LRB-4842/1
MED:cjs&skw
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
October 30, 2023 - Introduced by Senator Stafsholt, cosponsored by
Representatives Green, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Edming, Magnafici,
Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Petryk and
Brandtjen. Referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical
Colleges.
SB580,1,6
1An Act to renumber and amend 106.275 (1) (c);
to amend 20.445 (1) (cg),
2106.275 (title), 106.275 (1) (a), 106.275 (1) (b), 106.275 (2) and 106.275 (3); and
3to create 106.275 (1) (am) of the statutes;
relating to: technical education
4equipment grants, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures,
5providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an
6appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides that the Department of Workforce Development may
award technical education equipment grants to school districts for the acquisition of
equipment that is used in advanced manufacturing fields in the workplace. As a
condition of receiving a grant, a school district must provide a match equal to 200
percent of the grant amount awarded. Grants are limited to no more than $50,000
per grant. This bill does all of the following:
1. Allows grant moneys to also be used for the enhancement or improvement
of a technical education facility and for the acquisition of equipment that is used in
construction fields in the workplace.
2. Allows grants to be awarded to consortia consisting of multiple school
districts.
3. Raises the maximum grant award amount from $50,000 to $100,000.
4. Requires DWD to award at least one-third of the grant moneys to applicants
that are either school districts that are eligible for sparsity aid or consortia that
include at least one such school district.
5. Reduces the amount of matching funds required to 100 percent of the grant
amount if all of the matching funds are from private sources.
For further information see the state and local 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
1. 20.445 (1) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.445
(1) (cg)
Technical education equipment and facility enhancement grants. 3The amounts in the schedule for the technical education equipment
and facility
4enhancement grants under s. 106.275.
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5Section
2. 106.275 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6106.275 (title)
Technical education equipment and facility
7enhancement grants.
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8Section 3
. 106.275 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.275
(1) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (cg), the department
10may shall, subject to par. (am), award technical education
and facility enhancement 11equipment grants under this section
. The department shall award grants in the
12amount of not more than
$50,000 $100,000 to
school districts applicants whose grant
13applications are approved under sub. (2) (b).
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14Section
4. 106.275 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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106.275
(1) (am) The department shall award grant moneys under par. (a) so
16that not less than one-third of grant moneys awarded in a fiscal biennium are
17provided to applicants that are either school districts that are eligible for sparsity aid
1under s. 115.436 or consortia that include at least one school district that is so
2eligible.
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3Section
5. 106.275 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.275
(1) (b)
A school district
An applicant that is awarded a grant under this
5section shall use the grant moneys awarded for
the enhancement or improvement of
6a technical education facility or for the acquisition of equipment that is used in
7advanced manufacturing
or construction fields in the workplace, together with any
8software necessary for the operation of that equipment and any instructional
9material necessary to train pupils in the operation of that equipment.
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10Section 6
. 106.275 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 106.275 (1) (c) (intro.)
11and amended to read:
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106.275
(1) (c) (intro.) As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a
13school district grant recipient shall provide matching funds
equal to 200 percent of
14the grant amount awarded. The match, which may be in the form of money
, or the
15monetary value of equipment
,. The matching funds must be in an amount equal to
16the following:
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171. Except as provided in subd. 2., if the match is contributed from private
18sources,
the 100 percent of the grant amount awarded.
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192. If any of the match is contributed from school district
, or both funds, 200
20percent of the grant amount awarded.
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21Section
7. 106.275 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.275
(2) Grant application process. (a) A school district
or a consortium
23consisting of multiple school districts that wishes to receive a grant under this
24section shall apply for the grant in accordance with procedures and requirements
25established by the department under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 1. A grant
1application shall describe the purpose and need for the grant, the projected outcomes
2that the school district is seeking sought to
achieve be achieved as a result of
3receiving the grant, the amount and source of the matching funds required under
4sub. (1) (c), and any other information that the department may require under rules
5promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 1.
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(b) The department shall review and evaluate a grant application submitted
7under par. (a) in accordance with procedures and criteria established by the
8department under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 2. After completing that
9review and evaluation, the department shall notify the
school district applicant of
10the department's decision on the grant application.
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11Section
8. 106.275 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.275
(3) Reporting requirements. Each school district that receives A
13recipient of a grant under this section shall file a report with the department by
14September 1 of each of the first 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the
15grant was received. The report shall describe how the grant moneys were expended,
16describe the outcomes achieved as a result of receiving the grant, share the best
17practices employed
by the school district regarding the training of pupils in the use
18of
the any equipment acquired with the grant moneys, include a plan for
19sustainability of
that any such training, and provide such other information as the
20department may require under rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b) 3.
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21Section
9.
Nonstatutory provisions.
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(1)
Technical education equipment and facility enhancement grants. Using
23the procedure under s. 227.24, the department of workforce development shall
24promulgate rules under s. 106.275 (4) necessary to implement the changes made by
25this act. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated
1under this subsection remain in effect for 2 years, or until the date on which
2permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a)
3and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule
4under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the
5public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of
6emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.