Amendment ASA1-SB55

SB55-ASA1, s. 1336 Section 1336. 106.13 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,911,25 106.13 (4) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (7) (em), the board may award a grant to a public agency or a nonprofit organization, or to an eligible employer that is responsible for the on-the-job training and supervision of a youth apprentice. A public agency or non-profit nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the funds awarded under the grant to award training grants to eligible employers that provide on-the-job training and supervision for youth apprentices. Subject to par. (c), a training grant provided under this subsection may be awarded to an eligible employer for each youth apprentice who receives at least 180 hours of paid on-the-job training from the eligible employer during a school year, as defined in s. 115.001 (13). The amount of a training grant may not exceed $500 per youth apprentice per school year. A training grant may not be awarded for any specific youth apprentice for more than 2 school years.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1337 Section 1337. 106.13 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,912,6 106.13 (4) (c) Notwithstanding par. (b), the board may award a training grant under this subsection to an eligible employer that provides less than 180 hours of paid on-the-job training for a youth apprentice during a school year, as defined in s. 115.001 (13), if the board determines that it would be beneficial for the youth apprentice to receive on-the-job training from more than one eligible employer.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1338 Section 1338. 106.13 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,912,12 106.13 (4) (d) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for a grant under this subsection. That criteria shall specify that eligibility for a grant shall be limited to small employers, as determined by the board, and to employers providing on-the-job training in employment areas determined by the board. Notwithstanding sub. (5), those criteria need not be promulgated as rules.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1339 Section 1339. 106.14 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 106.14 and amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,912,19 106.14 Job centers and career counseling centers. The department shall provide a job center network throughout the state through which job seekers may receive comprehensive career planning, job placement, and job training information. As part of the job center network, the department shall provide career counseling centers at which youths may receive the services specified in sub. (2).

SB55-ASA1, s. 2571d Section 2571d. 106.14 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1340 Section 1340. 106.215 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,913,2 106.215 (1) (e) "Local unit of government" means the governing body of any city, town, village, county, county utility district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district or school district, the Fox-Winnebago regional management commission or the elected tribal governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1341 Section 1341. 106.215 (10) (fm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,913,5 106.215 (10) (fm) 1. Corps enrollees who have been crew leaders, regional crew leaders or a combination thereof for at least 2 years 6 months.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1342 Section 1342. 106.215 (10) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,913,11 106.215 (10) (g) 3. The education voucher is valid for 3 4 years after the date of issuance for the payment of tuition and required program activity fees at any institution of higher education, as defined under s. 39.32 (1) (a), which in 20 USC 1002, that accepts the voucher, and the board shall authorize payment to the institution of face value of the voucher upon presentment.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1343 Section 1343. 110.20 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,913,17 110.20 (6) (a) 1. For a nonexempt vehicle required to be registered on an annual or other periodic basis in this state, within 90 days the period of time specified by the department under sub. (9) (d) prior to renewal of registration in the 2nd year after the nonexempt vehicle's model year and every 2 years thereafter, except as provided in sub. (9) (j).

SB55-ASA1, s. 1344 Section 1344. 110.20 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,913,20 110.20 (9) (d) Specify a period of time during which an emissions inspection must be performed for a nonexempt vehicle subject to sub. (6) (a) 1. or 2.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1345 Section 1345. 111.70 (4) (jm) 4. k. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,914,2 111.70 (4) (jm) 4. k. Establish a system for conducting interrogations of members of the police department that is limited to the hours between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on working days, as defined in s. 227.01 (14), if the interrogations could lead to disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal, but one that does not apply if the interrogation is part of a criminal investigation.

SB55-ASA1, s. 2615t Section 2615t. 114.31 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,914,9 114.31 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ds), the department shall administer an aviation career education program to provide training and apprenticeship opportunities associated with aviation careers for socially and economically disadvantaged youth. If there are interested and eligible participants for the program in the city of Green Bay, the department shall offer the program in the city of Green Bay.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1346 Section 1346. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1347 Section 1347. 115.28 (42) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,914,15 115.28 (42) Wisconsin geographic education program. Enter into an agreement with the National Geographic Society Education Foundation to establish a geographical education program in this state. The agreement shall require each of the following:

SB55-ASA1,914,19 (a) That the National Geographic Society Education Foundation shall establish and manage a trust fund consisting of any grant made under 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9101 (10) (b), and $500,000 in matching funds provided by the Foundation.

SB55-ASA1,914,23 (b) That, from the trust fund established under par. (a) and any income thereon, the National Geographic Society Education Foundation shall award grants and support programs for improving geographical education in this state, with an emphasis on improving student use of geographic information systems technology.

