Amendment SA1-AB68

AB68-SA1,20,19 20.255 (2) (dk) Out-of-school time programs; grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for out-of-school time program grants under s. 115.449.

AB68-SA1,40 Section 40. 20.255 (2) (dn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,20,23 20.255 (2) (dn) Computer science licensure; grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 115.435 to assist school district employees in obtaining licenses or permits to teach computer science.

AB68-SA1,41 Section 41. 20.255 (2) (dv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,21,2 20.255 (2) (dv) Energy efficiency projects; grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to school districts under s. 115.457.

AB68-SA1,42 Section 42. 20.255 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,21,5 20.255 (2) (fm) Charter schools. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) (e), (f), and (fm).

AB68-SA1,43 Section 43. 20.255 (2) (fp) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,21,10 20.255 (2) (fp) Charter schools; former office of educational opportunity. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools under s. 118.40 (2x) (e) 1. and (em). No moneys may be encumbered from this appropriation after the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has provided the notice under s. 36.09 (3) (d) 3.

AB68-SA1,44 Section 44. 20.255 (2) (fq) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,21,16 20.255 (2) (fq) Charter schools; former office of educational opportunity recovery charter schools. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools under s. 118.40 (2x) (e) 1m. No moneys may be encumbered from this appropriation after the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has provided the notice under s. 36.09 (3) (d) 3.

AB68-SA1,45 Section 45. 20.255 (2) (fs) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,46 Section 46. 20.255 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,21,20 20.255 (3) (bm) General educational development test fee payments. A sum sufficient for payments to GED Testing Service LLC under s. 115.28 (66) (a).

AB68-SA1,47 Section 47. 20.255 (3) (dg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,21,23 20.255 (3) (dg) Recollection Wisconsin. The amounts in the schedule for payments to the Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., under s. 115.28 (28).

AB68-SA1,48 Section 48. 20.255 (3) (fv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,22,2 20.255 (3) (fv) City Year Milwaukee. The amounts in the schedule for payments under s. 115.28 (68) to support City Year Milwaukee.

AB68-SA1,49 Section 49. 20.445 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,22,6 20.445 (1) (d) Reimbursement for tuition payments. The amounts in the schedule to reimburse school districts, charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), and private schools for payments under s. 118.55 (5) (e) 2.

AB68-SA1,50 Section 50. 20.505 (1) (ip) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,22,14 20.505 (1) (ip) Information technology and communication services; self-funded portal. From the sources specified in ss. 16.972 (2) (b) and (c), 16.974 (2), (2m), and (3), and 16.997 (2) (d) and (2g) (a) 3., to receive services through a self-funded portal, the amounts in the schedule to be used for the purpose of providing services to state agencies, state authorities, units of the federal government, local governmental units, tribal schools, individuals, and entities in the private sector through the self-funded portal.

AB68-SA1,51 Section 51. 20.505 (1) (is) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,22,22 20.505 (1) (is) Information technology and communications services; nonstate entities. From the sources specified in ss. 16.972 (2) (b) and (c), 16.974 (2) and (3), and 16.997 (2) (d) and (2g) (a) 3., to provide computer, telecommunications, electronic communications, and supercomputer services, but not enterprise resource planning system services under s. 16.971 (2) (cf), to state authorities, units of the federal government, local governmental units, tribal schools, and entities in the private sector, the amounts in the schedule.

AB68-SA1,52 Section 52. 36.09 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,53 Section 53. 36.09 (3) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,23,5 36.09 (3) (d) 3. Within 30 days after all contracts under s. 118.40 (2x) have terminated, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall provide notice of this fact to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2), to the governor, and to the state superintendent of public instruction. All requirements and authority under this paragraph terminate after the chancellor provides this notice.

AB68-SA1,54 Section 54. 36.29 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,23,8 36.29 (8) This section does not apply to a private gift or grant made to the office of educational opportunity. under s. 36.09 (3) (d) 2. d.

AB68-SA1,55 Section 55. 36.50 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,56 Section 56. 36.64 (title) and (1) of the statutes are repealed.

AB68-SA1,57 Section 57. 36.64 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 36.09 (3) (d) 1. and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,23,17 36.09 (3) (d) 1. The office of educational opportunity shall evaluate proposals for contracts under s. 118.40 (2x), chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall monitor pupil academic performance at charter schools authorized under s. 118.40 (2x), and monitor the overall operations of charter schools authorized under s. 118.40 (2x).

AB68-SA1,58 Section 58. 36.64 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,59 Section 59. 36.64 (4) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are renumbered 36.09 (3) (d) 2. (intro.) and a. and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,23,23 36.09 (3) (d) 2. (intro.) The director of the office of educational opportunity chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison may do any of the following in carrying out the chancellor's duties under subd. 1.:

AB68-SA1,23,24 a. Appoint up to 2 associate directors assistants.

AB68-SA1,60 Section 60. 36.64 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,61 Section 61. 36.64 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 36.09 (3) (d) 2. c.

