AB100: Bill Text

AB100,1158,11 (b) Annually, notify school boards, technical college district boards, the department of public instruction and other interested educational and employment agencies of the purposes for which grants may be awarded under par. (c) for school-to-work programs.

AB100,1158,16 (c) After reviewing the recommendations of the governor's council on workforce excellence under s. 106.115 (2) (em), approve school-to-work programs provided by school boards under s. 121.02 (1) (m) and, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (kb), award grants to school boards providing school-to-work programs approved by the department.

AB100,1158,19 (d) After reviewing the recommendations of the governor's council on workforce excellence under s. 106.115 (2) (ep), approve statewide skill standards for school-to-work programs provided by school boards under s. 121.02 (1) (m).

AB100,1159,4 (4) (a) After reviewing the recommendations of the governor's council on workforce excellence under s. 106.115 (2) (em), the department may approve an innovative school-to-work program provided by a nonprofit organization for children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a), in a county having a population of 500,000 or more to assist those children at risk in acquiring employability skills and occupational-specific competencies before leaving high school. If the department approves a program under this paragraph, the department may award a grant, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (fa), to the nonprofit organization providing the program and the nonprofit organization shall use the funds received under the grant to provide the program.

AB100,1159,7 (b) The department shall establish requirements for the operation of the grant program under this subsection. Those requirements need not be promulgated as rules.

AB100, s. 2678 Section 2678. 106.14 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 3770m, is amended to read:

AB100,1159,13 106.14 (1) The department may award grants to nonprofit corporations and public agencies for the provision of career counseling centers throughout the state. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (gd), the department shall allocate $600,000 in each fiscal year for the payment of those grants.

AB100, s. 2679 Section 2679. 106.14 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,1159,17 106.14 (1) The department may award grants to nonprofit corporations and public agencies for the provision of career counseling centers throughout the state.

AB100, s. 2680 Section 2680. 106.14 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1159,22 106.14 (2) (b) A career counseling center under this section shall coordinate its services with the counseling and guidance activities and the education for employment school-to-work program under s. 121.02 (1) (m) provided by the school board of the school district in which the career counseling center is located.

AB100, s. 2681 Section 2681. 106.215 (8g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1160,4 106.215 (8g) (b) If the department of corrections is a sponsor of a project that is approved under this subsection, the corps members on the project shall be prisoners in state prison, probationers or, parolees or persons on community supervision and the members of the project shall receive applicable alcohol or other drug abuse treatment and educational programming services for a portion of each work week, but not to exceed 8 hours per work week.

AB100, s. 2682 Section 2682. 106.215 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1160,11 106.215 (10) (d) Unemployment compensation. A corps enrollee member or assistant crew leader is not eligible for unemployment compensation benefits by virtue of his or her employment in the Wisconsin conservation corps program. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Wisconsin conservation corps program shall be considered a work-relief and working-training program for the purpose of determining eligibility for benefits under s. 108.02 (15) (g) 1.

AB100, s. 2683 Section 2683. 106.215 (10) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1160,22 106.215 (10) (g) 1. A person who is employed as a corps enrollee for a 6-month to one-year period of continuous employment, as determined by standards adopted by the board, and who receives a satisfactory employment evaluation upon termination of employment is entitled to an incentive payment of $500 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours or an education voucher that is worth at least double the monetary value of the prorated incentive payment, but not more than $2,400 $2,600 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours. No corps enrollee may receive more than 2 incentive payments or 4 education vouchers.

AB100, s. 2684 Section 2684. 106.215 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1161,13 106.215 (13) (a) Enrollment period. The board may authorize the employment of a corps member who is not promoted to assistant crew leader beyond the 6-month to one-year enrollment period for a limited time, not to exceed one year, if the corps member has a disability. The normal enrollment period for a corps member who is promoted to assistant crew leader or for a person who is hired as assistant crew leader is 2 years. The board may authorize the employment of a corps member or assistant crew leader beyond the normal enrollment period for a limited time, not to exceed 3 months, under special circumstances where continued employment is required in order to complete a project in progress. The normal enrollment period for a crew leader or a regional crew leader is 2 years. The board may extend the employment of a crew leader beyond the normal enrollment period if the crew leader possesses special experience, training or skills valuable to the program for a limited time, not to exceed 2 years. The normal enrollment period for a regional crew leader is 2 years. The board may extend the employment of a regional crew leader for an unlimited time.

AB100, s. 2685 Section 2685. 107.31 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1161,16 107.31 (5) (a) 1. Four percent of all moneys distributed under s. 70.395 (1), 1995 stats., and under s. 70.395 (1e) beginning on May 22, 1980; and

AB100, s. 2686 Section 2686. 108.02 (15) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1161,20 108.02 (15) (gm) "Employment" as applied to work for the Wisconsin conservation corps board, does not include service as a corps member or assistant crew leader.

