Chapter 20

20.255(2)(eb) (eb) Grant for information technology education. The amounts in the schedule for the grant under s. 115.455.

20.255(2)(eh) (eh) Head start supplement. The amounts in the schedule for the head start supplement under s. 115.3615.

20.255(2)(ek) (ek) Educator effectiveness evaluation system; grants to school districts. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school districts under s. 115.415 (4).

20.255(2)(fg) (fg) Aid for cooperative educational service agencies. The amounts in the schedule for a payment not to exceed $25,000 annually to each cooperative educational service agency to match any federal funds received by these agencies for vocational education administration.

20.255(2)(fk) (fk) Grant program for peer review and mentoring. The amounts in the schedule for the grant program for peer review and mentoring under s. 115.405 (1).

20.255(2)(fm) (fm) Charter schools. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) (e), (f), and (fm).

20.255 Note NOTE: Section 118.40 (2r) (f) was repealed by 2021 Wis. Act 219.

20.255(2)(fp) (fp) Charter schools; office of educational opportunity. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools under s. 118.40 (2x) (e) 1. and (em).

20.255(2)(fq) (fq) Charter schools; office of educational opportunity recovery charter schools. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools under s. 118.40 (2x) (e) 1m.

20.255(2)(fr) (fr) Parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts. A sum sufficient to make the payments to private schools under s. 118.60 (4) and (4m).

20.255(2)(fs) (fs) Opportunity schools and partnership programs. A sum sufficient to make the payments under ss. 115.999 (4), 119.33 (6) (a) to (c), and 119.9005 (1) to (3).

20.255(2)(fu) (fu) Milwaukee parental choice program. A sum sufficient to make the payments to private schools under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m).

20.255(2)(fv) (fv) Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts; transfer pupils. A sum sufficient to make the payments under ss. 118.60 (4r) and 119.23 (4r).

20.255(2)(fy) (fy) Grants to support gifted and talented pupils. The amounts in the schedule for grants for the support of gifted and talented pupils under s. 118.35 (4).

20.255(2)(k) (k) Funds transferred from other state agencies; local aids. All moneys received from other state agencies to carry out the purposes for which received.

20.255(2)(kd) (kd) Aid for alcohol and other drug abuse programs. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of s. 115.36 (3). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (i) 5. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (i).

20.255(2)(km) (km) Tribal language revitalization grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, and agencies determined by the state superintendent to be eligible under 42 USC 9836 for designation as head start agencies under s. 115.745. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 5. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm).

20.255(2)(m) (m) Federal aids; local aid. All federal moneys received as authorized under s. 16.54, except as otherwise appropriated under this subsection, to aid local governmental units or agencies.

20.255(2)(s) (s) School library aids. All moneys received as the common school fund income to be distributed as provided in ss. 24.78 and 43.70.

20.255(3) (3) Aids to libraries, individuals and organizations.

20.255(3)(b) (b) Adult literacy grants. The amounts in the schedule for adult literacy grants to nonprofit organizations under s. 115.28 (52).

20.255(3)(c) (c) Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure. A sum sufficient for grants to teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or licensed as master educators as provided under s. 115.42.

20.255(3)(d) (d) Elks and Easter Seals Center for Respite and Recreation. The amounts in the schedule for payments to the Wisconsin Elks and Easter Seals Center for Respite and Recreation under s. 115.28 (41).

20.255(3)(dn) (dn) Project Lead the Way grants. The amounts in the schedule for annual grants to Project Lead the Way to provide discounted professional development services and software for participating high schools in this state. No moneys may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2011.

20.255(3)(eb) (eb) Grants for bullying prevention. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 115.28 (45).

20.255(3)(ef) (ef) Recovery high schools; grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to support recovery high schools.

20.255(3)(eg) (eg) Milwaukee Public Museum. The amounts in the schedule for payments to the Milwaukee Public Museum under s. 115.28 (40).

20.255(3)(eh) (eh) Holocaust education resource center. The amounts in the schedule for payments to the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Inc., under s. 115.28 (66).

20.255(3)(f) (f) Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. A sum sufficient equal to the amount determined under s. 115.28 (58) to pay assessments levied by the interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children under s. 115.997 (14) (b).

20.255(3)(fa) (fa) Very special arts. The amounts in the schedule for very special arts Wisconsin, incorporated.

