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AB68,1089,218 111.83 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), a representative chosen for the
9purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general employees in
10a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative of all of the
11employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. A
representative
12chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by a majority of the public safety
13employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
14of all of the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. Any
15individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective bargaining
16unit, may present grievances to the employer in person, or through representatives
17of their own choosing, and the employer shall confer with the employee or group of
18employees in relation thereto if the majority representative has been afforded the
19opportunity to be present at the conference. Any adjustment resulting from such a
20conference may not be inconsistent with the conditions of employment established
21by the majority representative and the employer.
AB68,1871 22Section 1871. 111.83 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.83 (3).
AB68,1872 23Section 1872. 111.83 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1873 24Section 1873. 111.83 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.83 (4) Whenever an election has been conducted under sub. (3) (a) in which
2the name of more than one proposed representative appears on the ballot and results
3in no conclusion, the commission may, if requested by any party to the proceeding
4within 30 days from the date of the certification of the results of the election, conduct
5a runoff election. In that runoff election, the commission shall drop from the ballot
6the name of the representative who received the least number of votes at the original
7election. The commission shall drop from the ballot the privilege of voting against
8any representative if the least number of votes cast at the first election was against
9representation by any named representative.
AB68,1874 10Section 1874. 111.84 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1090,2011 111.84 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
12(1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with a representative of a majority of its
13employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Where the employer has a
14good faith doubt as to whether a labor organization claiming the support of a majority
15of its employees in appropriate collective bargaining unit does in fact have that
16support, it may file with the commission a petition requesting an election as to that
17claim. It is not deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and
18the results thereof certified to it by the commission. A violation of this paragraph
19includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining
20agreement previously orally agreed upon.
AB68,1875 21Section 1875. 111.84 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1091,522 111.84 (1) (f) To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
23safety employee or an employee who is in a collective bargaining unit containing a
24frontline worker
, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order
25therefor, signed by the public safety employee personally, and terminable by at least

1the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety employee giving at least
230 but not more than 120 days' written notice of such termination to the employer
3and to the representative labor organization, except if there is a fair-share or
4maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to
5the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.
AB68,1876 6Section 1876. 111.84 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1091,157 111.84 (2) (c) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
8(1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with the duly authorized officer or agent
9of the employer which is the recognized or certified exclusive collective bargaining
10representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) in an appropriate
11collective bargaining unit or with the certified exclusive collective bargaining
12representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in an appropriate
13collective bargaining unit. Such refusal to bargain shall include, but not be limited
14to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously orally agreed
15upon.
AB68,1877 16Section 1877. 111.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1092,217 111.85 (1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement
18covering public safety employees under this subchapter may become effective unless
19authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it
20receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the public safety
21employees in a collective bargaining unit or at least 30 percent of the employees in
22a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
desire that a fair-share or
23maintenance of membership agreement be entered into between the employer and
24a labor organization. A petition may specify that a referendum is requested on a

1maintenance of membership agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited
2to that question.
AB68,1092,133 (b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the
4eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the
5agreement or at least two-thirds of the employees in a collective bargaining unit
6containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement
. For a
7maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the
8eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the
9agreement or at least a majority of the employees in a collective bargaining unit
10containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement
. In a referendum
11on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the
12eligible public safety employees vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of
13membership agreement is authorized.
AB68,1093,314 (c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in
15a referendum ordered under par. (a), the employer shall enter into such an
16agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each
17fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall contain a provision
18requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor
19organization from the earnings of the public safety employees affected by the
20agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization. Unless the
21parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement shall take effect 60 days after
22certification by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement.
23The employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits and other
24forms of liability made by public safety the employees affected by the agreement or
25by local labor organizations which may arise for actions taken by the employer in

