2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 5,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 64
September 15, 2017 - Offered by Senators Miller, Shilling, Ringhand,
Erpenbach, Johnson, Carpenter, L. Taylor, Risser, Vinehout, Bewley,
Wirch, Hansen and Larson.
AB64-SA5,1,21 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute
2amendment 1, as follows:
AB64-SA5,1,3 31. Page 21, line 6: delete lines 6 to 10.
AB64-SA5,1,4 42. Page 88, line 2: after that line insert: - See PDF for table PDF
AB64-SA5,1,8 53. Page 95, line 14: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 by
6$393,500 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by $393,500 for the
7purpose of increasing the authorized FTE PR positions for the department of public
8instruction by 5.0 FTE PR positions for teacher licensing.
AB64-SA5,1,11 94. Page 97, line 1: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 by
10$102,254,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by
11$422,902,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB64-SA5,2,3
15. Page 97, line 3: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 by
2$22,432,600 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by $22,169,500
3for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB64-SA5,2,6 46. Page 97, line 14: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 by
5$28,660,900 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by $422,902,000
6for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB64-SA5,2,9 77. Page 98, line 15: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 by
8$880,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by $880,000 for the
9purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB64-SA5,2,11 108. Page 99, line 6: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by
11$1,954,600 for the purpose of the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB64-SA5,2,12 129. Page 99, line 13: delete lines 13 and 14.
AB64-SA5,2,15 1310. Page 100, line 20: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 by
14$7,415,300 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 by $7,415,300 for
15the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB64-SA5,2,17 1712. Page 280, line 9: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,2,18 18 Section 204s. 20.235 (1) (fr) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,2,2019 20.235 (1) (fr) Rural teacher grant program. Biennially, the amounts in the
20schedule for the rural teacher grant program under s. 39.387.”.
AB64-SA5,2,21 2113. Page 281, line 2: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,3,1
1 Section 207e. 20.255 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-SA5,3,62 20.255 (1) (f) Assessments of reading readiness. The amounts in the schedule
3to provide school districts and, independent charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and
4(2x), and the governing bodies of private schools participating in a parental choice
5program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
with the assessments of reading readiness under
6s. 118.016.”.
AB64-SA5,3,7 714. Page 281, line 15: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,3,8 8 Section 208d. 20.255 (2) (ae) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-SA5,3,109 20.255 (2) (ae) Sparsity aid. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for
10sparsity aid to school districts under s. 115.436.”.
AB64-SA5,3,11 1115. Page 282, line 6: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,3,12 12 Section 208q. 20.255 (2) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,3,1413 20.255 (2) (bq) Hold harmless aid. A sum sufficient for hold harmless aid to
14school districts under s. 121.10.”.
AB64-SA5,3,15 1516. Page 283, line 5: after “school districts" insert “, private schools,".
AB64-SA5,3,16 1617. Page 283, line 5: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,3,17 17 Section 211m. 20.255 (2) (db) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,3,2018 20.255 (2) (db) Community and school mental health collaboration grants. The
19amounts in the schedule for the grant program under s. 115.353 for providing mental
20health services to pupils in collaboration with community mental health providers.”.
AB64-SA5,3,21 2118. Page 283, line 7: after “grants" insert “; 1st class city schools".
AB64-SA5,3,22 2219. Page 283, line 8: delete “115.387" and substitute “119.83".
AB64-SA5,3,23 2320. Page 283, line 16: delete lines 16 to 19.
AB64-SA5,4,1
121. Page 284, line 18: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,4,2 2 Section 216o. 20.255 (3) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,4,53 20.255 (3) (cp) Bullying prevention. Annually, the amounts in the schedule for
4payments to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., for bullying prevention under s.
5115.28 (43m).
AB64-SA5,216r 6Section 216r. 20.255 (3) (ct) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,4,87 20.255 (3) (ct) Center for Suicide Awareness. Annually, the amounts in the
8schedule for payments to the Center for Suicide Awareness under s. 115.28 (44).”.
AB64-SA5,4,9 922. Page 421, line 4: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,4,10 10 Section 704pq. 39.387 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,4,11 1139.387 Rural teacher grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB64-SA5,4,1412 (a) “Eligible school district" means a school district whose membership is fewer
13than 1,000 pupils and whose pupil population density is fewer than 10 pupils per
14square mile.
AB64-SA5,4,1615 (b) “Eligible teacher" means a teacher who meets the eligibility requirements
16specified in sub. (3).
AB64-SA5,4,20 17(2) Establishment of program. There is established, to be administered by the
18board, a rural teacher grant program to encourage eligible teachers to teach in
19schools operated by eligible school districts by providing grants of financial
20assistance to those eligible teachers as provided in sub. (4).
AB64-SA5,4,22 21(3) Eligibility. A teacher is eligible for financial assistance as provided under
22sub. (4) if the teacher meets all of the following requirements:
AB64-SA5,4,2323 (a) He or she teaches in a school operated by an eligible school district.
AB64-SA5,5,4
1(b) He or she does not appear on the statewide support lien docket under s.
249.854 (2) (b), unless the teacher provides to the board a payment agreement that has
3been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is
4consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
AB64-SA5,5,19 5(4) Financial assistance. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fr),
6the board shall grant financial assistance to eligible teachers who are nominated by
7their school districts for participation in the grant program as provided in par. (b) and
8who submit claims for that financial assistance as provided in par. (c). The maximum
9amount of financial assistance that an eligible teacher may receive under this
10subsection is $1,000 for the first school year, $2,000 for the 2nd school year, $2,000
11for the 3rd school year, $2,000 for the 4th school year, and $3,000 for the 5th school
12year in which the eligible teacher participates in the grant program. An eligible
13teacher may receive financial assistance under this subsection for no more than 5
14school years. An eligible teacher who receives financial assistance under this
15subsection shall use that financial assistance only for the purpose of repaying
16student loans incurred to defray the cost of tuition, fees, and expenses for programs
17of study relating to the teaching profession. The board may provide financial
18assistance on a prorated basis to an eligible teacher who is employed less than full
19time.
AB64-SA5,6,220 (b) An eligible school district may nominate an eligible teacher for participation
21in the grant program by submitting that nomination to the board in a form prescribed
22by the board. No more than 4 eligible teachers employed by a given eligible school
23district may participate in the grant program in a given school year. The nomination
24shall include such information as the board may require to establish that the school
25district employing the teacher is an eligible school district and that the teacher is an