20.255(3)(fc) (fc) College Possible, Inc. The amounts in the schedule for grants to College Possible, Inc., under s. 115.28 (64).

20.255(3)(fg) (fg) Special Olympics. The amounts in the schedule for Wisconsin special Olympics, incorporated, to be used to offset its administrative costs.

20.255(3)(fr) (fr) Wisconsin Reading Corps. The amounts in the schedule for payments to Wisconsin Reading Corps under s. 115.28 (65).

20.255(3)(fz) (fz) Precollege scholarships. The amounts in the schedule for the payment of precollege scholarships under s. 115.43.

20.255(3)(ge) (ge) Special Olympics Wisconsin. As a continuing appropriation, from moneys received as amounts designated under s. 71.10 (5km) (b), the net amount certified under s. 71.10 (5km) (h) 3. for Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.

20.255(3)(mm) (mm) Federal funds; local assistance. All federal moneys received as authorized under s. 16.54 to aid local governmental units or agencies.

20.255(3)(ms) (ms) Federal funds; individuals and organizations. All federal moneys received as authorized under s. 16.54 to directly or indirectly aid or assist individuals or nongovernmental organizations.

20.255(3)(q) (q) Periodical and reference information databases; Newsline for the Blind. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for the Newsline for the Blind, provided by the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and to contract for periodical and reference information databases under s. 115.28 (26).

20.255(3)(qm) (qm) Aid to public library systems. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for state aid to public library systems under s. 43.24.

20.255(3)(r) (r) Library service contracts. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for library service contracts under s. 43.03 (6) and (7).

20.255(3)(s) (s) Recollection Wisconsin. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for payments to Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., under s. 115.28 (28).

20.255 History History: 1971 c. 42, 56, 125; 1971 c. 152 s. 38; 1971 c. 154 s. 80; 1971 c. 211 ss. 24, 126; 1971 c. 215; 1973 c. 89 s. 20 (2); 1973 c. 90, 190, 243, 300, 307, 333, 336; 1975 c. 39 ss. 97 to 109, 732 (1); 1975 c. 105, 220, 224, 395; 1977 c. 26 s. 75; 1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 83 s. 26; 1977 c. 418 ss. 88m to 90, 929 (55); 1979 c. 34 ss. 164 to 191, 2102 (43) (a); 1979 c. 221 ss. 96e to 97w, 2200 (43); 1979 c. 331; 1979 c. 346 ss. 9, 15; 1981 c. 20, 86, 169; 1981 c. 314 s. 146; 1983 a. 22 s. 6; 1983 a. 27 ss. 158 to 212, 2200 (42), 2202 (42); 1983 a. 192; 1983 a. 333 s. 6; 1983 a. 370; 1985 a. 29, 56, 75, 120; 1987 a. 27, 339, 399; 1989 a. 31, 56, 114, 122, 269, 299, 309, 336, 359; 1991 a. 32, 39, 196, 269; 1993 a. 16, 168, 367, 377, 437, 454, 458, 490, 491; 1995 a. 27 ss. 563, 567 to 599, 622, 623, 9145 (1); 1995 a. 49, 227; 1997 a. 27, 113, 164, 237, 252; 1999 a. 9, 185; 2001 a. 16, 57, 105, 109; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25, 43; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 11, 28, 58, 329; 2011 a. 32, 76, 157, 158, 166; 2013 a. 20, 59; 2013 a. 165 s. 114; 2013 a. 256; 2015 a. 53, 55, 228, 280; 2017 a. 30, 31, 36, 59, 92, 136, 142; 2019 a. 9, 83, 170; 2021 a. 58; 2023 a. 19, 100, 248.

20.285 20.285 University of Wisconsin System. There is appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for the following programs:

20.285(1) (1) University education, research and public service.

20.285(1)(a) (a) General program operations. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of educational programs and related programs. The board of regents may not encumber amounts appropriated under this paragraph for groundwater research without the approval of the secretary of administration. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (am).

20.285(1)(am) (am) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12).

20.285(1)(ar) (ar) Freshwater collaborative. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide funding for a freshwater collaborative.

20.285(1)(b) (b) Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

20.285(1)(c) (c) Graduate psychiatric nursing education. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes specified in s. 36.25 (55) (a).

20.285(1)(d) (d) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to do all of the following:

20.285(1)(d)1. 1. Reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, or improvement of university academic facilities.