SB55-ASA1,915,3 (c) That the National Geographic Society Education Foundation annually submit to the department an audited financial statement of the trust fund established under par. (a) that is prepared by an independent auditor and a report listing the names of grant recipients and the amounts and purposes of awards and other expenditures made from the trust fund.

SB55-ASA1,915,7 (d) That, if the trust fund established under par. (a) is dissolved, the National Geographic Society Education Foundation shall return to the department the grant made under 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9101 (10) (b), and unexpended income thereon.

SB55-ASA1,915,12 (e) That the agreement is not effective unless the secretary of administration determines that the transfer between the appropriation accounts described under 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9101 (10) (b), has occurred and that the National Geographic Society Education Foundation has provided the matching funds described in par. (a).

SB55-ASA1, s. 2625m Section 2625m. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,915,21 115.28 (45) Special counselor grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (kL), award grants to school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, consortia consisting of 2 or more school districts or cooperative educational service agencies, or an educational organization that serves pupils in any grade from kindergarten to 12, if the school district, cooperative educational service agency, or educational organization serves American Indian pupils or borders on an American Indian reservation, for the purpose of employing counselors to help American Indian pupils adjust to the school districts in which they are enrolled.

SB55-ASA1, s. 2641m Section 2641m. 115.38 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB55-ASA1,916,2 115.38 (2) Upon request, each school board shall produce a copy of the most recent school and school district performance report to each parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in the school district or enrolled in a charter school located in the school district, and, if the school district maintains an Internet site, shall make the report available to the public at that site.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1348 Section 1348. 115.42 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1349 Section 1349. 115.42 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,916,11 115.42 (1) (b) The grant under this subsection shall be an amount equal to the costs of obtaining certification under par. (a) 1. that are borne by the person, not to exceed $2,000. The department shall award the grant under this subsection in the school year in which the person is certified under par. (a) 1., except that if the person becomes certified under par. (a) 1. while he or she is not a resident of this state, the department shall award the grant under this subsection in the first school year in which the person meets the requirements under par. (a).

SB55-ASA1, s. 1350 Section 1350. 115.42 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,916,17 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) The department shall award a 9 grants of $2,500 grant each to each person who received a grant under sub. (1) in each of the 9 school years following the school year in which he or she received the grant if the person satisfies all of the following requirements:

SB55-ASA1, s. 1351 Section 1351. 115.42 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 115.42 (2) (a) 1. and 2.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1352 Section 1352. 115.42 (2) (bL) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,916,24 115.42 (2) (bL) The department shall award the grants under this subsection annually, one grant in each of the school years following the school year in which the grant under sub. (1) was awarded and in which the person satisfies the requirements under par. (a).

SB55-ASA1, s. 1353 Section 1353. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1354 Section 1354. 115.42 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (2) (a) 4.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1355 Section 1355. 115.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,917,16 115.88 (2) Transportation aid. If upon receipt of the plan under s. 115.77 (4) the state superintendent is satisfied that the transportation of children with disabilities has been maintained during the preceding year in accordance with the law, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each county, cooperative educational service agency, or school district transporting such pupils an amount equal to the amount expended for such transportation as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) and (br). Pupils for whom aid is paid under this subsection shall not be eligible for aid under s. 121.58 (2) or (4). This subsection applies to any child with a disability who requires special assistance in transportation, including any such child attending regular classes who requires special or additional transportation. This subsection does not apply to any child with a disability attending regular or special classes who does not require any special or additional transportation.

SB55-ASA1, s. 2668m Section 2668m. 115.88 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,917,19 115.88 (8m) Supplemental aid. (a) In this subsection, "additional costs" means the costs of nursing services and assistive technology.

SB55-ASA1,918,2 (b) If an operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), a school district, a county, or a cooperative educational service agency incurs special education costs for a pupil that equal or exceed an amount equal to 3 times the cost of the state average cost per pupil in the previous school year, as determined by the department by rule, the department shall, beginning in the 2002-03 school year, reimburse the operator, school district, county, or cooperative educational service agency from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) an amount calculated as follows:

SB55-ASA1,918,4 1. For each special education pupil, determine the amount of aidable costs under subs. (1) to (6) and (8) in the previous school year.

SB55-ASA1,918,6 2. Subtract from the amount under subd. 1. the amount of aid paid under this section for those costs.

SB55-ASA1,918,8 3. Add to the remainder under subd. 2. the additional costs associated with that pupil in the previous school year.

