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AB56-SA3,27,1815 1. Create positions assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which
16may include faculty positions, post-doctoral research fellowship positions, graduate
17student fellowship positions, grant writer staff positions, or any combination of these
18positions.
AB56-SA3,27,2019 2. Create a Dairy Innovation Hub administrator position assigned to the
20University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AB56-SA3,27,2221 3. Establish and operate an advanced dairy management academy to provide
22training and facilitate technology transfer.
AB56-SA3,27,2423 4. Provide support for research facilities and infrastructure, including
24research-related farms, laboratories, and equipment.
AB56-SA3,28,3
1(d) The board shall allocate 24 percent of the amount appropriated under s.
220.285 (1) (er) to do all of the following in connection with the Dairy Innovation Hub
3at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville:
AB56-SA3,28,94 1. Create positions assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, which
5may include faculty positions, post-doctoral teaching fellowship positions, graduate
6student fellowship positions, grant writer staff positions, building staff positions, or
7any combination of these positions, and, upon request by the chancellor of the
8University of Wisconsin-Platteville, provide research fellowships for existing faculty
9assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
AB56-SA3,28,1110 2. Provide support for research facilities and infrastructure, including
11research-related farms, laboratories, and equipment.
AB56-SA3,28,1412 (e) The board shall allocate 24 percent of the amount appropriated under s.
1320.285 (1) (er) to do all of the following in connection with the Dairy Innovation Hub
14at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls:
AB56-SA3,28,2015 1. Create positions assigned to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, which
16may include faculty positions, post-doctoral teaching fellowship positions, graduate
17student fellowship positions, grant writer staff positions, building staff positions, or
18any combination of these positions, and, upon request by the chancellor of the
19University of Wisconsin-River Falls, provide research fellowships for existing
20faculty assigned to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
AB56-SA3,28,2221 2. Provide support for research facilities and infrastructure, including
22research-related farms, laboratories, and equipment.
AB56-SA3,29,223 (f) By July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit to the chief
24clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing

1committees under s. 13.172 (3) having jurisdiction over matters relating to
2agriculture a report that includes all of the following:
AB56-SA3,29,53 1. Identification of all positions created under pars. (c) 1. and 2., (d) 1., and (e)
41. and, for each position, specify whether the position has been filled or remains open
5as of the time the report is prepared.
AB56-SA3,29,86 2. For each filled position identified in subd. 1., a description of the
7accomplishments associated with that position, both since the position was created
8and during the immediately preceding year.
AB56-SA3,29,109 3. A description of the major accomplishments of the Dairy Innovation Hub,
10both since its inception and during the immediately preceding year.
AB56-SA3,29,1511 (g) The board shall ensure that the funding provided in s. 20.285 (1) (er) to
12support the positions and activities under this subsection is administered to reflect
13a bona fide increase in funding for the purposes specified in this subsection and that
14no other funding provided to the board under s. 20.285 is reduced as a result of, or
15reduced in a way that offsets, this additional funding for the Dairy Innovation Hub.
AB56-SA3,29,1916 (h) The board may pay, from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a) instead
17of the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (er), the cost of employer contributions for
18employee fringe benefits under ch. 40 for positions created under pars. (c) 1. and 2.,
19(d) 1., and (e) 1.”.
AB56-SA3,29,20 2039. Page 289, line 8: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,29,21 21 Section 366m. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,30,222 36.60 (2) (a) 2. The board may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist who
23agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, up to $100,000 in educational loans
24obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for

