AB50: Bill Text

AB50,983,5 111.88 (1) If a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, the representative which has been certified by the commission after an election, or, in the case of a representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag), has been duly recognized by the employer, as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, and the employer, its officers and agents, after a reasonable period of negotiation, are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective bargaining process, the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to initiate fact-finding under this section, and to make recommendations to resolve the deadlock.

AB50,1877 Section 1877. 111.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,983,9 111.90 (1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to a state agency or authority by the most appropriate and efficient methods and means and utilize personnel in the most appropriate and efficient manner possible.

AB50,1878 Section 1878. 111.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,983,13 111.90 (2) Manage the employees of a state agency or authority; hire, promote, transfer, assign or retain employees in positions within the agency or authority; and in that regard establish reasonable work rules.

AB50,1879 Section 1879. 111.91 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,983,23 111.91 (1w) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), with regard to a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker, matters subject to collective bargaining to the point of impasse are wage rates, consistent with sub. (2), the assignment and reassignment of classifications to pay ranges, determination of an incumbent’s pay status resulting from position reallocation or reclassification, and pay adjustments upon temporary assignment of classified employees to duties of a higher classification or downward reallocations of a classified employee’s position; fringe benefits consistent with sub. (2); hours and conditions of employment.

AB50,984,5 (b) With regard to a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker, the employer is not required to bargain on management rights under s. 111.90, except that procedures for the adjustment or settlement of grievances or disputes arising out of any type of disciplinary action referred to in s. 111.90 (3) shall be a subject of bargaining.

AB50,984,7 (c) The employer is prohibited from bargaining on matters contained in sub. (2) with a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker.

AB50,1880 Section 1880. 111.91 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,984,11 111.91 (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:

AB50,1881 Section 1881. 111.91 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,984,15 111.91 (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:

AB50,1882 Section 1882. 111.91 (3q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,984,21 111.91 (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.

AB50,1883 Section 1883. 111.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,985,8 111.91 (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.

AB50,1884 Section 1884. 111.92 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,985,12 111.92 (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.

AB50,1885 Section 1885. 111.92 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,985,18 111.92 (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.

AB50,1886 Section 1886. 111.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,986,6 111.93 (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.

AB50,1887 Section 1887. 111.93 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,986,14 111.93 (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.

AB50,1888 Section 1888. 114.09 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,986,22 114.09 (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:

AB50,1889 Section 1889. 114.09 (2) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,987,12 114.09 (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 their 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.

AB50,1890 Section 1890. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,988,7 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (3), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, 118.195, and 118.197, and 118.198; prescribe by rule standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, to be approved by the state superintendent, a teacher preparatory program shall demonstrate that it provides instruction that prepares teachers to teach reading and language arts using science-based early reading instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and does not provide instruction on teaching reading and language arts that incorporates 3-cueing, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (c), and a requirement that, beginning on July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this subsection, together with each individual’s date of program completion, from each term or semester of the program’s most recently completed academic year; file in the state superintendent’s office all papers relating to state teachers’ licenses; and register each such license.

AB50,1891 Section 1891. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,988,19 115.28 (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 in 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.

AB50,1892 Section 1892. 115.28 (7) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,988,24 115.28 (7) (cm) Consult with the department of workforce development to develop the teacher apprenticeship under s. 106.023 in a manner in which an individual who completes a teacher apprenticeship under s. 106.23 satisfies the requirements for a license to teach under s. 118.19 (6), (8), (9), and (12).

AB50,1893 Section 1893. 115.28 (29) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,989,10 115.28 (29) Computer science education grants. Annually award grants to school boards to expand computer science educational opportunities in all grade levels operated by the school district. For purposes of awarding grants under this subsection, expanding computer science educational opportunities includes providing professional development, the application of programming or coding concepts or integration of computer science fundamentals into other subjects, and purchasing curricula and related materials. A school board may not use a grant under this subsection to purchase personal electronic computing devices, as defined in s. 115.438 (1) (b), computers, or computer hardware.

AB50,1894 Section 1894. 115.28 (30) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,989,13 115.28 (30) (e) Annually, identify one career and technical student organization for each education subject listed in par. (b).