1compliance with this section. All such lawful claims, demands, suits, and other forms
2of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the
3agreement.
AB68,1093,104 (d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement, a public
5safety
an employee affected by the agreement who has religious convictions against
6dues payments to a labor organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or
7religious body of which he or she is a member shall, on request to the labor
8organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the
9public safety employee and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this
10paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.
AB68,1878 11Section 1878. 111.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1094,312 111.85 (2) (a) Once authorized under sub. (1), a fair-share or maintenance of
13membership agreement covering public safety employees shall continue in effect,
14subject to the right of the employer or labor organization concerned to petition the
15commission to conduct a new referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof
16that at least 30 percent of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining
17unit or at least 30 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing
18a frontline worker
desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership
19agreement be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new
20referendum. If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership
21agreement is approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting
22public safety employees required for its initial authorization, it shall be continued
23in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to later initiate a
24further vote following the procedure prescribed in this subsection. If the
25continuation of the agreement is not supported in any referendum, it is deemed

1terminated
terminates at the termination of the collective bargaining agreement, or
2one year from the date of the certification of the result of the referendum, whichever
3is earlier.
AB68,1094,134 (b) The commission shall declare any fair-share or maintenance of
5membership agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
6commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
7refused on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, as
8defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),
or creed to receive
9as a member any public safety employee in the collective bargaining unit involved,
10and the agreement shall be made subject to the findings and orders of the
11commission. Any of the parties to the agreement, or any public safety employee
12covered thereby, may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and
13petition the commission to make such a finding.
AB68,1879 14Section 1879. 111.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1094,1815 111.85 (4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint
16as its agent an official of a state agency or authority whose public safety employees
17are entitled to vote in a referendum to conduct a referendum provided for herein
18under this section.
AB68,1880 19Section 1880. 111.86 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1095,220 111.86 (2) The division shall charge a state department or, agency, or authority
21the employer's share of the cost related to grievance arbitration under sub. (1) for any
22arbitration that involves one or more employees of the state department or, agency,
23or authority
. Each state department or, agency, or authority so charged shall pay the
24amount that the division charges from the appropriation account or accounts used

1to pay the salary of the grievant. Funds received under this subsection shall be
2credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (ks).
AB68,1881 3Section 1881. 111.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1095,144 111.88 (1) If a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of
5negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties
6have been exhausted, the representative which has been certified by the commission
7after an election, or, in the case of a representative of employees specified in s. 111.81
8(7) (a) or (ag), has been duly recognized by the employer, as the exclusive
9representative of employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, and the
10employer, its officers and agents, after a reasonable period of negotiation, are
11deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective
12bargaining process, the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to
13initiate fact-finding under this section, and to make recommendations to resolve the
14deadlock.
AB68,1882 15Section 1882. 111.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1095,1816 111.90 (1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to a state agency
17or authority by the most appropriate and efficient methods and means and utilize
18personnel in the most appropriate and efficient manner possible.
AB68,1883 19Section 1883. 111.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1095,2220 111.90 (2) Manage the employees of a state agency or authority; hire, promote,
21transfer, assign or retain employees in positions within the agency or authority; and
22in that regard establish reasonable work rules.
AB68,1884 23Section 1884. 111.91 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1096,724 111.91 (1w) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), with regard to a collective
25bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker, matters subject to

1collective bargaining to the point of impasse are wage rates, consistent with sub. (2),
2the assignment and reassignment of classifications to pay ranges, determination of
3an incumbent's pay status resulting from position reallocation or reclassification,
4and pay adjustments upon temporary assignment of classified employees to duties
5of a higher classification or downward reallocations of a classified employee's
6position; fringe benefits consistent with sub. (2); hours and conditions of
7employment.
AB68,1096,128 (b) With regard to a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one
9frontline worker, the employer is not required to bargain on management rights
10under s. 111.90, except that procedures for the adjustment or settlement of
11grievances or disputes arising out of any type of disciplinary action referred to in s.
12111.90 (3) shall be a subject of bargaining.
AB68,1096,1413 (c) The employer is prohibited from bargaining on matters contained in sub. (2)
14with a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker.
AB68,1885 15Section 1885. 111.91 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1096,1816 111.91 (2) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective
17bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1) (g) or with a collective bargaining unit that
18contains a frontline worker
with respect to all of the following:
AB68,1886 19Section 1886. 111.91 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1096,2220 111.91 (3) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective
21bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees with respect to any
22of the following:
AB68,1887 23Section 1887. 111.91 (3q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1097,324 111.91 (3q) For purposes of determining compliance with sub. (3), the
25commission shall provide, upon request, to the employer or to any representative of

1a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees, the
2consumer price index change during any 12-month period. The commission may get
3the information from the department of revenue.
AB68,1888 4Section 1888. 111.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1097,135 111.91 (4) The administrator of the division, in connection with the
6development of tentative collective bargaining agreements to be submitted under s.
7111.92 (1) (a) 1., shall endeavor to obtain tentative agreements with each recognized
8or certified labor organization representing employees or supervisors of employees
9specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) and with each certified labor organization
10representing employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (b) to (e) which do not contain any
11provision for the payment to any employee of a cumulative or noncumulative amount
12of compensation in recognition of or based on the period of time an employee has been
13employed by the state.
AB68,1889 14Section 1889. 111.92 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1097,1715 111.92 (3) (a) Agreements covering a collective bargaining unit specified under
16s. 111.825 (1) (g) or a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker shall
17coincide with the fiscal year or biennium.
AB68,1890 18Section 1890. 111.92 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1097,2219 111.92 (3) (b) No agreements covering a collective bargaining unit containing
20 a only general employee employees may be for a period that exceeds one year, and
21each agreement must coincide with the fiscal year. Agreements covering a collective
22bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees may not be extended.
AB68,1891 23Section 1891. 111.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1098,824 111.93 (3) (a) If a collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer
25and a labor organization representing employees in a collective bargaining unit

1under s. 111.825 (1) (g) or in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
2worker
, the provisions of that agreement shall supersede the provisions of civil
3service and other applicable statutes, as well as rules and policies of the University
4of Wisconsin-Madison and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
5System, and policies or determinations of an authority, that are related to wages,
6fringe benefits, hours, and conditions of employment, whether or not the matters
7contained in those statutes, rules, and policies , and determinations are set forth in
8the collective bargaining agreement.
AB68,1892 9Section 1892. 111.93 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1098,1610 111.93 (3) (b) If a collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer
11and a labor organization representing only general employees in a collective
12bargaining unit, the provisions of that agreement shall supersede the provisions of
13civil service and other applicable statutes, as well as rules and policies of the board
14of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, related to wages, whether or not
15the matters contained in those statutes, rules, and policies are set forth in the
16collective bargaining agreement.
AB68,1893 17Section 1893 . 114.09 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1098,2418 114.09 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 1. a. or b., the court shall
19order the person violating sub. (1) (b) 1. or 1m. to submit to and comply with an
20assessment by an approved public treatment facility as defined in s. 51.45 (2) (c) for
21examination of the person's use of alcohol, tetrahydrocannabinols, controlled
22substances, or controlled substance analogs and development of an airman safety
23plan for the person. The court shall notify the person, the department, and the proper
24federal agency of the assessment order. The assessment order shall:
AB68,1894 25Section 1894 . 114.09 (2) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1114.09 (2) (bm) 4. The assessment report shall order compliance with an
2airman safety plan. The report shall inform the person of the fee provisions under
3s. 46.03 (18) (f). The safety plan may include a component that makes the person
4aware of the effect of his or her offense on a victim and a victim's family. The safety
5plan may include treatment for the person's misuse, abuse, or dependence on alcohol,
6tetrahydrocannabinols, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs. If
7the plan requires inpatient treatment, the treatment shall not exceed 30 days. An
8airman safety plan under this paragraph shall include a termination date consistent
9with the plan that shall not extend beyond one year. The county department under
10s. 51.42 shall assure notification of the department of transportation and the person
11of the person's compliance or noncompliance with assessment and treatment.
AB68,1895 12Section 1895. 114.138 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1099,14 13114.138 Airport sound mitigation. (1) The department shall develop and
14administer an airport sound mitigation grant program.
AB68,1099,25 15(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (4) (fa), the department shall award
16grants for airport sound mitigation projects that mitigate the impact of airport sound
17on structures located near airports that include a military base or installation. The
18department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of information that shall be
19contained in applications for grants under this subsection and shall establish criteria
20for evaluating applications and for awarding grants under this subsection. The
21department shall give highest priority in awarding grants under this subsection to
22projects involving schools and child care centers and secondary priority to projects
23involving private residences. A project that is eligible for participation in an airport
24sound mitigation project under a federal airport sound mitigation grant is not
25eligible for a grant under this subsection.
AB68,1100,2
1(3) If the department does not receive an application for a grant under sub. (2)
2for 2 consecutive fiscal years, the program shall be terminated.
AB68,1896 3Section 1896. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1100,144 115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
5applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
6state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
7schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
8certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
9or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
10state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
11applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
12applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i),
13118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private
schools are not obligated to employ
14only licensed or certified teachers.
AB68,1897 15Section 1897. 115.28 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1898 16Section 1898. 115.28 (10o) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1899 17Section 1899. 115.28 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1100,2018 115.28 (28) Recollection Wisconsin. Annually distribute the amount
19appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (dg) to Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., to support
20the digitization of historic materials in public libraries throughout the state.
AB68,1900 21Section 1900. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1101,222 115.28 (45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under
23s. 20.255 (3) (eb), beginning in the 2021-22 school year, annually award grants a
24grant
to a the nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received a
25grant under this subsection in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years
to provide

