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employment
Worker Connection program
This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a
worker connection program to be administered by DWD to help prospective employee

participants prepare for and enter quality jobs in targeted employment sectors
identified by DWD as having high opportunities for career growth.
Pandemic workforce training program grants
This bill creates a pandemic workforce training program to be administered by
DWD. Under the program, DWD is required to award grants to public and private
organizations for the development and implementation of pandemic workforce
training programs. The grants may be used for virtual and in-person job training,
employment navigators or coaches, skill assessment, transportation, soft skill
development, career or talent search services, and other programs to return
employees to the labor market. The bill also permits DWD to require a public or
private organization, as a condition of receiving a grant, to provide matching funds
at a percentage to be determined by DWD.
Pandemic recovery grants
This bill requires DWD to establish and operate a program to provide grants
to local workforce development boards to fund pandemic recovery efforts to
emphasize training, skill development, and economic recovery for individuals and
businesses. The grants may be used for virtual and in-person job training,
employment navigators or coaches, skill assessment, transportation, soft skill
development, career or talent search services, and other programs to return
employees to the labor market.
Green jobs training program grants
This bill creates a green jobs training program to be administered by DWD.
Under the program, DWD is required to award grants to public and private
organizations for the development and implementation of green jobs training
programs. The bill defines green jobs as jobs that produce goods or provide services
that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources. The bill also permits
DWD to require a public or private organization, as a condition of receiving a grant,
to provide matching funds at a percentage to be determined by DWD.
Health care recruitment initiative
This bill requires DWD, in coordination with local workforce development
boards, to 1) undertake a statewide recruitment initiative to promote and connect
individuals with nurse aide instructional programs and employment opportunities
and to promote other health care provider employment opportunities and 2) create
a free, four-hour course that individuals may take to explore career opportunities
within the field of human services or health care delivery.
health and human services
Child care quality improvement program
This bill eliminates the current law method by which the Department of
Children and Families may modify payments to child care providers under
Wisconsin Shares based on a child care provider's rating under the quality rating
system known as Young Star. The bill instead authorizes DCF to establish a program
for making monthly payments and monthly per-child payments to certified child
care providers, licensed child care centers, and child care programs established or
contracted for by a school board. The bill allows DCF to promulgate rules to

implement the program, including establishing eligibility requirements and
payment amounts and setting requirements for how recipients may use the
payments. The bill funds the program through a new appropriation and by
allocating federal moneys, including child care development funds and moneys
received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program.
Wisconsin Shares is a part of the Wisconsin Works program under current law,
which DCF administers and which provides work experience and benefits for
low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old. Under current law, an
individual who is the parent of a child under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled,
under the age of 19, who needs child care services to participate in various education
or work activities, and who satisfies other eligibility criteria may receive a child care
subsidy for child care services under Wisconsin Shares.
Under current law, DCF sets the maximum payment rates for child care
providers who provide services under Wisconsin Shares and may modify an
individual child care provider's payment rate in the following manner on the basis
of the child care provider's quality rating under the Young Star system: a provider
who receives a one-star rating may be denied payment; a provider who receives a
two-star rating may have the maximum payment rate reduced by up to 5 percent;
a provider who receives a three-star rating may receive up to the maximum payment
rate; a provider who receives a four-star rating may have the maximum payment
rate increased by up to 15 percent; and a provider who receives a five-star rating may
have the maximum payment rate increased by up to 30 percent.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB336-ASA1,1 1Section 1 . 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
2the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
AB336-ASA1,2 1Section 2 . 20.437 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,4,32 20.437 (2) (c) Child care quality improvement program. The amounts in the
3schedule for the program under s. 49.133.
AB336-ASA1,3 4Section 3 . 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB336-ASA1,4,125 20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training; administration. Biennially, the amounts
6in the schedule for the administration of the local youth apprenticeship grant
7program under s. 106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program under s. 106.18, the
8employment transit assistance grant program under s. 106.26, the workforce
9training program programs under s. 106.27, the teacher development program
10grants under s. 106.272, the career and technical education incentive grant program
11under s. 106.273, the technical education equipment grant program under s.
12106.275, and the apprentice programs under subch. I of ch. 106.
AB336-ASA1,4 13Section 4 . 20.445 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,5,3
120.445 (1) (bp) Green jobs training program; grants. As a continuing
2appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for green jobs training program grants
3under s. 106.27 (1p).
AB336-ASA1,5 4Section 5 . 20.445 (1) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,5,75 20.445 (1) (bq) Pandemic workforce training program; grants. As a continuing
6appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for pandemic workforce training
7program grants under s. 106.27 (1q).
AB336-ASA1,6 8Section 6 . 20.445 (1) (bv) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,5,109 20.445 (1) (bv) Health care recruitment initiative. Biennially, the amounts in
10the schedule for the health care recruitment initiative under s. 106.28.
AB336-ASA1,7 11Section 7 . 20.445 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,5,1312 20.445 (1) (bw) Pandemic recovery grants. As a continuing appropriation, the
13amounts in the schedule for pandemic recovery grants under s. 106.29.
AB336-ASA1,8 14Section 8 . 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,5,1715 20.445 (1) (cm) Worker connection program. As a continuing appropriation, the
16amounts in the schedule for worker connection program administration, grants, and
17contracts under s. 106.274.
AB336-ASA1,9 18Section 9 . 49.133 of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,6,2 1949.133 Child care quality improvement program. (1) The department
20may establish a program under which it may, from the appropriation under s. 20.437
21(2) (c) and under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), make monthly payments and monthly per-child
22payments to child care providers certified under s. 48.651, child care centers licensed
23under s. 48.65, and child care programs established or contracted for by a school
24board under s. 120.13 (14). Of the amounts from the appropriation under s. 20.437
25(2) (c), the department may award 10 percent to child care providers, child care

