SB984: Bill Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Senate BILL 984

February 17, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Smith, Agard, Carpenter and Roys, cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Vruwink and Stubbs. Referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges.

SB984,1,3 An Act to create 20.292 (1) (em) and 38.04 (33) of the statutes; relating to: grants to technical college districts for nurse aide training, special education funding, and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Technical College System Board to make grants to technical college district boards in areas with nurse aide shortages to expand access to nurse aide training.

The bill also provides additional funding for special education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts, independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county children with disabilities education boards, for purposes of maintaining compliance with maintenance of effort requirements of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

SB984,1 Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB984,2 Section 2. 20.292 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

SB984,2,3 20.292 (1) (em) Nurse aide training. The amounts in the schedule for grants to technical college district boards under s. 38.04 (33) (b).

SB984,3 Section 3. 38.04 (33) of the statutes is created to read:

SB984,2,6 38.04 (33) Nurse aide training. (a) In this subsection, “nurse aide” has the meaning given in s. 146.40 (1) (d).

SB984,2,9 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (em), the board shall award grants to district boards in areas with nurse aide shortages to expand access to nurse aide training.

SB984,4 Section 4 . Fiscal changes.

SB984,2,17 (1) Special education aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $270,000 to increase funding for aids for special education under s. 115.88. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $270,000 to increase funding for aids for special education under s. 115.88.

SB984,2,18 (End)