Senate Bill 303 aims to enhance the safety of technical colleges in Wisconsin by establishing a grant program for the submission of interactive critical mapping data to law enforcement agencies. The bill repeals a provision in current law (165.88 (3m) (d)) and creates a new subsection (165.88 (3t)), which mandates the Office of School Safety (OSS) to award grants to technical college district boards. These grants will enable the colleges to provide detailed mapping data of their buildings to local law enforcement, thereby improving situational awareness and security for first responders during emergencies.

Additionally, the bill amends subsection 165.88 (4) to require the Department of Justice to submit an annual report detailing the grants awarded under the new and existing provisions (subs. (2), (3m), and (3t)) and the expenditures made with those funds. The interactive critical mapping data must be compatible with existing public safety platforms and should include essential information such as building numbers and room designations to assist first responders effectively.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 165.88(3m)(d), 165.88, 165.88(4)