AB100: Bill Text

AB100,426,2 38.04 (23) Workplace Literacy Resource Center. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (bm), the The board shall operate a workplace literacy resource center. The workplace literacy resource center shall do all of the following:

AB100, s. 708 Section 708. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,426,5 38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States if that person meets all of the following requirements:

AB100,426,7 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.

AB100,426,9 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least three years following the first day of attending a high school in this state.

AB100,426,13 3. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

AB100, s. 709 Section 709. 38.24 (1s) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,426,21 38.24 (1s) (b) A short-term, professional development, vocational-adult seminar or workshop, consisting of no more than 24 hours of instruction, offered to individuals who are employed in a related field. The additional fee may not exceed an amount equal to the full cost of the seminar or workshop less the fee under sub. (1m). Annually the district board shall report to the board the courses for which an additional fee was charged under this paragraph and the amount of the additional fee.

AB100, s. 710 Section 710. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,427,6 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. "District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under sub. (6) and ss. 38.12 (9), 38.14 (3) and (9), 118.15 (2) (a), and 118.55 (7r), and 146.55 (5), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (20), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.33, and 38.38, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.

AB100, s. 711 Section 711. 38.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,427,14 38.28 (3) If the appropriation for state aid under s. 20.292 (1) (fc) (u) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount under subs. (2) (c) and (g), funds in the appropriation shall be used first for the purposes of sub. (2) (c) and any remaining funds shall be prorated among the districts entitled to support under sub. (2) (g). If the appropriation for state aid under s. 20.292 (1) (fc) (u) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (2) (c), funds in the appropriation shall be prorated among the districts entitled to the funds.

AB100, s. 712 Section 712. 38.29 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,427,17 38.29 (2) (c) Amounts awarded shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (fg) (v).

AB100, s. 713 Section 713. 38.34 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,427,20 38.34 (3) The board may not award a grant to a corporation or foundation created for the benefit of a district.

AB100, s. 714 Section 714. 38.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 715 Section 715. 38.40 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 716 Section 716. 38.40 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 717 Section 717. 38.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (b).

AB100, s. 718 Section 718. 38.40 (1m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (c).

AB100, s. 719 Section 719. 38.40 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 720 Section 720. 38.40 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 721 Section 721. 38.40 (4m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 722 Section 722. 38.40 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (4m) (a) and amended to read:

AB100,428,13 106.13 (4m) (a) The board 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 board approves a program under this paragraph, the board may award a grant, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) 20.445 (7) (ef), to the nonprofit organization providing the program and the nonprofit organization shall use the funds received under the grant to provide the program.

AB100, s. 723 Section 723. 38.40 (4m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (4m) (b).

AB100, s. 724 Section 724. 38.40 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 725 Section 725. 38.50 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,428,17 38.50 (11) Closed schools; preservation of records. (a) In this subsection:

AB100,428,19 1. Notwithstanding sub. (1) (e), "school" has the meaning given in sub. (1) (e) (intro.) and also includes a school described in sub. (1) (e) 1., 6., 7., or 8.

AB100,429,4 2. "Student record" means, in the case of a school, as defined in sub. (1) (e) (intro.), a transcript for a student or former student of a school showing the name of the student, the title of the program in which the student was or is enrolled, the total number of credits or hours of instruction completed by the student, the dates of enrollment, the grade for each course, lesson, or unit of instruction completed by the student, the student's cumulative grade for the program, and an explanation of the school's credit and grading system. In the case of a school described in sub. (1) (e) 1., 6., 7., or 8., "student record" means a transcript for a student or former student of the school showing such information about the academic work completed by the student or former student as is customarily maintained by the school.

AB100,429,15 (b) If a school operating in this state discontinues its operations, proposes to discontinue its operations, or is in imminent danger of discontinuing its operations as determined by the board and if the board determines that the student records of the school are in danger of being destroyed, secreted, mislaid, or otherwise made unavailable to the persons who are the subjects of those student records or the authorized representatives of those persons, the board may take possession of those student records. If necessary to protect student records from being destroyed, secreted, mislaid, or otherwise made unavailable to the persons who are the subjects of those student records or the authorized representatives of those persons, the board may seek a court order authorizing the board to take possession of those student records.

