner is receiving health care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).

AB64-ASA1,711 Section 711 . 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,425,13 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated, with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled. Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal health insurance.

AB64-ASA1,712 Section 712 . 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,425,21 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse, domestic partner, or parent.

AB64-ASA1,719d Section 719d. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,4 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719e Section 719e. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,10 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. To the surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries, if the spouse was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719f Section 719f. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,17 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. To the surviving domestic partner until the surviving domestic partner marries, if the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719g Section 719g. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,22 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and 2. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant's work record.

AB64-ASA1,719h Section 719h. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,5 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse or domestic partner remarries or enters into a new domestic partnership, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719i Section 719i. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,11 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. To the surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries, if the spouse was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719j Section 719j. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,18 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. To the surviving domestic partner until the surviving domestic partner marries, if the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,725 Section 725 . 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,23 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a family support or marital property obligation.

AB64-ASA1,726 Section 726 . 41.41 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,428,5 41.41 (10) (b) Each year, the department shall ascertain from the clerk of each taxation district in which the reserve or any land acquired by the board is located the aggregate gross general property tax rate for the taxation district, exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10.

AB64-ASA1,727 Section 727 . 41.41 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,428,15 41.41 (10) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), on or before each January 31, the department shall pay to the treasurer of each taxation district specified in par. (b), with respect to all land in the Kickapoo valley reserve and all land acquired by the board on or before January 1 of the preceding year, an amount determined by multiplying the estimated value of the land equated to the average level of assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate gross general property tax rate, exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10, that would apply to the land in that taxation district for that year if it were taxable.