This bill limits the amount of the tuition grant reimbursement to the lesser of the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% of the average resident undergraduate tuition charged by the institutions in the UW System for a comparable number of credits. Under the bill, the qualifying schools are expanded to include public institutions of higher education under the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement or under an interstate agreement that the Educational Communications Board approves.
In addition, the bill limits the accredited institutions of higher education for which the national guard member may receive tuition reimbursement to those institutions that are located in this state and to those institutions that are subject to the interstate agreement or to the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity agreement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 21.49 (1) (b) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
21.49 (1) (b) 1g. A public institution of higher education under the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement under s. 39.47.
SECTION 2. 21.49 (1) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
21.49 (1) (b) 1m. A public institution of higher education under an interstate agreement under s. 39.42.
SECTION 3. 21.49 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (1) (b) 2. Any Except as provided in subds. 1g. and 1m., an accredited institution of higher education located in this state, as defined in 20 USC 1002.
SECTION 4. 21.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (3) (a) Any eligible guard member upon satisfactory completion of a full-time or part-time course in a qualifying school is eligible for a tuition grant equal to 100% of the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% of the maximum average resident undergraduate tuition charged by the university of Wisconsin-Madison institutions in the University of Wisconsin System for a comparable number of credits, whichever amount is less.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Uecker - BB0077, Transfer emergency management liability
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Veterans and military affairs
Under current law, DMA reimburses a local governmental unit that provides emergency management activities for worker's compensation benefits, indemnification for tort liability, and loss from destruction of equipment related to those activities for those costs in a calendar year that exceed $1 per capita of the local governmental unit's population. Currently, the funding for that reimbursement comes from DMA's sum certain general program operations appropriation account for the Division of Emergency Management.
This bill transfers the funding of that reimbursement to the state programs supplement appropriation account.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.865 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.865 (1) (a) Judgments and, legal expenses, and worker's compensation benefits. A sum sufficient to pay for legal expenses under s. 59.32 (3), for costs under ss. 227.485 and 814.245 and, for the costs of judgments, orders, and settlements of actions, appeals, and complaints under subch. II of ch. 111 or subch. II or III of ch. 230, and those judgments, awards, orders, and settlements under ss. 21.13, 165.25 (6), 775.04, and 895.46 that are not otherwise reimbursable as liability costs under par. (fm), and for payments made under s. 166.03 (8) (f). Release of moneys under this paragraph pursuant to any settlement agreement, whether or not incorporated into an order, is subject to approval of the attorney general.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 166.03 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
166.03 (8) (f) If the total liability for worker's compensation benefits under par. (d), indemnification under par. (e), and loss from destruction of equipment under sub. (9), incurred in any calendar year exceeds $1 per capita of the sponsor's population, the state shall reimburse the sponsor for the excess. Payment shall be made from the appropriation in s. 20.465 (3) (a) 20.865 (1) (a) on certificate of the adjutant general and, if appropriate, subject to the approval of the attorney general under s. 20.865 (1) (a).
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Uecker - BB0074, EDVEST college savings program
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Higher education
Under current law, general purpose revenues (GPR) and segregated revenues (SEG) are appropriated to the state treasurer for the administrative expenses of the College Tuition and Expenses Program, which allows a person to purchase "tuition units" that can later be used to pay college tuition, room, board, and related expenses on behalf of a beneficiary, and the College Savings Program, which allows a person to make contributions to a college savings account to pay the college expenses of a beneficiary. This bill eliminates GPR funding for the administrative expenses of those programs.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 14.65 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.65 (1) The secretary of administration shall transfer from the tuition trust fund or the college savings program trust fund to the general fund an amount equal to the amount expended from the appropriations under s. 20.505 (9) (a), 1995 stats., and s. 20.585 (2) (a), 2001 stats., and s. 20.585 (2) (am), 2001 stats., when the secretary of administration determines that funds in the tuition trust fund or the college savings program trust fund are sufficient to make the transfer. The secretary of administration may make the transfer in installments.
SECTION 2. 20.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.585 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 4. 20.585 (2) (tm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.585 (2) (tm) Administrative expenses; college savings program. From the college savings program trust fund, all moneys received from the vendor of the college savings program under s. 16.255 (3) (a) for the administrative expenses of the college savings program under s. 14.64, including the expense of promoting the program.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz - BB0087, Youth aids funding
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
correctional system
Juvenile correctional system
Under current law relating to community youth and family aids (generally referred to as "youth aids"), DOC is required to allocate to counties various state and federal moneys to pay for state-provided juvenile correctional services and local delinquency-related and juvenile justice services. This bill updates the dates during which DOC is required to allocate those moneys so as to permit those moneys to be allocated during the 2003-05 state fiscal biennium.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 301.26 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (7) ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of federal funds and of the appropriations under s. 20.410 (3) (cd) and (ko), the department shall allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2001 2003, and ending on June 30, 2003 2005, as provided in this subsection to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 as follows:
SECTION 2. 301.26 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $43,615,200 $44,145,100 for the last 6 months of 2001, $87,760,300 for 2002 2003, $88,290,200 for 2004, and $44,145,100 for the first 6 months of 2003 2005.
SECTION 3. 301.26 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2001 2003, $4,000,000 for 2002 2004, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2003 2005 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:
SECTION 4. 301.26 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $523,300 for the last 6 months of 2001 2003, $1,576,600 for 2002 2004, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2003 2005 to counties based on each of the factors specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93% nor more than 115% of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b) 3.
SECTION 5. 301.26 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (7) (e) For emergencies related to community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $125,000 for the last 6 months of 2001 2003, $250,000 for 2002 2004, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2003 2005. A county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not more than 45,000.
SECTION 6. 301.26 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (7) (h) For counties that are participating in the corrective sanctions program under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2001 2003, $2,124,800 in 2002 2004, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2003 2005 for the provision of corrective sanctions services for juveniles from that county. In distributing funds to counties under this paragraph, the department shall determine a county's distribution by dividing the amount allocated under this paragraph by the number of slots authorized for the program under s. 938.533 (2) and multiplying the quotient by the number of slots allocated to that county by agreement between the department and the county. The department may transfer funds among counties as necessary to distribute funds based on the number of slots allocated to each county.
SECTION 7. 301.26 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (8) ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT. From the amount of the allocations specified in sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last 6 months of 2001 2003, $1,333,400 in 2002 2004, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2003 2005 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz - BB0088, Eliminate Juvenile Boot Camp Program
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Correctional system
Juvenile correctional system
Under current law, DOC is required to provide a Juvenile Boot Camp Program for juveniles who have been adjudged delinquent and placed under the supervision of DOC. This bill eliminates that program.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 301.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
301.025 Division of juvenile corrections. The division of juvenile corrections shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the department that relate to juvenile correctional services and institutions, juvenile offender review, aftercare, corrective sanctions, the juvenile boot camp program under s. 938.532, the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.538, and youth aids.
SECTION 2. 938.02 (15m) of the statutes is amended to read:
938.02 (15m) "Secured correctional facility" means a correctional institution operated or contracted for by the department of corrections or operated by the department of health and family services for holding in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent. "Secured correctional facility" includes the Mendota juvenile treatment center under s. 46.057, the facility at which the juvenile boot camp program under s. 938.532 is operated and a facility authorized under s. 938.533 (3) (b), 938.538 (4) (b), or 938.539 (5).
SECTION 3. 938.34 (4n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
