AB64,685,17 10(12) (a) If a respondent's settlement offer is not accepted and the complainant
11fails to obtain a more favorable award, the complainant shall not recover any
12post-offer costs and shall pay the respondent's post-offer costs from the date of the
13offer. In addition, the complainant shall be required to pay a reasonable sum to cover
14the costs of services of any expert witness who is not a regular employee of any party
15that are actually incurred and reasonably necessary in preparation for the hearing
16or during the hearing. This subsection supersedes any statute awarding post-offer
17costs and fees to a prevailing complainant.
AB64,685,2218 (b) If a respondent's settlement offer is not accepted and the complainant fails
19to obtain a more favorable award, the amounts under par. (a) shall be deducted from
20any award made in favor of the complainant. If the post-offer costs of the respondent
21exceed the amount awarded to the complainant, the net amount shall be awarded to
22the respondent and the award shall be entered accordingly.
AB64,685,24 23(13) If a complainant's settlement offer is not accepted and the complainant
24obtains a more favorable award, the department shall do all of the following:
AB64,685,2525 (a) Award prejudgment interest on the final award from the date of the offer.
AB64,686,4
1(b) Require the respondent to pay a reasonable sum to cover the costs of services
2of any expert witness who is not a regular employee of any party that are actually
3incurred and reasonably necessary in preparation for the hearing or during the
4hearing, in addition to the complainant's costs.
AB64,686,11 5(14) (a) After the department makes an order under s. 111.39 (4) (c), either
6party may make a subsequent motion to introduce evidence of a valid settlement
7offer made under this section that was declined. The motion shall be made within
810 business days after the date of the award and shall identify the parties in the offer,
9who made the offer, the amount of the offer, the date of the offer, and the date it was
10declined. The motion shall also identify the effect the declined offer has on the final
11award and how the department should proceed.
AB64,686,1312 (b) A nonmoving party may file a response to a motion under par. (a) within 5
13business days after the movant files the motion.
AB64,686,16 14(15) Police officers shall be permitted to testify as expert witnesses for the
15purposes of this section. For purposes of this section, “complainant” includes a
16cross-complainant and “respondent” includes a cross-respondent.
AB64,1460 17Section 1460 . 111.395 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,686,25 18111.395 Judicial review. Findings and orders of the commission
19administrator under this subchapter are subject to judicial review under ch. 227.
20Orders of the commission shall have the same force as orders of the department
21under chs. 103 to 106 and may be enforced as provided in s. 103.005 (11) and (12) or
22specifically by a suit in equity. In any enforcement action the merits of any order of
23the commission are not subject to judicial review.
Upon such review, or in any
24enforcement action, the department of justice shall represent the commission
25department.
AB64,1461
1Section 1461. 115.001 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,687,72 115.001 (3m) Interim session. “Interim session" means a period of time in a
3school year when school is held by a school in a school district to provide hours of
4direct pupil instruction in addition to the hours of direct pupil instruction provided
5by the school district as required under s. 121.02 (1) (f)
providing 437 hours of direct
6pupil instruction in kindergarten, 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades
71 to 6, and 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12
.
AB64,1462 8Section 1462 . 115.28 (7) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,687,149 115.28 (7) (g) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3), (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14),
10grant a charter school teaching license to any person who has a bachelor's degree and
11demonstrates, based upon criteria established by the department, that the person
12is proficient in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach. The license
13authorizes the person to teach that subject or those subjects in a charter school. The
14license is valid for 3 years and is renewable for 3-year periods.
AB64,1463 15Section 1463. 115.28 (7) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,687,2216 115.28 (7) (gm) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (8), (9), and (11), grant an initial
17charter school principal license to any person who is licensed, or otherwise
18credentialed, to be a school principal in another state if the person holds the license
19or other credential in good standing, has completed at least 3 years of full-time
20classroom teaching, and is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10). The
21license authorizes the person to be a principal of a charter school. The license is valid
22for 5 years and is renewable for 5-year periods.
AB64,1464 23Section 1464. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,688,224 115.28 (45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under
25s. 20.255 (3) (eb), award grants to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02

