AB68: Bill Text

AB68,1885 Section 1885. 111.91 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1096,18 111.91 (2) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1) (g) or with a collective bargaining unit that contains a frontline worker with respect to all of the following:

AB68,1886 Section 1886. 111.91 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1096,22 111.91 (3) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees with respect to any of the following:

AB68,1887 Section 1887. 111.91 (3q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1097,3 111.91 (3q) For purposes of determining compliance with sub. (3), the commission shall provide, upon request, to the employer or to any representative of a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees, the consumer price index change during any 12-month period. The commission may get the information from the department of revenue.

AB68,1888 Section 1888. 111.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1097,13 111.91 (4) The administrator of the division, in connection with the development of tentative collective bargaining agreements to be submitted under s. 111.92 (1) (a) 1., shall endeavor to obtain tentative agreements with each recognized or certified labor organization representing employees or supervisors of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) and with each certified labor organization representing employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (b) to (e) which do not contain any provision for the payment to any employee of a cumulative or noncumulative amount of compensation in recognition of or based on the period of time an employee has been employed by the state.

AB68,1889 Section 1889. 111.92 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1097,17 111.92 (3) (a) Agreements covering a collective bargaining unit specified under s. 111.825 (1) (g) or a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker shall coincide with the fiscal year or biennium.

AB68,1890 Section 1890. 111.92 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1097,22 111.92 (3) (b) No agreements covering a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees may be for a period that exceeds one year, and each agreement must coincide with the fiscal year. Agreements covering a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees may not be extended.

AB68,1891 Section 1891. 111.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1098,8 111.93 (3) (a) If a collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer and a labor organization representing employees in a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1) (g) or in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker, the provisions of that agreement shall supersede the provisions of civil service and other applicable statutes, as well as rules and policies of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and policies or determinations of an authority, that are related to wages, fringe benefits, hours, and conditions of employment, whether or not the matters contained in those statutes, rules, and policies , and determinations are set forth in the collective bargaining agreement.

AB68,1892 Section 1892. 111.93 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1098,16 111.93 (3) (b) If a collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer and a labor organization representing only general employees in a collective bargaining unit, the provisions of that agreement shall supersede the provisions of civil service and other applicable statutes, as well as rules and policies of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, related to wages, whether or not the matters contained in those statutes, rules, and policies are set forth in the collective bargaining agreement.

AB68,1893 Section 1893 . 114.09 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1098,24 114.09 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 1. a. or b., the court shall order the person violating sub. (1) (b) 1. or 1m. to submit to and comply with an assessment by an approved public treatment facility as defined in s. 51.45 (2) (c) for examination of the person's use of alcohol, tetrahydrocannabinols, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs and development of an airman safety plan for the person. The court shall notify the person, the department, and the proper federal agency of the assessment order. The assessment order shall:

AB68,1894 Section 1894 . 114.09 (2) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1099,11 114.09 (2) (bm) 4. The assessment report shall order compliance with an airman safety plan. The report shall inform the person of the fee provisions under s. 46.03 (18) (f). The safety plan may include a component that makes the person aware of the effect of his or her offense on a victim and a victim's family. The safety plan may include treatment for the person's misuse, abuse, or dependence on alcohol, tetrahydrocannabinols, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs. If the plan requires inpatient treatment, the treatment shall not exceed 30 days. An airman safety plan under this paragraph shall include a termination date consistent with the plan that shall not extend beyond one year. The county department under s. 51.42 shall assure notification of the department of transportation and the person of the person's compliance or noncompliance with assessment and treatment.

AB68,1895 Section 1895. 114.138 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1099,14 114.138 Airport sound mitigation. (1) The department shall develop and administer an airport sound mitigation grant program.

AB68,1099,25 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (4) (fa), the department shall award grants for airport sound mitigation projects that mitigate the impact of airport sound on structures located near airports that include a military base or installation. The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of information that shall be contained in applications for grants under this subsection and shall establish criteria for evaluating applications and for awarding grants under this subsection. The department shall give highest priority in awarding grants under this subsection to projects involving schools and child care centers and secondary priority to projects involving private residences. A project that is eligible for participation in an airport sound mitigation project under a federal airport sound mitigation grant is not eligible for a grant under this subsection.

AB68,1100,2 (3) If the department does not receive an application for a grant under sub. (2) for 2 consecutive fiscal years, the program shall be terminated.

AB68,1896 Section 1896. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1100,14 115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private, or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i), 118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or certified teachers.

AB68,1897 Section 1897. 115.28 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,1898 Section 1898. 115.28 (10o) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,1899 Section 1899. 115.28 (28) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1100,20 115.28 (28) Recollection Wisconsin. Annually distribute the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (dg) to Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., to support the digitization of historic materials in public libraries throughout the state.

AB68,1900 Section 1900. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1101,2 115.28 (45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (eb), beginning in the 2021-22 school year, annually award grants a grant to a the nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received a grant under this subsection in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to provide training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in grades kindergarten to 8.

AB68,1901 Section 1901. 115.28 (54s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1101,9 115.28 (54s) Climate change; model academic standards. If the state superintendent adopts model academic standards for any of the following subjects, incorporate an understanding of climate, the interconnected nature of climate change, the potential local and global impacts of climate change, and individual and societal actions that may mitigate the harmful effects of climate change into the model academic standards for that subject:

AB68,1101,10 (a) Science.

AB68,1101,11 (b) Mathematics.

AB68,1101,12 (c) Social studies.

AB68,1101,13 (d) English language arts.

AB68,1101,14 (e) Agriculture.

AB68,1101,15 (f) Food and natural resources.

AB68,1101,16 (g) Environmental literacy and sustainability.

AB68,1101,17 (h) Nutrition education.

