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111.84
(1) (f) To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
16safety employee
or an employee who is in a collective bargaining unit containing a
17frontline worker, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order
18therefor, signed by the
public safety employee personally, and terminable by at least
19the end of any year of its life or earlier by the
public safety employee giving at least
2030 but not more than 120 days' written notice of such termination to the employer
21and to the representative labor organization, except if there is a fair-share or
22maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to
23the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.
AB43,2006
24Section
2006. 111.84 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1161,9
1111.84
(2) (c) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
2(1)
, (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with the duly authorized officer or agent
3of the employer which is the recognized or certified exclusive collective bargaining
4representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a)
or (ag) in an appropriate
5collective bargaining unit or with the certified exclusive collective bargaining
6representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in an appropriate
7collective bargaining unit. Such refusal to bargain shall include, but not be limited
8to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously orally agreed
9upon.
AB43,2007
10Section
2007. 111.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1161,2011
111.85
(1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement
12covering public safety employees under this subchapter may become effective unless
13authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it
14receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the public safety
15employees in a collective bargaining unit
or at least 30 percent of the employees in
16a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker desire that a fair-share or
17maintenance of membership agreement be entered into between the employer and
18a labor organization. A petition may specify that a referendum is requested on a
19maintenance of membership agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited
20to that question.
AB43,1162,621
(b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the
22eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the
23agreement
or at least two-thirds of the employees in a collective bargaining unit
24containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement. For a
25maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the
1eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the
2agreement
or at least a majority of the employees in a collective bargaining unit
3containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement. In a referendum
4on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the
5eligible
public safety employees vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of
6membership agreement is authorized.
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(c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in
8a referendum
ordered under par. (a), the employer shall enter into such an
9agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each
10fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall contain a provision
11requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor
12organization from the earnings of the
public safety employees affected by the
13agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization. Unless the
14parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement shall take effect 60 days after
15certification by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement.
16The employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits and other
17forms of liability made by
public safety the employees
affected by the agreement or
18by local labor organizations which may arise for actions taken by the employer in
19compliance with this section. All such lawful claims, demands, suits
, and other forms
20of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the
21agreement.
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(d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement,
a public
23safety an employee
affected by the agreement who has religious convictions against
24dues payments to a labor organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or
25religious body of which he or she is a member shall, on request to the labor
1organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the
2public safety employee and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this
3paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.
AB43,2008
4Section
2008. 111.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1163,215
111.85
(2) (a) Once authorized
under sub. (1), a fair-share or maintenance of
6membership agreement
covering public safety employees shall continue in effect,
7subject to the right of the employer or labor organization concerned to petition the
8commission to conduct a new referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof
9that at least 30 percent of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining
10unit
or at least 30 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing
11a frontline worker desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership
12agreement be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new
13referendum. If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership
14agreement is approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting
15public safety employees required for its initial authorization, it shall be continued
16in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to later initiate a
17further vote following the procedure prescribed in this subsection. If the
18continuation of the agreement is not supported in any referendum, it
is deemed
19terminated terminates at the termination of the collective bargaining agreement, or
20one year from the date of the certification of the result of the referendum, whichever
21is earlier.
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(b) The commission shall declare any fair-share or maintenance of
23membership agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
24commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
25refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation or creed to receive as a member
1any
public safety employee in the collective bargaining unit involved, and the
2agreement shall be made subject to the findings and orders of the commission. Any
3of the parties to the agreement, or any
public safety employee covered thereby, may
4come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and petition the commission
5to make such a finding.
AB43,2009
6Section
2009. 111.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1164,107
111.85
(4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint
8as its agent an official of a state agency
or authority whose
public safety employees
9are entitled to vote in a referendum to conduct a referendum
provided for herein 10under this section.
AB43,2010
11Section
2010. 111.86 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1164,1812
111.86
(2) The division shall charge a state department
or, agency
, or authority 13the employer's share of the cost related to grievance arbitration under sub. (1) for any
14arbitration that involves one or more employees of the state department
or, agency
,
15or authority. Each state department
or, agency
, or authority so charged shall pay the
16amount that the division charges from the appropriation account or accounts used
17to pay the salary of the grievant. Funds received under this subsection shall be
18credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (ks).
