Public Instruction
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That pursuant to ss. 121.02 (5) and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats., and interpreting ss. 121.02 (1) (m), Stats., the department of public instruction will hold public hearings as follows to consider the amending of ch. PI 26, relating to the education for employment program. The hearings will be held as follows:
Date and Time:
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Location:
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March 15, 2001
3:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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Wausau
North Central Technical College
1000 West Campus Drive
Room E-101
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March 22, 2001
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
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Madison
GEF 3 Building
125 South Webster Street
Room 041
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The hearing sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to access any meeting, please call Richard Becker, Education Program Specialist, at (608) 266-5197 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
The administrative rule is available on the internet at
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dfm/pb/eduempl.html. 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 and 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 29, 2001, 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 rules will align the education for employment requirements under ch. PI 26 with vocational/technical activities and programs being developed and implemented by public school districts. Many of the components in the current rule are the same but reorganized in the modified rule. Such components include the development of a long-range plan based on labor market information, employment needs, periodic follow-up studies of graduates, and an evaluation of current programs and staff development needs; the designation of a staff person to coordinate the program; allowance for career exploration and school supervised work experiences; and coordination with the school district standards, vocational skills, high school graduation requirements, and programs for children at risk.
The rules will remove the requirement that school boards either appoint an education for employment council or participate in a CESA council. Instead, each board shall ensure representation on the tech prep council created under s. 118.34, Stats., and the tech prep council shall annually report to the board regarding the council's progress toward achieving its goals and objectives. In addition, the rule will:
• Add definitions of advanced placement, advanced standing, articulation course agreement, career awareness, career planning and preparation, transcripted credit and postsecondary credit for clarity.
• Clarify career development components to be offered to pupils at the elementary, middle and high school levels (career awareness at the elementary grade levels, career exploration at the middle grade levels, and career planning and preparation at the high school levels).
• Clarify the type of information to be collected when conducting graduate follow-up studies (graduate satisfaction with the program, and graduate placement in jobs, military, apprenticeship programs or educational institutions).
• Require boards to include specified information on pupil transcripts (the title of the course; the high school credits earned and whether those credits were earned through advanced standing, transcripted credit, or the advanced placement program; and participating postsecondary institution, when appropriate).
• Require the program to integrate requirements under the tech prep, youth options, and youth apprenticeship programs.
Fiscal Estimate
Many of the rule modifications made to the education for employment rule do not establish new requirements but reorganize the existing requirements. The requirements that may have a fiscal effect on school districts include:
1. Requiring school boards to include specified information on pupil transcripts (the title of the course; the high school credits earned and whether those credits were earned through advanced standing, transcripted credit, or the advanced placement program; and participating postsecondary institutions, when appropriate).
2. Clarifying the type of information to be collected when conducting graduate follow-up studies. Although graduate follow-up studies have always been required in the rule, specific information is now required to be collected for uniformity. Such information includes graduate satisfaction with the program and graduate placement in jobs, military, apprenticeship programs or educational institutions.
3. Requiring the program to integrate requirements under the tech prep, youth options, and youth apprenticeship programs. The rule will not require any formal procedures for integrating the education for employment program with the programs specified. It is meant more to acquaint program staff with similar programs so the programs can be coordinated, possibly preventing duplicative reporting under each program.
4. Eliminating the requirement that a school board either create its own council or join a CESA council. Instead require the school district to provide for representation at the tech prep council created under s. 118.34, Stats.
The level of compliance with the rule requirements by school districts is unknown. Many districts are already meeting many of the proposed recommendations as they are already required under programs such as the Carl Perkins Act. While it is assumed that the proposed modifications under items 1 and 2 may result in additional administrative and programmatic costs to some public school districts, the extent to which a district can absorb these costs in their budgets is unknown. At the same time, the requirements under items 3 and 4 may result in a cost savings to public school districts by coordinating program efforts and eliminating the requirement that a school board either: 1) establish a council, or 2) join a CESA council. Therefore, the local fiscal estimate of the proposed modifications to ch. PI 26 is indeterminable.
The proposed rules will have no state 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 Hearing
Department of Workforce Development
(Prevailing Wages, Chs. DWD 290-294)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss. 66.0903(5) and 103.49(3g), Stats., the Department of Workforce Development proposes to hold a public hearing to consider the amendment of s. DWD 290.155(1), relating to the annual adjustment of thresholds for application of prevailing wage rates.
