16,1404
Section 1404. 41.19 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
41.19 (2r) From the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the department may award to a nonprofit organization that is located in an area of the state that was selected under sub. (2m) (a) grants of up to $5,000 in any fiscal year after the fiscal biennium in which the area was selected under sub. (2m) (a). Grant proceeds must be used to promote historic and prehistoric attractions in the area, and may be used for such purposes as interpretive or directional signs, website development, advertising, and public relations. The department may award grants under this subsection to a nonprofit organization that received grants under sub. (2m) (c) as an applicant on behalf of an area of the state selected under sub. (2m) (a).
16,1404f
Section 1404f. 41.41 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
41.41 (13) Report on generating revenue and resubmitting building plans. After consulting with the department of natural resources and any tribal government with whom the Kickapoo reserve management board or the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board has entered into a memorandum of understanding, the Kickapoo reserve management board, in conjunction with the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board, shall prepare and submit to the building commission and to the joint committee on finance a report that includes all of the following:
(a) Recommendations on how revenue may be generated to cover the operational costs of the 2 boards through hunting, camping, or parking or other fees.
(b) Resubmission of plans for building facilities that, given their close proximity, have their own individual emphases.
16,1405
Section
1405. 42.035 of the statutes is amended to read:
42.035 Treatment of certain state fair park board employees. Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (pm), those employees holding positions in the classified service at the state fair park board on October 29, 1999, who have achieved permanent status in class before that date, shall retain, while serving in the unclassified service at the state fair park board, those protections afforded employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff or reduction in base pay. Such employees shall also be eligible for transfer under s. 230.29 and shall have reinstatement privileges to the classified service under s. 230.33 (1m). Those employees of the state fair park board on October 29, 1999, who have not achieved permanent status in class in any position at the state fair park board on that date are eligible to receive the protections, privileges and rights preserved under this section if they successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary period required in the classified service for the position that they hold on that date.
16,1405g
Section 1405g. 42.09 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
42.09 (2) (b) The state fair park board shall allow the department of natural resources and the department of forestry access to and use of the buildings, appurtenances, fixtures, exhibits and other structures and facilities described in par. (a) so that the department departments may prepare, display and dismantle exhibits during events occurring at state fair park.
16,1405m
Section 1405m. 42.09 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
42.09 (3) (a) The Subject to approval of the building commission when required under s. 13.48 (12), the state fair park board may permit a private person to construct a building, structure or facility in the state fair park under a lease agreement with the board.
16,1406w
Section 1406w. 43.17 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.17 (9) (a) All contracts for public construction made by a federated public library system whose territory lies within 2 or more counties or by a federated public library system whose territory lies within a single county with a population of at least 500,000 shall be let by the public library system board to the lowest responsible bidder, and may be awarded to a minority business that is certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2), in accordance with s. 62.15 (1) to (11) and (14). For purposes of this section, the system board possesses the powers conferred by s. 62.15 on the board of public works and the common council. All contracts made under this section shall be made in the name of the federated public library system and shall be executed by the system board president and such other board officer as the system board designates.
16,1407m
Section 1407m. 43.17 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.17 (9) (b) A public library system board of a multicounty library system may borrow money to accomplish any of its purposes, but the outstanding amount of such loans at any time may not exceed an amount equal to the system board's receipts for the prior fiscal year. A federated public library system whose territory lies within 2 or more counties may obtain a state trust fund loan to accomplish any of its purposes, but the outstanding amount of a federated public library system's state trust fund loans, together with all other indebtedness of the system, may not exceed an amount equal to the system's receipts for the prior fiscal year.
16,1408
Section
1408. 43.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.70 (2) Annually, within 40 days after December 1 by January 10, the state superintendent shall apportion the amount that is estimated to be appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (s) in the current school year to the school districts in proportion to the number of persons resident therein, as shown by the report certified under sub. (1).