AB43,2011
19Section
2011. 111.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1165,520
111.88
(1) If a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of
21negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties
22have been exhausted, the representative which has been certified by the commission
23after an election, or, in the case of a representative of employees specified in s. 111.81
24(7) (a)
or (ag), has been duly recognized by the employer, as the exclusive
25representative of employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, and the
1employer, its officers and agents, after a reasonable period of negotiation, are
2deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective
3bargaining process, the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to
4initiate fact-finding under this section, and to make recommendations to resolve the
5deadlock.
AB43,2012
6Section
2012. 111.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1165,97
111.90
(1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to a state agency
8or authority by the most appropriate and efficient methods and means and utilize
9personnel in the most appropriate and efficient manner possible.
AB43,2013
10Section
2013. 111.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1165,1311
111.90
(2) Manage the employees of a state agency
or authority; hire, promote,
12transfer, assign or retain employees in positions within the agency
or authority; and
13in that regard establish reasonable work rules.
AB43,2014
14Section
2014. 111.91 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1165,2315
111.91
(1w) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), with regard to a collective
16bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker, matters subject to
17collective bargaining to the point of impasse are wage rates, consistent with sub. (2),
18the assignment and reassignment of classifications to pay ranges, determination of
19an incumbent's pay status resulting from position reallocation or reclassification,
20and pay adjustments upon temporary assignment of classified employees to duties
21of a higher classification or downward reallocations of a classified employee's
22position; fringe benefits consistent with sub. (2); hours and conditions of
23employment.
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(b) With regard to a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one
25frontline worker, the employer is not required to bargain on management rights
1under s. 111.90, except that procedures for the adjustment or settlement of
2grievances or disputes arising out of any type of disciplinary action referred to in s.
3111.90 (3) shall be a subject of bargaining.
AB43,1166,54
(c) The employer is prohibited from bargaining on matters contained in sub. (2)
5with a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker.
AB43,2015
6Section
2015. 111.91 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1166,97
111.91
(2) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective
8bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1) (g)
or with a collective bargaining unit that
9contains a frontline worker with respect to all of the following:
AB43,2016
10Section
2016. 111.91 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1166,1311
111.91
(3) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective
12bargaining unit containing
a only general
employee employees with respect to any
13of the following:
AB43,2017
14Section
2017. 111.91 (3q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1166,1915
111.91
(3q) For purposes of determining compliance with sub. (3), the
16commission shall provide, upon request, to the employer or to any representative of
17a collective bargaining unit containing
a only general
employee employees, the
18consumer price index change during any 12-month period. The commission may get
19the information from the department of revenue.
AB43,2018
20Section
2018. 111.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.91
(4) The administrator of the division, in connection with the
22development of tentative collective bargaining agreements to be submitted under s.
23111.92 (1) (a) 1., shall endeavor to obtain tentative agreements with each recognized
24or certified labor organization representing employees or supervisors of employees
25specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a)
or (ag) and with each certified labor organization
1representing employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (b) to (e) which do not contain any
2provision for the payment to any employee of a cumulative or noncumulative amount
3of compensation in recognition of or based on the period of time an employee has been
4employed by the state.
AB43,2019
5Section
2019. 111.92 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1167,86
111.92
(3) (a) Agreements covering a collective bargaining unit specified under
7s. 111.825 (1) (g)
or a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker shall
8coincide with the fiscal year or biennium.
AB43,2020
9Section
2020. 111.92 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1167,1310
111.92
(3) (b) No agreements covering a collective bargaining unit containing
11 a only general
employee employees may be for a period that exceeds one year, and
12each agreement must coincide with the fiscal year. Agreements covering a collective
13bargaining unit containing
a only general
employee employees may not be extended.
AB43,2021
14Section
2021. 111.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1167,2415
111.93
(3) (a) If a collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer
16and a labor organization representing employees in a collective bargaining unit
17under s. 111.825 (1) (g)
or in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
18worker, the provisions of that agreement shall supersede the provisions of civil
19service and other applicable statutes,
as well as rules and policies of the University
20of Wisconsin-Madison and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
21System,
and policies or determinations of an authority, that are related to wages,
22fringe benefits, hours, and conditions of employment
, whether or not the matters
23contained in those statutes, rules,
and policies
, and determinations are set forth in
24the collective bargaining agreement.
