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106.14
(1) The department may award grants to nonprofit corporations and
4public agencies for the provision of career counseling centers throughout the state.
SB77-SSA1,1212,106
106.215
(7) (c)
Conservation fund appropriation. Notwithstanding par. (a),
7moneys appropriated under s. 20.445 (6) (u) that are not derived from the forestation
8state tax under s. 70.58 may be utilized for any project approved by the board
9regardless of whether the project consists in whole or in part of conservation
10activities.
SB77-SSA1,1212,1712
106.215
(10) (d)
Unemployment compensation. A corps
enrollee member or
13assistant crew leader is not eligible for unemployment compensation benefits by
14virtue of his or her employment in the Wisconsin conservation corps program. To the
15extent permitted by federal law, the Wisconsin conservation corps program shall be
16considered a work-relief and working-training program for the purpose of
17determining eligibility for benefits under s. 108.02 (15) (g) 1.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2683
18Section
2683. 106.215 (10) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,1213,319
106.215
(10) (g) 1. A person who is employed as a corps enrollee for a 6-month
20to one-year period of continuous employment, as determined by standards adopted
21by the board, and who receives a satisfactory employment evaluation upon
22termination of employment is entitled to an incentive payment of $500 prorated in
23the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person
24bears to 2,080 hours or an education voucher that is worth at least double the
25monetary value of the prorated incentive payment, but not more than
$2,400 $2,600
1prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed
2by that person bears to 2,080 hours. No corps enrollee may receive more than 2
3incentive payments or 4 education vouchers.
SB77-SSA1,1213,65
107.31
(5) (a) 1. Four percent of all moneys distributed under s. 70.395 (1)
, 1995
6stats., and under s. 70.395 (1e) beginning on May 22, 1980; and
SB77-SSA1,1213,108
108.02
(15) (gm) "Employment" as applied to work for the Wisconsin
9conservation corps board, does not include service as a corps member or assistant
10crew leader.
SB77-SSA1,1214,212
108.20
(2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf)
13which are received by the administrative account as interest and penalties under
14this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the administrative
15account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers under s. 108.17
16(3m) and may pay interest due on advances to the unemployment reserve fund from
17the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act,
42 USC
181321 to
1324, may make payments to satisfy a federal audit exception concerning a
19payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance involving the unemployment
20compensation program,
or may make payments to the fund if such action is necessary
21to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on advances from the
22federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act
or may
23provide career counseling center grants under s. 106.14, except that any interest
24earned pending disbursement of federal employment security grants under s. 20.445
25(1) (n) shall be credited to the general fund. Any moneys reverting to the
1administrative account from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) shall
2be utilized as provided in this subsection.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2689
3Section
2689. 108.20 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
4.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
SB77-SSA1,1214,195
108.20
(2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf)
6which are received by the administrative account as interest and penalties under
7this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the administrative
8account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers under s. 108.17
9(3m) and may pay interest due on advances to the unemployment reserve fund from
10the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act,
42 USC
111321 to
1324, may make payments to satisfy a federal audit exception concerning a
12payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance involving the unemployment
13compensation program, or may make payments to the fund if such action is necessary
14to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on advances from the
15federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act, except that
16any interest earned pending disbursement of federal employment security grants
17under s. 20.445 (1) (n) shall be credited to the general fund. Any moneys reverting
18to the administrative account from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and
19(gf) shall be utilized as provided in this subsection.
SB77-SSA1,1215,1621
109.09
(1) The department shall investigate and attempt equitably to adjust
22controversies between employers and employes as to alleged wage claims. The
23department may receive and investigate any wage claim which is filed with the
24department, or received by the department under s. 109.10 (4), no later than 2 years
25after the date the wages are due. The department may, after receiving a wage claim,
1investigate any wages due from the employer against whom the claim is filed to any
2employe during the period commencing 2 years before the date the claim is filed. The
3department shall enforce this chapter and ss. 66.293, 103.02, 103.49,
103.50, 103.82
4and 104.12. In pursuance of this duty, the department may sue the employer on
5behalf of the employe to collect any wage claim or wage deficiency and ss. 109.03 (6)
6and 109.11 (2) and (3) shall apply to such actions. Except for actions under s. 109.10,
7the department may refer such an action to the district attorney of the county in
8which the violation occurs for prosecution and collection and the district attorney
9shall commence an action in the circuit court having appropriate jurisdiction. Any
10number of wage claims or wage deficiencies against the same employer may be joined
11in a single proceeding, but the court may order separate trials or hearings. In actions
12that are referred to a district attorney under this subsection, any taxable costs
13recovered by the district attorney shall be paid into the general fund of the county
14in which the violation occurs and used by that county to meet its financial
15responsibility under s. 978.13 (2) for the operation of the office of the district attorney
16who prosecuted the action.