AB68-SA1,62 Section 62. 36.64 (4) (d) and (5) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 36.09 (3) (d) 2. d. and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,24,8 36.09 (3) (d) 2. d. Solicit private gifts and grants for charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2x). (5) The director of the office of educational opportunity chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall report to the board any private gift or grant received by the office of educational opportunity under this subd. 2. d. and how the director chancellor intends to use the private gift or grant.

AB68-SA1,63 Section 63. 40.03 (2) (x) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,64 Section 64. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,25,2 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section, “municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, or any public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health department.

AB68-SA1,65 Section 65. 67.12 (12) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,25,9 67.12 (12) (h) Paragraph (e) 2. does not apply to borrowing by the school board of a school district created by a reorganization under s. 117.105, or by the school board from which territory is detached to create a school district under s. 117.105, for the purpose of financing any assets or liabilities apportioned to the school district or assets apportioned to another school district under s. 117.105 (1m), or (2m), or (4m).

AB68-SA1,66 Section 66. 106.125 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,25,17 106.125 Early college credit program. On behalf of the school board of a school district, on behalf of a governing board of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), and on behalf of the governing body of a participating private school, as defined in s. 118.55 (1) (c), the department of workforce development shall pay to the department of public instruction the costs of tuition for a pupil who attends an institution of higher education under the program under s. 118.55 as provided under s. 118.55 (5) (e) 2. and 3.

AB68-SA1,67 Section 67. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,26,4 115.28 (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 under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i), 118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or certified teachers.

AB68-SA1,68 Section 68. 115.28 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,69 Section 69. 115.28 (10o) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,70 Section 70. 115.28 (28) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,26,10 115.28 (28) Recollection Wisconsin. Annually distribute the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (dg) to Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., to support the digitization of historic materials in public libraries throughout the state.

AB68-SA1,71 Section 71. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,26,17 115.28 (45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (eb), beginning in the 2021-22 school year, annually award grants a grant to a the nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received a grant under this subsection in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to provide training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in grades kindergarten to 8.

AB68-SA1,72 Section 72. 115.28 (54s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,26,24 115.28 (54s) Climate change; model academic standards. If the state superintendent adopts model academic standards for any of the following subjects, incorporate an understanding of climate, the interconnected nature of climate change, the potential local and global impacts of climate change, and individual and societal actions that may mitigate the harmful effects of climate change into the model academic standards for that subject:

AB68-SA1,26,25 (a) Science.

AB68-SA1,27,1 (b) Mathematics.

AB68-SA1,27,2 (c) Social studies.

AB68-SA1,27,3 (d) English language arts.

AB68-SA1,27,4 (e) Agriculture.

AB68-SA1,27,5 (f) Food and natural resources.

AB68-SA1,27,6 (g) Environmental literacy and sustainability.

AB68-SA1,27,7 (h) Nutrition education.

AB68-SA1,73 Section 73. 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,27,9 115.28 (63) (d) Social and emotional learning.

AB68-SA1,74 Section 74. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,27,16 115.28 (66) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (bm), pay to GED Testing Service LLC the $30 testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes a content area test given under the general educational development test. In this subsection, “eligible individual” means an individual who satisfies all of the following conditions before taking the content area test:

AB68-SA1,27,19 1. The individual meets the eligibility requirements promulgated by the department by rule for a high school equivalency diploma or certificate of general educational development.

AB68-SA1,27,21 2. The individual takes and receives a passing score on a practice test for the content area that is developed by GED Testing Service LLC.

AB68-SA1,27,23 (b) For each eligible individual under par. (a), pay for no more than one testing service fee for each content area test taken in a calendar year.

AB68-SA1,28,3 (c) Pay the testing service fee for a content area test under par. (a) only if the eligible individual takes the test on or after January 1, 2022, at a testing site in Wisconsin that is approved by the state superintendent.

AB68-SA1,75 Section 75. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,28,7 115.28 (68) City Year Milwaukee. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fv) to City Year, Inc., to support City Year Milwaukee.

AB68-SA1,76 Section 76. 115.341 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,28,18 115.341 School breakfast program. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), each operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525 15 cents for each breakfast served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school or tribal school 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school or tribal school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.

AB68-SA1,28,23 (2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards, operators, directors, and governing bodies of private schools and tribal schools entitled to the aid under sub. (1).

AB68-SA1,77 Section 77. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,29,7 115.341 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the state superintendent may not reimburse the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, the director of the center under s. 115.525, or the governing body of a private or tribal school for any breakfasts served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, during the prior school year if the school ceased operations during that prior school year.

AB68-SA1,78 Section 78. 115.342 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,29,9 115.342 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB68-SA1,29,14 (a) “Educational agency” means a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, a tribal school, an operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525.

AB68-SA1,29,16 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) (A).

AB68-SA1,29,17 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

AB68-SA1,29,19 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

AB68-SA1,29,22 (e) “Reimbursement amount” means the national average payment rate for a school meal, as announced by the food and nutrition service of the federal department of agriculture in the federal register.

AB68-SA1,29,25 (f) “School meal” means a school lunch made available under the federal school lunch program, a meal supplement made available under the federal school lunch program, or a breakfast made available under the federal school breakfast program.