16.995 Educational technology infrastructure financial assistance.
(1) Financial assistance authorized. The department may provide financial assistance under this section to school districts from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zcm). Financial assistance under this section may be used only for the purpose of upgrading the electrical wiring of school and library buildings in existence on October 14, 1997, and installing and upgrading computer network wiring. The department may not provide any financial assistance under this section after July 26, 2003.
(2) Financial assistance applications, terms, and conditions. The department shall establish application procedures for, and the terms and conditions of, financial assistance under this section. The department shall make a loan to a school district or public library board, or to a municipality on behalf of a public library board, in an amount equal to 50 percent of the total amount of financial assistance for which the department determines the school district or public library board is eligible and provide a grant to the school district or public library board for the remainder of the total. The terms and conditions of any financial assistance under this section may include the provision of professional building construction services under s. 16.85 (15). The department shall determine the interest rate on loans under this section. The interest rate shall be as low as possible but shall be sufficient to fully pay all interest expenses incurred by the state in making the loans and to provide reserves that are reasonably expected to be required in the judgment of the department to ensure against losses arising from delinquency and default in the repayment of the loans. The term of a loan under this section may not exceed 10 years.
(3) Repayment of loans. The department shall credit all moneys received from school districts for repayment of loans under this section to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (ha). The department shall credit all moneys received from public library boards or from municipalities on behalf of public library boards for repayment of loans under this section to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (hb).
(3m) Public debt repayment. To the extent that sufficient moneys for the provision of educational telecommunications access under s. 16.997 are available in the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp) after payment of the administrative expenses specified in s. 20.505 (4) (mp), the department shall use those available moneys to reimburse s. 20.505 (4) (es) and (et) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing educational technology infrastructure financial assistance under this section and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).
(4) Funding for financial assistance. The department, subject to the limits of s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and (zcm), may request that the building commission contract public debt in accordance with ch. 18 to fund financial assistance under this section.
History: 1997 a. 27, 41; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16, 104; 2003 a. 33 ss. 238q, 1068d to 1072d; Stats. 2003 s. 16.995; 2005 a. 25.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 16 - Department of administration.
16.001 - Organization of department.
16.003 - Department of administration.
16.004 - Secretary, powers and duties.
16.005 - Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation.
16.006 - Treatment of classified employees.
16.008 - Payment of special charges for extraordinary police service to state facilities.
16.009 - Board on aging and long-term care.
16.03 - Interagency council on homelessness.
16.04 - Fleet management and maintenance.
16.045 - Gasohol, alternative fuels,
16.047 - Volkswagen settlement funds.
16.05 - Interstate agreements.
16.06 - American Indian assistance.
16.10 - Ratification of the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
16.11 - Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
16.12 - Violation of midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
16.15 - Resource recovery and recycling program.
16.18 - Management assistance grants to certain counties.
16.22 - National and community service.
16.25 - Service award program.
16.26 - Weatherization assistance.
16.27 - Low-income energy assistance.
16.28 - Office of business development.
16.283 - Disabled veteran-owned businesses.
16.285 - Woman-owned businesses; certification; database.
16.295 - Fund of funds investment program.
16.297 - Grants for local government expenditures; moral obligation pledge.
16.298 - Pay for success contracting.
16.302 - State housing strategy plan.
16.303 - Housing cost grants and loans.
16.305 - Grants to local housing organizations.
16.307 - Grants to alleviate homelessness.
16.308 - Grants for the provision of shelter for homeless individuals and families.
16.3085 - Homeless case management services grants.
16.309 - Community development block grant programs.
16.310 - Use of surplus state-owned real property.
16.314 - Employability plans for public housing residents.
16.315 - Federal housing assistance programs.
16.40 - Department of administration, duties, powers.
16.405 - Requests for issuance of operating notes.
16.41 - Agency and authority accounting; information; aid.
16.415 - Certification of payrolls.
16.417 - Dual employment or retention.
16.423 - Base budget review reports.
16.425 - Summary of tax exemption devices.
16.45 - Budget message to legislature.
16.46 - Biennial budget, contents.
16.461 - Biennial budget, summary of funds.
16.465 - Budget stabilization fund reallocations.
16.48 - Unemployment reserve financial statement.
16.50 - Departmental estimates.
16.505 - Position authorization.
16.51 - Department of administration; preauditing and accounting; additional duties and powers.
16.513 - Program and segregated revenue sufficiency.
