Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1150 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1150
5	5	March 6, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives VINING, HONG, MOORE OMOKUNDE,
6	6	MYERS, BARE, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, EMERSON, JOERS, MADISON, ORTIZ-VELEZ,
7	7	RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, STUBBS, SUBECK and PALMERI, cosponsored by Senator
8	8	AGARD. Referred to Committee on Education.
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10	10	AN ACT to create 20.255 (3) (cm) and 115.429 of the statutes; relating to: grants
11	11	for prospective school social workers, granting rule-making authority, and
12	12	making an appropriation.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must establish and
15	15	administer a grant program to award grants for the costs of obtaining the education
16	16	required for a school social worker license issued by DPI. The grants may only be
17	17	awarded to an individual who is a member of a racial minority group and who is
18	18	either an employee of a school board or enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate
19	19	program leading to licensure as a school social worker.
20	20	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
21	21	an appendix to this bill.
22	22	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
23	23	enact as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
25	25	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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34	34	20.255Public instruction, department of
35	35	(3) AIDS TO LIBRARIES, INDIVIDUALS AND
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37	37	(cm)Grants for prospective school
38	38	social workers GPR A 5,000,000 5,000,000
39	39	SECTION 2. 20.255 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
40	40	20.255 (3) (cm) Grants for prospective school social workers. The amounts in
41	41	the schedule for the grants under s. 115.429 to prospective school social workers.
42	42	SECTION 3. 115.429 of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	115.429 Grants for prospective school social workers. (1) In this section,
44	44	“member of a racial minority group” means an individual who is any of the following:
45	45	(a) A Black American.
46	46	(b) An American Indian or Alaskan native.
47	47	(c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).
48	48	(d) An individual of Asian or Pacific Island origin.
49	49	(e) An individual whose ancestry includes 2 or more races.
50	50	(2) The department shall establish and administer a grant program to award
51	51	to individuals who meet the eligibility requirements under sub. (3) grants for the
52	52	costs of acquiring education needed for licensure as a school social worker.
53	53	(3) Grants may be awarded under this section only to an individual who is a
54	54	member of a racial minority group and who meets one of the following requirements:
55	55	(a) The individual is an employee of a school board.
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82	82	(b) The individual is enrolled in an institution of higher education or an
83	83	accredited graduate school in a program of study leading to licensure as a school
84	84	social worker.
85	85	(4) The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.
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