16,1409
Section
1409. 43.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.70 (3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration the total estimated amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall notify each school district administrator of the estimated amount so certified for his or her school district. Within 15 days after receiving such certification, the The department of administration shall issue its warrants upon which the state treasurer shall pay to each school district 50% of its total aid entitlement on or before January 31 and the balance on or before June 30, except that, beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, the state treasurer shall distribute each school district's aid entitlement in one payment on or before June 30 May 1. The amount paid to each school district shall be based upon the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (s) on April 15. All moneys distributed under this section shall be expended for the purchase of instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent. Appropriate records of such purchases shall be kept and necessary reports thereon shall be made to the state superintendent.
16,1410
Section
1410. 44.02 (28) of the statutes is repealed.
16,1411m
Section 1411m. 44.025 of the statutes is repealed.
16,1413
Section
1413. 44.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.15 (4) State-funded markers. The historical society may identify and authorize construction of individual markers or plaques, or any series of markers or plaques, to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.245 (3) (d) (1) (a). No matching funds are required for a marker or plaque that is constructed under this subsection. Funds under this subsection may be used for the purchase of plaques to be installed on historical properties and for the construction of markers or plaques in other states or countries.
16,1414
Section
1414. 44.34 (13) of the statutes is repealed.
16,1414g
Section 1414g. 44.57 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.57 (1) (c) Game farms, fish hatcheries, nurseries
, and other production facilities operated by the department of natural resources or the department of forestry.
16,1414m
Section 1414m. 44.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.62 (2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall award grants under the Wisconsin regranting program to local arts agencies and municipalities. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.215 (1) (f) and (j).
16,1415
Section
1415
. 44.70 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
44.70 (1d) "Charter school sponsor" means an entity described under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) that is sponsoring a charter school.
16,1416
Section
1416. 44.70 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.70 (2g) "Educational agency" means a school district, charter school sponsor,
museum, secured correctional facility, private school, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library board, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or the Wisconsin
School Educational Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing.
16,1417
Section
1417. 44.70 (3d) of the statutes is created to read:
44.70 (3d) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, or county.
16,1418
Section
1418. 44.70 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
44.70 (3r) "Secured correctional facility" means the Southern Oaks Girls School, the Ethan Allen School, the Youth Leadership Training Center, and the Lincoln Hills School.
16,1419
Section
1419. 44.70 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.70 (4) "Telecommunications" has the meaning given in s. 16.99 (1) 22.01 (10).
16,1420
Section
1420. 44.71 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 44.71 (2), and 44.71 (2) (g) and (h), as renumbered, are amended to read:
44.71 (2) (g) Coordinate the purchasing of educational technology materials, supplies, equipment, and contractual services for school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System by the department under s. 16.72 (8), and, in cooperation with the department and subject to the approval of the department of electronic government, establish standards and specifications for purchases of educational technology hardware and software by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
(h) Purchase With the approval of the department of electronic government, purchase educational technology equipment for use by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, and public educational institutions in this state and permit the districts, agencies, and institutions to purchase or lease the equipment, with an option to purchase the equipment at a later date. This subdivision paragraph does not require the purchase or lease of any educational technology equipment from the board.
16,1420m
Section 1420m. 44.71 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
44.71 (2) (i) Administer, modify, or rescind any grant or award made by the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation to fund a project described in s. 14.28 (3) (a) 1. to 5., 1999 stats., to the extent allowed under a contract for making the grant or award.
16,1422
Section
1422. 44.72 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (1) Educational technology training and technical assistance grants. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.275 (1) (et), the board shall award grants to cooperative educational service agencies and to consortia consisting of 2 or more school districts, charter school sponsors, secured correctional facilities, or cooperative educational service agencies, or one or more school districts, charter school sponsors, secured correctional facilities, or cooperative educational service agencies and one or more public library boards, to provide technical assistance and training in the use of educational technology. An applicant for a grant shall submit to the board a plan that specifies the school districts, charter school sponsors, secured correctional facilities, and public library boards that will participate in the program and describes how the funds will be allocated. The board shall do all of the following:
16,1424
Section
1424. 44.72 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (2) (b) 2. From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.275 (1) (f), (im), (jm), (js), and (mp), annually the board shall pay $5,000 to each eligible school district and $5,000 to the department of corrections for each eligible correctional facility. The department of corrections shall allocate funds received under this subsection among the eligible secured correctional facilities as it deems appropriate. The board shall distribute the balance in the appropriation to eligible school districts and to charter school sponsors in proportion to the weighted membership of each school district, which
and in proportion to the number of pupils attending each charter school on the 3rd Friday of September. The weighted membership for a school district shall be determined by dividing the statewide average equalized valuation per member by the school district's equalized valuation per member and multiplying the result by the school district's membership, as defined in s. 121.004 (5).
