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2025 SENATE BILL 201
April 14, 2025 - Introduced by Senator FEYEN, cosponsored by Representatives
ARMSTRONG, O'CONNOR, BROOKS, KNODL, KREIBICH, MURPHY, PENTERMAN,
DITTRICH and GREEN. Referred to Committee on Government Operations,
Labor and Economic Development.
AN ACT to renumber and amend 106.11; to amend 106.11 (title) and 109.07
(1m) (a); to create 106.11 (1) (title) and (2) of the statutes; relating to:
workforce metrics.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires any state agency or authority that operates, coordinates, or
oversees a workforce development program or activity, as defined in the bill, to
track and report, at least annually, on the performance of that workforce
development program or activity, using the primary indicators of performance
under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. These performance
indicators are: 1) the percentage of program participants who are in unsubsidized
employment during the second quarter after exit from the program; 2) the
percentage of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment during
the fourth quarter after exit from the program; 3) the median earnings of program
participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after
exit from the program; 4) the percentage of program participants who obtain a
recognized postsecondary credential, or a secondary school diploma or its
recognized equivalent during participation in or within one year after exit from the
program; 5) the percentage of program participants who, during a program year,
are in an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary
credential or employment and who are achieving measurable skill gains toward
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such a credential or employment; and 6) the indicators of effectiveness in serving
employers, defined currently as the percentage of participants in unsubsidized
employment during the second quarter after exit from the program who were
employed by the same employer in the second and fourth quarters after exit.
For further information see the state 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. 106.11 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.11 (title) Workforce investment programs; metrics.
SECTION 2. 106.11 of the statutes is renumbered 106.11 (1) (a) and amended
to read:
106.11 (1) (a) The department shall cooperate with the federal government in
carrying out the purposes of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 29 USC
2801 to 2945 Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 29 USC 3101 to 3361. In
administering the programs authorized by that act, the department shall, in
cooperation with other state agencies and with local workforce development boards
established under 29 USC 2832 3122, establish a statewide workforce investment
system to meet the employment, training, and educational needs of persons in this
state.
(b) If a local workforce development board anticipates that there may be a
business closing or mass layoff under s. 109.07 in the area served by that board, the
board may prepare a list of resources available in that area that provide career
planning, job search, job skills training, and other support services for affected
employees, as defined in s. 109.07 (1) (a), including contact information for those
resources, for distribution to those employees under s. 109.07 (1m) (a).
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SECTION 3. 106.11 (1) (title) and (2) of the statutes are created to read:
106.11 (1) (title) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT.
(2) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT METRICS. (a) In this subsection:
1. XWorkforce development program or activityY means any program or
coordinated activities funded in whole or in part by the state, whether by using
state or federal funds, that does any of the following within this state:
a. Promotes or provides job training or work readiness services.
b. Assists individuals with looking for wage-earning work in this state.
c. Assists with or otherwise facilitates job placement within the state.
2. XWorkforce development program or activityY includes all of the following,
in addition to what is specified under subd. 1.:
a. The Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs programs
under s. 49.163.
b. The department of corrections[ initiatives to reintegrate offenders into the
community.
c. The employment and training program administered by the department of
children and families under s. 49.79 (9).
d. The Wisconsin Works program administered by the department of children
and families under ss. 49.141 to 49.161.
e. Any workforce development program or activity funded, whether directly or
indirectly, by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2.
(b) 1. Any state agency or authority that operates, coordinates, or oversees a
workforce development program or activity shall, subject to subd. 3., track and
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report on the performance of the workforce development program or activity, using
all of the following primary indicators of performance:
a. The percentage of program or activity participants who are in unsubsidized
employment during the 2nd quarter after exit from the program or activity.
b. The percentage of program or activity participants who are in unsubsidized
employment during the 4th quarter after exit from the program or activity.
c. The median earnings of program participants who are in unsubsidized
employment during the 2nd quarter after exit from the program.
d. The percentage of program or activity participants who obtain a recognized
postsecondary credential, or a secondary school diploma or its recognized
equivalent, during participation in or within one year after exit from the program
or activity. For purposes of this subd. 1. d., program or activity participants who
obtain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent shall be included in
the percentage counted as meeting the criterion only if such participants, in
addition to obtaining such diploma or its recognized equivalent, have obtained or
retained employment or are in an education or training program leading to a
recognized postsecondary credential within one year after exit from the program or
activity.
e. The percentage of program participants who, during a program year, are in
an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary
credential or employment and who are achieving measurable skill gains toward
such a credential or employment.
f. The percentage of participants in unsubsidized employment during the 2nd
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quarter after exit from the program or activity who were employed by the same
employer in the 2nd and 4th quarters after exit.
2. Any state agency or authority that is required to perform the tracking and
reporting under subd. 1. shall publish the data through a single, state-maintained
website.
3. A state agency is not required to do any of the following under subds. 1. and
2.:
a. Report data on minors.
b. Report on the performance of a workforce development program or activity
to the extent that such reporting would violate confidentiality requirements under
federal law.
4. The agency shall make or update the report required under subd. 1. at least
annually and shall submit reports to the appropriate standing committees of the
legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
(c) The department shall assist state agencies to comply with par. (b).
SECTION 4. 109.07 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
109.07 (1m) (a) Subject to sub. (5) or (6), an employer that has decided upon a
business closing or mass layoff in this state shall promptly notify the subunit of the
department that administers s. 106.15, any affected employee, any collective
bargaining representative of any affected employee, and the highest official of any
municipality in which the affected employment site is located, in writing of such
action no later than 60 days prior to the date on which the business closing or mass
layoff takes place. The notice to an affected employee shall also include contact
information for the local workforce development board under 29 USC 2832 serving
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the area in which the employment site is located and, if available, the list of
resources prepared under s. 106.11 (1) (b). The employer shall provide in writing all
information concerning its payroll, affected employees, and the wages and other
remuneration owed to those employees as the department may require. The
department may in addition require the employer to submit a plan setting forth the
manner in which final payment in full shall be made to affected employees.
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