1(19), to provide training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in
2grades kindergarten to 8.
AB64,1465 3Section 1465 . 115.28 (54m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,688,114 115.28 (54m) Notice of educational options. Include on the home page of the
5department's Internet site a link to information about all of the educational options
6available to children in the state who are at least 3 years old but not yet 18 years old,
7including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program,
8charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment, youth
9options, course options
in a nonresident school district, the early college credit
10program
, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational
11program.
AB64,1466 12Section 1466. 115.28 (59) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,688,2313 115.28 (59) (am) Work with the department of children and families to develop
14success sequence-related instruction and materials to be incorporated into the
15academic and career planning services provided to pupils under par. (a), and ensure
16that, beginning in the 2019-20 school year, every school board incorporates the
17success sequence information in its academic and career planning services. The
18department of children and families shall approve any instruction and materials
19developed under this paragraph before the instruction and materials are provided
20to pupils. In this paragraph, success sequence refers to the idea that economic
21success is more likely if an individual follows 3 norms: graduating high school;
22maintaining a full-time job or having a partner who does; and having children while
23married and after age 21, if the decision is made to become parents.
AB64,1467 24Section 1467. 115.28 (59) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,689,2
1115.28 (59) (d) Promulgate Subject to par. (am), promulgate rules to implement
2this subsection.
AB64,1468 3Section 1468. 115.28 (63) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,689,94 115.28 (63) Mental health training program. Establish a mental health
5training support program under which the department provides training on
6evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health issues in schools to
7school district staff and instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or
8(2x). The state superintendent shall ensure that at least all of the following
9evidence-based strategies are included in training provided under this subsection:
AB64,689,1010 (a) Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.
AB64,689,1111 (b) Trauma sensitive schools.
AB64,689,1212 (c) Youth mental health first aid.
AB64,1469 13Section 1469. 115.353 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,689,19 14115.353 Community and school mental health collaboration grants. (1)
15 The department shall develop, implement, and, beginning in the 2018-19 school
16year, administer a grant program under which the department awards grants to
17school districts and charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the purpose of
18collaborating with community mental health providers to provide mental health
19services to pupils.
AB64,689,21 20(2) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation
21under s. 20.255 (2) (db).
AB64,689,23 22(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
23section.
AB64,1470 24Section 1470. 115.364 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,689,25 25115.364 Aid for school mental health programs. (1) In this section:
AB64,690,5
1(a) “Eligible independent charter school” is a school under contract with one of
2the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x) that
3increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or
4retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately
5preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
AB64,690,96 (b) “Eligible school district” is a school district that increased the amount it
7expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over
8the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding
9school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
AB64,690,11 10(2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and annually thereafter, the state
11superintendent shall do all of the following:
AB64,690,1612 1. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an
13eligible school district an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the
14school district increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire,
15or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately
16preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
AB64,690,2217 2. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an
18eligible independent charter school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by
19which the independent charter school increased its expenditures in the preceding
20school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in
21the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or
22retain social workers.
AB64,691,223 (b) 1. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is
24insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the state superintendent

1shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts and independent charter
2schools eligible for the aid.
AB64,691,93 2. a. Subject to subd. 2. b., if, after making the payments required under par.
4(a), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the state
5superintendent shall reimburse eligible school districts and independent charter
6schools for an amount equal to expenditures made by the school district or
7independent charter school in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain
8social workers less the amount of increased expenditures for which the school district
9or independent charter school was reimbursed under par. (a).
AB64,691,1310 b. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient
11to pay the full amount of aid under subd. 2. a., the state superintendent shall prorate
12state aid payments among the school districts and independent charter schools
13eligible for the aid.
AB64,691,15 14(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
15section.
AB64,1471 16Section 1471 . 115.38 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,691,2017 115.38 (1) (d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course
18at an educational institution in a nonresident school district under s. 118.52, the
19number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under s.
20118.52, and the courses taken by those pupils.
AB64,1472 21Section 1472. 115.385 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,691,2322 115.385 (1) (d) For a school district and for each high school in that school
23district, all of the following information:
AB64,691,2524 1. The number and percentage of pupils participating in the program under s.
25118.55.
AB64,692,2
12. The number and percentage of pupils participating in a youth apprenticeship
2under s. 106.13.
AB64,692,33 3. The number of community service hours provided by pupils.
AB64,692,54 4. The number of advanced placement courses offered to and the number of
5advanced placement credits earned by pupils.
AB64,692,86 5. The number of pupils earning industry-recognized credentials through a
7technical education program established by a school board as described in s. 118.33
8(1) (g) 1. c.
AB64,1473 9Section 1473 . 115.385 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,692,2010 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each
11private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
12shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of
13each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously
14provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the
15educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school
16district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice
17program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment,
18youth options, course options
in a nonresident school district, the early college credit
19program
, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational
20program.
AB64,1474 21Section 1474. 115.42 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1475 22Section 1475. 115.42 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1476 23Section 1476. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,693,224 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section
25if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school