AB100, s. 2687 Section 2687. 108.14 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1162,5 108.14 (7) (a) The records made or maintained by the department or commission in connection with the administration of this chapter are confidential and shall be open to public inspection or disclosure only to the extent that the department or commission permits in the interest of the unemployment compensation program. No person may permit inspection or disclosure of any record provided to it by the department or commission unless the department or commission authorizes the inspection or disclosure. This paragraph does not apply to a request for disclosure of a record made by the subunit of the department that administers child and spousal support under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB100, s. 2688 Section 2688. 108.20 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1162,22 108.20 (2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) which are received by the administrative account as interest and penalties under this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the administrative account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers under s. 108.17 (3m) and may pay interest due on advances to the unemployment reserve fund from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act, 42 USC 1321 to 1324, may make payments to satisfy a federal audit exception concerning a payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance involving the unemployment compensation program, or may make payments to the fund if such action is necessary to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on advances from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act or may provide career counseling center grants under s. 106.14, except that any interest earned pending disbursement of federal employment security grants under s. 20.445 (1) (n) shall be credited to the general fund. Any moneys reverting to the administrative account from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) shall be utilized as provided in this subsection.

AB100, s. 2689 Section 2689. 108.20 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,1163,15 108.20 (2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) which are received by the administrative account as interest and penalties under this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the administrative account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers under s. 108.17 (3m) and may pay interest due on advances to the unemployment reserve fund from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act, 42 USC 1321 to 1324, may make payments to satisfy a federal audit exception concerning a payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance involving the unemployment compensation program, or may make payments to the fund if such action is necessary to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on advances from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act, except that any interest earned pending disbursement of federal employment security grants under s. 20.445 (1) (n) shall be credited to the general fund. Any moneys reverting to the administrative account from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) shall be utilized as provided in this subsection.

AB100, s. 2690 Section 2690. 109.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1164,10 109.09 (2) The department, under its authority under sub. (1) to maintain actions for the benefit of employes, or an employe who brings an action under s. 109.03 (5) shall have a lien upon all property of the employer, real or personal, located in this state for the full amount of any wage claim or wage deficiency. A lien under this subsection takes effect when the department or employe files a verified petition claiming the lien with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the services or some part of the services were performed pays the fee specified in s. 814.61 (5) to that clerk of circuit court and serves a copy of that petition on the employer by personal service in the same manner as a summons is served under s. 801.11 or by certified mail with a return receipt requested. The department or employe must file the petition within 2 years after the date that the wages were due. The petition shall specify the nature of the claim and the amount claimed, describe the property upon which the claim is made and state that the petitioner claims a lien on that property. The lien shall take precedence over all other debts, judgments, decrees, liens or mortgages against the employer, except a lien under s. 292.31 (8) (i), 292.41 (6) (d) or 292.81, and may be enforced in the manner provided in ss. 779.09 to 779.12, 779.20 and 779.21, insofar as such provisions are applicable. The lien ceases to exist if the department or the employe does not bring an action to enforce the lien within the period prescribed in s. 893.44 for the underlying wage claim.

AB100, s. 2691 Section 2691. 110.065 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1164,22 110.065 Traffic academy. The secretary may establish and operate an academy for the training of state, county and local traffic patrol officers and other related personnel and make rules and regulations for the conduct thereof. The secretary shall establish and periodically revise a reasonable scale of tuition charges. The tuition for personnel other than employes of the department shall be paid by their respective departments or governing bodies and shall be deposited in the transportation fund appropriation account under s. 20.395 (5) (dh). The secretary shall consult appropriate state, county and local authorities concerning the establishment and operation of the academy and the determination of tuition charges. State agencies shall cooperate with the secretary in providing information and instructional services for the academy.

AB100, s. 2692 Section 2692. 111.32 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1165,3 111.32 (3) "Conviction record" includes, but is not limited to, information indicating that an individual has been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor or other offense, has been adjudicated delinquent, has been less than honorably discharged, or has been placed on probation, fined, imprisoned, placed on community supervision or paroled pursuant to any law enforcement or military authority.

AB100, s. 2693 Section 2693. 111.70 (4) (jm) 5. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,1165,12 111.70 (4) (jm) 5. In determining the proper compensation to be received by members of the police department under subd. 4., the arbitrator shall consider the following factors, with the greatest weight given to the factor specified under subd. 5. a., the next greatest weight given to the factor specified under subd. 5. b., the next greatest weight given to the factor specified under subd. 5. c., the next greatest weight given to the factor specified under subd. 5. d. and the least weight given to the factor specified under subd. 5. e.:

AB100,1165,16 a. Comparison of all of the items of compensation specified in subd. 4. of the municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit with such items of compensation of other municipal law enforcement officers in the metropolitan area in which the 1st class city is located.

AB100,1165,19 b. Comparison of the respective crime rates, and workloads of and risks of injury to law enforcement officers, in the 1st class city and any other jurisdiction with which comparisons are made under subd. 5. a.

AB100,1165,22 c. The increase in the average consumer prices for goods and services, commonly known as the cost of living, during the term of the predecessor collective bargaining agreement.