SB77-SSA1,1216,1118
109.09
(2) The department, under its authority under sub. (1) to maintain
19actions for the benefit of employes, or an employe who brings an action under s.
20109.03 (5) shall have a lien upon all property of the employer, real or personal, located
21in this state for the full amount of any wage claim or wage deficiency. A lien under
22this subsection takes effect when the department or employe files a verified petition
23claiming the lien with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the services
24or some part of the services were performed pays the fee specified in s. 814.61 (5) to
25that clerk of circuit court and serves a copy of that petition on the employer by
1personal service in the same manner as a summons is served under s. 801.11 or by
2certified mail with a return receipt requested. The department or employe must file
3the petition within 2 years after the date that the wages were due. The petition shall
4specify the nature of the claim and the amount claimed, describe the property upon
5which the claim is made and state that the petitioner claims a lien on that property.
6The lien shall take precedence over all other debts, judgments, decrees, liens or
7mortgages against the employer, except a lien under s. 292.31 (8) (i)
, 292.41 (6) (d) 8or 292.81, and may be enforced in the manner provided in ss. 779.09 to 779.12, 779.20
9and 779.21, insofar as such provisions are applicable. The lien ceases to exist if the
10department or the employe does not bring an action to enforce the lien within the
11period prescribed in s. 893.44 for the underlying wage claim.
SB77-SSA1,1216,23
13110.065 Traffic academy. The secretary may establish and operate an
14academy for the training of state, county and local traffic patrol officers and other
15related personnel and make rules and regulations for the conduct thereof. The
16secretary shall establish and periodically revise a reasonable scale of tuition charges.
17The tuition for personnel other than employes of the department shall be paid by
18their respective departments or governing bodies and shall be deposited in the
19transportation fund appropriation account under s. 20.395 (5) (dh). The secretary
20shall consult appropriate state, county and local authorities concerning the
21establishment and operation of the academy and the determination of tuition
22charges. State agencies shall cooperate with the secretary in providing information
23and instructional services for the academy.
SB77-SSA1,1217,2
1111.91
(2) (kg) The procedures relating to code of ethics violations under s.
2230.125.
SB77-SSA1,1217,84
111.91
(2) (Lm) Any reduction in fringe benefits provided by a county having
5a population of 500,000 or more to assistant district attorneys, who are granted
6creditable service under s. 40.02 (17) (gm), to compensate for the reduction in the
7state's reimbursement of the employer's cost for fringe benefits under s. 978.12 (6)
8(b).
SB77-SSA1,1217,1110
111.91
(2) (n) The provision to employes of the health insurance coverage
11required under s. 632.895 (11) and (12).
SB77-SSA1, s. 2694
12Section
2694. Chapter 115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,1217,17
14DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION state
15
superintendent; GENERAL
16
CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS;
17
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
SB77-SSA1,1217,2119
115.001
(1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract
20with a school board under s. 118.40
or with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b),
21or a school established and operated by one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b).
SB77-SSA1,1217,2423
115.001
(2) Department. "Department" means the department of
education 24public instruction.
SB77-SSA1,1218,4
1115.001
(3r) Private school. "Private school" means an institution with a
2private educational program that meets all of the criteria under s. 118.165 (1) or is
3determined to be a private school by the
department
state superintendent under s.
4118.167.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2697
6Section
2697. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 115 [precedes 115.28] of the
7statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB77-SSA1,1218,1110
State superintendent of
11
public instruction
SB77-SSA1,1218,13
13115.28 General duties. (intro.) The
department state superintendent shall:
SB77-SSA1, s. 2698
14Section
2698. 115.28 (3m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB77-SSA1,1218,2015
115.28
(3m) Supervision of cooperative educational service agencies; rules. 16(a) Supervise and audit the receipts and expenditures of the cooperative educational
17service agencies, conduct program review of the agencies, approve agency
18evaluations, supervise boundary reorganization where necessary, advise the
19administrators of the agencies and provide assistance in organizing the agencies
20throughout the state.
SB77-SSA1,1218,2221
(b) Promulgate rules establishing procedures for the reorganization of
22cooperative educational service agencies and boundary appeals.
SB77-SSA1,1219,223
(c) Every 3rd year as scheduled by the department, report to the appropriate
24standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) on all cooperative
1educational service agency programs and services. The report shall include
2information on the efficiency and effectiveness of the programs and services.
SB77-SSA1,1219,64
115.28
(5) Appeals. Examine and determine all appeals which by law are made
5to the
department state superintendent and prescribe rules of practice in respect
6thereto, not inconsistent with law.
SB77-SSA1,1219,148
115.28
(7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state, make rules
9establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
10licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192 and
11118.195, prescribe by rule standards and procedures for the approval of teacher
12preparatory programs leading to licensure, file in the
secretary's state
13superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses and register
14each such license.
