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| 2 | 2 | | EHS:cjs |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 741 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives AUGUST, KITCHENS, O'CONNOR, |
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| 6 | 6 | | SUBECK, KRUG, PLUMER, NOVAK, PENTERMAN, HURD, BINSFELD, ALLEN, |
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| 7 | 7 | | RETTINGER, MURPHY, BRANDTJEN, MELOTIK, MURSAU, GUSTAFSON, PETRYK, |
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| 8 | 8 | | MICHALSKI, SCHMIDT and DITTRICH, cosponsored by Senators FELZKOWSKI, |
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| 9 | 9 | | BRADLEY, CABRAL-GUEVARA and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Children |
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| 10 | 10 | | and Families. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to create 49.168 of the statutes; relating to: national reading program |
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| 13 | 13 | | grants. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to establish a |
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| 16 | 16 | | program to award grants for the provision of books to young children. Under the |
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| 17 | 17 | | grant program, DCF may award grants of no more than $10,000 each to nonprofit |
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| 18 | 18 | | organizations as reimbursement for up to 50 percent of the cost of books that the |
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| 19 | 19 | | organizations provide in partnership with a national reading program that has been |
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| 20 | 20 | | in existence since at least 2003 and that mails age-appropriate books free of charge |
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| 21 | 21 | | to children from birth to age five, regardless of family income. |
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| 22 | 22 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 23 | 23 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 49.168 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 49.168 National reading program grants. (1) In this section, “national |
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| 28 | 28 | | reading program” means a national program that has been in existence since at least |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 741 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2003 and that mails age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5 at no cost |
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| 37 | 37 | | and regardless of their family income. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) The department shall establish a program to award grants, from the |
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| 39 | 39 | | appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (em), to nonprofit organizations for the provision |
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| 40 | 40 | | of books to young children. A nonprofit organization is eligible for a grant under this |
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| 41 | 41 | | section as reimbursement for up to 50 percent of the costs it incurs in purchasing |
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| 42 | 42 | | books in partnership with a national reading program to provide age-appropriate |
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| 43 | 43 | | books to children from birth to age 5 at no cost and regardless of their family income. |
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| 44 | 44 | | A single grant under this section may not exceed $10,000. |
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