1education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate
2medical or dental training.
AB56-SA3,367m 3Section 367m. 36.60 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,30,74 36.60 (4m) Loan repayment; rural physicians and dentists. (intro.) If a
5physician or dentist agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, principal and
6interest due on the loan, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at
7the following rate:
AB56-SA3,373m 8Section 373m. 36.615 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,30,10 936.615 Nurse educators. (1) Subject to sub. (2), the Board of Regents shall
10establish a program for providing all of the following:
AB56-SA3,30,1211 (a) Fellowships to students who enroll in programs for degrees in doctor of
12nursing practice or doctor of philosophy in nursing.
AB56-SA3,30,1313 (b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for system nursing programs.
AB56-SA3,30,1514 (c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for
15system nursing programs.
AB56-SA3,30,18 16(2) The program established under sub. (1) shall require individuals who
17receive fellowships under sub. (1) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (1) (c) to make
18a commitment to teach for 3 consecutive years in a system nursing program.
AB56-SA3,30,20 19(3) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (1) shall be
20funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (f).”.
AB56-SA3,30,21 2140. Page 289, line 13: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,30,22 22 Section 375. 38.04 (11) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,31,523 38.04 (11) (a) 2. In consultation with the state superintendent of public
24instruction, the board shall establish, by rule, a uniform format for district boards

1to use in reporting the number of pupils attending district schools under ss. 38.12
2(14) and
s. 118.15 (1) (b), (cm), and (d) and in reporting pupil participation in
3technical preparation programs under s. 118.34, including the number of courses
4taken for advanced standing in the district's associate degree program and for
5technical college credit
.
AB56-SA3,376 6Section 376. 38.04 (21) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,31,87 38.04 (21) (a) The number of pupils who attended district schools under ss.
838.12 (14) and
s. 118.15 (1) (b), (cm), and (d) in the previous school year.
AB56-SA3,377 9Section 377. 38.04 (21) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA3,378 10Section 378. 38.12 (14) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA3,379 11Section 379. 38.12 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,31,1612 38.12 (15) Dual enrollment program. (a) In this subsection, “transcripted
13credit” means that the technical college in which a high school student is enrolled
14under this subsection awards postsecondary credit for successful course completion
15and issues a transcript from the technical college documenting successful completion
16of the course and the credits awarded for the course, if such a transcript is requested.
AB56-SA3,31,2117 (b) Each district board shall establish policies and implement a program under
18which students attending high school in this state and residing in the district are
19admitted to the technical colleges of the district as nondegree students and may
20enroll in courses of instruction offered for transcripted credit at any such technical
21college if all of the following apply:
AB56-SA3,31,2222 1. The student meets the requirements and prerequisites of the course.
AB56-SA3,31,2323 2. There is space available in the course.
AB56-SA3,32,224 (c) In establishing the policies and implementing the program under par. (b),
25the district board shall consult with the department of public instruction and

1coordinate with the school districts and the governing bodies of private schools where
2the high school students are enrolled.
AB56-SA3,32,123 (d) 1. A public school student who intends to enroll in a technical college under
4this subsection shall notify the school board of the school district in which he or she
5is enrolled and a student attending a private school who intends to enroll in a
6technical college under this subsection shall notify the governing body of the private
7school he or she attends of that intention no later than March 1 if the student intends
8to enroll in the fall semester, and no later than October 1 if the student intends to
9enroll in the spring semester. The notice shall include the titles of the courses in
10which the student intends to enroll and the number of credits of each course, and
11shall specify whether the student will be taking the courses for high school credit as
12well as postsecondary credit.
AB56-SA3,33,913 2. If the public school student specifies in the notice under subd. 1. that he or
14she intends to take a course at a technical college for high school credit, the school
15board shall determine whether the course satisfies any of the high school graduation
16requirements under s. 118.33 and the number of high school credits to award the
17student for the course, if any. If the student attending a private school specifies in
18the notice under subd. 1. that he or she intends to take a course at a technical college
19for high school credit, the governing body of the participating private school shall
20determine whether the course satisfies any requirements necessary for high school
21graduation and the number of high school credits to award the student for the course,
22if any. In cooperation with the board and district boards, the state superintendent
23shall develop guidelines to assist school districts and participating private schools
24in making the determinations. The school board or governing body shall notify the
25student of its determinations, in writing, before the beginning of the semester in