1training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in grades
2kindergarten to 8.
AB68,1901 3Section 1901. 115.28 (54s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1101,94 115.28 (54s) Climate change; model academic standards. If the state
5superintendent adopts model academic standards for any of the following subjects,
6incorporate an understanding of climate, the interconnected nature of climate
7change, the potential local and global impacts of climate change, and individual and
8societal actions that may mitigate the harmful effects of climate change into the
9model academic standards for that subject:
AB68,1101,1010 (a) Science.
AB68,1101,1111 (b) Mathematics.
AB68,1101,1212 (c) Social studies.
AB68,1101,1313 (d) English language arts.
AB68,1101,1414 (e) Agriculture.
AB68,1101,1515 (f) Food and natural resources.
AB68,1101,1616 (g) Environmental literacy and sustainability.
AB68,1101,1717 (h) Nutrition education.
AB68,1902 18Section 1902. 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1101,1919 115.28 (63) (d) Social and emotional learning.
AB68,1903 20Section 1903. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1102,221 115.28 (66) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject
22to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (bm), pay to GED
23Testing Service LLC the $30 testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes
24a content area test given under the general educational development test. In this

1subsection, “eligible individual” means an individual who satisfies all of the
2following conditions before taking the content area test:
AB68,1102,53 1. The individual meets the eligibility requirements promulgated by the
4department by rule for a high school equivalency diploma or certificate of general
5educational development.
AB68,1102,76 2. The individual takes and receives a passing score on a practice test for the
7content area that is developed by GED Testing Service LLC.
AB68,1102,98 (b) For each eligible individual under par. (a), pay for no more than one testing
9service fee for each content area test taken in a calendar year.
AB68,1102,1210 (c) Pay the testing service fee for a content area test under par. (a) only if the
11eligible individual takes the test on or after January 1, 2022, at a testing site in
12Wisconsin that is approved by the state superintendent.
AB68,1904 13Section 1904. 115.28 (67) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1102,1714 115.28 (67) Report on homeless children and youths. Annually, submit to the
15chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under
16s. 13.172 (2), a report on the number of homeless children and youths, as defined in
1742 USC 11434a (2), in the public schools of this state.
AB68,1905 18Section 1905. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1102,2119 115.28 (68) City Year Milwaukee. Annually distribute the amounts
20appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fv) to City Year, Inc., to support City Year
21Milwaukee.
AB68,1906 22Section 1906 . 115.341 of the statutes is amended to read:
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