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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0147 - School breakfast program reimbursement rate
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: school breakfast programs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Under current law, the state reimburses school boards and private schools 10 cents for each breakfast served under the School Breakfast Program. This bill raises the reimbursement rate to 15 cents.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 115.341 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.341 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board 10 15 cents for each breakfast served at a school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school 10 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.
SECTION 9337. Initial applicability; public instruction.
(1) SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. The treatment of section 115.341 (1) of the statutes first applies to breakfasts served during the 2004-05 school year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0152 - Special education aid remibursement for school counselors
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: making the salaries of licensed school counselors who provide services to pupils in special education programs eligible for state aid.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
Current law authorizes the employment of teachers, school social workers, school psychologists, and coordinators of special education, who are licensed by DPI, for a special education program operated by a school board, cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, or independent charter school. The salaries of these employees are eligible for reimbursement by the state through special education aid.
Beginning in the 2006-07 fiscal year, this bill allows the employment of licensed school counselors for special education programs and provides that the cost of their salaries is eligible for reimbursement through special education aid.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 115.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (1) PERSONNEL. A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency or, upon authorization of the county board, a county children with disabilities education board may employ, for a special education program, either full- or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, licensed school counselors, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel approved by the department. The board may contract with private or public agencies for physical or occupational therapy services on the basis of demonstrated need.
SECTION 2. 115.88 (1m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (1m) (am) If the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) operates a special education program and the state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying with 20 USC 1400 to 1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school year for salaries of full-time or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, licensed school counselors, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel, as determined by the state superintendent. Certified costs under this paragraph are eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit costs under this paragraph and adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible costs.
SECTION 9337. Initial applicability; public instruction.
(1) SPECIAL EDUCATION AID FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS. The treatment of section 115.88 (1) and (1m) (am) of the statutes first applies to state aid distributed in the 2006-07 school year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0155 - Transportation aid reimbursement rate
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
This bill increases the reimbursement rates for school district pupil transportation.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 121.58 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) A school district which provides transportation to and from a school under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 121.57, and the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4) which elects to provide transportation under s. 121.54 (10), shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $30 per school year per following rates:
1. For each pupil so transported whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles from the school attended, $45 per school year per $30 per school year in the 2005-06 school year and $40 per school year thereafter.
2. For each pupil so transported whose residence is at least more than 5 miles and not more than 8 miles from the school attended, $60 per school year per $45 per school year in the 2005-06 school year and $65 per school year thereafter.
3. For each pupil so transported whose residence is at least more than 8 miles and not more than 12 miles from the school attended, $68 per school year per $82 per school year in the 2005 school year and $120 per school year thereafter.
4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is at least 12 miles and not more than 15 12 miles from the school attended, $75 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 15 miles and not more than 18 miles from the school attended, and $85 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is more than 18 miles from the school attended. Such state $150 per school year in the 2005-06 school year and $200 per school year thereafter.
(am) State aid under par. (a) shall be reduced proportionately in the case of a pupil transported for less than a full school year because of nonenrollment. State aid for transportation shall not exceed the actual cost thereof. No state aid of any kind may be paid to a school district which charges the pupil transported or his or her parent or guardian any part of the cost of transportation provided under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5), (6) and (10) and 121.57 or which willfully or negligently fails to transport all pupils for whom transportation is required under s. 121.54.
SECTION 2. 121.58 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.58 (2) (b) A school board that provides transportation under s. 121.54 (2) (am) shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rates specified and according to the conditions established under par. pars. (a) and (am), except that the amount of state aid may not exceed the amount which the school district would receive for transporting the child between the child's residence and school attended under s. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5), (6) or (9) or 121.57.
SECTION 3. 121.58 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.58 (2) (c) A school district which provides transportation to and from a school under s. 121.54 (9) shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $12 per school year per pupil so transported in the 2005-06 school year and $16 per school year per pupil so transported thereafter. Such state aid shall be reduced proportionately in the case of a pupil transported for less than a full year because of nonenrollment. State aid for such transportation shall not exceed the actual cost thereof.
SECTION 9337. Initial applicability; public instruction.
(1) TRANSPORTATION AID. The treatment of section 121.58 (2) (a), (b), and (c) of the statutes first applies to state aid paid in the 2005-06 school year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bergum, BB0142 - Grants for master educators
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Current law directs DPI to award a grant to any person who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, licensed by DPI as a teacher or employed as a teacher in a private school, and employed as a teacher in this state.
This bill provides that a teacher who is licensed by DPI as a master educator is also eligible for the grant.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.255 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.255 (3) (c) National Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure. A sum sufficient for payments grants to teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or licensed as master educators as provided under s. 115.42.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 115.42 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (title) National Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.
SECTION 3. 115.42 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (1) (a) 1. The person is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or licensed by the department as a master educator under s. PI 34.19, Wis. Adm. Code.
SECTION 4. 115.42 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (1) (a) 2. The person is licensed as a teacher by the state superintendent, or employed as a teacher in a private school located in this state in a position that would require a license issued by the state superintendent if the position were in a public school.
SECTION 5. 115.42 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (1) (a) 4. The person is employed as a teacher in this state in a position that requires a license issued by the state superintendent or that would require such a license if the position were in a public school.
SECTION 6. 115.42 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (1) (b) The grant under this subsection shall be an amount equal to the costs of obtaining certification or licensure under par. (a) 1. that are borne by the person, not to exceed $2,000. The department shall award the grant under this subsection in the first school year in which the person meets the requirements under par. (a).
SECTION 7. 115.42 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (2) (a) 1. The person maintains his or her certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards national teacher certificate or master educator license.
SECTION 8. 115.42 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (2) (a) 2. The person maintains his or her license as a teacher issued by the state superintendent or remains employed in a private school located in this state.
