SB348: Bill Text

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

2011 Senate BILL 348

December 27, 2011 - Introduced by Law Revision Committee. Referred to Committee on Education.

SB348,1,11 An Act to amend 14.019 (5), 15.373 (1), 15.373 (2), 20.255 (1) (d), 20.255 (2) (bc), 20.255 (2) (cf), 20.866 (2) (zh), 35.81 (1), 35.82 (1), 35.83 (3) (c), 43.01 (2), 43.03 (7), 43.05 (11), 43.24 (2) (a), 43.27, 49.155 (1g) (f), 49.45 (2) (a) 5., 115.76 (6), 115.762 (title) and 119.28 (5) of the statutes; relating to: eliminating an obsolete reference governing pilot payments to Second Chance Partnership to establish a work-based learning program; changing the name of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, the name of the Reference and Loan Library, and the name of the Division for Learning Support, Equity and Advocacy; participation in a public library system; and the appropriation to the Department of Public Instruction for children-at-risk programs (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Second Chance Partnership

Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) makes payments to Second Chance Partnership, a nonprofit corporation operating a program in which children at risk participate in apprenticeships while earning high school diplomas. This bill eliminates a nonstatutory reference to 2005 Wisconsin Act 25, section 9137 (3q); that section provided funding in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years to the Second Chance Partnership to create a pilot work-based learning program.

Name changes

Under current law, there is within DPI a Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Under this bill, the name of the division is changed to the Division for Libraries and Technology.

Under current law, DPI must maintain a Reference and Loan Library to supplement the collections of other libraries in the state by providing certain special materials that are not generally available from local libraries or other local or state-level resource providers and to provide certain information services to other libraries in the state and state employees. This bill changes the name of the Reference and Loan Library to the Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning Service.

This bill changes the name of the Division for Learning Support, Equity and Advocacy in DPI to the Division for Learning Support.

Participation in a public library system

Under current law, a municipal, county, or joint public library may participate in a public library system if it has a written agreement with the system board to provide to any system resident the same library services that are provided to the residents of the municipality or county that established the member library, with two exceptions: a municipal, county, or joint public library may give preference to its residents in group programs and may provide remote access to a library's database only to its residents.

Current law also provides that a public library system is eligible for state aid if it has written agreements to provide to any system resident the same library services that are provided to the residents of the municipality or county that established the member library, with one exception: the system may give preference to its residents in group programs.

This bill reconciles these two provisions. The bill provides that a public library system is eligible for state aid if it has the written agreements with all of its member libraries that are required by law for the member libraries to participate in the system.

Educare Center of Milwaukee

Under current law, money is appropriated to DPI for aid for children-at-risk programs. 2005 Wisconsin Act 25 directed DPI to pay certain amounts from this appropriation to the Educare Center of Milwaukee during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium. This bill eliminates this dated material from the appropriation.

For further information, see the Notes provided by the Law Revision Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB348, s. 1 Section 1. 14.019 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,3,11 14.019 (5) Final report; deposit. Any nonstatutory committee created by the governor and in existence at the time of the general election for a new gubernatorial term shall prepare a final written report on its activities to be submitted to the governor and, if the incumbent governor is not reelected, to the governor-elect prior to the first Monday of January of the year in which the new gubernatorial term begins. The number of copies prepared of such final reports shall be determined by the coordinator under sub. (3). The governor shall deposit sufficient copies of every final report required under this subsection with the reference and loan library resources for libraries and lifelong learning service under s. 43.05 (11) for distribution under s. 35.83 (3).

SB348, s. 2 Section 2. 15.373 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,3,15 15.373 (1) Division for learning support , equity and advocacy. There is created in the department of public instruction a division for learning support, equity and advocacy.

SB348, s. 3 Section 3. 15.373 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,3,19 15.373 (2) Division for libraries, and technology, and community learning. There is created in the department of public instruction a division for libraries, and technology, and community learning.

SB348, s. 4 Section 4. 20.255 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,4,8 20.255 (1) (d) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement or improvement of institutional facilities for individuals with hearing impairments under s. 115.52, individuals with visual impairments under s. 115.525, and reference and loan library resources for libraries and lifelong learning service facilities under s. 43.05 (11) and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

SB348, s. 5 Section 5. 20.255 (2) (bc) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,4,12 20.255 (2) (bc) Aid for children-at-risk programs. The amounts in the schedule for aid for children-at-risk programs under s. 118.153 and for payments to the Educare Center of Milwaukee under 2005 Wisconsin Act 25, section 9137 (2n).

SB348, s. 6 Section 6. 20.255 (2) (cf) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,4,16 20.255 (2) (cf) Alternative education grants. The amounts in the schedule for alternative education grants under s. 115.366 and for payments to the Second Chance Partnership under 2005 Wisconsin Act 25, section 9137 (3q).

SB348, s. 7 Section 7. 20.866 (2) (zh) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

SB348,4,25 20.866 (2) (zh) Public instruction; state school, state center and library facilities. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of public instruction to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge, or improve institutional facilities for individuals with hearing impairments and individuals with visual impairments and reference and loan library resources for libraries and lifelong learning service facilities. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $12,350,600 for this purpose.

SB348, s. 8 Section 8. 35.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,5,3 35.81 (1) "Division" means the division for libraries, and technology, and community learning in the department of public instruction.

SB348, s. 9 Section 9. 35.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,5,8 35.82 (1) The state historical society, the legislative reference bureau and the reference and loan library resources for libraries and lifelong learning service of the department of public instruction are designated as state document depository libraries and shall receive state documents delivered under s. 35.83 (3).

SB348, s. 10 Section 10. 35.83 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,5,11 35.83 (3) (c) The reference and loan library resources for libraries and lifelong learning service of the department of public instruction, one copy.

SB348, s. 11 Section 11. 43.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,5,14 43.01 (2) "Division" means the division for libraries, and technology, and community learning in the department.