Amendment AA5-ASA1-AB64

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,2 “ Section 704pq. 39.387 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,3 39.387 Rural teacher grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,6 (a) “Eligible school district" means a school district whose membership is fewer than 1,000 pupils and whose pupil population density is fewer than 10 pupils per square mile.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,8 (b) “Eligible teacher" means a teacher who meets the eligibility requirements specified in sub. (3).

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,12 (2) Establishment of program. There is established, to be administered by the board, a rural teacher grant program to encourage eligible teachers to teach in schools operated by eligible school districts by providing grants of financial assistance to those eligible teachers as provided in sub. (4).

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,14 (3) Eligibility. A teacher is eligible for financial assistance as provided under sub. (4) if the teacher meets all of the following requirements:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,15 (a) He or she teaches in a school operated by an eligible school district.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,5,19 (b) He or she does not appear on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the teacher provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB64-ASA1-AA5,6,10 (4) Financial assistance. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fr), the board shall grant financial assistance to eligible teachers who are nominated by their school districts for participation in the grant program as provided in par. (b) and who submit claims for that financial assistance as provided in par. (c). The maximum amount of financial assistance that an eligible teacher may receive under this subsection is $1,000 for the first school year, $2,000 for the 2nd school year, $2,000 for the 3rd school year, $2,000 for the 4th school year, and $3,000 for the 5th school year in which the eligible teacher participates in the grant program. An eligible teacher may receive financial assistance under this subsection for no more than 5 school years. An eligible teacher who receives financial assistance under this subsection shall use that financial assistance only for the purpose of repaying student loans incurred to defray the cost of tuition, fees, and expenses for programs of study relating to the teaching profession. The board may provide financial assistance on a prorated basis to an eligible teacher who is employed less than full time.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,6,18 (b) An eligible school district may nominate an eligible teacher for participation in the grant program by submitting that nomination to the board in a form prescribed by the board. No more than 4 eligible teachers employed by a given eligible school district may participate in the grant program in a given school year. The nomination shall include such information as the board may require to establish that the school district employing the teacher is an eligible school district and that the teacher is an eligible teacher and shall provide any other information the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5).

AB64-ASA1-AA5,7,5 (c) After each year in which an eligible teacher who has been accepted for participation in the grant program teaches in a school operated by an eligible school district, the eligible teacher may submit to the board a claim for financial assistance. The claim shall include the signature of the eligible teacher and of a representative of the school district employing the eligible teacher certifying that during the period for which financial assistance is claimed the school district was an eligible school district and the eligible teacher taught in a school operated by that eligible school district, shall include a commitment by the eligible teacher that he or she will use the financial assistance to repay student loans incurred to defray the cost of tuition, fees, and expenses for programs of study relating to the teaching profession, and shall provide such other information as the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5) to verify the claimant's eligibility for financial assistance.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,7,12 (d) If the board determines that a claimant under par. (c) is eligible to receive financial assistance under this subsection, the board shall provide that assistance, subject to the amounts available in the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fr). If the amount of financial assistance claimed in a fiscal year exceeds the amounts available in that appropriation account, the board shall prorate the financial assistance paid in that fiscal year in the proportion that the amounts available bear to the total amount of financial assistance payable in that fiscal year.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,7,17 (5) Rules. The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section. Those rules shall include rules specifying the information a school district must include in a nomination for participation in the grant program under sub. (4) (b) and the information a teacher must include in a claim for financial assistance under sub. (4) (c).”.

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,7,19 “ Section 1165m. 74.09 (3) (gb) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,2 74.09 (3) (gb) Include information from the school district where the property is located regarding the amount of any net reduction in state aid to the district in the previous year and the current year and the percentage change between those years, except that this paragraph does not apply in any year in which such a reduction does not occur. For purposes of this paragraph, the school district shall compute the net reduction in state aid as follows:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,4 1. Determine the reduction under s. 118.60 (4d) to the school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 for the previous or current year.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,8 2. Calculate any additional aid the school district receives under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.095, and 121.137 as the result of counting incoming pupils in the school district's membership under s. 121.07 (2) (b) for the year in which the district determined the reduction under subd. 1.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,9 3. Subtract subd. 2. from subd. 1.”.

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,11 “ Section 1210q. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,15 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2018.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,1210r Section 1210r. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,8,22 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2018.”.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,9,3 30. Page 697, line 10: delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute “$747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and $853,000,000 in 2016 and in each year thereafter 2017; and $940,000,000 in 2018.”.

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,9,5 “ Section 1212g. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,9,10 79.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and $150,000,000 in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and in each year thereafter 2018.”.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,9,12 32. Page 741, line 9: delete “and 118.195, and 118.197" and substitute “and 118.195".