1eligible teacher and shall provide any other information the board may require by
2rule promulgated under sub. (5).
AB64-SA5,6,143 (c) After each year in which an eligible teacher who has been accepted for
4participation in the grant program teaches in a school operated by an eligible school
5district, the eligible teacher may submit to the board a claim for financial assistance.
6The claim shall include the signature of the eligible teacher and of a representative
7of the school district employing the eligible teacher certifying that during the period
8for which financial assistance is claimed the school district was an eligible school
9district and the eligible teacher taught in a school operated by that eligible school
10district, shall include a commitment by the eligible teacher that he or she will use
11the financial assistance to repay student loans incurred to defray the cost of tuition,
12fees, and expenses for programs of study relating to the teaching profession, and
13shall provide such other information as the board may require by rule promulgated
14under sub. (5) to verify the claimant's eligibility for financial assistance.
AB64-SA5,6,2115 (d) If the board determines that a claimant under par. (c) is eligible to receive
16financial assistance under this subsection, the board shall provide that assistance,
17subject to the amounts available in the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fr).
18If the amount of financial assistance claimed in a fiscal year exceeds the amounts
19available in that appropriation account, the board shall prorate the financial
20assistance paid in that fiscal year in the proportion that the amounts available bear
21to the total amount of financial assistance payable in that fiscal year.
AB64-SA5,7,2 22(5) Rules. The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
23section. Those rules shall include rules specifying the information a school district
24must include in a nomination for participation in the grant program under sub. (4)

1(b) and the information a teacher must include in a claim for financial assistance
2under sub. (4) (c).”.
AB64-SA5,7,3 323. Page 696, line 13: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,7,4 4 Section 1210q. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-SA5,7,85 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount
6appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in
7proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.
8No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2018.
AB64-SA5,1210r 9Section 1210r. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-SA5,7,1510 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the
11appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the
12school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value
13determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements
14that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under
15this subsection after 2018.
”.
AB64-SA5,7,18 1624. Page 697, line 10: delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute “$747,400,000 in
172013, 2014, and 2015; and $853,000,000 in 2016 and in each year thereafter 2017;
18and $940,000,000 in 2018
.”.
AB64-SA5,7,19 1925. Page 697, line 11: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,7,20 20 Section 1212g. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-SA5,8,2 2179.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to
22municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the
23payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and

1$150,000,000 in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and in each year
2thereafter
2018.”.
AB64-SA5,8,4 326. Page 741, line 5: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
4with page 742, line 8.
AB64-SA5,8,5 527. Page 741, line 18: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,8,6 6 Section 1461q. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-SA5,8,177 115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
8applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
9state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
10schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
11certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
12or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
13state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
14applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
15applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided in ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. and
16119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private
schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or
17certified teachers.”.
AB64-SA5,8,18 1828. Page 742, line 18: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,8,19 19 Section 1463k. 115.28 (43m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,8,2120 115.28 (43m) Bullying prevention . Distribute the amounts appropriated
21under s. 20.255 (3) (cp) to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., for bullying prevention.
AB64-SA5,1463r 22Section 1463r. 115.28 (44) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,8,2423 115.28 (44) Center for Suicide Awareness. Distribute the amounts
24appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ct) to the Center for Suicide Awareness.” .
AB64-SA5,9,1
129. Page 744, line 10: after that line insert:
AB64-SA5,9,2 2 Section 1469m. 115.353 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-SA5,9,8 3115.353 Community and school mental health collaboration grants. (1)
4 The department shall develop, implement, and, beginning in the 2018-19 school
5year, administer a grant program under which the department awards grants to
6school districts and charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the purpose of
7collaborating with community mental health providers to provide mental health
8services to pupils.
AB64-SA5,9,10 9(2) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation
10under s. 20.255 (2) (db).
AB64-SA5,9,12 11(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
12section.”.
AB64-SA5,9,14 1330. Page 744, line 16: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
14personnel".
AB64-SA5,9,16 1531. Page 744, line 17: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
16personnel".
AB64-SA5,9,18 1732. Page 744, line 20: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
18personnel".
AB64-SA5,9,20 1933. Page 744, line 22: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
20personnel".
AB64-SA5,9,22 2134. Page 744, line 24: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
22personnel".
AB64-SA5,10,2
135. Page 745, line 2: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
2personnel".
AB64-SA5,10,4 336. Page 745, line 8: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
4personnel".
AB64-SA5,10,6 537. Page 745, line 9: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services
6personnel".
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