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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 523

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Relating to: technical education equipment grants for school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

School — Curriculum School — Discipline and student rights School — Finance Unemployment — Relief measures Workforce development, department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill increases the appropriation to the Department of Workforce

Development (DWD) for workforce training grants, commonly referred to as "Fast

Forward" grants, by $1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17 and

directs DWD to allocate those moneys for technical education equipment grants to

school districts in the amount of not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000. A

school district that is awarded a grant under the bill must use the grant moneys

awarded for the acquisition of equipment that is used in advanced manufacturing

fields in the workplace. As a condition of receiving a grant under the bill, a school

district must provide matching funds equal to 100 percent of the grant amount

awarded. The match may be in the form of money contributed from private sources

or in-kind services or both.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Gudex (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Ringhand (D)

11 cosponsors

Born (R) , Darling (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Petryk (R) , Steffen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Commerce, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 28, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 7, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Gudex and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Petryk, Edming, Krug, Born, E. Brooks, Horlacher, T. Larson, Steffen and Tittl

  2. Jan 7, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Commerce

  3. Jan 11, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Kulp added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Darling added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 27, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 28, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Commerce, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Jan 28, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 2, 2016 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  10. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1