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1		-	Date of enactment:
2		-	2023 Assembly Bill 394 Date of publication*:
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT
4		-	AN ACT to create 85.27 of the statutes; relating to: a driver education grant program and granting rule−making
5		-	authority.
6		-	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
7		-	senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
8		-	SECTION 1. 85.27 of the statutes is created to read:
9		-	85.27 Driver education grant program. (1) The
10		-	department shall establish and administer a driver educa-
11		-	tion grant program. Under the program, from the appro-
12		-	priation under s. 20.395 (5) (eq), the department may pro-
13		-	vide grants to a provider of a course in driver education
14		-	that satisfies all of the following:
15		-	(a) The provider is any of the following:
16		-	1. A public school providing a course in driver educa-
17		-	tion approved by the department of public instruction or
18		-	department of transportation.
19		-	2. A technical college providing a course in driver
20		-	education approved by the technical college system
21		-	board.
22		-	3. A nonpublic or private school or tribal school, as
23		-	defined in s. 115.001 (15m), providing a course in driver
24		-	education that meets the minimum standards set by the
25		-	department of public instruction.
26		-	4. A school licensed by the department under s.
27		-	343.61.
28		-	(b) The provider provides classroom or behind−the−
29		-	wheel driver instruction or both.
30		-	(2) (a) The department may provide a grant under
31		-	sub. (1) solely for the purpose of funding a course in
32		-	driver education for a specified individual who satisfies
33		-	the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced−price
34		-	lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC
35		-	1758 (b) (1).
36		-	(b) The department may provide a grant under sub.
37		-	(1) solely for courses in driver education that are
38		-	designed to result in an individual obtaining an initial
39		-	operator’s license authorizing the operation of only
40		-	“Class D” vehicles.
41		-	(3) The amount of a grant under sub. (1) may not
42		-	exceed the cost that would have been incurred by the indi-
43		-	vidual under sub. (2) (a) in taking the course in driver
44		-	education.
45		-	(4) The department may promulgate rules necessary
46		-	to implement this section.
47		-	* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
48		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”
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	3	+	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
	4	+	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 394
	5	+	September 5, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DONOVAN, BALDEH, CABRERA,
	6	+	CALLAHAN, DITTRICH, DRAKE, GOYKE, GUNDRUM, S. JOHNSON, MOORE
	7	+	OMOKUNDE, OHNSTAD, PETERSEN, SCHMIDT and CLANCY, cosponsored by
	8	+	Senators KNODL, BRADLEY, CARPENTER, COWLES, JAMES, L. JOHNSON, MARKLEIN,
	9	+	TAYLOR and TESTIN. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
	10	+	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
	11	+	AN ACT to create 85.27 of the statutes; relating to: a driver education grant
	12	+	program.
	13	+	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
	14	+	This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a driver
	15	+	education grant program under which it may provide grants to a person enrolled or
	16	+	seeking to be enrolled in a driver education course or a provider of such a course. The
	17	+	amount of a grant under this program may not exceed the cost to the person of the
	18	+	course of driver education in which the person is enrolled or seeking to be enrolled
	19	+	or the cost to the provider of providing driver education to persons under 20 years
	20	+	of age enrolled in the provider's course.
	21	+	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
	22	+	an appendix to this bill.
	23	+	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
	24	+	enact as follows:
	25	+	SECTION 1. 85.27 of the statutes is created to read:
	26	+	85.27 Driver education grant program. (1) The department shall
	27	+	establish and administer a driver education grant program. Under the program,
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	35	+	from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (eq), the department may provide grants
	36	+	to any of the following, upon application:
	37	+	(a) A person who satisfies all of the following:
	38	+	1. The person is enrolled or seeking to be enrolled in a course of driver education
	39	+	provided by any of the following:
	40	+	a. A public school providing a course in driver education approved by the
	41	+	department of public instruction or the department of transportation.
	42	+	b. A technical college providing a course in driver education approved by the
	43	+	technical college system board.
	44	+	c. A nonpublic or private school or tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m),
	45	+	providing a course in driver education that meets the minimum standards set by the
	46	+	department of public instruction.
	47	+	d. A school licensed by the department under s. 343.61.
	48	+	2. The person satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price
	49	+	lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
	50	+	(b) A provider of a course in driver education that satisfies all of the following:
	51	+	1. The provider is any of the following:
	52	+	a. A public school providing a course in driver education approved by the
	53	+	department of public instruction or department of transportation.
	54	+	b. A technical college providing a course in driver education approved by the
	55	+	technical college system board.
	56	+	c. A nonpublic or private school or tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m),
	57	+	providing a course in driver education that meets the minimum standards set by the
	58	+	department of public instruction.
	59	+	d. A school licensed by the department under s. 343.61.
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	89	+	2. The provider provides classroom or behind-the-wheel driver instruction or
	90	+	both.
	91	+	(2) (a) The amount of a grant under sub. (1) (a) may not exceed the cost to the
	92	+	person of the course of driver education in which the person is enrolled or seeking to
	93	+	be enrolled.
	94	+	(b) The amount of a grant under sub. (1) (b) may not exceed the cost to the
	95	+	provider of providing driver education to persons under 20 years of age enrolled in
	96	+	the provider's course.
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