AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 1860 Section 1860. 115.40 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,897,24 115.40 Grants for differentiated compensation programs. (1) During the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, a school district is eligible for a grant under this section for the design, development, and implementation of a differentiated compensation program that bases all or part of teacher salary increases on one or more of the following factors:

AB100,898,2 (a) An increase in a teacher's knowledge about teaching or about the subjects he or she teaches or an improvement in a teacher's teaching skills.

AB100,898,4 (b) The assumption by a teacher of additional leadership responsibilities, including mentoring other teachers.

AB100,898,6 (c) The assignment of a teacher to a grade level or subject area in which there are teacher shortages.

AB100,898,8 (d) The assignment of a teacher to a school that is difficult to staff or that is low in pupil performance.

AB100,898,11 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dc), the department shall award two-year, nonrenewable grants under this section to no more than 20 school districts. The amount of a grant may not exceed $100,000.

AB100,898,14 (3) Within 90 days after the end of the grant period, each school board receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the department a report that summarizes the activities funded by the grant.

AB100,898,15 (4) The department shall do all of the following:

AB100,898,17 (a) Award grants under this section in a competitive process based on criteria designed by the department.

AB100,898,20 (b) In awarding grants, give preference to school districts that demonstrate the support of the teachers employed by the school district, the community, and the businesses in the community.

AB100,898,23 (c) In awarding grants, make all reasonable efforts to reflect the diversity of school districts in size of enrollment, ethnicity, location, family income, and density of population.

AB100,898,24 (d) Promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB100,899,3 (5) This section does not affect a school district's duty to bargain with the employees collective bargaining representative over wages, hours, and conditions of employment.

AB100, s. 1861 Section 1861. 115.405 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.405 (1) (a) and amended to read:

AB100,899,18 115.405 (1) (a) A cooperative educational service agency or a consortium consisting of 2 or more school districts or cooperative educational service agencies, or a combination thereof, may apply to the department for a grant to provide technical assistance and training for teachers who are licensed or have been issued a permit under ss. 115.28 (7) and 118.192 to implement peer review and mentoring programs. An applicant for a grant under this section subsection shall submit to the department a plan identifying the school districts and cooperative educational service agencies that will participate in the peer review and mentoring program and describing how the grant funds will be allocated. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section subsection, a cooperative educational service agency or a consortium shall provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least 20% of the amount of the grant awarded. The matching funds may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both.

AB100, s. 1862 Section 1862. 115.405 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.405 (1) (b) and amended to read:

AB100,899,23 115.405 (1) (b) The department shall award grants under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fk). The department may not award more than $25,000 to an applicant in a fiscal year.

AB100, s. 1863 Section 1863. 115.405 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,900,2 115.405 (2m) (a) In this subsection, "initial educator" means a person who is licensed by the department as an initial educator under s. PI 34.17, Wis. Adm. Code.

AB100,900,9 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fh), the department shall award a grant to each person employing an initial educator in a position requiring a teaching license issued by the department under s. 115.28 (7), for each initial educator so employed. The amount of the grant shall be equal to the amount that the employer is spending to provide a mentor for the initial educator, but not more than $375. The employer shall use the money to provide a mentor for each initial educator employed.

AB100,900,12 (c) If the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (fh) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fully fund the grants under this subsection, the department shall prorate the payments to eligible persons.

AB100, s. 1864 Section 1864. 115.42 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,900,15 115.42 (title) National Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.

AB100, s. 1865 Section 1865. 115.42 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,900,19 115.42 (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.

AB100, s. 1866 Section 1866. 115.42 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,900,24 115.42 (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.

AB100, s. 1867 Section 1867. 115.42 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,901,3 115.42 (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.

AB100, s. 1868 Section 1868. 115.42 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,901,9 115.42 (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).

AB100, s. 1869 Section 1869. 115.42 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,901,13 115.42 (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.

AB100, s. 1870 Section 1870. 115.42 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,901,17 115.42 (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.

AB100, s. 1871 Section 1871. 115.42 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,901,21 115.42 (2) (a) 4. The person remains employed as a teacher in this state in a position that requires a license issued by the state superintendent or that would require a license if the position were in a public school.

AB100, s. 1872 Section 1872. 115.42 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,902,2 115.42 (3) The department may not require, as a condition for renewing a person's teaching license, that the person have earned continuing professional education credits or their equivalent in the 5 years immediately preceding his or her application for license renewal if he or she has been initially certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards during those 5 years.

AB100, s. 1873 Section 1873. 115.42 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,902,5 115.42 (4) (c) The number of times that a teacher person may be exempt from continuing professional education requirements under sub. (3).

AB100, s. 1874 Section 1874. 115.445 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,902,9 115.445 Four-year-old kindergarten grants. (1) A school board may apply to the department for up to 2 annual grants under this section to implement a 4-year-old kindergarten program.

AB100,902,14 (2) (a) For the initial grant awarded under this section, the department shall pay the school board up to $3,000 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district. For the second grant awarded under this section, the department shall pay the school board up to $1,500 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district.

AB100,902,19 (b) The department shall pay grants under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dp) and shall give preference in awarding grants to school boards that use community approaches to early education, as defined by the department by rule. If the funds in this appropriation are insufficient to pay all eligible school boards, the department shall prorate the payments.