SB55-ASA1,918,10 4. Subtract an amount equal to 3 times the cost of the state average cost per pupil in the previous school year from the result under subd. 3.

SB55-ASA1,918,11 5. Multiply the result under subd. 4. by 0.90.

SB55-ASA1,918,15 (c) An operator, school district, county, or cooperative educational service agency seeking aid under this subsection shall submit a claim for aid to the department no later than September 1 of the school year following the school year in which the costs were incurred.

SB55-ASA1, s. 2668n Section 2668n. 115.882 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,918,22 115.882 Payment of state aid. Funds appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose purposes of s. 115.88 (4) and (8m). Costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (b) and (br) under ss. 115.88 (1m) to (3), (6) and (8), 115.93 and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a rate set to distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for such costs, not to exceed 100%.

SB55-ASA1, s. 2679m Section 2679m. 118.135 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,919,3 118.135 Eye examinations. (1) Beginning in the 2002-03 school year, each school board and each charter school shall request each pupil entering kindergarten to provide evidence that the pupil has had his or her eyes examined by an optometrist licensed under ch. 449 or by a physician. The examination shall include all of the following:

SB55-ASA1,919,5 (a) A brief history of general health and eye health of the child and of the child's family.

SB55-ASA1,919,6 (b) General external observation of the child's eyes and surrounding structures.

SB55-ASA1,919,7 (c) An examination of the inside of the child's eyes through undilated pupils.

SB55-ASA1,919,8 (d) A gross measurement of the child's peripheral vision.

SB55-ASA1,919,9 (e) An evaluation of the coordination and function of the child's eyes.

SB55-ASA1,919,10 (f) An examination of the visual acuity of each of the child's eyes.

SB55-ASA1,919,15 (2) A pupil who complies with a request under sub. (1) shall provide evidence of an eye examination by December 31 following the pupil's enrollment in kindergarten. The school board or charter school shall provide pupils with the form distributed by the department of regulation and licensing under s. 440.03 (16) for that purpose.

SB55-ASA1,919,19 (3) To the extent feasible, the medical examining board and the optometry examining board shall encourage physicians and optometrists, for the purpose of this section, to conduct free eye examinations of pupils who are in financial need and do not have insurance coverage for eye examinations.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1356 Section 1356. 118.30 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,920,2 118.30 (1m) (a) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 4th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 4th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the school board has not developed and adopted its own 4th grade examination, the school board shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1,920,7 2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the school board has developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 4th grade. The school board shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1357 Section 1357. 118.30 (1m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,920,15 118.30 (1m) (am) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 8th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 8th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the school board has not developed and adopted its own 8th grade examination, the school board shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1,920,20 2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the school board has developed or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 8th grade. The school board shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1358 Section 1358. 118.30 (1r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,921,2 118.30 (1r) (a) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 4th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 4th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has not developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, the operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1,921,7 2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 4th grade. The operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1359 Section 1359. 118.30 (1r) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,921,14 118.30 (1r) (am) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 8th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has not developed and adopted its own 8th grade examination, the operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1,921,19 2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade. The operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1360 Section 1360. 118.43 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1361 Section 1361. 118.43 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,922,2 118.43 (2) (g) The department may renew an achievement guarantee contract under pars. (b), (bg), and (br) for one or more terms of 5 school years. As a condition of receiving payments under a renewal of an achievement guarantee contract, a school board shall maintain the reduction of class size achieved during the last school year of the original achievement guarantee contract for the grades specified for the last school year of the contract.

SB55-ASA1, s. 1362 Section 1362. 118.43 (6) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,922,11 118.43 (6) (b) 7. In the 2001-02 and 2002-03 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g). After making these payments, the department shall pay school districts on behalf of schools that are covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar), an amount equal to $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar).

SB55-ASA1, s. 1363 Section 1363. 118.43 (6) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,922,16 118.43 (6) (b) 8. In the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g).

SB55-ASA1, s. 1364 Section 1364. 118.51 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,923,3 118.51 (3) (a) 2. A nonresident school board may not act on any application received under subd. 1. until after the 3rd Friday following the first Monday in February. If a nonresident school board receives more applications for a particular grade or program than there are spaces available in the grade or program, the nonresident school board shall determine which pupils to accept on a random basis, after giving preference to pupils and to siblings of pupils who are already attending public school in the nonresident school district. If a nonresident school board determines that space is not otherwise available for open enrollment pupils in the grade or program to which an individual has applied, the school board may nevertheless accept an applicant who is already attending school in the nonresident school district or a sibling of the applicant.