106.13 Youth apprenticeship program.

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(1)The department may provide a youth apprenticeship program. If the department provides that program, the program may include under that program the grant program under sub.

(3m).

(2)The council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 3111 , the technical college system board, and the department of public instruction shall assist the department in providing the youth apprenticeship program under sub.

(1).

(2m)The department shall approve occupational areas and maintain a list of approved occupational areas for the youth apprenticeship program. The department shall include in its approved list, at a minimum, all of the following occupational areas:

(a)Agriculture, food, and natural resources.

(b)Architecture and construction.

(c)Arts, audio-visual technology, and communications.

(d)Business management and administration.

(e)Education and training.

(f)Finance.

(g)Government and public administration.

(h)Health science.

(i)Hospitality and tourism.

(j)Human services.

(k)Information technology.

(L)Law, public safety, corrections, and security.

(m)Manufacturing.

(n)Marketing.

(o)Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

(p)Transportation, distribution, and logistics.

(2r)From the appropriation under s. 20.445

(a), the department shall develop curricula for youth apprenticeship programs for occupational areas approved under sub.

(2m).

(3)The youth apprenticeship program under sub.

(1)shall not affect any apprenticeship program that is governed by subch. I , except that an apprenticeship program that is governed by subch. I may grant credit toward the completion of an apprenticeship for the successful completion of a youth apprenticeship under sub.

(1).

(a)In this subsection:

1. “Local partnership” means one or more school districts, or any combination of one or more school districts, other public agencies, nonprofit organizations, individuals, or other persons, who have agreed to be responsible for implementing and coordinating a local youth apprenticeship program.

1r. “Nonprofit organization” means a nonstock corporation under ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103

(17).

2. “Public agency” means a county, city, village, town, school district or technical college district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town, school district or technical college district.

(b)From the appropriation under s. 20.445

(e), the department may award grants to applying local partnerships for the implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency, nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities specified in subds. 1. to 6. , and the identity of a fiscal agent who is responsible for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this paragraph. Subject to par.

(c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following implementation and coordination activities:

1. Recruiting employers to provide on-the-job training and supervision for youth apprentices and providing technical assistance to those employers.