16,1425
Section
1425. 44.72 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (2) (c) A school district is eligible for a grant under par. (b) 2. only if the annual meeting in a common school district, or the school board in a unified school district or in a school district operating under ch. 119, adopts a resolution requesting the grant. A secured correctional facility is eligible for a grant under par. (b) 2. only if the secretary of corrections submits a written request to the board. A charter school sponsor is eligible for a grant under par. (b) 2. only if it submits a written request to the board. A grant under this subsection may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.
16,1426
Section
1426. 44.72 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (2) (d) A school district or secured correctional facility receiving a grant under par. (b) shall deposit the moneys in a separate fund. The moneys may be used for any purpose related to educational technology, except that a school district or secured correctional facility may not use the moneys to pay the salary or benefits of any school district or secured correctional facility employee. A charter school sponsor that receives a grant under par. (b) may use the moneys for any purpose related to educational technology that benefits the pupils attending the charter school, except that a charter school sponsor may not use the moneys to pay the salary or benefits of any charter school employee.
16,1426m
Section 1426m. 44.72 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
44.72 (3) Computer training. Annually, the board shall pay to the Racine Unified School District the amount appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (q) for training teachers and pupils in computers, including training in use of the Internet, Web design, computer animation, graphic design, and video skills.
16,1428b
Section 1428b. 44.72 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (4) (a) Financial assistance authorized. The board may provide financial assistance under this subsection to school districts and charter school sponsors from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zcm). Financial assistance under this subsection may be used only for the purpose of upgrading the electrical wiring of school and library buildings in existence on October 14, 1997, and installing and upgrading computer network wiring.
16,1430b
Section 1430b. 44.72 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (4) (b) Financial assistance applications, terms and conditions. The board shall establish application procedures for, and the terms and conditions of, financial assistance under this subsection, including a condition requiring a charter school sponsor to use financial assistance under this subsection for wiring upgrading and installation that benefits pupils attending the charter school. The board shall make a loan to a school district, charter school sponsor, or public library board in an amount equal to 50% of the total amount of financial assistance for which the board determines the school district or public library board is eligible and provide a grant to the school district or public library board for the remainder of the total. The terms and conditions of any financial assistance under this subsection may include provision of professional building construction services under s. 16.85 (15). The board shall determine the interest rate on loans under this subsection. The interest rate shall be as low as possible but shall be sufficient to fully pay all interest expenses incurred by the state in making the loans and to provide reserves that are reasonably expected to be required in the judgment of the board to ensure against losses arising from delinquency and default in the repayment of the loans. The term of a loan under this subsection may not exceed 10 years.
16,1431
Section
1431. 44.72 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.72 (4) (c) Repayment of loans. The board shall credit all moneys received from school districts and charter school sponsors for repayment of loans under this subsection to the appropriation account under s. 20.275 (1) (h). The board shall credit all moneys received from public library boards for repayment of loans under this subsection to the appropriation account under s. 20.275 (1) (hb).
16,1433
Section
1433. 44.73 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.73 (1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the board, in consultation with the department and subject to the approval of the department of electronic government, shall promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program to provide educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.
16,1434
Section
1434. 44.73 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.73 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the board for access to either one data line or one video link, except that any educational agency may request access to additional data lines if the agency shows to the satisfaction of the board that the additional data lines are more cost-effective than a single data line and except that a school district that operates more than one high school or a public library board that operates more than one library facility may request access to both a data line and a video link and access to more than one data line or video link.
16,1435
Section
1435. 44.73 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.73 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to participate in the program established under sub. (1), including a requirement that a charter school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of secured correctional facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.