1which the student will be enrolled. If the public school student disagrees with the
2school board's decision regarding satisfaction of high school graduation
3requirements or the number of high school credits to be awarded, the student may
4appeal the school board's decision to the state superintendent within 30 days after
5the decision. The state superintendent's decision shall be final and is not subject to
6review under subch. III of ch. 227. If the student attending a participating private
7school disagrees with any decision of a governing body under this subdivision, the
8student may appeal the decision to the governing body within 30 days after the
9decision.
AB56-SA3,33,1310 (e) Notwithstanding s. 38.24 (1m), the district board may not charge any fees
11to any high school student, or to the school district or private school in which the
12student is enrolled, in connection with the student's participation in the program
13under par. (b) or the student's enrollment in any course under this program.
AB56-SA3,33,2014 (f) The district board shall implement the program under this subsection no
15later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
16If at the time the district board implements the program under this subsection the
17district board of the technical college in which a student is or will be enrolled has
18already received payment of fees as provided in s. 38.12 (14) (d), 2017 stats., for the
19first semester commencing after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
20date], the district board shall refund all such fees received.
AB56-SA3,381 21Section 381. 38.22 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,33,2422 38.22 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (1m) and (1s) and s. 38.12 (14) (15),
23every person who is at least the age specified in s. 118.15 (1) (b) is eligible to attend
24a technical college if the person is:”.
AB56-SA3,34,1
141. Page 289, line 18: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,34,2 2 Section 384. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,34,113 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. “District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a
4technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and
5promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all
6expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all
7expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under ss.
838.12 (9) and (14), 38.14 (3) and (9), and 118.15 (2) (a), all receipts from grants
9awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.31, 38.33,
1038.38, and 38.42, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur
11training aids.”.
AB56-SA3,34,12 1242. Page 290, line 7: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,34,13 13“. Section 389. 39.40 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,34,1914 39.40 (5) The board may not make loans under sub. (2) after the effective date
15of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].
The board shall administer the repayment
16and forgiveness of loans made under sub. (2) on or before the effective date of this
17subsection .... [LRB inserts date] and under
s. 36.25 (16), 1993 stats. The board shall
18treat such loans made under s. 36.25 (16), 1993 stats., as if they had been made under
19sub. (2).”.
AB56-SA3,34,20 2043. Page 292, line 17: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,34,21 21 Section 400. 40.03 (2) (x) of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB56-SA3,34,22 2244. Page 292, line 25: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,34,23 23 Section 408. 40.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,35,5
140.22 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 40.26 (6), each employee
2currently in the service of, and receiving earnings from, a state agency or other
3participating employer shall be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin
4retirement system as a participating employee of that state agency or participating
5employer.
AB56-SA3,409 6Section 409. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,35,137 40.22 (2m) (intro.) An Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), an employee
8who was a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work
9at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department,
10as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from
11becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she
12is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for
13either of the following periods:
AB56-SA3,410 14Section 410. 40.22 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,35,2115 40.22 (2r) (intro.) An Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), an employee
16who was not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work
17at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the department,
18as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from
19becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she
20is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for
21either of the following periods:
AB56-SA3,411 22Section 411. 40.22 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,35,2523 40.22 (3) (intro.) A Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), a person who
24qualifies as a participating employee shall be included within, and shall be subject
25to, the Wisconsin retirement system effective on one of the following dates:
AB56-SA3,413
1Section 413. 40.26 (6) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are created to read:
AB56-SA3,36,72 40.26 (6) (intro.) Subsections (1) to (5) do not apply to a participant who applies
3for an annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which at least 30 days have
4elapsed between the participant's termination of employment as a teacher with a
5school district that is a participating employer, and becoming a teacher as an
6employee or contractor providing employee services as a teacher with any school
7district that is a participating employer if all of the following conditions are met:
AB56-SA3,36,118 (a) At the time the participant terminates his or her employment as a teacher
9with a school district, the participant does not have an agreement with any school
10district that is a participating employer to return to employment as a teacher or enter
11into a contract to provide employee services as a teacher for the school district.
AB56-SA3,36,1312 (b) The participant elects on a form provided by the department to not become
13a participating employee.”.
AB56-SA3,36,14 1445. Page 365, line 23: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,36,15 15 Section 755. 59.17 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB56-SA3,36,16 1646. Page 369, line 19: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,36,17 17 Section 769. 62.53 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA3,770 18Section 770. 63.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,37,219 63.23 (1) The city service commission shall classify all offices and positions in
20the city service, excepting those subject to the exemptions of s. 63.27 and those
21subject to an exclusion under s. 119.33 (2) (e) 1. or 119.9002 (5) (a)
, according to the
22duties and responsibilities of each position. Classification shall be so arranged that
23all positions which that in the judgment of the commission are substantially the
24same with respect to authority, responsibility, and character of work are included in