16.515 - Supplementation of program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations.
16.517 - Adjustments of program revenue positions and funding levels.
16.518 - Transfers to the budget stabilization fund.
16.5185 - Transfers to the transportation fund.
16.519 - Fund transfers relating to tobacco settlement agreement.
16.525 - State aid recipients' accounting.
16.527 - Appropriation obligations.
16.528 - Interest on late payments.
16.5285 - Health insurer fee savings.
16.529 - Lapses and fund transfers relating to unfunded retirement liability debt service.
16.531 - Cash flow plan; report.
16.54 - Acceptance of federal funds.
16.544 - Federal aid disallowances.
16.545 - Federal aid management service.
16.548 - Federal-state relations office; report.
16.55 - Frauds and uncollectible shortages.
16.56 - Grain inspection funding.
16.58 - Services to units of local government.
16.60 - Services to nonprofit corporations.
16.61 - Records of state offices and other public records.
16.611 - State public records; optical disc and electronic storage.
16.612 - Local government records; optical disc and electronic storage standards.
16.62 - Records management service.
16.63 - Sale of state's rights to tobacco settlement agreement payments.
16.643 - Support accounts for persons with disabilities.
16.70 - Purchasing; definitions.
16.701 - Subscription service and procurement system.
16.705 - Contractual services.
16.73 - Cooperative purchasing.
16.74 - Legislative and judicial branch purchasing.
16.75 - Buy on low bid, exceptions.
16.751 - Information technology purchases by investment board.
16.752 - Procurement from work centers for severely handicapped individuals.
16.754 - Preference for American-made materials.
16.755 - Council on small business, veteran-owned business and minority business opportunities.
16.76 - Form of contracts; continuing contracts.
16.765 - Nondiscriminatory contracts.
16.77 - Audit of bills; illegal contracts; actions to recover.
16.78 - Purchases from department relating to information technology or telecommunications.
16.79 - Duties of department of administration.
16.82 - Powers of department of administration.
16.83 - State capitol and executive residence board.
16.835 - Offices and rooms in capitol.
16.838 - Historically significant furnishings.
16.839 - State facilities named.
16.84 - Real estate and physical plant management; protection of persons.
16.842 - State capitol view preservation.
16.843 - Capitol and state office buildings parking regulations.
16.844 - Burning bituminous coal near capitol.
16.845 - Use of state facilities.
16.846 - Rules relating to use, care and preservation of property under department control.
16.847 - Energy efficiency program.
16.848 - Sale or lease of state property or facilities.
16.849 - Facility design services for state agencies.
16.85 - Department of administration; powers, duties.
16.851 - Plans for state buildings, structures or facilities.
16.8511 - Secretary of administration; powers, duties.
16.854 - Services provided to professional baseball park districts.
16.855 - Construction project contracts.
16.858 - Energy conservation audits and construction projects.
16.865 - Department of administration; statewide risk management coordination.
16.867 - Selection of architects and engineers.
16.87 - Approval of contracts by secretary and governor; audit.
16.88 - Charges against projects.
16.89 - Construction and services controlled by this chapter.
16.891 - Reports on cost of occupancy of state facilities.
16.895 - State-owned or operated heating, cooling or power plants.
16.897 - Space and water heating systems.
16.90 - Fuel for state heating, cooling or power plants.
16.92 - Purchase of fuel, electricity, heat and chilled water.
16.93 - Sale of fuel or utility service.
16.953 - Energy cost reduction plans.
16.956 - Diesel truck idling reduction grants.
16.957 - Low-income assistance.
16.958 - Air quality improvement program.
16.965 - Planning grants to local governmental units.
16.9651 - Transportation planning grants to local governmental units.
16.966 - Geographic information systems.
16.967 - Land information program.
16.968 - Groundwater survey and analysis.
16.9685 - Clean water clearinghouse.
16.969 - Fees for certain high-voltage transmission lines.
16.971 - Responsibilities of department.
16.972 - Powers of the department.
16.973 - Duties of the department.
16.974 - Powers of the department.
16.975 - Access to information.
16.976 - Strategic plans for executive branch agencies.
16.977 - Information technology portfolio management.
16.979 - Telecommunications operations and planning.
16.98 - Federal resource acquisition.
16.981 - Transfer of appropriations.
16.993 - Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin; departmental duties.
16.9945 - Information technology block grants.
16.995 - Educational technology infrastructure financial assistance.