SB77-SSA1,1219,2516
115.28
(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
17applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
18department state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in
19private schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such certificates
20and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in either public or private
21schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
department 22state superintendent finds that the private school in which the applicant taught
23offered an adequate educational program during the period of the applicant's
24teaching therein. Private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or
25certified teachers.
SB77-SSA1,1220,92
115.28
(7) (e) 2. Promulgate rules establishing requirements for licensure as
3an alternative education program teacher and for the approval of teacher education
4programs leading to licensure as an alternative education program teacher. The
5rules shall encompass the teaching of multiple subjects or grade levels or both, as
6determined by the
department state superintendent. The rules may require teacher
7education programs to grant credit towards licensure as an alternative education
8program teacher for relevant experience or demonstrated proficiency in relevant
9skills and knowledge.
SB77-SSA1,1220,1411
115.28
(7m) Certification of school nurses. Certify school nurses, make
12rules for the examination and certification of school nurses and file in the
secretary's 13state superintendent's office all papers relating to school nurses certification and
14register each such certification.
SB77-SSA1,1220,1816
115.28
(9) Federal aids. Accept federal funds for any function over which the
17department state superintendent has jurisdiction and act as the agent for the receipt
18and disbursement of such funds.
SB77-SSA1,1220,2220
115.28
(20) (a) Advise the
secretary
state superintendent on funding criteria
21and evaluation plans for grant programs for the school district operating under ch.
22119.
SB77-SSA1,1220,2524
115.28
(20) (b) Advise the
secretary
state superintendent on the programs that
25meet or do not meet the funding criteria.
SB77-SSA1,1221,32
115.28
(20) (c) Assist the
secretary
state superintendent in monitoring the
3progress of funded programs.
SB77-SSA1,1221,65
115.28
(20) (d) Recommend to the
secretary state superintendent needed
6changes in statutes or rules relating to grant programs.
SB77-SSA1,1221,98
115.28
(20) (e) Submit to the
secretary state superintendent an annual report
9detailing the council's activities, accomplishments and projected needs.
SB77-SSA1,1221,1811
115.28
(21) Youth initiatives program. Administer grants to local community
12organizations for standardized assessment and programs for instruction in basic
13skills and work experience under the youth initiatives program. The
department 14state superintendent may require a school board to provide matching funds at any
15percentage. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both. The
16department state superintendent shall establish, by rule, performance standards for
17the youth initiatives program and shall monitor performances by grantees. This
18subsection does not apply after June 30, 1996.
SB77-SSA1,1222,521
115.28
(35) Grants for collaborative projects. From the appropriation under
22s. 20.255 (2) (ef), award a $300,000 grant to a rural school district, a suburban school
23district and an urban school district, other than the school district operating under
24ch. 119, for projects, conducted in collaboration with the county social services
25department or the county human services department, that integrate social services
1and school responsibilities as they relate to pupils and their parents. One-third of
2the total grant amount shall be paid in each of 3 consecutive school years. The
3department state superintendent shall give preference in awarding grants to
4projects that provide for the delivery of services in a single location. No grant may
5be awarded under this subsection after June 30, 1996.
SB77-SSA1,1222,138
115.28
(39) Alcohol and other drug abuse report. By July 1, 1998, and
9biennially by July 1 thereafter, evaluate the effectiveness of the programs under ss.
10115.36, 115.361 and 115.362 and submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172
11(2). To satisfy this reporting requirement as it pertains to s. 115.361, the department
12may incorporate into the report under this subsection the report required under s.
13115.361 (7) (c).
SB77-SSA1,1222,1815
115.28
(40) Milwaukee public museum. Annually distribute the amount
16appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ef) to the Milwaukee Public Museum to develop
17curricula and exhibits relating to African American history if the Milwaukee Public
18Museum provides an equal amount of money for that purpose.
SB77-SSA1,1222,20
20115.29 General powers. (intro.) The
secretary state superintendent may:
SB77-SSA1,1223,222
115.29
(1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy
secretary state
23superintendent or another employe of the department as the
secretary's state
24superintendent's representative on any body on which the
secretary state
1superintendent is required to serve, except the board of regents of the university of
2Wisconsin system.
SB77-SSA1,1223,74
115.29
(2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make
5such investigations as the
secretary state superintendent deems important and as
6will acquaint the
secretary state superintendent with the different systems of public
7schools in the United States.
SB77-SSA1,1223,229
115.29
(4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of
10equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the
secretary's state
11superintendent's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having
12completed a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The
secretary 13state superintendent may establish the standards by which high school graduation
14equivalency is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school
15courses completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited,
16results of examinations given by or at the request of the
secretary state
17superintendent, successful completion of correspondence study courses given by
18acceptable correspondence study schools, a general educational development
19certificate of high school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government,
20course credits received in schools meeting the approval of the
secretary state
21superintendent or other standards established by the
secretary state
22superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1223,2524
115.30
(4) (intro.) In the biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d), the
department 25state superintendent also shall report: