38.34 Funding to expand the oral health care workforce.
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38.34 Funding to expand the oral health care workforce.
(1)In this section, “eligible expenditures” means any of the following:
(a)Capital expenditures, such as expenditures for equipment or facility improvements or expansion.
(b)Expenditures for instructional supplies, teaching materials and resources, consumables, or clinic fees.
(c)Instructor bonuses if the requirements in sub.
(3)are satisfied.
(a)In the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, the board, in coordination with district boards, may submit to the joint committee on finance a request for funding in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, in a total amount not exceeding $20,000,000, for district board programs to expand the state’s oral health care workforce. Subject to par.
(b)and sub.
(5), the request for funding shall include a plan that identifies each district board that requests funding, the amount of funding the district board requests, and a detailed description of the eligible expenditures for which the requested funding would be used.
(b)The plan under par.
(a)shall include requests for all of the following:
1. For the district board of Northcentral Technical College, up to $2,000,000 to expand current dental hygienist and dental assistant programs and for development of a dental therapy program if dental therapy becomes an authorized dental practice.