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,9,14 “ Section 1461q. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,9,23 115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private, or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided in ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or certified teachers.”.

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,6 “ Section 1463k. 115.28 (43m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,8 115.28 (43m) Bullying prevention. Distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (cp) to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., for bullying prevention.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,1463r Section 1463r. 115.28 (44) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,11 115.28 (44) Center for Suicide Awareness . Distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ct) to the Center for Suicide Awareness.” .

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,13 “ Section 1469m. 115.353 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,19 115.353 Community and school mental health collaboration grants. (1) The department shall develop, implement, and, beginning in the 2018-19 school year, administer a grant program under which the department awards grants to school districts and charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health providers to provide mental health services to pupils.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,21 (2) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (db).

AB64-ASA1-AA5,10,23 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.”.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,11,2 37. Page 744, line 16: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services personnel".

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,12,2 48. Page 745, line 20: delete “social workers" and substitute “pupil services personnel".

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AB64-ASA1-AA5,12,10 “ Section 1473n. 115.393 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,12,15 115.393 Community school start-up grants. (1) In this section, “community school" means a public school that is not a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) or a charter school under contract with a school district that is not an instrumentality of the school district and that focuses on all of the following:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,12,17 (a) Improving pupil learning through an engaging, culturally relevant, and challenging curriculum and high-quality teaching.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,12,20 (b) Strengthening families and developing healthier communities by integrating academics, health and social services, intergenerational programming, youth and community development, and community engagement.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,12,22 (c) Working with community partners to provide additional support and opportunities to the community surrounding the public school.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,13,3 (d) Providing wrap-around support services to pupils and their families, including nonemergency medical, dental, nursing, and optometric services and individualized social, emotional, and behavioral services.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,13,6 (2) The department shall develop and implement a program to provide grants for the purpose of planning and implementing community schools. When developing the grant program under this subsection, the department shall do all of the following:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,13,8 (a) Allocate a portion of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv) for planning and implementing community schools in rural school districts.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,13,15 (b) Allocate a portion of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv) for planning and implementing community schools in school districts in high-poverty school districts. For purposes of this paragraph, a “high-poverty school district" is a school district in which at least 50 percent of the school district's enrollment on the 3rd Friday of September in the immediately preceding even-numbered year, as rounded to the nearest whole percentage point, was eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b).

AB64-ASA1-AA5,13,21 (c) Allocate a portion of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv) for transforming low-performing schools into community schools. For purposes of this paragraph, a “low-performing school" is a public school that was in the lowest 5 percent of all public schools in the state in the previous school year or that was placed in the lowest performance category in the most recent school and school district accountability report under s. 115.385.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,13,22 (d) Establish a maximum grant award for each community school.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,2 (e) Require an applicant for a grant to demonstrate that it has secured matching funds equal to the amount of the grant. The applicant may provide the matching contribution in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or both if the community school will be located in a school district that satisfies all of the following:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,4 1. The school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than 10.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,6 2. The school district's membership in the previous school year was 1,000 or less.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,7 (f) Require that an applicant for a grant identify a school resource coordinator.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,10 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cv), the department shall award on a competitive basis one or more grants under the program developed under sub. (2) to school boards, on behalf of individual schools located in the school district.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,16 (3) A school board applying for a grant under sub. (2) on behalf of a school in the school district shall include in its application a description of the programming the school will provide to improve student learning, strengthen families, and develop a healthier community, and how the school resource coordinator will coordinate the described programming. To qualify for a grant under sub. (2), the school board shall include in the programming described in its application at least 3 of the following:

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,17 (a) High-quality child care or early childhood education programming.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,19 (b) Academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time and summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,20 (c) Home visitation services by teachers or other professionals.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,22 (d) Programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy, including parent leadership development activities and parenting education activities.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,14,24 (e) Job training, internship opportunities, career counseling services, and community service and service-learning opportunities.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,2 (f) Health services, including primary health, school nursing, and dental care, mental health counseling services, and nutrition services.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,3 (g) Adult education, including instruction in English as a 2nd language.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,4 (h) Juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,5 (i) Homeless prevention services.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,9 (j) Professional development for school administrators, teachers, and educational support professionals in culturally responsive teaching and practices that promote enhanced understanding, respect, and relationships among staff, pupils, families, and the community.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,11 (4) A grant awarded under sub. (2) is for a 5-year term and is renewable for additional 5-year periods.

AB64-ASA1-AA5,15,15 (5) Annually, the recipient of a grant under sub. (2) shall submit to the department a report describing the recipient's efforts to integrate community school programming at the school and the impact of the programming on participating children and adults.”.

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