AB100,429,25 (c) The board shall preserve a student record that comes into the possession of the board under par. (b) and shall keep the student record confidential as provided under 20 USC 1232g and 34 CFR Part 99. A student record in the possession of the board is not open to public inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1). Upon request of the person who is the subject of a student record or an authorized representative of that person, the board shall provide a copy of the student record to the requester. The board may charge a fee for providing a copy of a student record. The fee shall be based on the administrative cost of taking possession of, preserving, and providing the copy of the student record. All fees collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (2) (i).

AB100, s. 726 Section 726. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,7 39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $2,500 $3,000 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.

AB100, s. 727 Section 727. 39.435 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,12 39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of determining the appropriation calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2004-05 2006-07.

AB100, s. 728 Section 728. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,17 39.435 (7) (a) 2. For purposes of determining the appropriation calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08, "base amount" means the maximum appropriation amount determined calculated under par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.

AB100, s. 729 Section 729. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,21 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) Annually, beginning on February 1, 2005 2007, the board shall determine the appropriation calculate the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next fiscal year as follows:

AB100, s. 730 Section 730. 39.435 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,25 39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of Wisconsin System students from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) and (ke).

AB100, s. 731 Section 731. 39.76 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,431,14 39.76 (1) State representation on the education commission of the states. There is created a 7-member delegation to represent the state of Wisconsin on the education commission of the states. The delegation shall consist of the governor, the state superintendent of public instruction, one senator and one representative to the assembly selected as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and 3 members appointed by the governor in compliance with s. 39.75 (3) (a) who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The chairperson of the delegation shall be designated by the governor from among its members. Members Except as provided in sub. (1m), members of the delegation shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (4) (ba). Annual Except as provided in sub. (1m), annual commission membership dues shall be paid from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (4) (ba).

AB100, s. 732 Section 732. 39.76 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,431,17 39.76 (1m) Payments under sub. (1) may be reduced or eliminated if funding for the payments is reduced or eliminated under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).

AB100, s. 733 Section 733. 40.02 (20) of the statutes is renumbered 40.02 (20) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,431,20 40.02 (20) (intro.) "Dependent" means the:

AB100,432,2 (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the spouse, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage dependent on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including stepchildren of the current marriage, if handicapped to an extent requiring continued dependence. For group insurance purposes only, the department may promulgate rules with a different definition of "dependent" than the one otherwise provided in this subsection paragraph for each group insurance plan.

AB100, s. 734 Section 734. 40.02 (20) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,432,10 40.02 (20) (b) For a state employee or for an annuitant who was employed by a state agency on the day on which he or she terminated covered employment, the spouse, domestic partner, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage or children of a domestic partner dependent on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including stepchildren of the current marriage or children of a domestic partner, if handicapped to an extent requiring continued dependence.

AB100, s. 735 Section 735. 40.02 (21c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,432,12 40.02 (21c) "Domestic partner" means an individual in a domestic partnership.

AB100, s. 736 Section 736. 40.02 (21d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,432,15 40.02 (21d) "Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2 individuals that satisfies all of the following:

AB100,432,17 (a) Each individual is at least 18 years old and otherwise competent to enter into a contract.

AB100,432,19 (b) Neither individual is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, another individual.

AB100,432,21 (c) The 2 individuals are not related by blood in any way that would prohibit marriage under s. 765.03.

AB100,432,23 (d) The 2 individuals consider themselves to be members of each other's immediate family.

AB100,432,25 (e) The 2 individuals agree to be responsible for each other's basic living expenses.

AB100, s. 737 Section 737. 40.03 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,433,5 40.03 (2) (b) Shall employ and select administrative, clerical or other employees as required for the administration of this chapter and establish the internal organization of the department, but the department shall always maintain an office in Milwaukee.

