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23Section 108
. 16.997 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.997
(1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the department shall
2promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program
3to provide educational agencies with access to data lines
and video links.
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4Section 109
. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department
6for access to data lines
and video links.
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7Section 110
. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to
9participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional
10telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter
11school sponsor use data lines
and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter
12school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children,
13as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of juvenile correctional
14facilities that are served by data links
and video links subsidized under this section.
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15Section 111
. 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines
and video links for which
17access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under
18sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s.
1916.998.
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20Section 112
. 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more
22than $250 per month for each data line
or video link that is provided to the
23educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the
24charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line
or video link that relies on
25a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits per second.
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1Section
113. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(2) (f) Ensure that juvenile correctional facilities that receive access
3under this section to data lines
and video links or that receive additional access under
4s. 16.998 to data lines
, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines
and video
5links and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.
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6Section 114
. 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether
8to provide more than one data line
and video link to an educational agency. The
9department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth,
10equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic
11development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
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12Section 115
. 16.997 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.997
(3) The department shall prepare an annual report on the status of
14providing data lines
and video links that are requested under sub. (2) (a) and the
15impact on the universal service fund of any payment under contracts under s. 16.974.
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16Section 116
. 16.997 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
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17Section 117
. 16.998 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1816.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access. An
19educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications
20services under
47 USC 254 may request data lines
, video links, and bandwidth access
21that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1). The
22department shall apply for aid under
47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines
,
23video links, and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall
24credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp). To the
25extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an
1educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover
2those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account
3under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm).
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4Section 118
. 18.04 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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5Section 119
. 18.04 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.04
(5) (d) To acquire public debt contracted for any of the purposes under
7pars. (a)
to (c) and (b).
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8Section 120
. 18.04 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.04
(6) (b) The commission may direct that moneys resulting from any public
10debt contracted under this section be deposited in the funds or accounts created or
11designated by resolution of the commission
or established by resolution under s.
1245.37 (7), including escrow accounts established under refunding escrow agreements
13that are authorized by the commission.
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14Section 121
. 18.04 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.04
(6) (c) Notwithstanding s. 25.17, moneys deposited or held in funds or
16accounts under par. (b)
and all other moneys received under s. 45.37 (7) (a) (intro.) 17may be invested in any obligations, either through cash purchase or exchange, as
18specified by resolution of the commission.
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19Section 122
. 18.06 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.06
(9) Clean water fund program
and safe drinking water loan program
21bonds. Notwithstanding sub. (4), the sale of bonds under this subchapter to provide
22revenue for the clean water fund program
or the safe drinking water loan program 23may be a private sale to the environmental improvement fund under s. 25.43, if the
24bonds sold are held or owned by the environmental improvement fund, or a public
25sale, as provided in the authorizing resolution.
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1Section
124. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: