AB99: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 99

February 6, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Lassa, Olsen, Wade, Huebsch, Carpenter, Musser, Krawczyk, Bock, J. Lehman, Lippert, Gronemus, Balow, Plouff, Young, Williams, Powers, Miller, Urban, Starzyk, Plale, Huber, Hebl, Hundertmark, Ott, Riley, Townsend, Schooff, Hahn, Sinicki, Shilling, Berceau, Coggs and Schneider, cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Grobschmidt, Farrow, Robson, Darling, Rosenzweig and Roessler. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB99,1,3 An Act to amend 20.445 (3) (md) and 121.15 (3m) (a) 2.; and to create 20.255 (2) (kn) and 49.175 (1) (zo) of the statutes; relating to: grants for after-school care programs and making appropriations.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill authorizes the state superintendent of public instruction to award grants to school districts in the 2000-01 and 2001-02 school years is for after-school care programs. To be eligible to receive a grant, a school district must enroll pupils who are eligible to receive money under the federal temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) program and who would otherwise be unsupervised by an adult in the afternoon after school. The state superintendent must evenly distribute the grants among rural, suburban and urban school districts.

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:

AB99, s. 1 Section 1. 20.255 (2) (kn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB99,2,3 20.255 (2) (kn) Federal funds transferred from the department of workforce development; after-school care grant program. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (md) for after-school care grants under 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 5 . No moneys may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2002.

AB99, s. 2 Section 2. 20.445 (3) (md) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB99,2,12 20.445 (3) (md) Federal block grant aids. The amounts in the schedule, less the amounts withheld under s. 49.143 (3), for aids to individuals or organizations and to be transferred to the appropriation accounts under sub. (7) (kc) and ss. 20.255 (2) (kh), (kn), and (kp), 20.433 (1) (k), 20.434 (1) (kp) and (ky), 20.435 (3) (kc), (kd), (km) and (ky), (5) (ky), (7) (kw) and (ky) and (8) (kx), 20.465 (4) (k) and 20.835 (2) (kf). All block grant moneys received for these purposes from the federal government or any of its agencies and all moneys recovered under s. 49.143 (3) shall be credited to this appropriation account.

AB99, s. 3 Section 3. 49.175 (1) (zo) of the statutes is created to read:

AB99,2,17 49.175 (1) (zo) After-school care program. For the transfer of moneys to the department of public instruction for the after-school care grant program under 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 5 , $150,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2001-02.

AB99, s. 4 Section 4. 121.15 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB99,2,23 121.15 (3m) (a) 2. "State school aids" means those aids appropriated under s. 20.255 (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (fm), (fu), (k), (kn), and (m), and under ss. 20.275 (1) (d), (es), (et) and (f) and 20.285 (1) (ee), (r) and (rc) and those aids appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (s) that are used to provide grants or educational telecommunications access to school districts under s. 44.73.

AB99, s. 5 Section 5 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB99,2,25 (1) After-school care grants program.

AB99,3,4 (a) A school board may apply to the state superintendent of public instruction for a grant to fund an after-school care program for pupils who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 to 619 and who would otherwise be unsupervised by an adult in the afternoon after school.

AB99,3,8 (b) The state superintendent of public instruction shall award grants from the appropriation under section 20.255 (2) (kn) of the statutes, as created by this act, and shall ensure, to the extent feasible, that the grants are evenly distributed among rural, suburban, and urban school districts.

AB99,3,12 (2) Transfer of funds. On the effective date of this subsection, there is transferred $150,000 from the appropriation account under section 20.445 (3) (md) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, to the appropriation account under section 20.255 (2) (kn) of the statutes, as created by this act.

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