AB50,1895 Section 1895. 115.28 (30) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,989,16 115.28 (30) (f) Annually, distribute to each career and technical student organization identified under par. (e) an amount determined as follows:

AB50,989,18 1. Determine the total number of pupils who were members of the career and technical student organizations identified under par. (e) in the previous school year.

AB50,989,21 2. For each career and technical student organization, divide the number of pupils who were members of that career and technical student organization in the previous school year by the total determined under subd. 1.

AB50,989,23 3. Multiply the quotient under subd. 2. by the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ct) for the current fiscal year.

AB50,1896 Section 1896. 115.28 (63) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,990,7 115.28 (63) Mental health training program. (intro.) Establish a mental health training support program under which the department provides training on all of the following evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health issues in schools to school district staff and, instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), and individuals employed by an out-of-school-time program on evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health needs and suicide prevention in schools, including all of the following:

AB50,1897 Section 1897. 115.28 (67) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,990,14 115.28 (67) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fd), pay to GED Testing Service LLC, or its successor, the 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:

AB50,990,17 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.

AB50,990,19 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, or its successor.

AB50,990,21 (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.

AB50,991,2 (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, 2026, at a testing site in this state that is approved by the state superintendent.

AB50,1898 Section 1898. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,991,10 115.28 (68) Health emergencies in learning places; grants. Annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bp), award grants to school boards, operators of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools participating in a program under s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23 to comply with requirements under ss. 118.07 (1) (b) and (6), 118.075 (4) (a) and (b), 118.60 (7) (g) 1. and 2. and 119.23 (7) (g) 1. and 2. A grant under this subsection may be used for any of the following:

AB50,991,11 (a) Automated external defibrillators.

AB50,991,12 (b) Automated external defibrillator maintenance.

AB50,991,13 (c) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training supplies and materials.

AB50,991,15 (d) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for school personnel, including coaches, school nurses, and athletic trainers.

AB50,991,16 (e) First aid training and education materials.

AB50,991,18 (f) Other activities that promote preparedness for using cardiac emergency response plans in a school or athletic facility.

AB50,991,19 (g) Carbon monoxide detectors.

AB50,991,20 (h) Opioid antagonists.

AB50,1899 Section 1899. 115.28 (69) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,992,2 115.28 (69) Mentor Greater Milwaukee. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fw), award grants to Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc., to expand access to quality youth mentoring in Milwaukee County.

AB50,1900 Section 1900. 115.28 (70) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,992,8 115.28 (70) Graduation Alliance. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fv) to Graduation Alliance, Inc., a Utah corporation, to support pupils and their families through a coaching program designed to improve school engagement and academic performance known as Engage Wisconsin.

AB50,1901 Section 1901. 115.28 (71) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,992,13 115.28 (71) The Literacy Lab. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fs) to The Literacy Lab, a Virginia nonstock corporation, to provide an evidence-based literacy intervention program in public schools located in the cities of Milwaukee and Racine.

AB50,1902 Section 1902. 115.28 (72) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,992,20 115.28 (72) Financial literacy curriculum grant program. Award grants to school boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of developing, implementing, or improving financial literacy curricula. In awarding grants under this subsection, the state superintendent shall prioritize grant applications related to innovative financial literacy curricula, as determined by the state superintendent.

AB50,1903 Section 1903. 115.335 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,993,2 115.335 Water bottle filling stations; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2026- 27 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts and operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to modify water fountains to include water bottle filling equipment that includes a water filtration component.

AB50,993,4 (2) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB50,1904 Section 1904. 115.341 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,993,14 115.341 (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 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.

AB50,1905 Section 1905. 115.341 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,993,20 115.341 (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).

AB50,1906 Section 1906. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,994,4 115.341 (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 breakfast 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.

AB50,1907 Section 1907. 115.3415 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,994,6 115.3415 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB50,994,11 (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.

AB50,994,13 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB50,994,15 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

AB50,994,17 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

AB50,994,20 (e) “Free-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free lunch under the federal school lunch program.

AB50,994,22 (f) “Ineligible pupil” means a pupil who does not satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB50,995,2 (g) “Paid-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an ineligible pupil.

AB50,995,4 (h) “Reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an eligible pupil.