Amendment JR4 ASA1-AB2

Current law appropriates general purpose revenues (GPR) to the Technical College System (TCS) Board for state aid for technical colleges. In addition, current law requires the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to award grants to public and private organizations for the development and implementation of workforce training programs for the training of both new and incumbent employees of businesses in this state.

This substitute amendment decreases the GPR supplemental appropriation to the Joint Committee on Finance by $35,400,000 in the 2013-15 state fiscal biennium, increases the state aid for technical colleges appropriation to the TCS Board by $31,900,000 in that biennium, and increases the workforce training program grants appropriation to DWD by $3,500,000 in that biennium for all of the following purposes:

1. State aid to technical colleges for the reduction of waiting lists for enrollment in programs and courses in high-demand fields, as determined by the TCS Board.

2. Grants for collaborative projects among school districts, technical colleges, and businesses to provide high school pupils with industry-recognized certifications in high-demand fields, as determined by DWD.

3. Grants to public and private organizations or services provided by DWD to enhance employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

The substitute amendment requires the TCS Board and DWD, in submitting information to the Department of Administration for purposes of the 2015-17 biennial budget act, to submit information for the state aid for technical colleges appropriation and for the workforce training program grants appropriation as though the increases in the dollar amounts in those appropriations under the substitute amendment had not been made. As a result, the amounts of those increases are not included in the base amounts for the 2015-17 biennial budget.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB2-ASA1,1 Section 1. 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB2-ASA1,2,5 20.445 (1) (b) Workforce training program; grants and services. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for workforce training grants and services under s. 106.27 (1) and (1g).

AB2-ASA1,2 Section 2. 106.27 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB2-ASA1,2,9 106.27 (1g) Workforce training program; expanded purposes. Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (b) in the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, the department shall allocate $1,750,000 for each of the following:

AB2-ASA1,2,12 (b) Grants for collaborative projects among school districts, technical colleges, and businesses to provide high school pupils with industry-recognized certifications in high-demand fields, as determined by the department.

AB2-ASA1,3,2 (c) Grants to public and private organizations or services provided by the department to enhance employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

AB2-ASA1,3 Section 3. 106.27 (2g) (a) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB2-ASA1,3,7 106.27 (2g) (a) 1. Promulgate rules prescribing procedures and criteria for awarding grants under sub. (1) and the information with respect to those grants that must be contained in the reports required under subd. 3.

AB2-ASA1,4 Section 4. 106.27 (2g) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB2-ASA1,3,12 106.27 (2g) (a) 2. Receive and review applications for grants under sub. subs. (1) and (1g) and prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in an application for a grant under sub. (1) or (1g).

AB2-ASA1,5 Section 5. 106.27 (2g) (a) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB2-ASA1,3,18 106.27 (2g) (a) 3. Require reports from grant recipients describing how the grant moneys received by a grant recipient were expended and the outcomes achieved as a result of the training program certification program, or employment enhancement activities implemented by the grant recipient.

AB2-ASA1,6 Section 6. 106.27 (3) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB2-ASA1,4,9 106.27 (3) Annual report. Annually, by December 31, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under this section during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include information on the number of unemployed and underemployed workers and incumbent employees who participate in training programs under this section sub. (1); the number of unemployed workers who obtain gainful employment, underemployed workers who obtain new employment, and incumbent employees who receive increased compensation after participating in such a training program; and the wages earned by those workers and employees both before and after participating in such a training program. The report shall also include information on the number of high school pupils who participate in certification programs under sub. (1g) (b) and on the number of persons with disabilities who participate in employment enhancement activities under sub. (1g) (c).

AB2-ASA1,9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; Technical College System.

AB2-ASA1,4,16 (1) Technical college waiting list reduction. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, the technical college system board, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2015-17 biennial budget bill, shall submit information concerning the appropriation under section 20.292 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by this act, as though the increase in the dollar amount of that appropriation under Section 9243 (1) of this act had not been made.

AB2-ASA1,9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.

AB2-ASA1,4,24 (1) Workforce training grants and services. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, the department of workforce development, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2015-17 biennial budget bill, shall submit information concerning the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, as though the increase in the dollar amount of that appropriation under Section 9251 (1) of this act had not been made.

AB2-ASA1,9224 Section 9224. Fiscal changes; Joint Committee on Finance.

AB2-ASA1,5,7 (1) Workforce training grants and services. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under section 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is decreased by $3,250,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect and by $250,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to decrease funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB2-ASA1,5,17 (2) Technical college waiting list reduction. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under section 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is decreased by $29,400,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to decrease funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under section 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is decreased by $2,500,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to decrease funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB2-ASA1,9243 Section 9243. Fiscal changes; Technical College System.

AB2-ASA1,6,6 (1) Technical college waiting list reduction. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the technical college system board under section 20.292 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is increased by $29,400,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for state aid to technical colleges for the reduction of waiting lists for enrollment in high-demand fields, as determined by the technical college system board. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the technical college system board under section 20.292 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is increased by $2,500,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for state aid to technical colleges for the reduction of waiting lists for enrollment in high-demand fields, as determined by the technical college system board.

AB2-ASA1,9251 Section 9251. Fiscal changes; Workforce Development.

AB2-ASA1,6,15 (1) Workforce training grants and services. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2013, the dollar amount is increased by $3,250,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect and by $250,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purpose of providing funding for grants and services under section 106.27 (1g) of the statutes, as created by this act.

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