WisconsinTechnical education grants may cover facilities, equipment, and training
School grant recipients may use grant money for facilities, equipment, and training in construction and advanced manufacturing, and must provide matching contributions.
What it does
Grant recipients may use money for school facility work, tools, equipment, and related software, materials, and training for construction and advanced manufacturing instruction.
Grant recipients must provide matching contributions at least equal to their grant. Someone else may contribute, and software, tools, equipment, or other in-kind items may count.
Argument forSchools could use grant money for facilities, equipment, and training, which may help students learn construction and advanced manufacturing skills.
Argument againstDistricts may struggle to line up contributions equal to a grant, which could make it harder to use grant money.
More detail
Grant recipients may use grant money for facility work, tools and equipment, and related software, materials, and training. The grants support school district facilities and instruction in construction-related and advanced manufacturing fields. These uses must support training students in construction-related or advanced manufacturing fields.
Matching contributions must be at least equal to the grant amount. This applies to recipients of grants under the technical education equipment grant program. Contributions may be money or in-kind items, including software, tools, and equipment. Someone other than the grant recipient may provide the match.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9Published 4-9-2026Latest
- Apr 9Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 221Became Law
- Apr 2Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026To Governor
- Feb 20Report correctly enrolledMinor
- Feb 13Received from Assembly concurred inMinor
- Feb 12Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 12Read a third time and concurred inPassed House
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 12Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 12Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 12Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take upMajor
- Feb 9Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 5Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 16Read first time and referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Jan 9Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Jan 2Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- 2025
- Dec 23Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- Nov 19Received from SenateMinor
- Nov 18Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 18Read a third time and passedPassed Senate
- Nov 18Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Nov 18Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Nov 18Read a second timeMinor
- Nov 14Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 10Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Nov 10Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0Minor
- Nov 10Executive action taken
- Nov 4Public hearing held
- Aug 7Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- Jul 9Read first time and referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jul 9Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Pfaff and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Armstrong, Brill, Dittrich, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Gundrum, Hysell, Johnson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neubauer, Novak, Sheehan and SinickiIntroduced
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