20.285(1)(d)2. 2. Reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for any amounts advanced to meet principal and interest costs on self-amortizing university facilities whenever the amount appropriated under par. (gj) is insufficient, as determined by the department of administration, to make such reimbursement.

20.285(1)(d)3. 3. Make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20.285(1)(e) (e) Grants to meet emergency financial need. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for distribution to institutions for purposes of making grants under s. 36.66.

20.285(1)(fd) (fd) State laboratory of hygiene; general program operations. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the state laboratory of hygiene.

20.285(1)(fj) (fj) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.

20.285(1)(gb) (gb) General program operations. All moneys received from the operation of educational programs and related programs and as earnings from investments under s. 36.11 (11m) to carry out the purposes for which received, including the transfer of funds to par. (gj), and for payment of any reimbursement obligation under a Minnesota-University of Wisconsin System student reciprocity agreement providing for waiver of nonresident tuition. All tuition and fees received by the University of Wisconsin System under such an agreement and any net obligations received under such an agreement shall be credited to this appropriation. In each fiscal year, the Board of Regents shall transfer no more than $30,338,500 from this appropriation account to the medical assistance trust fund.

20.285(1)(ge) (ge) Gifts and nonfederal grants and contracts. All moneys received as gifts, bequests, or devises, nonfederal grants or contracts, or earnings from investments under s. 36.11 (11m) to carry out the purposes for which received.

20.285(1)(gj) (gj) Self-amortizing facilities principal and interest. From revenues credited under par. (gb), a sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for any amounts advanced to meet principal and interest costs on self-amortizing university facilities and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a). For projects authorized by the building commission on or after July 1, 2001, annually an amount equal to 40 percent of the principal and interest costs for maintenance of University of Wisconsin-Madison intercollegiate athletic facilities shall be paid from the appropriation under this paragraph.

20.285(1)(i) (i) State laboratory of hygiene. All moneys received for or on account of the operation of the state laboratory of hygiene, to be used for general program operations of the laboratory of hygiene.

20.285(1)(ia) (ia) State laboratory of hygiene, drivers. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (hx) for the state laboratory of hygiene for costs associated with services for drivers.

20.285(1)(je) (je) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; fees. All moneys received under s. 36.58 (3), other than from state agencies, to be used for general program operations of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory and to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the construction of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory enumerated in 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9107 (1) (m) 1., to make payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing that facility, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20.285(1)(k) (k) Funds transferred from other state agencies. All moneys received from other state agencies to carry out the purposes for which received.

20.285(1)(kg) (kg) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; state agencies. All moneys received from other state agencies on account of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory to be used for general program operations of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.

20.285(1)(Li) (Li) General fund interest. All interest earned in the general fund that is attributable to the appropriations under pars. (gb), (ge), (gj), and (k) for the purpose of the appropriation to which it is attributable.

20.285(1)(m) (m) Federal aid. All federal moneys received, including earnings from federal moneys invested under s. 36.11 (11m), to carry out the purposes for which received.

20.285(1)(mc) (mc) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; federal funds. All moneys received from the federal government for the veterinary diagnostic laboratory to be used in accordance with the provisions of the federal grant or program.

20.285(1)(q) (q) Telecommunications services. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide telecommunications services as specified in s. 196.218 (5) (a) 6.

20.285(1)(qe) (qe) Rural physician residency assistance program. Biennially, from the critical access hospital assessment fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department of family medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to establish and support physician residency positions under s. 36.63.

20.285(1)(qj) (qj) Physician and dentist and health care provider loan assistance programs; critical access hospital assessment fund. Biennially, from the critical access hospital assessment fund, the amounts in the schedule for loan repayments under ss. 36.60 and 36.61.

20.285(1)(qm) (qm) Grants for forestry programs. From the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point paper science program and grants to forest cooperatives under s. 36.56.

20.285(1)(qr) (qr) Discovery farm grants. From the agrichemical management fund, the amounts in the schedule for making grants under s. 36.25 (47).

20.285(1)(rm) (rm) Environmental program grants and scholarships; Wisconsin Merit scholarships. From the normal school fund, all income and interest for grants, scholarships, and environmental programs under s. 36.49.

20.285(1)(sp) (sp) Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to support the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

20.285(1)(u) (u) Trust fund income. All moneys received as trust fund income under s. 36.03, 1969 stats.