AB43,2022
25Section
2022. 111.93 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1168,7
1111.93
(3) (b) If a collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer
2and a labor organization representing
only general employees in a collective
3bargaining unit, the provisions of that agreement shall supersede the provisions of
4civil service and other applicable statutes, as well as rules and policies of the board
5of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, related to wages, whether or not
6the matters contained in those statutes, rules, and policies are set forth in the
7collective bargaining agreement.
AB43,2023
8Section 2023
. 114.09 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1168,159
114.09
(2) (bm) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 1. a. or b., the court shall
10order the person violating sub. (1) (b) 1. or 1m. to submit to and comply with an
11assessment by an approved public treatment facility as defined in s. 51.45 (2) (c) for
12examination of the person's use of alcohol,
tetrahydrocannabinols, controlled
13substances, or controlled substance analogs and development of an airman safety
14plan for the person. The court shall notify the person, the department, and the proper
15federal agency of the assessment order. The assessment order shall:
AB43,2024
16Section 2024
. 114.09 (2) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1169,217
114.09
(2) (bm) 4. The assessment report shall order compliance with an
18airman safety plan. The report shall inform the person of the fee provisions under
19s. 46.03 (18) (f). The safety plan may include a component that makes the person
20aware of the effect of his or her offense on a victim and a victim's family. The safety
21plan may include treatment for the person's misuse, abuse, or dependence on alcohol,
22tetrahydrocannabinols, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs. If
23the plan requires inpatient treatment, the treatment shall not exceed 30 days. An
24airman safety plan under this paragraph shall include a termination date consistent
25with the plan that shall not extend beyond one year. The county department under
1s. 51.42 shall assure notification of the department of transportation and the person
2of the person's compliance or noncompliance with assessment and treatment.
AB43,2025
3Section
2025. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1169,144
115.28
(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
5applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
6state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
7schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
8certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
9or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
10state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
11applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
12applicant's teaching therein.
Private Except as provided in ss. 115.7915 (2) (i), 118.60
13(2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only
14licensed or certified teachers.
AB43,2026
15Section
2026. 115.28 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1169,1816
115.28
(28) Recollection Wisconsin. Annually distribute the amount
17appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (s) to Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., to support
18the digitization of historic materials in public libraries throughout the state.
AB43,2027
19Section
2027. 115.28 (29) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1170,220
115.28
(29) Computer science education grants. Annually award grants to
21school boards to expand computer science educational opportunities in all grade
22levels operated by the school district. For purposes of awarding grants under this
23subsection, expanding computer science educational opportunities includes
24providing professional development, the application of programming or coding
1concepts or integration of computer science fundamentals into other subjects, and
2purchasing curricula and related materials.
AB43,2028
3Section
2028. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1170,74
115.28
(45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under
5s. 20.255 (3) (eb), award grants to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02
6(19), to provide training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in
7grades kindergarten to
8 12.
AB43,2029
8Section
2029. 115.28 (63) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1170,169
115.28
(63) Mental health training program. (intro.) Establish a mental
10health training support program under which the department provides training
on 11all of the following evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health
12issues in schools to school district staff
and
, instructional staff of charter schools
13under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
, and individuals employed by an out-of-school-time
14program, as defined in s. 115.449 (1), on evidence-based strategies related to
15addressing mental health needs and suicide prevention in schools, including all of
16the following:
AB43,2030
17Section
2030. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1170,2318
115.28
(66) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject
19to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (bm), pay to GED
20Testing Service LLC the $30 testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes
21a content area test given under the general educational development test. In this
22subsection, “eligible individual” means an individual who satisfies all of the
23following conditions before taking the content area test:
AB43,1171,3
11. The individual meets the eligibility requirements promulgated by the
2department by rule for a high school equivalency diploma or certificate of general
3educational development.
AB43,1171,54
2. The individual takes and receives a passing score on a practice test for the
5content area that is developed by GED Testing Service LLC.
AB43,1171,76
(b) For each eligible individual under par. (a), pay for no more than one testing
7service fee for each content area test taken in a calendar year.
