AB64,656,14 106.27 (1) (e) Grants to community-based organizations for public-private partnerships to create and implement a nursing training program for middle school and high school students.

AB64,1403 Section 1403. 106.27 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,656,18 106.27 (1j) Workforce training program; mobile classrooms. (a) Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department may allocate all of the following amounts:

AB64,656,20 1. Up to $1,000,000 for grants to fund the creation and operation of mobile classrooms.

AB64,656,22 2. Up to $50,000 in each fiscal year for grants to fund the upkeep and maintenance of the mobile classrooms described under subd. 1.

AB64,656,25 (b) The mobile classrooms described under par. (a) 1. shall be used to provide job skills training to individuals in underserved areas of this state, including inmates at correctional facilities who are preparing for reentry into the workforce.

AB64,657,6 (c) Grant money awarded under par. (a) 1. may be used by the grant recipient to purchase capital equipment, such as a mobile or modular unit, that will be used as a mobile classroom, including costs to modify the equipment to make it suitable for classroom instruction, and to purchase and install any furniture, equipment, and supplies necessary or desirable for outfitting the mobile classroom for the job skills training that will be provided in the mobile classroom.

AB64,1404 Section 1404 . 106.27 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,657,12 106.27 (1r) Student internship coordination. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall provide coordination between nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education, as defined in 20 USC 1001 (a) and (b), and employers to increase the number of students who are placed with employers for internships.

AB64,1405 Section 1405. 106.27 (2g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,657,16 106.27 (2g) (a) 2. Receive and review applications for grants under subs. (1) and, (1g), and (1j) and prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in an application for a grant under sub. (1) or, (1g), or (1j).

AB64,1406 Section 1406. 106.27 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,658,13 106.27 (3) Annual report. Annually, by December 31, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under this section during the preceding fiscal year and detailing the amounts allocated to and expended for each of the programs, grants, and services specified in s. 20.445 (1) (b) and (bm) for that fiscal year. The report shall include information on the number of unemployed and underemployed workers and incumbent employees who participate in training programs under sub. (1) or (1j); the number of unemployed workers who obtain gainful employment, underemployed workers who obtain new employment, and incumbent employees who receive increased compensation after participating in such a training program; and the wages earned by those workers and employees both before and after participating in such a training program. The report shall also include information on the extent to which waiting lists for enrollment in courses and programs provided by technical colleges in high-demand fields are reduced as a result of grants under sub. (1g) (a), on the number of high school pupils students who participate in certification or training programs under sub. (1) (a) or (e) or (1g) (b), and on the number of persons with disabilities who participate in employment enhancement activities under sub. (1g) (c). In addition, the report shall provide information on the number of student interns who are placed with employers as a result of the coordination activities conducted under sub. (1r) or the grants awarded under sub. (1) (d).

AB64,1407 Section 1407 . 106.272 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,658,18 106.272 Teacher development program grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall award grants to a school district that has partnered with one of the following entities to design and implement a teacher development program:

AB64,658,19 (a) A school of education in the University of Wisconsin System.

AB64,658,21 (b) The flexible option program in the University of Wisconsin System Extension.

AB64,658,23 (2) In awarding a grant under this section, the department shall do all of the following:

AB64,658,25 (a) Consult with the department of public instruction to confirm that the teacher development program satisfies the requirements under s. 118.196 (2).

AB64,659,3 (b) Consider the methods by which the school district and partnering entity under sub. (1) will make the teacher development program affordable to participating employees.

AB64,659,5 (c) Consider whether the school district has agreed to contribute matching funds towards the teacher development program.

AB64,1408 Section 1408 . 106.52 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 106.52 (1) (ar).

AB64,1409 Section 1409 . 106.52 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,659,9 106.52 (1) (ag) “Administrator” means the administrator of the division of equal rights.

AB64,1410 Section 1410 . 106.52 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,660,18 106.52 (4) (a) 4. If the department finds probable cause to believe that any act prohibited under sub. (3) has been or is being committed, the department may endeavor to eliminate the act by conference, conciliation, and persuasion. If the department determines that such conference, conciliation, and persuasion has not eliminated the alleged act prohibited under sub. (3), the department shall issue and serve a written notice of hearing, specifying the nature and acts prohibited under sub. (3) which that appear to have been committed, and requiring the person named, in this subsection called the “respondent", to answer the complaint at a hearing before an examiner. The notice shall specify a time of hearing, not less than 10 days after service of the complaint, and a place of hearing within the county in which the violation of sub. (3) is alleged to have occurred. The attorney of record for any party may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of evidence. A subpoena issued by an attorney must be in substantially the same form as provided in s. 805.07 (4) and must be served in the manner provided in s. 805.07 (5). The attorney shall, at the time of issuance, send a copy of the subpoena to the appeal tribunal examiner or other representative of the department responsible for conducting the proceeding. The testimony at the hearing shall be recorded by the department. In all hearings before an examiner, except those for determining probable cause, the burden of proof is on the party alleging an act prohibited under sub. (3). If, after the hearing, the examiner finds by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the respondent has violated sub. (3), the examiner shall make written findings and order such action by the respondent as will effectuate the purpose of this subsection and sub. (3). The department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings and order on the respondent and complainant. The order shall have the same force as other orders of the department and shall be enforced as provided in this subsection, except that the enforcement of the order is automatically stayed upon the filing of a petition for review with the commission by the administrator under par. (b). If the examiner finds that the respondent has not engaged in an act prohibited under sub. (3) as alleged in the complaint, the department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings on the complainant and the respondent together with an order dismissing the complaint. If the complaint is dismissed, costs in an amount not to exceed $100 plus actual disbursements for the attendance of witnesses may be assessed against the department in the discretion of the department.

AB64,1411 Section 1411 . 106.52 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,660,23 106.52 (4) (b) 1. A respondent or complainant who is dissatisfied with the findings and order of the examiner under par. (a) may file a written petition with the department for review by the commission of the findings and order by the administrator.