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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 549
October 20, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives MICHALSKI, DITTRICH, MAXEY,
MURPHY, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, PETRYK and EDMING, cosponsored
by Senator STAFSHOLT. Referred to Committee on Workforce Development and
Economic Opportunities.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to repeal 20.292 (1) (fh); to amend 38.28 (1m) (a) 1.; and to create
20.292 (1) (fg), 20.292 (1) (fh) and 38.35 of the statutes; relating to: grants
related to technical college manufacturing and truck driving programs and
making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Technical College System Board to award grants in the
2023-25 fiscal biennium to technical colleges to support the recruitment and
retention of instructors in manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, and truck
driving programs. The bill requires the TCS Board to award grants to pay hiring
bonuses to such instructors. A grant of up to $5,000 per instructor may fund a hiring
bonus if 1) the instructor is hired into a position that is at least half-time to teach
courses in manufacturing or advanced manufacturing or preparatory to issuance or
upgrade of a commercial driver license; 2) the technical college provides at least an
equal amount of matching funding for the bonus; and 3) the instructor agrees in
writing to continue employment with the technical college for at least three years in
a similar capacity. With exceptions, an instructor who fails to maintain employment
for the three-year period must repay the bonus on a pro rata basis according to the
actual duration of employment. If an instructor who received a hiring bonus remains
employed with the technical college in a similar capacity five years later, the
technical college must pay the instructor, from its own funds, a retention bonus of
$5,000. A technical college that receives a grant award must report certain
information related to the results of its instructor bonuses.
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The bill also requires the TCS Board to award one-time grants of up to
$1,000,000 to technical colleges to purchase manufacturing or advanced
manufacturing equipment or to enhance facilities for advanced manufacturing
instruction. A grant may be awarded only if the technical college provides at least
an equal amount of matching funding. A technical college awarded a grant must
submit a report that includes information related to the grant and use of the grant
proceeds.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
2023-24 2024-25
20.292 Technical college system board
(1) TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
(fg)Instructor recruitment and
retention grants GPR B 500,000 500,000
(fh)Manufacturing capital improve
ment grants GPR B 16,000,000 -0-
SECTION 2. 20.292 (1) (fg) of the statutes is created to read:
20.292 (1) (fg) Instructor recruitment and retention grants. Biennially, the
amounts in the schedule for grants to technical college district boards under s. 38.35.
No moneys may be encumbered or expended under this paragraph after June 30,
2025.
SECTION 3. 20.292 (1) (fh) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.292 (1) (fh) Manufacturing capital improvement grants. Biennially, the
amounts in the schedule for grants to technical college district boards under 2023
Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 8 (1).
SECTION 4. 20.292 (1) (fh) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), is repealed.
SECTION 5. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.28 (1m) (a) 1. “District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a
technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and
promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all
expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all
expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under ss.
38.12 (9) and (14), 38.14 (3) and (9), and 118.15 (2) (a), all receipts from grants
awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.31, 38.33,
38.35, 38.38, and 38.42 and 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 8 (1), all fees
collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.
SECTION 6. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
.... (this act), is amended to read:
38.28 (1m) (a) 1. “District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a
technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and
promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all
expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all
expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under ss.
38.12 (9) and (14), 38.14 (3) and (9), and 118.15 (2) (a), all receipts from grants
awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.31, 38.33,
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38.35, 38.38, and 38.42 and 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 8 (1), all fees
collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.
SECTION 7. 38.35 of the statutes is created to read:
38.35 Instructor recruitment and retention grants. (1) To support
technical colleges in the recruitment and retention of instructors in manufacturing,
advanced manufacturing, and commercial driver license programs, the board shall
award grants to district boards in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium to pay instructor
bonuses as provided in sub. (2).
(2) (a) The board may award grants to district boards to pay newly-hired
instructors a hiring bonus in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium. The amount of the board's
grant to a district board to fund the hiring bonus may not exceed $5,000 per
instructor. The district board may use the grant funds to pay a hiring bonus to an
instructor only if all of the following apply:
1. The instructor is hired into a position that is at least a 0.5 full-time
equivalent position.