AB100,1166,2 d. Comparison of all of the items of compensation specified in subd. 4. of the municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit with such items of compensation of other municipal law enforcement officers in comparable communities in this state.

AB100,1166,5 e. Comparison of all of the items of compensation specified in subd. 4. of the municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit with such items of compensation of other protective service municipal employes in the 1st class city.

AB100, s. 2694 Section 2694. Chapter 115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1166,7 CHAPTER 115

AB100,1166,11 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION state superintendent; GENERAL CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS; HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

AB100, s. 2695 Section 2695. 115.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1166,15 115.001 (1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract with a school board under s. 118.40 or with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b), or a school established and operated by one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b).

AB100, s. 2696 Section 2696. 115.001 (13m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2697 Section 2697. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 115 [precedes 115.28] of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,1166,19 Chapter 115

AB100,1166,20 Subchapter II

AB100,1166,22 State superintendent of public instruction

AB100, s. 2698 Section 2698. 115.28 (3m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,1167,4 115.28 (3m) Supervision of cooperative educational service agencies; rules. (a) Supervise and audit the receipts and expenditures of the cooperative educational service agencies, conduct program review of the agencies, approve agency evaluations, supervise boundary reorganization where necessary, advise the administrators of the agencies and provide assistance in organizing the agencies throughout the state.

AB100,1167,6 (b) Promulgate rules establishing procedures for the reorganization of cooperative educational service agencies and boundary appeals.

AB100,1167,10 (c) Every 3rd year as scheduled by the department, report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) on all cooperative educational service agency programs and services. The report shall include information on the efficiency and effectiveness of the programs and services.

AB100, s. 2699 Section 2699. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1167,18 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state, make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192 and 118.195, prescribe by rule standards and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, file in the secretary's state superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses and register each such license.

AB100, s. 2700 Section 2700. 115.28 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1167,23 115.28 (7m) Certification of school nurses. Certify school nurses, make rules for the examination and certification of school nurses and file in the secretary's state superintendent's office all papers relating to school nurses certification and register each such certification.

AB100, s. 2701 Section 2701. 115.28 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2702 Section 2702. 115.28 (16) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2703 Section 2703. 115.28 (20) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,4 115.28 (20) (a) Advise the secretary state superintendent on funding criteria and evaluation plans for grant programs for the school district operating under ch. 119.

AB100, s. 2704 Section 2704. 115.28 (20) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,7 115.28 (20) (b) Advise the secretary state superintendent on the programs that meet or do not meet the funding criteria.

AB100, s. 2705 Section 2705. 115.28 (20) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,10 115.28 (20) (c) Assist the secretary state superintendent in monitoring the progress of funded programs.

AB100, s. 2706 Section 2706. 115.28 (20) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,13 115.28 (20) (d) Recommend to the secretary state superintendent needed changes in statutes or rules relating to grant programs.

AB100, s. 2707 Section 2707. 115.28 (20) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,16 115.28 (20) (e) Submit to the secretary state superintendent an annual report detailing the council's activities, accomplishments and projected needs.

AB100, s. 2708 Section 2708. 115.28 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1168,24 115.28 (24) Priority in awarding grants. Give priority in awarding grants to local community organizations under sub. (21) and to school boards under ss. 115.36 and 115.362, and in awarding grants from federal funds received under 20 USC 2301 to 2471, 20 USC 4601 to 4665 and 29 USC 1602 (b) (1), to programs that provide more than one of the educational services specified under sub. (21), s. 115.36, 115.362, 115.915, 118.01 (2) (d) 7. or 8. or 118.153 or 20 USC 2301 to 2471, 20 USC 4601 to 4665 or 29 USC 1602 (b) (1).

AB100, s. 2709 Section 2709. 115.28 (38) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2710 Section 2710. 115.29 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1169,2 115.29 General powers. (intro.) The secretary state superintendent may:

AB100, s. 2711 Section 2711. 115.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1169,8 115.29 (1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy secretary state superintendent or another employe of the department as the secretary's state superintendent's representative on any body on which the secretary state superintendent is required to serve, except the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system.

AB100, s. 2712 Section 2712. 115.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1169,13 115.29 (2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make such investigations as the secretary state superintendent deems important and as will acquaint the secretary state superintendent with the different systems of public schools in the United States.

AB100, s. 2713 Section 2713. 115.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,3 115.29 (4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the secretary's state superintendent's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having completed a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The secretary state superintendent may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results of examinations given by or at the request of the secretary state superintendent, successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits received in schools meeting the approval of the secretary state superintendent or other standards established by the secretary state superintendent.

AB100, s. 2714 Section 2714. 115.30 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,6 115.30 (4) (a) The condition of all schools under the department's state superintendent's supervision.

AB100, s. 2715 Section 2715. 115.30 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1170,9 115.30 (4) (c) The secretary's state superintendent's visits to educational institutions.

AB100, s. 2716 Section 2716. 115.30 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: