LRB-1403/P2
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kretschmann, BB0474 - Transportation for Open Enrollment and ECCP
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
Transportation aid; full-time open enrollment and early college credit programs
Under current law, a parent or guardian of a pupil attending a public school in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program or of a public or private high school pupil attending an institution of higher education under the early college credit program may apply to DPI for reimbursement for the costs of transporting the pupil to the nonresident school district or the institution of higher education. Under current law, the reimbursements for transportation costs for both the full-time open enrollment program and the early college credit program are funded from a single sum certain, annual appropriation. Under the bill, reimbursements for transportation costs related to each program are funded from separate sum certain appropriations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.255 (2) (cx) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (cx) Aid for transportation; early college credit program. The amounts in the schedule to reimburse parents and guardians under s. 118.55 (7g) for the transportation of pupils attending a course at an institution of higher education and taking the course for high school credit.
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 20.255 (2) (cy) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.255 (2) (cy) Aid for transportation; open enrollment and early college credit program. The amounts in the schedule to reimburse parents for the costs of transportation of open enrollment pupils under ss. 118.51 (14) (b) and 118.52 (11) (b) and for the payment of state aid under s. 118.55 (7g) for the transportation of pupils attending a course at an institution of higher education and receiving credit for the course under s. 118.55 (3) (b).
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
3. 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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 or participating private 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)
(cy) (cx). The state superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
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