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(e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.".
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17254. Page 1188, line 13: after "violation." insert "The department shall
18promulgate rules defining what constitutes a willful misclassification of an employee
19as a nonemployee for purposes of this section and of ss. 102.07 (8) (d) and 108.24
20(2m).".
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111.70
(1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
24metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district,
transit
1authority under s. 59.58 (7), 66.1038, or 66.1039, or any other political subdivision
2of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that
3engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a
4municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied,
5but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V
6of ch. 229.".
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115.28
(52) Adult literacy grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255
15(3) (b), award grants to nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to
16support programs that train community-based adult literacy staff and to establish
17new volunteer-based programs in areas of this state that have a demonstrated need
18for adult literacy services. No
grant may exceed $10,000, and no organization may
19receive more than one grant in any fiscal year.".
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1119.23
(2) (a) (intro.) Subject to
par. pars. (b)
and (bm), any pupil in grades
2kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend, at no charge, any private
3school located in the city if all of the following apply:".
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119.23
(2) (bm) In the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, no more than 21,500
11pupils, as counted under s. 121.004 (7), may attend private schools under this
12section.".
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119.23
(7) (cm) 1. In this paragraph:
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a. "Bilingual-bicultural education program" has the meaning given in s.
18115.955 (2).
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b. "Bilingual counselor" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (3).
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c. "Bilingual teacher" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (5).
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d. "Limited-English proficient pupil" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (7).
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2. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year and annually in each school year
23thereafter, each private school participating in the program under this section shall
24conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils attending the private school
1under this section, assess the language proficiency of such pupils, and classify such
2pupils by language group, grade level, age, and English language proficiency.
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3. If, after conducting the count under subd. 2., the private school determines
4that one of the following requirements is satisfied, the private school shall establish
5a bilingual-bicultural education program that complies with the requirements
6under subd. 4.:
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a. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 10 or more limited-English
8proficient pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, in attendance at the private school
9under the program under this section, and whose parents or guardians give written
10consent to such pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish
11a bilingual-bicultural education program for such pupils during the school term.
12Such program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher.
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b. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 20 or more limited-English
14proficient pupils in grades 4 to 8, in attendance at the private school under the
15program under this section, and whose parents or guardians give written consent to
16such pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish a
17bilingual-bicultural education program for such pupils during the school term. Such
18program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher.
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c. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 20 or more limited-English
20proficient pupils in grades 9 to 12, in attendance at the private school, and whose
21parents or guardians give written consent to the pupils' placement under subd. 4.,
22the private school shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program. The
23program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher. Bilingual counselors shall be made
24available.
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14. The private school shall obtain written consent from the parent or guardian
2of each limited-English proficient pupil before placing such pupil in a
3bilingual-bicultural education program. A pupil shall be eligible for a
4bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is able to perform
5ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education program shall be
6designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective. Nothing in this
7paragraph shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of limited-English
8proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of the school day.
9Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate in a
10bilingual-bicultural education program, except that the private school shall give
11preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
12program.".
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5"(b) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the
6attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer from".
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10"(c) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the
11attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer".
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22285. Page 1320, line 14: delete the material beginning with "that the" and
23ending with "subscriber." on line 15 and substitute "with an assigned telephone
1number, including a communication service provided via a voice over Internet
2protocol connection. If a communications provider provides multiple
3communications service connections to a subscriber, the communications provider
4shall impose a separate fee under this subdivision on each of the first 10 connections
5and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed account.".
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6286. Page 1320, line 18: delete "fee."" and substitute "fee," or, if the
7communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3),
8the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as "charge
9for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee."".
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11"
Section 2454kg. 196.20 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
12read:
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196.20
(4) (c) 1. If an electric public utility has an approved fuel cost plan, the
14commission shall defer any under-collection or over-collection of fuel costs that are
15outside of the utility's symmetrical fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the
16commission, for subsequent rate recovery or refund.
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2. The commission may commence a proceeding to adjust rates for an electric
18public utility outside of a general rate case proceeding if the utility's actual fuel costs
19are outside of the utility's fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the
20commission.
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3. Approval of a fuel cost plan and any rate adjustment for deferred fuel costs
22or refund of over-collected fuel costs shall be determined by the commission after
23opportunity for hearing.
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1196.20
(4) (d) The commission shall promulgate a rule
to implement this
2subsection.".
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196.31
(2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission
6shall make an annual grant of $300,000 to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is
7described under section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that has a
8history of advocating on behalf of residential ratepayers for affordable rates, for the
9purpose of offsetting the general expenses of the corporation, including salary,
10benefit, rent, and utility expenses.".
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21281.14 Wisconsin River monitoring and study. (1) In this section:
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(a) "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in s. 281.16 (1) (e).
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(b) "Point source" has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (12).
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1(2) The department shall conduct a program to monitor and study the
2introduction of nutrients from point sources and nonpoint sources into the Wisconsin
3River from the city of Merrill to the Castle Rock Flowage dam. The department shall
4seek to do all of the following under this subsection:
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(a) Identify the amounts of nutrients being introduced into the river.
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(b) Characterize and quantify the nutrients, in particular nitrogen and
7phosphorus, introduced into the river from nonpoint sources relative to climate, land
8use, soil type, elevation, and drainage.
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(c) Collect water quality information for locations on the river itself and for
10major tributaries and major impoundments to use in evaluating the biological,
11physical, and chemical properties of the water and to use as data in watershed and
12river models.
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(d) Use watershed and river models and the information collected under this
14subsection and from other sources to forecast the effect on water quality of different
15methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into the river.
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(e) Develop tools to use in selecting and implementing methods of reducing the
17amounts of nutrients introduced into the river.".
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23"(b) Of each fee paid under par. (a), $95 shall be credited to the appropriation
24account under s. 20.370 (4) (mi).
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1(c) The department shall annually submit a report to the joint committee on
2finance and, under s. 13.172 (3), to the standing committees of the legislature with
3jurisdiction over agricultural and environmental matters describing the use of the
4moneys credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (mi) under par. (b).".