20.285(1)(w) (w) Trust fund operations. All moneys available for trust fund operations pursuant to s. 36.03, 1969 stats.

20.285(2) (2) General provisions.

20.285(2)(c) (c) Student employment funds. The board of regents, through the institutions’ student financial aids offices, shall annually use at least 10 percent of its budgeted student employment funds that are unrelated to the college work-study program or to research and instruction for distribution on the basis of financial need.

20.285(2)(e) (e) Use of state funds for entertainment purposes. No general purpose revenues appropriated under this section may be used for entertainment by University of Wisconsin officials.

20.285(2)(h) (h) University of Wisconsin college campus at Medford. Of the amounts appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System under sub. (1) (a), the board of regents may pay to the Taylor County board of supervisors, for outstanding debt service costs on the University of Wisconsin college campus at Medford facilities, up to $24,500 annually until the facilities are sold or an alternative use for the facilities is found. Payments shall be made on a schedule and in the manner the board determines. If the facilities are sold or an alternative use for the facilities is found, the Taylor County board of supervisors shall repay to the state all amounts received under this paragraph.

20.285(2)(j) (j) Special counsel; lapses. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (2) (c), annually, there shall lapse from the appropriation accounts under sub. (1) (a), (gb), and (ge) an amount equal to the amount spent during that fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (d) for legal advice regarding public broadcasting by the University of Wisconsin System, as determined by the secretary of administration.

20.285 History History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1971 c. 100 s. 23; 1971 c. 125, 215, 236; 1971 c. 323 s. 27; 1973 c. 90, 301, 333, 340; 1975 c. 39; 1975 c. 41 s. 52; 1975 c. 198 s. 63; 1975 c. 224; 1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 418 ss. 91 to 92, 924 (50), 929 (55); 1977 c. 422; 1977 c. 447 s. 206; 1979 c. 34, 221; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27 ss. 213 to 215m, 2202 (20); 1983 a. 237; 1983 a. 333 s. 6; 1985 a. 29, 120, 339; 1987 a. 27, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1989 a. 269, 335, 353; 1991 a. 39, 167, 269; 1993 a. 16, 455; 1995 a. 27 ss. 600m to 615m, 1080b, 1085b, 1086b; 1995 a. 227, 228; 1997 a. 27 s. 257m, 263m, 271 to 281; 1997 a. 237, 252; 1999 a. 9, 32, 107; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2001 a. 16, 103, 109; 2003 a. 33, 176, 321; 2005 a. 25, 460; 2007 a. 20 ss. 248m to 262, 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 28 ss. 211, 215, 253m to 262m; 2009 a. 190, 265; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20; 2013 a. 166 s. 77; 2015 a. 55, 108, 196, 282; 2017 a. 59, 136, 262, 314; 2019 a. 9; 2021 a. 58; 2021 a. 240 s. 30; 2023 a. 80, 103.

20.292 20.292 Technical college system board. There is appropriated to the technical college system board for the following programs:

20.292(1) (1) Technical college system.

20.292(1)(a) (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations. In case any allotment under this paragraph is made to a state university or any other wholly state-controlled educational institution, the program appropriations for the operation of such school or institution for the year in which such allotment was made shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such allotment.

20.292(1)(am) (am) Fee remissions. The amounts in the schedule for the fee remissions under s. 38.24 (5).

20.292(1)(d) (d) State aid for technical colleges; statewide guide. The amounts in the schedule for state aids for technical college districts and technical colleges, including area schools and programs established and maintained under the supervision of the board, under s. 38.28 (2) (b), (be), and (bm), and for production and distribution of the statewide guide under s. 38.04 (18). Of the amount in the schedule for each fiscal year not exceeding $50,000 may be spent by the board to match federal funds made available for technical education by any act of congress for the purposes set forth in such act and no more than $125,000 may be spent by the board to produce and distribute the statewide guide under s. 38.04 (18). If, in any fiscal year, actual program fees raised under s. 38.24 (1m) exceed board estimates, the increase shall be used to offset actual district aidable cost.

20.292(1)(dp) (dp) Property tax relief aid. A sum sufficient equal to the amount necessary to distribute the property tax relief aid to technical college districts under s. 38.16 (4) and (5).

20.292(1)(e) (e) Grants to meet emergency financial need. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for distribution to technical college districts for purposes of making grants under s. 38.42.