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AB235 • 2025
workforce literacy grant program
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workforce literacy grant program Status: A - Rules
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Maxey
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment , Ayes 7, Noes 2
Referred to committee on Rules
Executive action taken
Public hearing held
Representative Donovan added as a coauthor
Representative Kreibich added as a coauthor
Representative Armstrong added as a coauthor
Introduced by Representatives Maxey , Melotik , Behnke , Dittrich , Gundrum , Mursau and O'Connor ; cosponsored by Senators Jagler , Bradley , Nass and Stafsholt
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
workforce literacy grant program Status: A - Rules
Wisconsin Legislature: AB235: Bill Text Skip navigation Home Documents Senate Assembly Committees Service Agencies Docs Options Help 2025 Biennium Statutes Admin. Rules Indices Miscellaneous Archives Home Bill, Rule, and Appointment Histories Senators Representatives Committees Text of Introduced Proposals Amendment Text Acts Veto Messages Enrolled Bills Votes Assembly and Senate Floor Calendars Schedule of Committee Activities Assembly and Senate Journals Committee Records (ROCPs) Legislative Rules All Session-Related Documents Subject Index to Acts Subject Index to Legislation Subject Index to Journals Author Index to Legislation Subject Index to Clearinghouse Rules Miscellaneous Budget Documents Executive Orders Rulings of the Chair Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Opinions of the Attorney General Town Law Forms Law Districts Session Drafting Files Feeds Preferences Show tree Hide tree Feedback Help Home Senate Home Senators Committees Session Chief Clerk Sergeant at Arms Civics Education Human Resources Assembly Home Representatives Committees Session Chief Clerk Sergeant at Arms Human Resources Schedule Joint Senate Assembly Study Legislative Audit Bureau Legislative Council Legislative Fiscal Bureau Legislative Human Resources Office Legislative Reference Bureau Legislative Technology Services Bureau Menu » 2025 » Related Documents » Proposal Text » AB235: Bill Text Up Up 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-2004/1 MIM:cdc 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 235 May 2, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Maxey , Melotik , Behnke , Dittrich , Gundrum , Mursau and O'Connor , cosponsored by Senators Jagler , Bradley , Nass and Stafsholt . Referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment. AB235,1,2 1 An Act to create 106.145 of the statutes; relating to: workforce literacy grant 2 program. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a program to award a grant annually to provide workforce literacy services in this state. To be eligible to receive the grant, an organization must be a nonprofit entity located in this state that provides or supports adult literacy services or community-based literacy programs in over half of Wisconsin’s counties. An organization that receives a grant may use the money to teach workforce readiness skills, basic literacy skills, and digital literacy, to provide GED and HSED preparation and testing, to provide other literacy programs related to building and strengthening the state’s workforce, or to provide training, programming, supplies, materials, or other professional support to an organization that provides direct adult literacy services. 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: AB235,1 3 Section 1 . 106.145 of the statutes is created to read: AB235,2,3 1 106.145 Workforce literacy grant program. (1) The department shall 2 establish a program to provide an annual grant to an organization to support 3 workforce literacy in this state. AB235,2,5 4 (2) To be eligible for a grant under sub. (1), an organization shall meet all of 5 the following requirements: AB235,2,6 6 (a) Be a nonprofit entity. AB235,2,7 7 (b) Be located in this state. AB235,2,9 8 (c) Provide adult literacy services or support community-based literacy 9 programs in over half of this state’s counties. AB235,2,11 10 (3) An organization that receives a grant under sub. (2) may use the grant for 11 any of the following purposes: AB235,2,12 12 (a) Teaching workforce readiness skills. AB235,2,15 13 (b) Providing preparation for and administration of exams to receive general 14 educational development certificates and declarations of equivalency of high school 15 graduation. AB235,2,16 16 (c) Teaching digital literacy skills. AB235,2,18 17 (d) Teaching other literacy programs related to building and strengthening 18 this state’s workforce. AB235,2,21 19 (e) Providing support services, training, programming, supplies, materials, or 20 any other professional support to an organization that directly provides any of the 21 services or programs described in pars. (a) to (d) to adult learners. AB235,2,22 22 (end) Down Down /2025/related/proposals/ab235 true proposaltext /2025/related/proposals/ab235 proposaltext/2025/REG/AB235 proposaltext/2025/REG/AB235 section true Menu » 2025 » Related Documents » Proposal Text » AB235: Bill Text × Details for PDF view Link (Permanent link) Bookmark this location View toggle Go to top of document Search in this chapter Search in this section Search in this agency Search in this chapter group Search in this chapter Search in this section Cross references for section Acts affecting this section References to this 1970 Statutes Annotations Appellate Court Citations Administrative Code Index Reference lines Clear highlighting