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38.001
(3) (e) Provide education and services which address barriers created
11by stereotyping and discriminating and assist
individuals with disabilities, 12minorities, women
, and the
handicapped or disadvantaged to participate in the work
13force and the full range of technical college programs and activities.
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14Section 383
. 38.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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38.27
(1) (a) The creation or expansion of adult high school, adult basic
16education and English as a 2nd language courses. The board shall give priority to
17courses serving
students with disabilities or minority, unemployed,
or 18disadvantaged
or handicapped students.
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19Section 385
. 38.38 of the statutes is amended to read:
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2038.38 Services for handicapped students with disabilities. Annually the
21board may award a grant to each district board, from the appropriation under s.
2220.292 (1) (f), to assist in funding transitional services for
handicapped students
with
23disabilities. Each district board shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent
24of the amount awarded.
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25Section 386
. 39.11 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
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139.11
(16) When appropriate and related to the programs of the state
2educational radio and television network, procure or publish instructional material.
3A reasonable handling charge may be established to cover the costs of providing this
4material.
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5Section 388
. 39.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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639.36 (title)
Repayment of stipends for teachers of the handicapped
7impaired.
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8Section 392
. 39.435 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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39.435
(5) The board shall ensure that grants under this section are made
10available to students attending private or public institutions in this state who are
11deaf or hard of hearing or visually
handicapped
impaired and who demonstrate need.
12Grants may also be made available to such
handicapped students attending private
13or public institutions in other states under criteria established by the board. In
14determining the financial need of these students special consideration shall be given
15to their unique and unusual costs.
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16Section 392m. 39.465 of the statutes is created to read:
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1739.465 Rural dentistry scholarship program. (1) Definitions. In this
18section:
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(a) “Actual practice total” is the total number of months that a student upon
20graduation practices dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state. For
21purposes of this paragraph, a fraction of a month is counted as one month.
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(b) “Dental health shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60 (1) (ad),
23except that “dental health shortage area” does not include an area in the county of
24Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, or Waukesha.
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1(c) “Repayment liability percentage” means the percentage that results from
2dividing the difference between a student's required practice total and the student's
3actual practice total by the student's required practice total.
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(d) “Required practice total” means the total number of months a student upon
5graduation is required under sub. (3) to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage
6area in this state.
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(e) “School” means the Marquette University School of Dentistry.
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8(2) Scholarships. In consultation with the department of health services, the
9board shall establish a program for awarding to no more than 5 first-year students
10an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $40,000 for each year of a
11student's enrollment but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall pay the scholarships
12from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg).
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13(3) Eligibility; agreements. (a) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under
14the program established under sub. (2) unless he or she is a resident of the state and
15enters into an agreement with board in which he or she agrees upon graduation to
16practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for a period equal to
1718 months multiplied by the number of annual scholarships the board awards to the
18student under the program.
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(b) An agreement under par. (a) shall specify that if a student fails to practice
20dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for the period required under
21par. (a), he or she is liable to the state for an amount equal to the total dollar amount
22of annual scholarships awarded to the student multiplied by the student's
23repayment liability percentage.
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24(4) Geographic diversity. In cooperation with the school, the board shall make
25every effort to ensure that students who are awarded scholarships under the
1program established under sub. (2) practice dentistry upon graduation in
2geographically diverse dental health shortage areas in this state.
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3(5) Administrative grants. The board shall make grants from the
4appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dr) to the school to defray the school's
5administrative costs related to the program established under sub. (2).
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6Section 393
. 40.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.01
(2) Purpose. The public employee trust fund is a public trust and shall
8be managed, administered, invested and otherwise dealt with solely for the purpose
9of ensuring the fulfillment at the lowest possible cost of the benefit commitments to
10participants, as set forth in this chapter, and shall not be used for any other purpose.
11Revenues collected for and balances in the accounts of a specific benefit plan shall
12be used only for the purposes of that benefit plan, including amounts allocated under
13s.
20.515 (1) (um) or (ut) or 40.04 (2), and shall not be used for the purposes of any
14other benefit plan. Each member of the employee trust funds board shall be a trustee
15of the fund and the fund shall be administered by the department of employee trust
16funds. All statutes relating to the fund shall be construed liberally in furtherance
17of the purposes set forth in this section.
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18Section 406
. 40.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.04
(2) (a) An administrative account shall be maintained within the fund
20from which administrative costs of the department shall be paid, except charges for
21services performed by the investment board
, costs of medical and vocational
22evaluations used in determinations of eligibility for benefits under ss. 40.61, 40.63
23and 40.65 and costs of contracting for insurance data collection and analysis services
24under s. 40.03 (6) (j).
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25Section 407
. 40.04 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
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1Section
427. 45.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read: