Amendment ASA1-SB40

SB40-ASA1,1230,10 115.347 (1) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, a school board may submit enrollment data to the department of workforce development children and families for the purpose of directly certifying children as eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal school nutrition programs. The department of workforce development children and families shall prescribe a format for the report.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2288 Section 2288. 115.347 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1230,22 115.347 (2) Whenever a school district that is located in whole or in part in a county that has converted to the client assistance for reemployment and economic support data system submits a report under sub. (1) in the prescribed format, the department of workforce development children and families shall determine which children enrolled in the school district are members of Wisconsin works Works groups participating under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) or of families receiving aid to families with dependent children or food stamps and shall provide the information to the school board as soon thereafter as possible. The school board shall use the information to directly certify children as eligible for free or reduced-price meals served by the school district under federal school nutrition programs, pursuant to 42 USC 1758 (b) (2) (C) (ii) and (iii).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2289 Section 2289. 115.347 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1231,3 115.347 (3) The state superintendent shall assist school boards in developing a method for submitting enrollment data to the department of workforce development children and families under sub. (1).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2290 Section 2290. 115.365 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1231,6 115.365 (2) (intro.) The department, in conjunction with the department of health and family services and the department of children and families, shall:

SB40-ASA1, s. 2291 Section 2291. 115.368 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1231,11 115.368 (2) (intro.) The department, in conjunction with the department of health and family services and the department of children and families, and after consulting with established organizations providing services with a focus on children of risk, shall:

SB40-ASA1, s. 2292 Section 2292. 115.395 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1231,15 115.395 Grants for improving pupil academic achievement. (1) In this section, "board" means the board of school directors in charge of the school district operating under ch. 119.

SB40-ASA1,1232,2 (2) The board may apply to the department of administration for a grant of up to $5,000,000 in the 2007-08 school year and up to $10,000,000 in any school year thereafter to implement initiatives to improve pupil academic achievement in all grades, such as employing licensed teachers to tutor pupils who are struggling academically, or employing persons to coordinate the district's instructional programs and provide ongoing professional development for teachers. The board shall submit with its application a plan for the department of administration's approval describing the initiatives for which the grant will be used, describing the research showing that the initiatives have a positive effect on pupil academic achievement, and including criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the initiatives, such as high school graduation rates or the results of the statewide pupil assessments under ch. 118.30.

SB40-ASA1,1232,6 (3) The department of administration may approve the plan submitted under sub. (2) in whole or in part. If the department approves a plan in part, the board may submit an additional plan for the same school year and the department may award the board all or part of the balance of grant funds.

SB40-ASA1,1232,10 (4) Upon receipt of a notice from the department of administration that a plan has been approved under sub. (3), the state superintendent shall pay to the board, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (df), the amount specified by the department of administration.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2293 Section 2293. 115.42 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1232,13 115.42 (title) National Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2294 Section 2294. 115.42 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1232,17 115.42 (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.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2295 Section 2295. 115.42 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1232,23 115.42 (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).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2296 Section 2296. 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1233,3 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) The Except as provided in par. (c), the department shall award 9 grants of $2,500 each to each person who received a grant under sub. (1) if the person satisfies all of the following requirements:

SB40-ASA1, s. 2297 Section 2297. 115.42 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1233,7 115.42 (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.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2298 Section 2298. 115.42 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1233,11 115.42 (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.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2299 Section 2299. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1233,16 115.42 (2) (c) The amount of each grant under par. (a) shall be $5,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (6).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2300 Section 2300. 115.43 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1233,18 115.43 (title) Minority group pupil Precollege scholarships.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2301 Section 2301. 115.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1233,23 115.43 (1) Definition. In this section, "minority group economically disadvantaged pupil" means a pupil who is Black or African American, Hispanic, American Indian, an Alaskan native, or a person of Asian or Pacific Island origin eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2302 Section 2302. 115.43 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1234,3 115.43 (2) (a) Annually set goals relating to increasing the percentages of minority group economically disadvantaged pupils who graduate from high school and are prepared for postsecondary school education.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2303 Section 2303. 115.43 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1234,11 115.43 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fz), award precollege scholarships, on a competitive basis, to minority group economically disadvantaged pupils who enroll in a technical college or in college or university classes or programs designed to improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school education. The state superintendent shall give preference to minority group economically disadvantaged pupils who are inadequately represented in the technical college and University of Wisconsin Systems.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2304 Section 2304. 115.445 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1234,15 115.445 Four-year-old kindergarten grants. (1) A school board may apply to the department for a 2-year grant under this section to implement a 4-year-old kindergarten program.

SB40-ASA1,1234,20 (2) (a) In the first school year of a 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. In the succeeding school year, the department shall pay the school board up to $1,500 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district.

SB40-ASA1,1234,25 (b) The department shall award grants under this section beginning in the 2008-09 school year 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 the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dp) are insufficient to pay all eligible school boards, the department shall prorate the payments.