1the same class. From time to time the commission may reclassify positions upon a
2proper showing that the position belongs to a different class.
AB56-SA3,776 3Section 776. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,37,204 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section,
5“municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
6village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership
7programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of
8schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33,
or any public
9library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary
10district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district,
11solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district
12created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created
13under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under
14subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229,
15long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control
16district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission
17created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning
18commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority
19created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s.
2066.1335, or city-county health department.”.
AB56-SA3,37,21 2147. Page 376, line 7: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,37,22 22 Section 823. 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,38,923 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. (intro.) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c) and subs.
24(7) and (15), and subject to the limit on the number of referendums that may be called

1in any calendar year under subd. 2. a.,
if the board of any school district, or the
2electors at a regularly called school district meeting, by a majority vote adopt an
3initial resolution to raise an amount of money by a bond issue, the school district
4clerk shall, within 10 days, publish notice of such adoption as a class 1 notice under
5ch. 985 or post the notice as provided under s. 10.05. The notice shall state the
6maximum amount proposed to be borrowed, the purpose of the borrowing, that the
7resolution was adopted under this subdivision and the place where and the hours
8during which the resolution may be inspected. The school board shall also do one of
9the following:
AB56-SA3,824 10Section 824. 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,38,1711 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. a. Direct the school district clerk to submit the resolution to
12the electors for approval or rejection at the next regularly scheduled spring primary
13or election or partisan primary or general election, provided such election is to be
14held not earlier than 70 days after the adoption of the resolution. A school board may
15proceed under this subd. 2. a. and under s. 121.91 (3) (a) 1. no more than 2 times in
16any calendar year.
The resolution shall not be effective unless adopted by a majority
17of the school district electors voting at the referendum.
AB56-SA3,825 18Section 825. 67.05 (6a) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,39,219 67.05 (6a) (am) 1. If the public hearing under par. (a) 2. b. is for informational
20purposes only and, within 30 days after the public hearing, a petition is filed with the
21school district clerk for a referendum on the resolution signed by at least 7,500
22electors of the school district or at least 20 percent of the school district electors, as
23determined under s. 115.01 (13), whichever is less, the resolution shall not be
24effective unless adopted by a majority of the school district electors voting at the
25referendum. Subject to the limit therein, the The school board shall hold the

1referendum in accordance with par. (a) 2. a. The question submitted shall be whether
2the initial resolution shall or shall not be approved.
AB56-SA3,826 3Section 826. 67.12 (12) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,39,94 67.12 (12) (h) Paragraph (e) 2. does not apply to borrowing by the school board
5of a school district created by a reorganization under s. 117.105, or by the school
6board from which territory is detached to create a school district under s. 117.105,
7for the purpose of financing any assets or liabilities apportioned to the school district
8or assets apportioned to another school district under s. 117.105 (1m), or (2m), or
9(4m)
.”.
AB56-SA3,39,10 1048. Page 384, line 16: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,39,11 11 Section 1074. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,39,1512 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount
13appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in
14proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.
15No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2020.
AB56-SA3,1075 16Section 1075. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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