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DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0436 - Incorporation of job training grant appropriations into Fast Forward appropriation
For 2015-2017 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
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Current law requires DPI to award career and technical education incentive grants to school districts in the amount of $1,000 per each pupil in the school district who, in the prior school year, obtained a diploma from a school in the school district and successfully completed an industry-recognized certification program approved by DPI. This bill eliminates that grant program and instead permits DWD to provide grants to school districts for the development of programs that are designed to mitigate workforce shortages in industries and occupations that are experiencing a workforce shortage, as determined by DWD, and to assist pupils in graduating with industry-recognized certifications in those industries and occupations.
Under current law, there is appropriated to DWD, as separate appropriations, general purpose revenue for workforce training grants (commonly referred to as "Wisconsin fast forward grants"), apprenticeship completion awards, and local youth apprenticeship grants. This bill repeals the separate appropriations for those apprenticeship completion awards and local youth apprenticeship grants and permits moneys in the Wisconsin fast forward grants appropriation to be expended for those apprenticeship completion awards and local youth apprenticeship grants as well as for Wisconsin fast forward grants.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.255 (2) (ct) of the statutes is repealed.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 2. 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (b) Workforce training program;; programs, grants, and services. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the apprenticeship completion award program under s. 106.05 (2), local youth apprenticeship grants under s. 106.13 (3m), workforce training grants and services under s. 106.27 (1) and (1g), and career and technical education incentive grants under s. 106.273.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 3. 20.445 (1) (d) 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. 20.445 (1) (e) 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 5. 20.445 (1) (em) 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 6. 41.16 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
41.16 (1) (a) 1. A nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 106.13 (4) (3m) (a) 1r., whose purposes include tourism to or within the state or a particular region in the state.
Section 7. 106.05 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.05 (2) (b) (intro.) Subject to par. (c) and sub. (3), from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (d) (b), the department shall may provide to an apprentice described in par. (a) 1. or the apprentice's sponsor a completion award equal to 25 percent of the cost of tuition incurred by the apprentice or sponsor or $1,000, whichever is less,. If the department provides a completion award under this subsection, the department shall pay the award as follows:
Section 8. 106.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.05 (3) (a) If the amount of funds to be distributed under sub. (2) exceeds the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (d) (b) for completion awards under sub. (2), the department may reduce the reimbursement percentage or deny applications for completion awards that would otherwise qualify under sub. (2). In that case, the department shall determine the reimbursement percentage and eligibility on the basis of the dates on which apprentices and sponsors become eligible for completion awards.
Section 9. 106.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.13 (1) The department shall may provide a youth apprenticeship program that includes. If the department provides that program, the program may include the grant programs under subs. (3m) and (4) program under sub. (3m).
Section 10. 106.13 (3m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
106.13 (3m) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, "local partnership":
1. "Local partnership" means one or more school districts, or any combination of one or more school districts, other public agencies, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 2., nonprofit organizations, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 1r., individuals, or other persons, who have agreed to be responsible for implementing and coordinating a local youth apprenticeship program.
Section 11. 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (e) (b), the department shall may award grants to applying local partnerships for the implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency, nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities specified in subds. 1. to 6., and the identity of a fiscal agent who shall be responsible for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this paragraph. Subject to par. (c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following implementation and coordination activities:
Section 12. 106.13 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
Section 13. 106.13 (4) (a) 1d. of the statutes is repealed.
Section 14. 106.13 (4) (a) 1r. of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a) 1r.
Section 15. 106.13 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a) 2.
Section 16. 106.13 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
Section 17. 106.13 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
Section 18. 106.13 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
Section 19. 106.273 of the statutes is created to read:
106.273 Career and technical education incentive grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department may provide grants to school districts for the development of programs that are designed to mitigate workforce shortages in industries and occupations that are experiencing a workforce shortage, as determined by the department, and to assist pupils in graduating with industry-recognized certifications in those industries and occupations.
Section 20. 115.367 of the statutes is repealed.
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