16,1436
Section
1436. 44.73 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
44.73 (2) (f) Ensure that secured correctional facilities that receive access under this section to data lines and video links use them only for educational purposes.
16,1437
Section
1437. 44.73 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
44.73 (2g) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) may not do any of the following:
(a) Provide access to the data line to any business entity, as defined in s. 13.62 (5).
(b) Request access to an additional data line for purposes of providing access to bandwidth to a political subdivision under a shared service agreement under sub. (2r) (a).
16,1438
Section
1438. 44.73 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
44.73 (2r) (a) A public library board that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) may enter into a shared service agreement with a political subdivision that provides the political subdivision with access to any excess bandwidth on the data line that is not used by the public library board, except that a public library board may not sell, resell, or transfer in consideration for money or anything of value to a political subdivision access to any excess bandwidth. A shared service agreement under this paragraph is not valid unless the agreement allows the public library board to cancel the agreement at any time after providing notice to the political subdivision.
(b) A political subdivision that obtains access to bandwidth under a shared service agreement under par. (a) may not receive compensation for providing any other person with access to the bandwidth.
(c) A public library board shall provide the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board with written notice within 30 days after entering into or modifying a shared service agreement under par. (a).
16,1439
Section
1439. 44.73 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.73 (3) The board shall submit an annual report to the department on the status of providing data lines and video links that are requested under sub. (2) (a) and the impact on the universal service fund of any payment under contracts under s. 16.974 (7).
16,1440b
Section 1440b. 44.73 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (6) (a) and amended to read:
44.73 (6) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.275 (1) (s) or (tm), the board may award an annual grant to a school district or private school that had in effect on October 14, 1997, a contract for access to a data line or video link, as documented by the board. The board shall determine the amount of the grant, which shall be equal to the cost incurred by the state to provide telecommunications access to a school district or private school under a contract entered into under s. 16.974 (7) (a) or (c) (1) or (3) less the amount that the school district or private school would be paying under sub. (2) (d) if the school district or private school were participating in the program established under sub. (1), except that the amount may not be greater than the cost that a school district or private school incurs under the contract in effect on October 14, 1997. A school district or private school receiving a grant under this subsection is not eligible to participate in the program under sub. (1). No grant may be awarded under this subsection after June 30, 2002 December 31, 2005.
16,1440c
Section 1440c. 44.73 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
44.73 (6) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the board may award a school district that operates more than one high school and that had in effect on October 14, 1997, a contract for access to more than one data line or video link an annual grant for each data line or video link serving each high school covered by that contract.
16,1441
Section
1441. 45.01 of the statutes is renumbered 45.014.
16,1442
Section
1442. 45.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.25 (1) Administration. The department of veterans affairs shall administer a tuition and fee reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.35 (9m), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 45.54, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.
16,1443
Section
1443. 45.25 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.25 (2) (d) The individual is a resident at the time of application for the tuition and fee reimbursement program and was a Wisconsin resident at the time of entry or reentry into service or was a resident for any consecutive 5-year 12-month period after entry or reentry into service and before the date of his or her application. If a person applying for a benefit under this section meets that 5-consecutive-year the residency requirement
of 12 consecutive months, the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets the 5-consecutive-year that residency requirement when he or she later applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires a 5-consecutive-year that residency.
16,1444
Section
1444. 45.25 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.25 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), an individual who meets the requirements under sub. (2), upon satisfactory completion of a full-time undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state, any school that is approved under s. 45.35 (9m), any proprietary school that is approved under s. 45.54, or any institution from which the individual receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47, may be reimbursed for up to 65% an amount not to exceed the total cost of the individual's tuition and fees. The reimbursement under this paragraph is limited to a maximum of 65% of minus any grants or scholarships, including those made under s. 21.49, that the individual receives specifically for the payment of the tuition or fees, or 85% of the standard cost for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison per course or the difference between the individual's tuition and fees and the grants or scholarships, including those made under s. 21.49, that the individual receives specifically for the payment of the tuition or fees, whichever is less. Reimbursement is available only for tuition and fees that are part of a curriculum that is relevant to a degree in a particular course of study at the institution.