Hearing Information
Date and Time:
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Location:
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February 27, 2001
Tuesday
Commencing
at 1:30 AM
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G.E.F. 1 Building, Room 400X
201 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI
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Interested persons are invited to appear at the hearings and will be afforded the opportunity to make an oral presentation of their positions. Persons making oral presentations are requested to submit their facts, views, and suggested rewording in writing.
An accessible entrance to the building is available via a ramp from the corner of Washington Avenue and Webster Street to the Webster Street door. If you have special needs or circumstances regarding communication or accessibility at the hearing, please call (608) 267-9403 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Accommodations such as ASL interpreters, English translators, or materials in audiotape format will be made available on request to the fullest extent possible.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Workforce Development
Statutory authority: Sections 66.0903(5) and 103.49(3g).
Statutes interpreted: Sections 66.0903(5) and 103.49(3g).
The state prevailing wage laws require that when a state agency or local governmental unit contracts for the construction of a public works project it must obtain a prevailing wage rate determination from the Department of Workforce Development and require that the contractors and subcontractors on the project pay their employees in accordance with those wage rates. Under ss. 66.0903(5) and 103.49(3g), Stats., and the current s. DWD 290.155(1), the state prevailing wage rate laws do not apply to any single-trade public works project for which the estimated cost is below $34,000, and it does not apply to any multi-trade public works project for which the estimated cost is below $168,000.
Pursuant to ss. 66.0903(5) and 103.49(3g), Stats., and s. DWD 290.15, the Department is required to adjust the dollar amounts of the thresholds each year in proportion to any change in construction costs since the thresholds were last determined. The threshold adjustment is based on changes in the construction cost index published in the Engineering News-Record, a construction trade publication. The proposed rule adjusts the thresholds from $34,000 to $35,000 for single-trade projects and from $168,000 to $172,000 for multi-trade projects based on a 2.6% increase in the construction cost index between December 1999 and December 2000.
Rule Text
SECTION 1. DWD 290.155(1) is amended to read:
DWD 290.155(1) This chapter does not apply to any single-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $34,000 $35,000, and any multi-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $168,000 $172,000.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rule does not affect small business.
Fiscal Impact
Under the proposed rule, a state agency or local governmental unit contracting for the construction of a single-trade public works project that costs more than $34,000 but less than $35,000 or a multi-trade project that costs more than $168,000 but less than $172,000 will not be covered by the prevailing wage requirement.
Contact Information
For substantive questions concerning the proposed rule, call Patricia Hewitt, Construction Wage Standards Section Chief, at (608) 266-6469.
Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed rules received at the following address no later than March 2, 2000, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing. Written comments should be submitted to: Elaine Pridgen, Office of Legal Counsel, Dept. of Workforce Development, P.O. Box 7946, Madison, WI 53707-7946, (608) 267-9403
Submission of proposed rules to the legislature
Please check the Bulletin of Proceedings for further information on a particular rule.
Chs. Chir 3 and 5 - Relating to continuing education requirements.
Ch. Comm 8 - Relating to mines, pits and quarries.
Ch. ElBd 2 - Relating to filing of and challenges to nomination papers.
Ch. Phar 7 - Relating to delegation of duties by a pharmacist.
Ch. Phar 7 - Relating to supervising pharmacy interns.
Ch. PI 14 - Relating to school district audits.
Chs. RL 133 and 135 - Relating to home inspector examination and continuing education requirements.
Chs. VE 2 to 5 - Relating to the computerized veterinary examination.
Ch. DWD 42 - Relating to state directory of new hires.
Rule orders filed with the
revisor of statutes bureau
The following administrative rule orders have been filed with the Revisor of Statutes Bureau and are in the process of being published. The date assigned to each rule is the projected effective date. It is possible that the publication date of these rules could be changed. Contact the Revisor of Statutes Bureau at (608) 266-7275 for updated information on the effective dates for the listed rule orders.
An order to create ch. PSC 179, relating to telecommunications dispute resolution and whether an alleged failure to comply with an interconnection agreement has a significant adverse effect on another party to the agreement.
Effective 3-1-01
Public notice
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