AB100,902,20 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB100, s. 1875 Section 1875. 115.49 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,902,23 115.49 Pupil diversity grants . (1) A person may apply to the department under this section for an annual grant to do any of the following:

AB100,902,25 1. Impart to pupils an appreciation and understanding of different value systems and cultures.

AB100,903,2 2. Promote pupils' understanding of human relations, particularly with regard to American Indians.

AB100,903,4 3. Assist pupils, schools, and communities in appreciating racial and cultural diversity.

AB100,903,6 (2) (a) The department shall award grants under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (kj). No grant may exceed $30,000.

AB100,903,7 (b) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB100, s. 1876 Section 1876. 115.751 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,903,13 115.751 Aid to alternative schools. (1) (a) Subject to the requirements of par. (b), each alternative school operating an American Indian language and culture education program under this subchapter shall receive state aid, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (km), in an amount equal to $200 for each pupil who has completed the fall semester in the program.

AB100,903,15 (b) No alternative school may receive state aid under this section unless the state superintendent:

AB100,903,18 1. Determines that the alternative school has adequate management and accounting capacity and that the school agrees that its accounts related to the program may be audited.

AB100,903,23 2. Certifies that the alternative school has met the requirements of ss. 115.73 and 115.735 and has submitted a report to the state superintendent which includes a description of all expenditures made in the prior year in connection with the program, a budget for the current year for the program, and the number of pupils who have completed the fall semester in the program.

AB100,904,3 (2) State aid under this section shall be paid in April of each year. In no case may such aid supplant federal aid received by the alternative school and utilized for American Indian language and culture education programs in the prior year.

AB100,904,6 (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (km) in any year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this section, state aid payments shall be prorated among the alternative schools entitled to such aid.

AB100, s. 1877 Section 1877. 115.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,904,17 115.88 (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.

AB100, s. 1878 Section 1878. 115.88 (1m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,905,7 115.88 (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.

AB100, s. 1879 Section 1879. 115.881 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,905,16 115.881 Additional special education aid. (1) A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, or operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) may apply to the department for aid under this section if the applicant incurred, in the previous school year, more than $30,000 of nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child and those costs were not eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.88, 115.93, or 118.255, 20 USC 1400 et seq., or federal medicaid.

AB100,905,20 (2) For each child whose costs exceeded $30,000 under sub. (1), the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bd), pay an eligible applicant in the current school year an amount equal to 0.90 multiplied by that portion of the cost under sub. (1) that exceeded $30,000.

AB100,905,23 (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bd) is insufficient to pay the full amount of costs under sub. (2), the department shall prorate payments among eligible applicants.

AB100, s. 1880 Section 1880. 115.882 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,906,7 115.882 Payment of state aid. Funds appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4). Costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under ss. 115.88 (1m) to (3), (6) and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a rate set to distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs, less the amount paid by the department of health and family services under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o) under s. 49.45 (39) (b) 1m., not to exceed 100%.

AB100, s. 1881 Section 1881. 118.153 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,906,15 118.153 (4) (b) Upon receipt of a school board's annual report under par. (a) the state superintendent shall pay to the school district from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bc), for each pupil enrolled in a program for children at risk who achieved at least 3 of the objectives under par. (c) in the previous school year, additional state aid in an amount equal to 10% of the school district's average per pupil aids provided under s. 20.835 (7) (a), 1991 stats., and s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and, (af), and (r) in the previous school year.

AB100, s. 1882 Section 1882. 118.245 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1883 Section 1883. 118.35 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,906,21 118.35 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fy), the department shall award grants to cooperative educational service agencies and the school district operating under ch. 119 for the purpose of providing advanced curriculum and assessments for gifted and talented middle school pupils.

AB100, s. 1884 Section 1884. 118.43 (2) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,907,2 118.43 (2) (bw) In the 2006-07 school year, the school board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or more schools in the school district if all of the following apply:

AB100,907,4 1. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5 program on behalf of any of the schools under s. 115.45.

AB100,907,7 2. The school board, if eligible to participate in the program under this section in the 1996-97 and 1998-99 school years, had participated in the program during either school year.

AB100,907,8 3. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.

AB100, s. 1885 Section 1885. 118.43 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,907,15 118.43 (2) (e) 1. If the school board of an eligible school district does not enter into an achievement guarantee contract with the department, a school board that has entered into such a contract, other than the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119, may apply to the department to enter into such a contract on behalf of one or more schools that meet the requirements under par. (b), (bg) or, (br), or (bw).

AB100, s. 1886 Section 1886. 118.43 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,907,22 118.43 (2) (g) The department may renew an achievement guarantee contract under pars. (b), (bg), and (br), and (bw) for one or more terms of 5 school years. As a condition of receiving payments under a renewal of an achievement guarantee contract, a school board shall maintain the reduction of class size achieved during the last school year of the original achievement guarantee contract for the grades specified for the last school year of the contract.

AB100, s. 1887 Section 1887. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,908,3 118.43 (3) Contract requirements. (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (am) and, (ar), and (aw), an achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to do all of the following in each participating school:

AB100, s. 1888 Section 1888. 118.43 (3) (aw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,908,6 118.43 (3) (aw) Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the 2006-07 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner: