Amendment SA5-AB64

AB64-SA5,3,10 20.255 (2) (ae) Sparsity aid. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for sparsity aid to school districts under s. 115.436.”.

AB64-SA5,3,11 15. Page 282, line 6: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,3,12 “ Section 208q. 20.255 (2) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,3,14 20.255 (2) (bq) Hold harmless aid. A sum sufficient for hold harmless aid to school districts under s. 121.10.”.

AB64-SA5,3,15 16. Page 283, line 5: after “school districts" insert “, private schools,".

AB64-SA5,3,16 17. Page 283, line 5: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,3,17 “ Section 211m. 20.255 (2) (db) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,3,20 20.255 (2) (db) Community and school mental health collaboration grants. The amounts in the schedule for the grant program under s. 115.353 for providing mental health services to pupils in collaboration with community mental health providers.”.

AB64-SA5,3,21 18. Page 283, line 7: after “grants" insert “; 1st class city schools".

AB64-SA5,3,22 19. Page 283, line 8: delete “115.387" and substitute “119.83".

AB64-SA5,3,23 20. Page 283, line 16: delete lines 16 to 19.

AB64-SA5,4,1 21. Page 284, line 18: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,4,2 “ Section 216o. 20.255 (3) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,4,5 20.255 (3) (cp) Bullying prevention. Annually, the amounts in the schedule for payments to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., for bullying prevention under s. 115.28 (43m).

AB64-SA5,216r Section 216r. 20.255 (3) (ct) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,4,8 20.255 (3) (ct) Center for Suicide Awareness. Annually, the amounts in the schedule for payments to the Center for Suicide Awareness under s. 115.28 (44).”.

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AB64-SA5,4,10 “ Section 704pq. 39.387 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,4,11 39.387 Rural teacher grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB64-SA5,4,14 (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-SA5,4,16 (b) “Eligible teacher" means a teacher who meets the eligibility requirements specified in sub. (3).

AB64-SA5,4,20 (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-SA5,4,22 (3) Eligibility. A teacher is eligible for financial assistance as provided under sub. (4) if the teacher meets all of the following requirements:

AB64-SA5,4,23 (a) He or she teaches in a school operated by an eligible school district.

AB64-SA5,5,4 (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-SA5,5,19 (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-SA5,6,2 (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-SA5,6,14 (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-SA5,6,21 (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-SA5,7,2 (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-SA5,7,4 “ Section 1210q. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,7,8 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-SA5,1210r Section 1210r. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,7,15 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-SA5,7,18 24. 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.”.

AB64-SA5,7,19 25. Page 697, line 11: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,7,20 “ Section 1212g. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,8,2 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.”.

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AB64-SA5,8,6 “ Section 1461q. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,8,17 115.28 (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-SA5,8,19 “ Section 1463k. 115.28 (43m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,8,21 115.28 (43m) Bullying prevention . Distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (cp) to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., for bullying prevention.

AB64-SA5,1463r Section 1463r. 115.28 (44) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,8,24 115.28 (44) Center for Suicide Awareness. Distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ct) to the Center for Suicide Awareness.” .

AB64-SA5,9,1 29. Page 744, line 10: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,9,2 “ Section 1469m. 115.353 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,9,8 115.353 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-SA5,9,10 (2) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (db).

AB64-SA5,9,12 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.”.

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AB64-SA5,11,2 “ Section 1477e. 115.436 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB64-SA5,11,4 115.436 (2) (a) (intro.) The school district's membership in the previous school year was no more than 745. one of the following:

AB64-SA5,1477h Section 1477h. 115.436 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,11,6 115.436 (2) (a) 1. No more than 1,000.

AB64-SA5,1477k Section 1477k. 115.436 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,11,8 115.436 (2) (a) 2. No less 1,001 and no more than 2,700.

AB64-SA5,1477o Section 1477o. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (2) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB64-SA5,11,13 115.436 (2) (c) 1. The For a school district with a membership under par. (a) 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-SA5,1477r Section 1477r. 115.436 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,11,17 115.436 (2) (c) 2. For a school district with a membership under par. (a) 2., the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than 7.

AB64-SA5,1477u Section 1477u. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,11,22 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to pars. (b) and (c), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $300 and with a membership under par. (a) 1. $400 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

AB64-SA5,1477x Section 1477x. 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,12,2 115.436 (3) (ag) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid and with a membership under par. (a) 2. $100 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.”.

AB64-SA5,12,3 48. Page 755, line 5: delete lines 5 to 19 and substitute:

AB64-SA5,12,4 “ Section 1480q. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-SA5,1480t Section 1480t. 115.436 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.”.

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