85.107 Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
(1) Purpose. The scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program is created to assist in improving the representation of targeted group members within job classifications in which targeted group members are underutilized in the department.
(2m) Definitions. In this section:
(am) “Person with a disability" means any person who has a physical or mental disability that constitutes or results in a substantial barrier to employment.
(b) “Targeted group member" means a person with disabilities, or a person who belongs to a class of race, color, or sex, whose percent of the workforce within any job classification in the department is less than that class's percent of the statewide labor market for such job activities.
(3) Administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (4) (aq), the department may:
(a) Award scholarships to targeted group members who are enrolled full time and registered as sophomores, juniors or seniors in a bachelor degree program offered by an accredited institution of higher education in this state. Scholarships under this paragraph shall not exceed the following amounts:
1. For a sophomore, $1,500.
2. For a junior, $2,000.
3. For a senior, $2,500.
(am) Award scholarships of not more than $2,000 each to any targeted group member who is registered in his or her 2nd year of full-time enrollment in an associate degree program, as defined in s. 38.01 (1), or vocational diploma program, as defined in s. 38.01 (11), at a technical college in this state.
(b)
1. Make loan repayment grants to targeted group members who are employed by the department and have education loans outstanding. Subject to subd. 2., loan repayment grants under this subdivision shall not exceed the following amounts:
a. After one year of employment by the department, $1,000.
b. After 2 years of employment by the department, an additional $1,200.
c. After 3 years of employment by the department, an additional $1,700.
d. After 4 years of employment by the department, an additional $2,100.
2. The total amount of loan repayment grants under this paragraph made to an employee shall not exceed the amount of the employee's education loans outstanding.
(4) Rule making. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
History: 1987 a. 27; 2001 a. 16.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.
85.015 - Transportation assistance contracts.
85.02 - Planning, promotion and protection.
85.0205 - Expenditures for aesthetic elements.
85.021 - Transportation alternatives program.
85.022 - Multimodal transportation studies.
85.023 - Planning for bicycle facilities.
85.025 - Highway and bridge projects.
85.028 - Milwaukee east-west transportation corridor.
85.03 - Federal reduction or termination of aid.
85.035 - Reduction of department appropriations.
85.04 - Acquisition of replacement lands.
85.05 - Evaluation of proposed major highway projects.
85.052 - Change management system for major highway projects.
85.055 - Passenger railroad station improvements.
85.06 - Rail passenger service assistance and promotion.
85.061 - Rail passenger route development.
85.062 - Major transit capital improvement projects.
85.064 - Commuter rail transit system development.
85.065 - Urban rail line relocations.
85.066 - Transit safety oversight program.
85.067 - Midwest interstate passenger rail compact.
85.07 - Highway safety coordination.
85.077 - Railroad projects and competitive bidding.
85.08 - Freight railroad assistance.
85.085 - Private road crossings.
85.09 - Acquisition of abandoned rail property.
85.093 - Intermodal freight assistance.
85.095 - Harbor assistance program.
85.10 - Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
85.103 - Disclosure of personal identifiers.
85.105 - Sale of motor vehicle records.
85.107 - Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
85.12 - Statewide public safety radio management program.
85.13 - Cost of traffic violation and registration program.
85.14 - Payments by credit card or other electronic payment mechanism; electronic transactions.
85.16 - Department rules and forms.
85.17 - Storage of highway salt.
85.18 - Groundwater protection.
85.19 - Construction site erosion control.
85.193 - Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects.
85.195 - Coordination with land conservation committees.
85.20 - Urban mass transit operating assistance program.
85.21 - Specialized transportation assistance program for counties.
85.215 - Tribal elderly transportation grant program.
85.22 - Specialized transportation program.
85.23 - Rural public transportation assistance program.
85.24 - Transportation employment and mobility program.
85.245 - Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
85.25 - Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance program.
85.26 - Intercity bus assistance program.
85.28 - Driver license reinstatement training program.
85.30 - Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program.
85.31 - Information for tax bills.
85.32 - Statewide trauma care system transfer.
85.35 - Motor carrier projects program.
85.51 - State traffic patrol services.
85.52 - Transportation infrastructure loan program.
85.55 - Safe-ride grant program.
85.605 - Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.
85.61 - Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
85.62 - Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.