16.643 (2) Eligibility for long-term care programs. A person who is determining eligibility for an individual for a long-term care program under s. 46.27, 46.275, or 46.277, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, the family care partnership program, the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1), or any other demonstration program or program operated under a waiver of federal medicaid law that provides long-term care benefits shall exclude from the determination any income from assets accumulated in an account that is part of a qualified ABLE program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.

9,61 Section 61. 16.705 (1b) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

16.705 (1b) (f) The department of workforce development for the Project SEARCH program under s. 47.07.

9,67 Section 67. 16.848 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.848 (2) (g) Subsection (1) does not apply to property that is subject to sale by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.32 (7), 2017 stats.

9,88 Section 88. 16.99 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

9,89 Section 89. 16.9945 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.9945 (1) Competitive grants. (intro.) In fiscal years 2017-18 and, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21, the department may annually award grants on a competitive basis to eligible school districts and to eligible public libraries for the purpose of improving information technology infrastructure. For purposes of awarding grants under this section, “improving information technology infrastructure” includes purchasing and installing on a bus a portable device that creates an area of wireless Internet coverage and purchasing for individuals to temporarily borrow from a school or for patrons to check out from a public library a portable device that creates an area of wireless Internet coverage. In awarding grants to eligible school districts under this section, the department shall give priority to applications for school districts in which the percentage of pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) for a free or reduced-price lunch is greater than in other applicant school districts. The department shall require an applicant for a grant under this section to provide all of the following:

9,90 Section 90. 16.9945 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945 (2) and amended to read:

16.9945 (2) A school district is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year 2017-18 if the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is 16 or less.

9,91 Section 91. 16.9945 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

9,96m Section 96m. 16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) A public library, including the branch of a public library a library branch, is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year 2017-18 or in fiscal year 2018-19 or in both fiscal years if the population of the municipality within which the library or branch of the library library branch is located is 20,000 or less and if the public library or branch library branch is located in one of the following areas of the state:

9,105 Section 105. 16.9945 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

16.9945 (4) Funding limitation. The department cannot award grants under this section that total more than $3,000,000 in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 fiscal year.

9,106 Section 106. 16.9945 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.9945 (5) Sunset. The department may not award grants under this section after July 1, 2019 June 30, 2021.

9,107 Section 107. 16.996 of the statutes is repealed.

9,108 Section 108. 16.997 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.997 (1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the department shall promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program to provide educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.

9,109 Section 109. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to data lines and video links.

9,110 Section 110. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of juvenile correctional facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.

9,111 Section 111. 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.997 (2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s. 16.998.

9,112 Section 112. 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.997 (2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more than $250 per month for each data line or video link that is provided to the educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line or video link that relies on a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits per second.

9,113 Section 113. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: