April 4, 2000 Madison
Tuesday GEF 3 Building
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 125 South Webster St.
Room 041
The hearing site is fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to access any meeting, please call Larry Nix, Director, Public Library Development, at (608) 266-7270 or leave a message with the Teletypewriter (TTY) at (608) 267-2427 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Reasonable accommodation includes materials prepared in an alternative format, as provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Copies of Rule and Contact Person
A copy of the proposed rule and the fiscal estimate may be obtained by sending an email request to
lori.slauson@dpi.state.wi.us or by writing to:
Lori Slauson
Administrative Rules &
Federal Grants Coordinator
Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
Written comments on the proposed rules received by Ms. Slauson at the above address no later than April 7, 2000, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing. Comments submitted via email will not be accepted as formal testimony.
Analysis by the Department of Public Instruction
The proposed rule adjusts public library aid payments to be consistent with system services areas after territorial changes occur. If the territory of a public library system is altered before the new distribution formula created under s. 43.24 (1) (c), Stats., becomes effective, the department shall adjust the aid paid based on the previous funding formula established under s. 43.24 (1), Stats.
The amount of the transfer will be the 1999 share of state aid generated by the territory causing the change applied to the current appropriation. The territorial share will be determined by summing the territory's payment factors (square miles, population, and expenditure) as calculated for the 1999 system aids payment and dividing by $13,249,800, the total amount paid in 1999.
Fiscal Estimate
In accordance with s. 43.24 (1) (b), Stats., the proposed rules adjust public library aid payments to be consistent with system services areas after territorial changes occur.
The formula used to make aid payment adjustments will change but the total funds distributed statewide will remain the same. Therefore, the proposed rules will have no fiscal effect.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rules are not anticipated to have a fiscal effect on small businesses as defined under s. 227.114(1)(a), Stats.
Notice of Hearings
Public Instruction
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to ss. 115.36 (3) (a) 5., 115.361 (1) and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats., and interpreting s. 115.36 and 115.361, Stats., the department of public instruction will hold public hearings as follows to consider emergency and proposed permanent rules, relating to alcohol and other drug abuse programs. Emergency rules will be promulgated by the department in March 2000. The hearings will be held as follows:
Hearing Information
March 6, 2000 Oconomowoc
Monday Olympia Resort & Spa
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. 1350 Royale Mile Rd.
Illinois Room
March 8, 2000 Rice Lake
Wednesday Wisconsin Indianhead
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Technical College
1900 College Dr.
Conference Center
The hearing sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to access any meeting, please call Michael Thompson, Director, Student Services, Prevention, and Wellness Team, at (608) 266-3584, or leave a message with the Teletypewriter (TTY) at (608) 267-2427 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Reasonable accommodation includes materials prepared in an alternative format, as provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Copies of Rule and Contact Person
A copy of the proposed rule and the fiscal estimate may be obtained by sending an email request to
lori.slauson@dpi.state.wi.us or by writing to:
Lori Slauson,
Administrative Rules &
Federal Grants Coordinator
Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
Written comments on the proposed rules received by Ms. Slauson at the above address no later than March 17, 2000, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing. Comments submitted via email will not be accepted as formal testimony.
Analysis by the Department of Public Instruction
1999 Wis. Act 9 provides a single, comprehensive alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) program to replace several existing categorical AODA grant programs. The rules will still allow the use of funds for the individual categorical programs that existed before the law was changed. Such categorical programs include drug abuse resistance education programs, families and schools together programs, and after school and summer school programs. Although the law eliminated these categorical programs to create a comprehensive AODA program, it was not meant to preclude these individual programs from continuing to receive funds.
To correspond to the statutory changes made under the Act, the proposed rules establish criteria and procedures for awarding grants to fund comprehensive K-12 AODA programs and student mini grants. Student mini grants are funded under the AODA program appropriation but do not have to go through the same application and review procedures as the comprehensive programs and, therefore, are included in the rule.
As with the current rules, the proposed rules:
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Maintain an advisory council to advise the state superintendent in reviewing grant applications submitted under comprehensive AODA programs (This provision does not apply to student mini grants).
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Require applicants to provide for a 20% matching fund. Private and in-kind contributions may be used to meet this requirement (This provision does not apply to student mini grants).
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Prohibit the supplanting of funds which are otherwise available for the program.
The department will annually submit to school districts application materials specifying funding limits and eligibility criteria. For the upcoming school year, the department will send grant application materials to school districts in March. Grant applications must be returned to the department in the spring of 2000 and grants will be awarded prior to July 1, 2000.
Fiscal Estimate
To award grants under the AODA program, 1999 Wisconsin Act 9 appropriated:
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$4,520,000 GPR under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) and $1,427,100 PR-S under s. 20.255 (2) (kd), Stats., in the 1999-2000 school year; and
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$4,520,000 GPR under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) and $1,498,600 PR-S under s. 20.255 (2) (kd), Stats., in the 2000-2001 school year.
The rule establishes criteria and procedures for awarding AODA program grants. The rule, while affecting the grant award and administration processes, would have no net effect on state or local revenues or costs.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rules are not anticipated to have a fiscal effect on small businesses as defined under s. 227.114(1)(a), Stats.
Notice of Hearing
Public Instruction
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to ss. 118.43 (6m) and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats., and interpreting s. 118.43, Stats., the department of public instruction will hold a public hearing as follows to consider emergency and proposed permanent rules, relating to state aid for achievement guarantee contracts and aid for debt service. Emergency rules were promulgated by the department effective January 28, 2000. The hearing will be held as follows:
Hearing Information
March 15, 2000 Madison
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. GEF 3 Building
Wednesday 125 South Webster St.
Room 041
The hearing site is fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to access any meeting, please call David Carlson, Director, School Financial Services, at (608) 266-6968, or leave a message with the Teletypewriter (TTY) at (608) 267-2427 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Reasonable accommodation includes materials prepared in an alternative format, as provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Copies of Rule and Contact Person
Lori Slauson, Administrative Rules &
Federal Grants Coordinator