SB40-ASA1,1235,1 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2710e Section 2710e. 115.53 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1235,6 115.53 (3) (a) Arrange for otological or ophthalmic examination of any pupil or prospective pupil of the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The examination shall be paid for from the appropriation in s. 20.255 (1) (b), (gh) or (gs).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2710m Section 2710m. 115.53 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1235,11 115.53 (3) (b) Arrange for ophthalmic or otological examination of any pupil or prospective pupil of the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The examination shall be paid from the appropriation in s. 20.255 (1) (b), (gh), (gL), or (gs).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2710s Section 2710s. 115.53 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2305 Section 2305. 115.812 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1235,20 115.812 (1) Placement disputes. If a dispute arises between a local educational agency and the department of health and family services children and families, the department of corrections, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or between local educational agencies under s. 115.81 (4) (c), over the placement of a child, the state superintendent shall resolve the dispute. This subsection applies only to placements in nonresidential educational programs made under s. 48.57 (1) (c) and to placements in residential care centers made under s. 115.81.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2306 Section 2306. 118.125 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1236,3 118.125 (2) (i) Upon request, the school district clerk or his or her designee shall provide the names of pupils who have withdrawn from the public school prior to graduation under s. 118.15 (1) (c) to the technical college district board in which the public school is located or, for verification of eligibility for public assistance under ch. 49, to the department of health and family services, the department of workforce development children and families, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2307 Section 2307. 118.19 (1r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1236,11 118.19 (1r) (a) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the department of public instruction may not issue or renew a license or permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date unless the applicant provides the department of public instruction with his or her social security number. The department of public instruction may not disclose the social security number except to the department of workforce development children and families for the sole purpose of administering s. 49.22.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2308 Section 2308. 118.19 (1r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1236,22 118.19 (1r) (b) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the department may not issue or renew a license or permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date if the applicant, licensee or permit holder is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or if the applicant, licensee or permit holder fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2309 Section 2309. 118.19 (10) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1237,5 118.19 (10) (g) At the request under s. 49.22 (2m) of the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), the state superintendent shall release the name and address of the applicant or licensee, the name and address of the applicant's or licensee's employer and financial information, if any, related to the applicant or licensee obtained under this subsection to the department of workforce development children and families or the county child support agency.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2310 Section 2310. 118.43 (2) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1237,13 118.43 (2) (bt) In the 2008-09 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 the school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5 program on behalf of the schools under s. 115.45. In awarding a contract under this paragraph, the department shall give priority to schools that have the highest percentage of low-income pupil enrollment.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2311 Section 2311. 118.43 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1237,20 118.43 (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 (bt).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2312 Section 2312. 118.43 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1238,2 118.43 (2) (g) The department may renew an achievement guarantee contract under pars. (b), (bg), and (br), and (bt) 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.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2313 Section 2313. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1238,6 118.43 (3) Contract requirements. (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (am) and (ar), an An achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to do all of the following in each participating school:

SB40-ASA1, s. 2314 Section 2314. 118.43 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1238,9 118.43 (3) (a) Class size. (intro.) Reduce For contracts that begin in the 1996-97 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:

SB40-ASA1, s. 2315 Section 2315. 118.43 (3) (at) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1238,12 118.43 (3) (at) Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the 2008-09 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:

SB40-ASA1,1238,13 1. In the 2008-09 school year, in at least grades kindergarten and one.

SB40-ASA1,1238,14 2. In the 2009-10 school year, in at least grades kindergarten to 2.

SB40-ASA1,1238,16 3. In the 2010-11 to 2012-13 school years, in at least grades kindergarten to 3.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2316 Section 2316. 118.43 (6) (b) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1238,23 118.43 (6) (b) 9. In the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g); and in the 2007-08 school year and any subsequent school year, $2,250 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2317 Section 2317. 118.43 (6) (b) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1239,4 118.43 (6) (b) 10. In the 2008-09 school year, $2,250 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (at) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2318 Section 2318. 118.51 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1239,22 118.51 (14) (b) Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) and who will be attending public school in a nonresident school district in the following school year under this section may apply to the department, on the form prepared under sub. (15) (a), for the reimbursement of costs incurred by the parent for the transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's residence and the school that the pupil will be attending. The department shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy) (vy). The reimbursement amount may not exceed the actual transportation costs incurred by the parent or 3 times the statewide average per pupil transportation costs, whichever is less. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy) (vy) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount of approved claims under this paragraph, payments shall be prorated among the parents entitled thereto. By the 2nd Friday following the first Monday in May following receipt of the parent's application under sub. (3) (a), the department shall provide to each parent requesting reimbursement under this paragraph an estimate of the amount of reimbursement that the parent will receive if the pupil attends public school in the nonresident school district in the following school year.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2319 Section 2319. 118.52 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1240,8 118.52 (11) (b) Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is attending a course in a public school in a nonresident school district under this section may apply to the department for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the parent for the transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's residence or school in which the pupil is enrolled and the school at which the pupil is attending the course if the pupil and parent are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The department shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy) (vy). The department shall give preference under this paragraph to those pupils who are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2320 Section 2320. 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1240,20 118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section and is taking a course for high school credit may apply to the state superintendent for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of higher education or technical college that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The state superintendent shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cw) (vw). The state superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2321 Section 2321. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1241,5 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38 (2), 115.445, 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (26), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.14, and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2322 Section 2322. 119.23 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1,1241,14 119.23 (2) (a) 8. Annually, the private school pays a nonrefundable fee to the department. A private school that is not participating in the program under this section in the current school year shall pay a fee, determined by the department by rule, with its notice of intent to participate under subd. 3. A private school that is required to comply with sub. (7) (am) shall pay a fee, determined by the department by rule, with the information required by sub. (7) (am). The department shall use all fees collected under this paragraph to evaluate the financial information submitted under sub. (7) (am).

SB40-ASA1, s. 2323 Section 2323. 119.23 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1241,18 119.23 (10) (a) 2. Failed to provide the notice required under sub. (2) (a) 3., or the information required under sub. (7) (am) or (d), or the fee required under sub. (2) (a) 8. by the date or within the period specified.

SB40-ASA1, s. 2324 Section 2324. 120.125 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1,1241,22 120.125 (4) (h) That the day care provider shall meet the standards for licensed day care centers established by the department of health and family services children and families.