AB100, s. 738 Section 738. 40.04 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,433,12 40.04 (2) (d) The costs of investing the assets of the benefit plans and retirement systems, including all costs due to s. 40.03 (1) (n), and the costs of legal counsel employed or selected under s. 40.03 (1) (c) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.515 (1) (r) and charged directly against the appropriate investment income or reserve accounts of the benefit plan or retirement system receiving the services.

AB100, s. 739 Section 739. 40.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,433,17 40.51 (1) The procedures and provisions pertaining to enrollment, premium transmitted and coverage of eligible employees and employees eligible for health care coverage under s. 40.515 for health care benefits shall be established by contract or rule except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter.

AB100, s. 740 Section 740. 40.515 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,434,2 40.515 Health care coverage for employees of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. If the historical society has entered into a contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., for any of the purposes specified in s. 44.015 (7), any employee of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., who was previously employed by the historical society is eligible to receive health care coverage under a plan offered to state employees under s. 40.51 (6), subject to enrolling in the plan during any applicable enrollment period and to any conditions established by contract or by rule under s. 40.51 (1).

AB100, s. 741 Section 741. 41.17 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,434,8 41.17 (5) Funding source. Subject to the 50% limitation under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and the proportional expenditure requirements under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and (kg), the department shall expend, from the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and, (kg), and (v), at least $1,130,000 in the aggregate in each fiscal year in joint effort marketing funds under this section.

AB100, s. 742 Section 742. 44.015 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,434,20 44.015 (7) Contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., or any other nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 for the purposes of administering the historical society's membership program, soliciting and accepting contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests for the historical society, marketing the historical society's goods and services, providing support for the operation, management, and development of the historical society's programs, and performing other functions approved by the board of curators. If the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., enters into a contract with the historical society for any purpose under this subsection, the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. shall provide health care coverage under s. 40.515 to its employees who were previously employed by the historical society.

AB100, s. 743 Section 743. 44.53 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,434,24 44.53 (1) (fm) Conduct a program identical to that described in par. (f), but only for American Indian individuals and groups. The program shall be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.215 ( 1) (km).

AB100, s. 744 Section 744. 44.53 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,435,3 44.53 (2) (am) Enter into contracts with American Indian individuals, organizations and institutions and American Indian tribal governments for services furthering the development of the arts and humanities.

AB100, s. 745 Section 745. 45.16 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,435,15 45.16 Burial allowance. Each county veterans' service officer shall cause to be interred in a decent and respectable manner in any cemetery in this state, other than those used exclusively for the burial of paupers, the body of any person who was living in the county at the time of death, meets the definition of a "veteran" under s. 45.35 (5) 45.001 (4) and who dies not leaving sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses of a decent burial, or under financial circumstances that would distress the person's family to pay the expenses of the burial, and the body of a spouse or surviving spouse of the person who dies not leaving such means or under the same financial circumstances and who was living in the county at the time of death, at an expense to the county of not more than $300 in addition to the burial allowance payable under laws administered by the U.S. department of veterans affairs.

AB100, s. 746 Section 746. 45.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,435,24 45.19 (1) The department shall administer a program to coordinate the provision of military honors funerals to deceased veterans by local units of member organizations of the council on veterans programs and by members of the Wisconsin national guard activated under s. 21.11 (3). From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (q), the department shall reimburse a local unit of a member organization of the council on veterans programs for the costs of providing a military honors funeral to a deceased veteran. The reimbursement may not exceed $50 for each military honors funeral.

AB100, s. 747 Section 747. 45.25 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,436,1 45.25 (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB100,436,2 (a) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning given in 20 USC 1001 (a).

AB100,436,4 (b) "Median household income" means the median family income for the state, as determined annually by the U.S. department of housing and urban development.

AB100,436,5 (c) "Part-time classroom study" means any of the following:

AB100,436,7 1. Enrollment in courses for which no more than 11 semester or the equivalent trimester or quarter credits will be given upon satisfactory completion.

AB100,436,8 2. Enrollment in courses during a summer semester or session.