Amendment SA3-AB56

AB56-SA3,49,21 115.362 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56-SA3,1428 Section 1428. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,2 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m., 2n., or 2p 2q. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

AB56-SA3,1429 Section 1429. 115.364 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,9 115.364 (1) (a) “Eligible independent charter school” is a school under contract with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x) that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1430 Section 1430. 115.364 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,16 115.364 (1) (am) “Eligible private school” means a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1431 Section 1431. 115.364 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,22 115.364 (1) (b) “Eligible school district” is a school district that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1432 Section 1432. 115.364 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,50,25 115.364 (1) (c) “Pupil services professional" means a school counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.

AB56-SA3,1433 Section 1433. 115.364 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,51,7 115.364 (2) (a) 1. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible school district an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the school district increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1434 Section 1434. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,51,15 115.364 (2) (a) 2. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible independent charter school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the independent charter school increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1435 Section 1435. 115.364 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,51,22 115.364 (2) (a) 3. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible private school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the private school increased it expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1436 Section 1436. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,52,9 115.364 (2) (b) 2. a. Subject to subd. 2. b., if, after making the payments required under par. (a), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the state superintendent shall reimburse eligible school districts, private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, and independent charter schools under contract with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x) for an amount equal to expenditures made by the school district, private school, or independent charter school in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals less the any amount of increased expenditures for which the school district, private school, or independent charter school was reimbursed under par. (a).

AB56-SA3,1437 Section 1437. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,52,14 115.364 (2) (b) 2. b. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subd. 2. a., the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.

AB56-SA3,1438 Section 1438. 115.385 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1439 Section 1439. 115.385 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,53,2 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in a nonresident school district, the early college credit program programs under ss. 36.25 (56) and 38.12 (15), and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

AB56-SA3,1440 Section 1440. 115.387 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1441 Section 1441. 115.387 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,53,8 115.387 (1) (d) 1. For purposes of a public school that is under the control of a school board, “number of pupils enrolled” has the meaning given for “pupils enrolled” in s. 115.437 (1) 121.004 (7).

AB56-SA3,1442 Section 1442. 115.417 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,53,11 115.417 Minority teacher grant program. (1) In this section, “minority” means an individual who is any of the following:

AB56-SA3,53,12 (a) A Black American.

AB56-SA3,53,13 (b) An American Indian.

AB56-SA3,53,14 (c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).

AB56-SA3,53,17 (d) A person admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, who is either a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a citizen of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia.

AB56-SA3,53,21 (2) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ej), the department shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to school districts to recruit minorities to teach in the school district. The department shall do all of the following in awarding grants under this subsection:

AB56-SA3,53,23 (a) Award 50 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ej) to a 1st class city school district.

AB56-SA3,53,25 (b) Award 50 percent to school districts that are not a 1st class city school district.

AB56-SA3,54,3 (c) Give preference in awarding funding under par. (b) to school districts that have a high percentage of pupils who are minorities, as defined by the department by rule.

AB56-SA3,54,5 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56-SA3,1443 Section 1443. 115.42 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (1m), and 115.42 (1m) (a) 1., as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,54,10 115.42 (1m) (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 34.042, Wis. Adm. Code.

AB56-SA3,1444 Section 1444. 115.42 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,54,12 115.42 (1c) In this section:

AB56-SA3,54,13 (a) “Pupils enrolled” has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (7).

AB56-SA3,54,15 (b) “Urban school district” means a school district that satisfies any of the following:

AB56-SA3,54,17 1. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2018-19 school year was at least 18,000.

AB56-SA3,54,19 2. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the previous school year was at least 18,000.

AB56-SA3,1445 Section 1445. 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,54,23 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) 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) (1m) if the person satisfies all of the following requirements:

AB56-SA3,1446 Section 1446. 115.42 (2) (bL) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,55,4 115.42 (2) (bL) The department shall award the grants under this subsection annually, one grant in each of the school years following the school year in which the grant under sub. (1) (1m) was awarded and in which the person satisfies the requirements under par. (a).

AB56-SA3,1447 Section 1447. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (2) (c) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,55,9 115.42 (2) (c) 1. (intro.) The amount of each a grant under par. (a) shall be $5,000 is $10,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at that satisfies all of the following:

AB56-SA3,55,11 a. At least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled at the school satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB56-SA3,1448 Section 1448. 115.42 (2) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,55,13 115.42 (2) (c) 1. b. The school is not located in an urban school district.

AB56-SA3,1449 Section 1449. 115.42 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,55,16 115.42 (2) (c) 2. The amount of a grant under par. (a) is $15,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school that satisfies all of the following:

AB56-SA3,55,18 a. At least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled at the school satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB56-SA3,55,19 b. The school is located in an urban school district.

AB56-SA3,1450 Section 1450. 115.42 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,56,2 115.42 (2) (d) In any of the 9 school years following the receipt of a grant under sub. (1) (1m) in which the grant recipient is evaluated under s. 115.415, if the grant recipient is placed in a performance category other than the “effective" or “highly effective" performance category in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department, he or she is not eligible for a grant under this subsection in that school year.

AB56-SA3,1451 Section 1451. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,56,7 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district satisfies all one of the following criteria:

AB56-SA3,1452 Section 1452. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,56,10 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745.

AB56-SA3,1453 Section 1453. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1454 Section 1454. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,56,16 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school year years, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $400 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,1455 Section 1455. 115.436 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,56,20 115.436 (3) (ac) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay all of the following:

AB56-SA3,56,22 1. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a), $400 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,56,24 2. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b), $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,1456 Section 1456. 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,57,6 115.436 (3) (ag) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous school year but does not satisfy the number of pupils per square mile requirement under sub. (2) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount the school district received under par. (a) or (ac) in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,1457 Section 1457. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,57,13 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in In the 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 school year years, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,1458 Section 1458. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,57,18 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am) (ac), (ag), and (ap), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

AB56-SA3,1459 Section 1459. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,58,2 115.437 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, and by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, and by $630 in each school year thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB56-SA3,1460 Section 1460. 115.438 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1461 Section 1461. 115.438 (1) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 115.438 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,58,9 115.438 (1) (intro.) In this section: (b) “Personal, “personal electronic computing device” means an electronic computing device that satisfies all of the following criteria:

AB56-SA3,1462 Section 1462. 115.438 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1463 Section 1463. 115.438 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 115.438 (1) (a) to (c).

AB56-SA3,1464 Section 1464. 115.438 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,58,16 115.438 (4) (a) 1. For a school district, the number of 9th grade pupils included in the school district's membership enrolled, as defined in s. 121.004 (7), in the previous current school year.

AB56-SA3,1465 Section 1465. 115.446 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,58,22 115.446 After-school and out-of-school-time programs; grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to support high-quality after-school programs and out-of-school-time programs to organizations that provide services to school-age children. The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.