1district's area in square miles is less than 10 and if the school district
satisfies all one
2of the following criteria:
AB64,1477 3Section 1477. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,693,54 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was
5greater than 745 but no more than 1,000.
AB64,1478 6Section 1478. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1479 7Section 1479. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a)
8(intro.) and amended to read:
AB64,693,119 115.436 (3) (a) (intro.) Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, from the
10appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to pars. par. (b) and (c), the
11department shall pay do the following:
AB64,693,13 121. Pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $300 under sub. (2) (a)
13$400
multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.
AB64,1480 14Section 1480. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,693,1715 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub.
16(2) (b) $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school
17year.
AB64,1481 18Section 1481. 115.436 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1482 19Section 1482. 115.437 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,694,420 115.437 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq), the department
21shall pay to a school district that satisfies the conditions under this subsection an
22amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district
23in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $188 in the 2017-18 school
24year and by $380 in the 2018-19 school year and in each school year thereafter. The
25department shall annually require a school board to submit as a condition for

1receiving aid under this subsection a statement certifying that, in each school year
2in which the school district receives aid under this subsection, the school board will
3distribute the aid to the school administrator of a school in the school district in an
4amount equal to the amount determined as follows:
AB64,694,65 (a) Determine the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school in the
6current and 2 preceding school years.
AB64,694,87 (b) Multiply the product under par. (a) by $188 in the 2017-18 school year and
8by $380 in the 2018-19 school year and in each school year thereafter.
AB64,1483 9Section 1483. 115.745 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,694,1410 115.745 (1) A school board or, a cooperative educational service agency, or an
11agency determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation under
1242 USC 9836 as a head start agency,
in conjunction with a tribal education authority,
13may apply to the department for a grant for the purpose of supporting innovative,
14effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.
AB64,1484 15Section 1484. 115.77 (1m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,694,2216 115.77 (1m) (e) To Subject to s. 115.7913, to the extent consistent with the
17number and location of children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents
18in private elementary and secondary schools located within the local educational
19agency, ensures that those children have an opportunity to participate in special
20education and related services and that the amount spent to provide those services
21by the local educational agency is equal to a proportionate amount of federal funds
22made available under this subchapter.
AB64,1485 23Section 1485. 115.78 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,695,224 115.78 (1m) (h) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school
25district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), at least one person designated

1by the school board of the child's school district of residence who has knowledge or
2special expertise about the child.
AB64,1486 3Section 1486. 115.7913 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,695,13 4115.7913 Equitable services at parentally placed private school
5children.
(1) (a) The ombudsman designated under 20 USC 6320 (a) (3) shall
6identify a fiscal agent to receive federal funding for providing special education
7services and other benefits to private school children, teachers, and other
8educational personnel under 20 USC 7881. The fiscal agent identified under this
9section shall distribute the federal funding it receives under this section to private
10schools in accordance with 20 USC 7881. A private school may direct the fiscal agent
11to distribute any federal funding the private school is eligible to receive under 20
12USC 7881
to the school board of the school district in which the private school is
13geographically located.
AB64,695,14 14(2) Subsection (1) applies only if any of the following occurs:
AB64,695,1615(a) Federal law does not require federal funding under 20 USC 7881 to be
16received and administered by a public entity.
AB64,695,1917(b) A waiver of the requirements under 20 USC 7881 (d) is granted by the
18federal department of education that allows funds provided under 20 USC 7881 to
19be received by a private entity.
AB64,695,2320 (c) The federal department of education creates a nationwide bypass under
21which the federal department of education directly provides equitable services to
22children, teachers, and other educational personnel under 20 USC 7881 through a
23private entity.
AB64,1487 24Section 1487 . 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,696,9
1115.7915 (2) (f) The child's parent or guardian on behalf of the child, or, for a
2child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated
3incompetent, the child, submitted an application for a scholarship under this section
4on a form prepared by the department that includes the document developed by the
5department under sub. (4) (a) to the eligible school that the child will attend. A child's
6parent or guardian or a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 may
7apply for a scholarship at any time during a school year and, subject to sub. (3) (b),
8a child may begin attending a private school under this section at any time during
9the school year.
AB64,1488 10Section 1488. 115.7915 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,697,211 115.7915 (2) (h) The child's parent or guardian consents to make the child
12available for a reevaluation, by the within 60 days following a request for a
13reevaluation under this paragraph. The
individualized education program team
14appointed for the child by the resident school district, within 60 days following a
15request for a reevaluation under this paragraph
shall conduct the reevaluation,
16except that, if the child is attending a private school under this section in a
17nonresident school district and the parent or guardian of the child provides written
18consent, an individualized education program team appointed for the child by that
19nonresident school district may conduct the reevaluation
. Upon the request of the
20school board of the child's resident school district, the individualized education
21program team shall conduct the reevaluation required under this paragraph in the
22manner described under s. 115.782 (4) (a) 2. no more frequently than once every 3
23years, determined from the date of the most recent evaluation or reevaluation
24conducted for the child under s. 115.782 or, for a child whose most recent evaluation
25or reevaluation was conducted more than 3 years before the child began attending

1a private school under this section, the date the child began attending a private
2school under this section.
AB64,1489 3Section 1489. 115.7915 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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