1centers, and child care programs located in child care deserts, as defined by the
2department.
AB336-ASA1,6,5 3(2) The department may promulgate rules to implement the program under
4this section, including establishing eligibility requirements and payment amounts
5and setting requirements for how recipients may use the payments.
AB336-ASA1,10 6Section 10 . 49.155 (6) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB336-ASA1,11 7Section 11. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB336-ASA1,6,118 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
9improvement activities specified in ss. 49.133, 49.155 (1g), and 49.257, $16,532,900
10$33,847,900 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $16,683,700 $34,484,700 in fiscal
11year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB336-ASA1,12 12Section 12 . 106.27 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,6,1513 106.27 (1p) Green jobs training program. (a) In this subsection, “green jobs”
14means jobs that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or
15conserve natural resources.
AB336-ASA1,6,2016 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bp), the department shall award
17grants to public or private organizations for the development and implementation
18of green jobs training programs. As a condition of receiving a grant under this
19subsection, the department may require a public or private organization to provide
20matching funds at a percentage to be determined by the department.
AB336-ASA1,13 21Section 13 . 106.27 (1q) of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,7,622 106.27 (1q) Pandemic workforce training program. From the appropriation
23under s. 20.445 (1) (bq), the department shall award grants to public or private
24organizations for the development and implementation of pandemic workforce
25training programs that emphasize training, skill development, and economic

1recovery for individuals and businesses. The grants may be used for virtual and
2in-person job training, employment navigators or coaches, skill assessment,
3transportation, soft skill development, career or talent search services, and other
4programs to return employees to the labor market. As a condition of receiving a grant
5under this subsection, the department may require a public or private organization
6to provide matching funds at a percentage to be determined by the department.
AB336-ASA1,14 7Section 14 . 106.27 (2g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB336-ASA1,7,108 106.27 (2g) (a) 1. Promulgate rules prescribing procedures and criteria for
9awarding grants under sub subs. (1), (1p), and (1q) and the information with respect
10to those grants that must be contained in the reports required under subd. 3.
AB336-ASA1,15 11Section 15 . 106.27 (2g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB336-ASA1,7,1512 106.27 (2g) (a) 2. Receive and review applications for grants under subs. (1),
13(1g), and (1j) (am), (1p), and (1q) and prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the
14information that must be contained in an application for a grant under sub. (1), (1g),
15or (1j) (am), (1p) or (1q).
AB336-ASA1,16 16Section 16 . 106.27 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB336-ASA1,8,1417 106.27 (3) Annual report. Annually, by December 31, the department shall
18submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on
19finance providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under
20this section during the preceding fiscal year and detailing the amounts allocated to
21and expended for each of the programs, grants, and services specified in s. 20.445 (1)
22(b) and, (bm), (bp), and (bq) for that fiscal year. The report shall include information
23on the number of unemployed and underemployed workers and incumbent
24employees who participate in training programs under sub. (1) or, (1j), (1p), or (1q);
25the number of unemployed workers who obtain gainful employment, underemployed

