DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0390 - Grants to technical college district boards to support the adoption of artificial intelligence
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
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EDUCATION
Higher education
Grants to technical college district boards for adoption of AI
Under current law, the TCS board may award grants to technical college district boards in a variety of contexts, including to provide basic skills instruction in jails and prisons, to expand health care programs, and for the development of apprenticeship criteria. This bill allows the TCS board to award grants to technical college district boards to support the district boards with the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in areas including the following: 1) educator recruitment, retention, and upskilling; 2) curriculum and resource development to meet employer demand; 3) stackable credential development; and 4) infrastructure development.
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:
Section 1. 20.292 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.292 (1) (f) Grants to district boards. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for aids and grants to technical college districts under ss. 38.04 (13) (a), (20), (25), (28), and (32) (a), 38.26, 38.27, 38.272, 38.28 (4), 38.29, 38.32, 38.33, 38.38, 38.40 (4m), and 38.41.
Section 2. 38.04 (25) of the statutes is created to read:
38.04 (25) Adoption of artificial intelligence. From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), the board may award grants to district boards to support the district boards with the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in areas including the following:
(a) Educator recruitment, retention, and upskilling.
(b) Curriculum and resource development to meet employer demand.
(c) Stackable credential development.
(d) Infrastructure development.
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