16.257 Postsecondary education promotion. For the purpose of promoting attendance at nonprofit postsecondary institutions in this state, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Serve as the state's liaison agency between the higher educational aids board, the department of public instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the technical college system, and other public and private organizations that are interested in promoting postsecondary education in this state.
(2) (a) Contract with The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., if the secretary determines it appropriate, to pay The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (bm), to establish and implement a campaign to promote attendance at nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in this state. Funds may be expended to carry out the contract only as provided in pars. (b) and (c).
(b) No funds appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (bm) may be expended until the The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., submits to the secretary a report setting forth the amount of private contributions received by The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., since the date on which The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., last submitted a report under this paragraph. After receiving the report, the secretary may approve the expenditure of funds up to the amount set forth in the report. Total funds expended in any fiscal year may not exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.505 (4) (bm).
(c) The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., shall expend funds appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (bm) in adherence with the uniform travel schedule amounts approved under s. 20.916 (8). The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., may not expend funds appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (bm) on entertainment, foreign travel, payments to persons not providing goods or services to The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., or for other purposes prohibited by contract between The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., and the department.
(3) Coordinate the postsecondary education promotional activities of the department, the persons specified in sub. (1), and The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., and prevent duplication of effort in conducting those activities.
(4) From the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (br), distribute not more than $250,000 in each fiscal year as grants to school districts for reimbursement of teachers and administrators for costs incurred in participating in training relating to character education.
(5) On or before July 1, 2009, and every July 1 thereafter, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a report on the postsecondary education promotional activities conducted by The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., using funds provided under s. 20.505 (4) (bm).
SECTION 2. 20.505 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (4) (bm) Aid to The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc. The amounts in the schedule for aids to The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., to be used for promoting attendance at nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in this state and for salary, travel, and other expenses directly incurred by The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., in its postsecondary education promotional activities, subject to s. 16.257 (2).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.505 (4) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (4) (br) Character education grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school districts for character education training under s. 16.257 (4).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-1331LRB-1331/1
JK:wlj:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Miner, BB0294 - Increase the rate of dry cleaning fees
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
taxation
Other taxation
This bill increases the dry cleaning fee imposed on dry cleaning facilities from 1.8 percent of the gross receipts from the previous three months from dry cleaning apparel and household fabrics to 2.8 percent of such gross receipts.
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. 77.9961 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.9961 (1m) Every person operating a dry cleaning facility shall pay to the department a fee for each dry cleaning facility that the person operates. The fee shall be paid in installments, as provided in sub. (2), and each installment is equal to 1.8% 2.8 percent of the gross receipts from the previous 3 months from dry cleaning apparel and household fabrics, but not from formal wear the facility rents to the general public.
SECTION 9341. Initial applicability; Revenue.
(1) DRY CLEANING FEES. The treatment of section 77.9961 (1m) of the statutes first applies to the installment that is due on July 25, 2007.
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DAK:kjf:jf
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Pink, BB0279 - MA waiver for family planning for men
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
Currently, family planning is provided as a benefit to recipients of Medical Assistance (MA). In addition, DHFS is required to request, and has received, a waiver of federal Medicaid laws to conduct a demonstration project to provide family planning services under MA to women between the ages of 15 and 44 with family incomes of not more than 185 percent of the federal poverty level.
This bill requires DHFS to request an amended waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to provide, under the current demonstration project, family planning under MA to men, as well as women, between the ages of 15 and 44 and to increase the financial eligibility limitation under the demonstration project to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
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. 49.45 (24r) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (24r) FAMILY PLANNING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. The department shall request a an amended waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the department to conduct a demonstration project to provide family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b) (a), under medical assistance to any woman or man between the ages of 15 and 44 whose family income does not exceed 185% 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the woman's or man's family. If The department shall implement any waiver granted and, if the amendment to the waiver is granted and in effect, the department shall implement the amended waiver no later than July 1, 1998 January 1, 2008, or on the federally approved effective date of the amended waiver, whichever is later.
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LRB-1349LRB-1349/1
GMM:cjs:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0296 - Juvenile corrections daily rates
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 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 various state and federal moneys to counties to pay for state-provided juvenile correctional services and local delinquency-related and juvenile justice services. DOC charges counties for the costs of services provided by DOC according to per person daily cost assessments specified in the statutes. Currently, those assessments include assessments of $209 for care in a juvenile correctional facility or a treatment facility, $244 for care in a residential care center for children and youth, $163 for care in a group home, $50 for care in a foster home, $87 for care in a treatment foster home, $82 for corrective sanctions services, and $33 for aftercare services. This bill changes those assessments for fiscal year 2007-08 to $269 for care in a juvenile correctional facility or a treatment facility, $277 for care in a residential care center for children and youth, $165 for care in a group home, $67 for care in a foster home, $132 for care in a treatment foster home, $99 for corrective sanctions services, and $40 for aftercare services and for fiscal year 2008-09 to $279 for care in a juvenile correctional facility or a treatment facility, $296 for care in a residential care center for children and youth, $172 for care in a group home, $74 for care in a foster home, $145 for care in a treatment foster home, $101 for corrective sanctions services, and $41 for aftercare services.
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 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (4) (d) 2. Beginning on July 1, 2005 2007, and ending on June 30, 2006 2008, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $203 $269 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), $203 $269 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3), $234 $277 for care in a residential care center for children and youth, $157 $165 for care in a group home for children, $47 $67 for care in a foster home, $83 $132 for care in a treatment foster home, $81 $99 for departmental corrective sanctions services, and $32 $40 for departmental aftercare services.
SECTION 2. 301.26 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.26 (4) (d) 3. Beginning on July 1, 2006 2008, and ending on June 30, 2007 2009, the per person daily cost assessment to counties shall be $209 $279 for care in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19), $209 $279 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile correctional institution under s. 51.35 (3), $244 $296 for care in a residential care center for children and youth, $163 $172 for care in a group home for children, $50 $74 for care in a foster home, $87 $145 for care in a treatment foster home, $82 $101 for departmental corrective sanctions services, and $33 $41 for departmental aftercare services.
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LRB-1350LRB-1350/2
GMM:cjs:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0297 - Youth aids funding
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 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 requires DOC to allocate an additional $5,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 to counties based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility during the most recent three-year period for which that information is available.
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), and (r), the department shall allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2005 2007, and ending on June 30, 2007 2009, as provided in this subsection to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.26 (7) (intro.). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1181 and LRB-1350.
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 $44,145,100 $46,645,100 for the last 6 months of 2005, $88,290,200 for 2006, and $44,145,100 2007, $93,290,200 for 2008, and $46,645,100 for the first 6 months of 2007 2009.
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 2005 2007, $4,000,000 for 2006 2008, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2007 2009 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:
SECTION 4. 301.26 (7) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
301.26 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,500,000 for the last 6 months of 2007, $5,000,000 for 2008, and $2,500,000 for the first 6 months of 2009 to counties based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility during the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.
SECTION 5. 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 $1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2005 2007, $2,106,500 for 2006 2008, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2007 2009 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 6. 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 2005 2007, $250,000 for 2006 2008, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2007 2009. A county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not more than 45,000.
SECTION 7. 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 2005 2007, $2,124,800 in 2006 2008, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2007 2009 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 8. 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 2005 2007, $1,333,400 in 2006 2008, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2007 2009 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.
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LRB-1352LRB-1352/4
CMH&RAC:kjf:pg
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0275 - Collective bargaining process for University of Wisconsin faculty