AB68,1902 Section 1902. 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1101,19 115.28 (63) (d) Social and emotional learning.

AB68,1903 Section 1903. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1102,2 115.28 (66) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (bm), pay to GED Testing Service LLC the $30 testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes a content area test given under the general educational development test. In this subsection, “eligible individual” means an individual who satisfies all of the following conditions before taking the content area test:

AB68,1102,5 1. The individual meets the eligibility requirements promulgated by the department by rule for a high school equivalency diploma or certificate of general educational development.

AB68,1102,7 2. The individual takes and receives a passing score on a practice test for the content area that is developed by GED Testing Service LLC.

AB68,1102,9 (b) For each eligible individual under par. (a), pay for no more than one testing service fee for each content area test taken in a calendar year.

AB68,1102,12 (c) Pay the testing service fee for a content area test under par. (a) only if the eligible individual takes the test on or after January 1, 2022, at a testing site in Wisconsin that is approved by the state superintendent.

AB68,1904 Section 1904. 115.28 (67) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1102,17 115.28 (67) Report on homeless children and youths. Annually, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), a report on the number of homeless children and youths, as defined in 42 USC 11434a (2), in the public schools of this state.

AB68,1905 Section 1905. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1102,21 115.28 (68) City Year Milwaukee. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fv) to City Year, Inc., to support City Year Milwaukee.

AB68,1906 Section 1906 . 115.341 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1103,7 115.341 School breakfast program. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), each operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525 15 cents for each breakfast served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school or tribal school 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school or tribal school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.

AB68,1103,12 (2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards, operators, directors, and governing bodies of private schools and tribal schools entitled to the aid under sub. (1).

AB68,1907 Section 1907. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1103,20 115.341 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the state superintendent may not reimburse the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, the director of the center under s. 115.525, or the governing body of a private or tribal school for any breakfasts served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, during the prior school year if the school ceased operations during that prior school year.

AB68,1908 Section 1908. 115.342 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1103,22 115.342 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB68,1104,2 (a) “Educational agency” means a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, a tribal school, an operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525.

AB68,1104,4 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) (A).

AB68,1104,5 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

AB68,1104,7 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

AB68,1104,10 (e) “Reimbursement amount” means the national average payment rate for a school meal, as announced by the food and nutrition service of the federal department of agriculture in the federal register.

AB68,1104,13 (f) “School meal” means a school lunch made available under the federal school lunch program, a meal supplement made available under the federal school lunch program, or a breakfast made available under the federal school breakfast program.

AB68,1104,15 (2) Eligibility. An educational agency is eligible for payments under this section if the educational agency does not charge eligible pupils for school meals.

AB68,1104,18 (3) Annual payment. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (co), in the 2021-22 school year and each school year thereafter, the state superintendent shall pay to each educational agency the sum of the following amounts:

AB68,1104,24 (a) The number of school lunches the educational agency provided to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school lunch provided to an eligible pupil and the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school lunch provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free lunch under the federal school lunch program.

AB68,1105,6 (b) The number of breakfasts the educational agency provided to eligible pupils under the federal school breakfast program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a breakfast provided to an eligible pupil and the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a breakfast provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free breakfast under the federal school breakfast program.

AB68,1105,13 (c) The number of meal supplements the educational agency provided to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a reduced-price meal supplement provided to an eligible pupil and the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a meal supplement provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free meal supplement under the federal school lunch program.

AB68,1909 Section 1909 . 115.35 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.35 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68,1105,25 115.35 (1) (a) (intro.) A critical health problems education program is established in the department. The program shall be a systematic and integrated program designed to provide appropriate learning experiences based on scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions within its environment and designed to favorably influence the health, understanding, attitudes and practices of the individual child which will enable him or her to adapt to changing health problems of our society. The program shall be designed to educate youth with regard to critical health problems and shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics as the basis for comprehensive education curricula in all elementary and secondary schools: controlled

AB68,1106,2 1. Controlled substances, as defined in s. 961.01 (4); controlled substance analogs, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m); alcohol; and tobacco; mental.

AB68,1106,3 2. Mental health; sexually.

AB68,1106,5 3. Sexually transmitted diseases, including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; human.

AB68,1106,6 4. Human growth and development; and.

AB68,1106,7 5. Other related health and safety topics as determined by the department.

AB68,1106,10 (b) Participation in the human growth and development topic of the curricula described in par. (a) shall be entirely voluntary. The department may not require a school board to use a specific human growth and development curriculum.

AB68,1910 Section 1910. 115.3615 of the statutes is renumbered 49.39 and amended to read:

AB68,1106,25 49.39 Head start supplement. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 20.437 (2) (eh), the state superintendent secretary shall distribute funds to agencies determined by the state superintendent secretary to be eligible for designation as head start agencies under 42 USC 9836 to provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services to economically disadvantaged children and their families. The state superintendent secretary shall distribute the funds in a manner consistent with 42 USC 9831 to 9852 except that there is no matching fund requirement. The state superintendent secretary shall give preference in funding under this section to agencies that are receiving federal funds under 42 USC 9831 to 9852 and to agencies that operate full-time or early head start programs. Funds distributed under this section may be used to match available federal funds under 42 USC 9831 to 9852 only if the funds are used to secure additional federal funds for the purposes under this section.

AB68,1911 Section 1911. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1107,5 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m., 2n., or 2p. 2q. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

AB68,1912 Section 1912. 115.364 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1107,8 115.364 (title) Aid for school mental Mental health programs and pupil wellness aid.

AB68,1913 Section 1913. 115.364 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (1) and amended to read:

AB68,1107,12 115.364 (1) In this section:, “ pupil services professional” means a school counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.

AB68,1914 Section 1914. 115.364 (1) (a), (am), and (b) of the statutes are repealed.