2. The instructor's work responsibilities require the instructor to devote an
amount of time at least equal to a 0.5 full-time equivalent position teaching courses
in manufacturing or advanced manufacturing or preparatory to issuance or upgrade
of a commercial driver license.
3. The district board provides matching funding for the bonus in an amount
equal to or greater than the grant amount.
4. The instructor agrees in writing to continue employment with the district
board for at least 3 years in a position that satisfies the requirements in subds. 1. and
2.
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5. The district board commits to pay the retention bonus under sub. (3), from
funds other than the grant awarded under this section, if the conditions in sub. (3)
are satisfied.
(b) 1. The agreement under par. (a) 4. shall specify that, except as provided in
subds. 2. to 4., if the instructor discontinues employment with the district board less
than 3 years after the instructor's first day of employment, the instructor is required
to repay the hiring bonus as follows:
a. All of the bonus if the term of employment was less than one year.
b. Two-thirds of the bonus if the term of employment was at least one year but
less than 2 years.
c. One-third of the bonus if the term of employment was at least 2 years but
less than 3 years.
2. If the instructor discontinues employment with the district board to begin
employment with a different district board, in a position that is at least a 0.5
full-time equivalent position, as an instructor in a manufacturing, advanced
manufacturing, or commercial driver license program, the repayment requirement
under subd. 1. does not apply and the 3-year period under par. (a) 4. continues in
effect from the instructor's first day of employment with the district board that paid
the hiring bonus.
3. If a district board pays an instructor a hiring bonus under par. (a) and the
instructor is terminated for cause less than 3 years after the instructor's first day of
employment, the instructor is required to repay all of the bonus.
4. If a district board pays an instructor a hiring bonus under par. (a) and the
instructor is terminated for a reason other than cause, including as a result of
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budgetary constraints or program changes, the instructor is not required to repay the
bonus.
(c) An instructor who is simultaneously employed by 2 district boards may not
receive more than one bonus under this subsection.
(3) The district board shall pay to an instructor who receives a hiring bonus
under sub. (2) a retention bonus in the amount of $5,000 if, 5 years after the date the
bonus under sub. (2) was paid, the instructor remains employed by the district board
in a position that meets the requirements under sub. (2) (a) 1. and 2.
(4) (a) A district board that receives a grant under this section shall annually
report to the board all of the following with respect to hiring bonuses paid under sub.
(2) and retention bonuses paid under sub. (3), with the information categorized by
type of bonus:
1. How many bonuses the district board paid to instructors.
2. Whether the instructor who received the bonus remains employed by the
district board.
3. If the instructor who received the bonus does not remain employed by the
district board, how long after receiving the bonus the instructor's employment
terminated and, if applicable, whether the instructor left employment with the
district board to become employed by a different district board.
(b) The board shall annually submit to the chief clerk of each house of the
legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172
(3) a report summarizing the information received by the board under par. (a).
(c) No report under this subsection is required after July 1, 2030.
(5) The board shall award grants under this section from the appropriation
under s. 20.292 (1) (fg).
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SECTION 8.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) MANUFACTURING AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
GRANTS.
(a) In this section:
1. “Board” has the meaning given in s. 38.01 (2).
2. “District board” has the meaning given in s. 38.01 (6).
(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (fh), in the 2023-25 fiscal
biennium, the board shall award grants not exceeding $1,000,000 to district boards
to purchase manufacturing or advanced manufacturing equipment or to enhance
facilities for advanced manufacturing instruction. No grant may be made under this
paragraph unless the district board provides matching funding for the equipment
purchase or facility enhancement in an amount equal to or greater than the grant
amount.
(c) A district board awarded a grant under par. (b) shall submit to the board,
no later than 6 months after the grant is awarded, a report that includes all of the
following information:
1. The amount of the grant received, the amount of matching funds provided
by the district board, and the total project cost.
2. A detailed description of all equipment purchases and facility enhancements
funded with grant proceeds.
(d) The board shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for
distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under
s. 13.172 (3), no later than February 1, 2026, a report summarizing the information
received by the board under par. (c).
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SECTION 9.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
except as follows:
(1) ONE-TIME MANUFACTURING GRANTS. The treatment of s. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. (by
SECTION 6) and the repeal of s. 20.292 (1) (fh) take effect on July 1, 2025.
(END)
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