36.25(25)(b)2. 2. Provide for a review process for project proposals by appropriate professionally qualified reviewers.

36.25(25)(c) (c) Biennially by November 15, the board shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance specifying the projects funded under this subsection in the previous fiscal biennium, the duration of the funded projects and the relationship of the funded projects to this state's economy.

36.25(26) (26) Day care centers. A center may establish a day care center and may use funds received from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a) to operate it.

36.25(27) (27) Integrated agriculture program. The board shall establish an integrated agriculture program.

36.25(28) (28) Schools of business. The board shall use the funds in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (em) and (Ls) to support improvements in master's level business programs. The board may spend funds in those appropriations only if it receives matching funds for the same purpose from private contributions.

36.25(29) (29) Environmental education. The board shall seek the advice of the environmental education board on the development of environmental education programs.

36.25(29m) (29m) Center for environmental education. There is established in the college of natural resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point a center for environmental education to assist in the development, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of environmental education programs for elementary and secondary school teachers and pupils. The center shall do all of the following:

36.25(29m)(a) (a) Assist the environmental education board in addressing statewide teacher training needs in environmental education.

36.25(29m)(b) (b) Assist the department of education to periodically assess and report to the environmental education board on the environmental literacy of this state's teachers and students.

Effective date note NOTE: Par. (b) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-96 by 1995 Wis. Act 27, s. 9145 (1). The treatment by Act 27 was held unconstitutional and declared void by the Supreme Court in Thompson v. Craney, case no. 95-2168-OA. Prior to Act 27 it read:

Effective date text (b) Assist the department of public instruction to periodically assess and report to the environmental education board on the environmental literacy of this state's teachers and students.

36.25(29m)(d) (d) Select and train natural resource and environmental education specialists with teaching experience to assist in providing environmental education courses and programs to teachers in this state.

36.25(29m)(e) (e) Assist the department of education and cooperative educational service agencies to assist school districts in conducting environmental education needs assessments.

Effective date note NOTE: Par. (e) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-96 by 1995 Wis. Act 27, s. 9145 (1). The treatment by Act 27 was held unconstitutional and declared void by the Supreme Court in Thompson v. Craney, case no. 95-2168-OA. Prior to Act 27 it read:

Effective date text (e) Assist the department of public instruction and cooperative educational service agencies to assist school districts in conducting environmental education needs assessments.

36.25(29m)(f) (f) Provide environmental education workshops and consulting services to teacher educators from teacher training institutions located in this state.

36.25(29m)(g) (g) Establish an environmental education curriculum and materials center for use by school teachers, faculty of teacher training institutions located in this state and others in educational programs who need such materials.

36.25(29m)(h) (h) Assist the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point college of natural resources in providing opportunities for teachers to complete advanced training in environmental education through the college's master's degree program.

36.25(29r) (29r) Study on the reintroduction of elk.

36.25(29r)(a)(a) The board shall direct the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of reintroducing elk into the northern part of the state and to formulate a management plan for the reintroduction of elk if the conclusions of the study demonstrate that the reintroduction is feasible.

36.25(29r)(b) (b) The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point shall conduct the study by monitoring the behavior of an experimental herd that the university shall bring into the state. The university shall also assess the herd's compatibility with other resources in the area where the study is conducted.

36.25(30) (30) Hazardous pollution prevention program. The board shall establish in the extension a hazardous pollution prevention program to promote hazardous pollution prevention, as defined in s. 299.13 (1) (c). In cooperation with the department of natural resources, the department of commerce and the hazardous pollution prevention council, the program shall do all of the following:

36.25(30)(a) (a) Conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention in this state.

36.25(30e) (30e) Recycling market development board. The board shall assign to extension personnel the responsibility for managing the attachment of the recycling market development board to the system.

Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (30e) is repealed by 1995 Wis. Act 27 eff. 7-1-97, or on the day after the publication of the 1997-99 biennial budget act, whichever is later.

36.25(30g) (30g) Recycling market development program. The board shall establish in the extension, in cooperation with the recycling market development board, a program of education and technical assistance related to recycling market development. The program shall serve waste generators, as defined in s. 287.40 (4); solid waste scrap brokers, dealers and processors; business entities that use or could use recovered materials or that produce or could produce products from recovered materials and persons who provide support services to those business entities; and the general public.