1workers who obtain new employment, and incumbent employees who receive
2increased compensation after participating in such a training program; and the
3wages earned by those workers and employees both before and after participating
4in such a training program. The report shall also include information on the extent
5to which waiting lists for enrollment in courses and programs provided by technical
6colleges in high-demand fields are reduced as a result of grants under sub. (1g) (a),
7on the number of students who participate in certification or training programs
8under sub. (1) (a) or (e) or (1g) (b), on the building modifications funded under sub.
9(1) (f) and the effect of those building modifications on the school districts' technical
10education programs, and on the number of persons with disabilities who participate
11in employment enhancement activities under sub. (1g) (c). In addition, the report
12shall provide information on the number of student interns who are placed with
13employers as a result of the coordination activities conducted under sub. (1r) or the
14grants awarded under sub. (1) (d).
AB336-ASA1,17 15Section 17 . 106.274 of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,8,21 16106.274 Worker connection program. (1) Worker connection program.
17The department shall, from the appropriation under 20.445 (1) (cm), establish and
18administer a worker connection program that helps participants prepare for and
19enter jobs in high-growth employment sectors by pairing participants with
20achievement coaches who guide participants through the workforce system and
21partner with employers in high-growth employment sectors.
AB336-ASA1,8,23 22(2) Implementation. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this
23section.
AB336-ASA1,18 24Section 18 . 106.28 of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,9,2
1106.28 Health care recruitment initiative. (1) In this section, “nurse aide”
2has the meaning given in s. 146.40 (1) (d).
AB336-ASA1,9,5 3(2) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bv) and
4in coordination with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC
53122
, do all of the following:
AB336-ASA1,9,96 (a) Undertake a statewide recruitment initiative to promote and connect
7individuals with instructional programs for nurse aides approved by the department
8of health services under s. 146.40 and nurse aide employment opportunities and to
9promote other health care provider employment opportunities.
AB336-ASA1,9,1110 (b) Create a free, 4-hour course that individuals may take to explore career
11opportunities within the field of human services or health care delivery.
AB336-ASA1,19 12Section 19 . 106.29 of the statutes is created to read:
AB336-ASA1,9,14 13106.29 Pandemic recovery grants. (1) In this section, “pandemic” means
14the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic.
AB336-ASA1,9,22 15(2) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bw),
16establish and operate a program to provide grants to local workforce development
17boards established under 29 USC 3122 to fund pandemic recovery efforts. The
18grants shall emphasize training, skill development, and economic recovery for
19individuals and businesses. The grants may be used for virtual and in-person job
20training, employment navigators or coaches, skill assessment, transportation, soft
21skill development, career or talent search services, and other programs to return
22employees to the labor market.
AB336-ASA1,20 23Section 20. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB336-ASA1,9,2524 (1) Child care quality improvement program. Using the procedure under s.
25227.24, the department of children and families may promulgate the rules

1authorized under s. 49.133 (2) as emergency rules. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a)
2and (3), the department of children and families is not required to provide evidence
3that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for
4the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to
5provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB336-ASA1,10,156 (2) Worker connection pilot program. The authorized FTE positions for the
7department of workforce development are increased by 25.0 GPR 2-year project
8positions in the 2021-22 fiscal year, to be funded from the appropriation under s.
920.445 (1) (cm), for the purpose of administering the worker connection pilot program
10for the period beginning on July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2024. The
11authorized FTE positions for the department of workforce development are
12increased by 23.0 GPR 2-year project positions in the 2022-23 fiscal year, to be
13funded from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (cm), for the purpose of
14administering the worker connection pilot program for the period beginning July 1,
152022, and ending June 30, 2025.
AB336-ASA1,21 16Section 21. Effective date.
AB336-ASA1,10,1817 (1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
18publication of the 2021 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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