AB43,1171,108
(c) Pay the testing service fee for a content area test under par. (a) only if the
9eligible individual takes the test on or after January 1, 2024, at a testing site in this
10state that is approved by the state superintendent.
AB43,2031
11Section
2031. 115.28 (67) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1171,1612
115.28
(67) Seal of biliteracy. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fc),
13annually award grants to reimburse school boards and charter schools established
14under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the costs of assessments required for pupils to be
15eligible for a state seal of biliteracy under s. 115.29 (9) and costs related to training
16instructional staff to conduct the assessments.
AB43,2032
17Section 2032
. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1171,2118
115.28
(68) Graduation Alliance. Annually distribute the amounts
19appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fv) to Graduation Alliance, Inc., a Utah corporation,
20to support pupils and their families through a coaching program designed to improve
21school engagement and academic performance known as Engage Wisconsin.
AB43,2033
22Section
2033. 115.28 (69) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1171,2523
115.28
(69) Mentor Greater Milwaukee. From the appropriation under s.
2420.255 (3) (fw), award grants to Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc., to expand access
25to quality youth mentoring in Milwaukee County.
AB43,2034
1Section
2034. 115.28 (70) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1172,52
115.28
(70) Reach Out and Read. Annually distribute the amounts
3appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ft) to Reach Out and Read, Inc., a Massachusetts
4nonstock corporation, for the early literacy program operated in this state by its
5affiliate, known as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.
AB43,2035
6Section
2035. 115.28 (71) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1172,107
115.28
(71) The Literacy Lab. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated
8under s. 20.255 (3) (fs) to The Literacy Lab, a Virginia nonstock corporation, to
9provide an evidence-based literacy intervention program in public schools located
10in the cities of Milwaukee and Racine.
AB43,2036
11Section
2036. 115.28 (72) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1172,1712
115.28
(72) Financial literacy curriculum grant program. Award grants to
13school boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the
14purpose of developing, implementing, or improving financial literacy curricula. In
15awarding grants under this subsection, the state superintendent shall prioritize
16grant applications related to innovative financial literacy curricula, as determined
17by the state superintendent.
AB43,2037
18Section
2037. 115.29 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1172,2119
115.29
(9) State seal of biliteracy. Establish a state seal of biliteracy to
20recognize high school pupils who demonstrate through various assessments
21advanced achievement in bilingualism, biliteracy, and sociocultural competence.
AB43,2038
22Section 2038
. 115.341 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1173,7
23115.341 School breakfast program. (1) From the appropriation under s.
2420.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board
, each
25operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), each operator of a residential
1care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the
2program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525 15 cents for
3each breakfast served at a school
, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, that meets the
4requirements of
7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse
5each governing body of a private school or tribal school 15 cents for each breakfast
6served at the private school or tribal school that meets the requirements of
7 CFR
7220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.
AB43,1173,12
8(2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm) in any fiscal year is insufficient
9to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the state superintendent shall
10prorate state aid payments among the school boards
, operators, directors, and
11governing bodies
of private schools and tribal schools entitled to the aid
under sub.
12(1).
AB43,2039
13Section
2039. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1173,2014
115.341
(3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the state superintendent may not
15reimburse the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the operator
16of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the
17director of the program under s. 115.52, the director of the center under s. 115.525,
18or the governing body of a private or tribal school for any breakfast served at a school,
19as defined in
7 CFR 220.2, during the prior school year if the school ceased operations
20during that prior school year.
AB43,2040
21Section
2040. 115.3415 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1173,22
22115.3415 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB43,1174,223
(a) “Educational agency” means a school board, an operator of a charter school
24under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, a tribal school, an operator of a
25residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the
1director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s.
2115.525.
AB43,1174,43
(b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria
4for a reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB43,1174,55
(c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under
42 USC 1773.
AB43,1174,76
(d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under
42 USC 1751 to
71769j.
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(e) “Free-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in
9the previous school year for a school meal provided to a pupil who satisfies the income
10eligibility for a free lunch under the federal school lunch program.
AB43,1174,1211
(f) “Ineligible pupil” means a pupil who does not satisfy the income eligibility
12criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB43,1174,1413
(g) “Paid-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in
14the previous school year for a school meal provided to an ineligible pupil.