This bill creates a local supplement grant program under which the
Department of Transportation provides discretionary grants to political subdivisions
for projects related to bridge construction or reconstruction or local road
improvement or to local governments for projects related to transportation
alternatives, including construction of pedestrian and bicycle facilities and
environmental mitigation of highway construction. The bill also appropriates
$100,000,000 for grants under the program.

This bill requires the Department of Tourism to award grants to nonprofit
organizations whose primary purpose is the promotion and development of tourism
in Wisconsin to assist those organizations to remain operational in the wake of the
COVID-19 global pandemic. The bill also requires the department to award grants
to such nonprofit organizations and to certain governmental organizations also
having that same primary purpose for purposes of tourism marketing in connection
with Wisconsin's recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic. A nonprofit or
governmental organization may not receive grants totaling more than the lesser of
$1,000,000 or 50 percent of the organization's average annual tourism marketing
budget over the previous three years, not including 2020. The bill appropriates
$25,000,000 for the grants.

Under current law, DOJ administers a grant program to award grants to
organizations that provide services to victims of sexual assault. Under this bill, DOJ
must administer a grant program to award grants to organizations that provide
services, such as advocacy, counseling, and crisis phone services, to victims of crimes.
The bill provides $5,000,000 for the grants in each fiscal year of the 2021-23
biennium.

This bill appropriates $200,000,000 in general purpose revenue for the
broadband expansion grant program administered by the Public Service
Commission.

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to annually distribute
the amount appropriated to The Literacy Lab to provide evidence-based literacy
interventions to prekindergarten to third grade pupils in this state. The bill
appropriates $1,500,000 for this purpose in each of the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal
years.

This bill creates an application fee exemption for veterans and members of the
U.S. armed forces applying for admission to University of Wisconsin System schools.

Under current law, a student who is a service member must be given priority
in registering for courses at UW System schools. A “service member” is defined as
a person who has served or is serving on active duty under honorable conditions in
the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the
national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.

Under this bill, a UW System school may not charge an application fee to a
service member applying for admission to the UW System school or to any program
offered at the school.

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to establish a
partnership program between UW-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute and
northern Wisconsin communities. The program must be designed to accomplish
specified objectives. The bill provides funding and 5.0 positions for the program
through a new annual appropriation.

This bill requires the Technical College System Board to award a grant of
$9,600,000 in the 2021-22 fiscal year to Mid-State Technical College for a
manufacturing engineering apprenticeship center. The bill also provides funding for
the grant through a continuing appropriation.

This bill instructs DHS to annually award $1,750,000 in grants to
community-serving organizations that are led by Black women that improve Black
women's health in Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, and Kenosha Counties. Further, the bill
directs DHS to annually award $1,750,000 in grants to organizations that work to
reduce racial disparities related to infant and maternal mortality. Additionally, this
bill instructs DHS to award a grant totaling $500,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and
another grant totaling $500,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 to an entity to coordinate
efforts among the state, public and private sector organizations, and community
organizations to support a statewide strategy to advance Black women's health.

This bill directs DHS to annually award grants in the amount of $15,000,000
for community health workers.

This bill directs DHS to award grants in the total amount of $53,000,000 to
create federally qualified health centers in Racine County before June 30, 2023.
Federally qualified health centers are community-based health care providers that
serve an underserved area or population.

This bill provides $5,500,000 in each fiscal year of the 2021-23 biennium to
support emergency medical services in rural areas.

This bill appropriates $4,000,000 in general purpose revenue for DHS to give
the county-owned Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County in Darlington a grant for
its facility planning, expansion, and construction.