AB971,22 6Section 22. 118.44 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB971,15,107 118.44 (5) (a) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c), a contract under this
8section may be renewed for one or more terms of 5 school years. No achievement gap
9reduction contract renewed under this section may include a waiver of any
10requirement of or rule promulgated under the authority of this section.
AB971,23 11Section 23. 118.44 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB971,15,1312 118.44 (5) (c) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
13date], the department may not renew a contract under this section.
AB971,24 14Section 24. 118.44 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB971,25 15Section 25. 118.44 (6) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB971,15,2016 118.44 (6) (bm) (intro.) From In the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, from
17the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cu), for each low-income pupil enrolled in a
18participating grade, the department shall pay to a school district that has entered
19into a contract with the department under this section an amount determined
20annually by the department as follows:
AB971,26 21Section 26. 118.44 (6) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB971,15,2322 118.44 (6) (bm) 3. Divide the amount appropriated , as defined in s. 118.44 (6)
23(a), 2019 stats.,
by the sum of low-income pupils under subd. 2.
AB971,27 24Section 27. 118.44 (6) (br) and (bw) of the statutes are created to read:
AB971,16,5
1118.44 (6) (br) Subject to par. (bw), beginning in the 2023-24 school year, from
2the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cu), the department shall pay to a school
3district that has entered into a contract with the department under this section an
4amount for each low-income pupil enrolled in a participating grade that is equal to
5the per pupil amount the department paid in the 2022-23 school year.
AB971,16,96 (bw) If, after subtracting the amount allocated under sub. (7) (a), the
7appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cu) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full
8amount under par. (br), the department shall prorate the payments among the school
9districts entitled to receive the payments.
AB971,28 10Section 28. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB971,16,1211 118.60 (2) (a) 10. The private school develops or adopts a program to identify
12and address pupils with dyslexia, as defined in s. 118.016 (1b) (b).
AB971,29 13Section 29 . 118.60 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB971,16,1914 118.60 (7) (e) Each private school participating in the program under this
15section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1t) or
16examinations permitted under s. 118.301 (3) to pupils attending the school under the
17program. The private school may administer additional standardized tests to such
18pupils. The private school may not allow parents of such pupils in any grade from
19kindergarten to 3 to excuse those pupils from taking a standardized test.
AB971,30 20Section 30. 119.23 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB971,16,2221 119.23 (2) (a) 10. The private school develops or adopts a program to identify
22and address pupils with dyslexia, as defined in s. 118.016 (1b) (b).
AB971,31 23Section 31 . 119.23 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB971,17,424 119.23 (7) (e) Each private school participating in the program under this
25section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1s) or

1examinations permitted under s. 118.301 (3) to pupils attending the school under the
2program. The private school may administer additional standardized tests to such
3pupils. The private school may not allow parents of such pupils in any grade from
4kindergarten to 3 to excuse those pupils from taking a standardized test.
AB971,32 5Section 32 . 121.02 (1t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB971,17,76 121.02 (1t) A school board may not allow the parent of a pupil who is in any
7grade from kindergarten to 3 to excuse the pupil from taking a standardized test.
AB971,33 8Section 33 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB971,17,99 (1) Grants to increase licensure of reading teachers.
AB971,17,1210 (a) In this subsection, “eligible teacher” means a school district employee who
11holds a license, permit, or certificate to teach issued by the department of public
12instruction and who does not hold a reading teacher license, permit, or certificate.
AB971,17,1613 (b) A school board may apply to the department of public instruction for a grant
14for the school district to provide support and financial assistance to its eligible
15teachers for the purpose of obtaining a license, permit, or certificate as a reading
16teacher.
AB971,17,1917 (c) In the 2023-24 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cu),
18the department of public instruction may award grants under this subsection to
19school districts in amounts determined by the department.
AB971,17,2320 (d) In awarding grants under this subsection, the department of public
21instruction shall give priority to applications submitted by school districts that have
22high numbers of pupils whose scores on the most recent standardized 3rd grade
23reading test were lower than proficient, as determined by the department.
AB971,18,624 (e) A school board that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the
25grant moneys to pay costs associated with eligible teachers obtaining licenses,

1permits, or certificates as reading teachers and shall pay to an eligible teacher who
2successfully obtains a reading teacher license, permit, or certificate a bonus payment
3of $1,000. The school board shall, no later than September 1, 2024, report to the
4department of public instruction the number of eligible teachers who obtained a
5reading teacher license, permit, or certificate using grant moneys under this
6subsection and an accounting of how grant moneys were spent.
AB971,18,147 (2) Sunset of achievement gap reduction program; report. No later than 30
8days after the effective date of this subsection, the department of public instruction
9shall report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172
10(3) an accounting of the moneys appropriated to the department under s. 20.255 (2)
11(cu) in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years, including the amounts currently
12encumbered and unencumbered, an explanation of how the moneys have been and
13will be spent, and an estimate of the amount that will remain unencumbered at the
14end of the 2022-23 fiscal year.
AB971,34 15Section 34. Initial applicability.
AB971,18,1816 (1) Independent charter schools. The treatment of s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. m. and
17(2x) (b) 2. m. first applies to a contract that is entered into, renewed, or modified on
18the effective date of this subsection.
AB971,18,2119 (2) Private schools participating in a parental choice program. The treatment
20of ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. and 119.23 (2) (a) 10. first applies to an application to attend
21a private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the 2023-24 school year.
AB971,35 22Section 35. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
23except as follows:
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1(1) Reading readiness assessments; parental notification. The renumbering
2and amendment of s. 118.016 (1r) and the creation of s. 118.016 (1r) (title), (b), and
3(c) take effect on July 1, 2023.
AB971,19,54 (2) Promotion of pupils. The treatment of s. 118.33 (7) takes effect on
5September 1, 2023.
AB971,19,76 (3) Grants to increase licensure of reading teachers. The treatment of s.
720.255 (2) (cu) (by Section 2 ) takes effect on July 1, 2024.
AB971,19,98 (4) Sunset of achievement gap reduction program. The treatment of s. 118.44
9(6) (a) and (bm) 3. takes effect on July 1, 2023.
AB971,19,1010 (End)
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