SB 44 — Relating to: grants to technical college students for apprenticeship expenses and making an appropriation. (FE)

CORRECTED COPY - 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBs0135/1LRB-0219/1 ARG:kjf SENATE SUBSTITUTEBILL AMENDMENT44 2,February TO25, SENATE2019 BILL- 44Introduced Octoberby 21,Senators 2019JACQUE -, OfferedTESTIN, .T AYLOR, DARLING, F EYEN, MARKLEIN , ASS and O LSEN, cosponsored by SenatorRepresentatives ACQUEMURPHY, P ETRYK, ALLEN, BRANDTJEN , BROOKS, DITTRICH, DUCHOW , EDMING , GUNDRUM , H ORLACHER , JAGLER , OLDENBURG , RAMTHUN , SUBECK, THIESFELDT, T USLER, W ICHGERS , IMMERMAN and S UMMERFIELD .

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A N A CT to create 20.292 (1) (fc) and 38.04 (34) of the statutes;

grants to technical college and tribal college students for apprenticeship expenses and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill creates a grant programsprogram under which the Technical College System Board and Higher Educational Aids Board may award grants of up to $1,500$1,000 to technical college students and tribal college students, respectively, who have undertaken an apprenticeship program in conjunction with their course of instruction at the technical college or tribal college.

These grants may be awarded only to payassist forstudents thein students'paying actual materials expenses,expenses suchassociated aswith the costapprenticeship ofprogram, tools,including equipment,costs andof clothing,purchasing associatedtools, withclothing, theequipment, apprenticeshipand program.supplies.

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The TCS Board may award grants totaling up to $100,000 per academic year.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

LRBs0135/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - ARG:kjf SECTION 1 SECTION 1.

2019-20- 2020-212020 20.235Legislature Higher- educational2 aids- boardLRB-0219/1 (1)ARG:kjf STUDENTSENATE SUPPORTBILL ACTIVITIES44 (kg)SECTION Apprenticeship1 grants2019-20 for2020-21 tribal college students PR-S A 21,000 21,000 20.292 Technical college system board (1) TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (fc) Student apprenticeship grants GPR A 100,000 100,000 SECTION 2.

20.235 (1) (kg) of the statutes is created to read:

20.235 (1) (kg) Apprenticeship grants for tribal college students.

The amounts in the schedule for grants to tribal college students under s.

39.381.

All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s.

20.505 (8) (hm) 13t.

shall be credited to this appropriation accountNotwithstanding s.

20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s.

20.505 (8) (hm).

SECTION 3.

SECTION 4.3.

20.505 (8) (hm) 13t.

of the statutes is created to read:

20.505 (8) (hm) 13t.

The amount transferred to s.

20.235 (1) (kg) shall be the amount in the schedule under s.

20.235 (1) (kg).

SECTION 5.

LRBs0135/138.04 -(34) 2020TUDENT LegislatureAPPRENTICESHIP -GRANTS.(a) 3From -the ARG:kjfappropriation SECTIONunder 5s. 38.04 (34) STUDENT APPRENTICESHIP GRANTS.

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106.001 (4).(4), in conjunction with their course of instruction at the technical college.

(b)Grants Frommay thebe appropriationawarded under s.this subsection only to assist students in paying materials expenses associated with the apprenticeship program, including costs of purchasing tools, clothing, equipment, and supplies.

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1.

A recommendation form signed by the student's apprenticeship employer or another person in the trades.

2.