LRB-1994/P3
KRP:cjs
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kretschmann, BB0350 - Transfer to DPI and combine teacher development program grants and grants for teacher training and recruitment
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
1. Teacher development, training, and recruitment grants
Under current law, DWD must award the following grants:
1. Grants to nonprofit organizations that operate programs to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in public or private schools located in low-income or urban school districts in this state.
2. Grants to school boards, governing bodies of private schools, and charter management organizations that have partnered with an educator preparation program approved by DPI and headquartered in this state to design and implement teacher development programs.
This bill combines the grant programs and transfers from DWD to DPI the authority and obligation to award the grants. Under the combined grant program, DPI may award grants only to school boards, governing bodies of private schools, and charter management organizations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training; administration. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the administration of the local youth apprenticeship grant program under s. 106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program under s. 106.18, the employment transit assistance grant program under s. 106.26, the workforce training program under s. 106.27, the teacher development program grants under s. 106.272, the career and technical education incentive grant program under s. 106.273, the technical education equipment grant program under s. 106.275, and the apprentice programs under subch. I of ch. 106.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 20.445 (1) (bm). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1301/P2, LRB-1787/P2, and LRB-1994/P2.
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2. 20.445 (1) (bt) of the statutes is repealed.
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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3. 20.445 (1) (dg) of the statutes is renumbered 20.255 (2) (em) and amended to read:
20.255 (2) (em) Teacher
Grants for teacher development program grants, training, and recruitment. The amounts in the schedule for the grants for teacher development program grants, training, and recruitment under s. 106.272 118.196 (4) and (5).
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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4. 106.272 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
Section
5. 106.272 of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (4), and 118.196 (4) (a) and (b) (intro.), 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
118.196 (4) (a) From the appropriation under s.
20.445 (1) (dg) 20.255 (2) (em), the department shall award grants to the school
board of a school district or to the boards, governing body of a private school, as defined under s. 115.001 (3d), or to a bodies, and charter management organization organizations under sub. (1) (a) that has have partnered with an educator preparation program approved by the department of public instruction and headquartered in this state
programs under sub. (1) (a) to design and implement a teacher development program programs.
(b) (intro.) In awarding a grant under this section
subsection, the department shall do all of the following:
1. Consult with the department of public instruction to confirm Confirm that the teacher development program satisfies the requirements under
s. 118.196 sub. (2).
2. Consider the methods by which the school board, governing body, or charter management organization and the educator preparation program under sub. (1) (a) will make the teacher development program affordable to participating employees.
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6. 106.277 (title), (1) (intro.), (a) and (c), (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.
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7. 106.277 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (1) (b) and amended to read:
118.196 (1) (b) The organization operates A grant under sub. (5) to operate a program to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in public or private schools located in low-income or urban school districts in this state.
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8. 106.277 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (5), and 118.196 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
118.196 (5) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (em), the department shall award grants to school boards, governing bodies, and charter management organizations under sub. (1) (b). The department shall establish a process for evaluating and assigning a score to each organization eligible to receive applicant for a grant under sub. (1). If the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bt) is insufficient to make the payments required under sub. (1), the (b). The department shall give preference in evaluating grants under this
section to a nonprofit organization subsection for each of the following:
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9. 118.196 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.196 (title) Teacher
Grants for teacher development program
, training, and recruitment.
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10. 118.196 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
118.196 (1) (intro.) A school board, governing body of a private school, or a charter management organization may apply to the department of workforce development for a any of the following grants:
(a) A grant under s. 106.272
sub. (4) to design and implement a teacher development program that satisfies the requirements under sub. (2) with an educator preparation program approved by the department and headquartered in this state.
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11. 118.196 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.196 (2) (a) The school board, governing body, or charter management organization and the educator preparation program under sub. (1)
(a) shall design the teacher development program to prepare employees of the school district, private school, or charter management organization who work closely with students to successfully complete the requirements for obtaining a permit under s. 118.192 or an initial teaching license under s. 118.19, including any standardized examination prescribed by the state superintendent as a condition for permitting or licensure.
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12. 118.196 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.196 (2) (b) To implement the teacher development program designed under par. (a), the school board, governing body, and charter management organization shall allow employees who are enrolled in the program to satisfy student teaching requirements in a school in the school district, in the private school, or in the charter management organization, and the partnering entity under sub. (1)
(a) shall prepare and provide intensive coursework for participating employees.
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