LRB-6101/1
KRP:cjs
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 18, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Bernier and Darling, cosponsored by
Representatives Wittke and Thiesfeldt. Referred to Committee on
Education.
SB1012,1,2 1An Act relating to: grants to public schools to purchase and implement
2high-quality curricular materials for teaching reading and language arts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to award grants to
school districts and independent charter schools to assist with the financial costs of
replacing poorly rated reading or language arts curriculum with high-quality core
curricular materials. A grant recipient may use grant moneys to pay for the purchase
of physical copies of curriculum or licenses for access to digital copies of curriculum
and for initial professional development for teachers and support staff.
In awarding grants under the bill, DPI must give priority to applicants to which
any of the following applies: 1) the applicant is currently using or implementing
poorly rated curricular materials and is planning to replace those materials with
high-quality materials; 2) the applicant is in chronically underperforming status; or
3) the total number of pupils enrolled in or attending the independent charter school
or the public schools in the school district other than independent charter schools is
fewer than 2,000. The bill specifies that DPI must give the highest priority to an
applicant that is currently using certain poorly rated materials specified in the bill.
The bill requires the governor to allocate $3,000,000 of the moneys received
from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to DPI for the grants.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB1012,1 1Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB1012,2,22 (1) Literacy acceleration grants.
SB1012,2,33 (a) In this subsection:
SB1012,2,4 41. “Department” means the department of public instruction.
SB1012,2,8 52. “High-quality core curricular materials" means comprehensive core
6curricular materials or reading foundational skills core curricular materials for
7teaching reading or language arts in any grade or grades from kindergarten to 12
8that satisfy any of the following:
SB1012,2,11 9a. A Massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education
10CURATE panel rates the curricular materials as “meets expectations" or “partially
11meets expectations" overall.
SB1012,2,14 12b. If a rating under subd. 2. a . is not available, EdReports.org, Inc., rates the
13curricular materials as “all-green" or “meets expectations” on EdReports.org's
14alignment categories known as Gateway 1 and Gateway 2.
SB1012,3,215 (b) Of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s.
1616.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the
17federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, the governor shall allocate
18$3,000,000 to the department for grants under this subsection. From the moneys
19allocated to the department under this paragraph, the department shall, in the
202022-23 and 2023-24 school years, award grants, in amounts determined by the
21department, to school boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r)

1and (2x) to assist with the financial costs of replacing poorly rated reading or
2language arts curriculum with high-quality core curricular materials.
SB1012,3,53 (c) In awarding grants under this subsection, the department shall give priority
4to a school board or the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to
5which any of the following applies:
SB1012,3,11 61. The school board or operator is currently using or implementing reading or
7language arts curricular materials that do not meet expectations for quality based
8on a 3rd-party review and is planning to replace such curricular materials with
9high-quality core curricular materials. The department shall give the highest
10priority to a school board or operator that is currently using any of the following
11materials:
SB1012,3,13 12a. Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, published by Heinemann, for pupils in any
13grade from kindergarten to 5.
SB1012,3,15 14b. Holt McDougal Literature, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, for
15pupils in any grade from 6 to 12.
SB1012,3,17 16c. Journeys, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, for pupils in any grade
17from kindergarten to 6.
SB1012,3,19 18d. Reach for Reading, published by National Geographic Learning/Cengage
19Learning, for pupils in any grade from kindergarten to 6.
SB1012,3,21 20e. Reading Street Common Core, published by Savvas Learning Company,
21formerly known as Pearson, for pupils in any grade from kindergarten to 6.
SB1012,3,23 22f. Units of Study in Reading, Writing, and Phonics, published by Heinemann,
23for pupils in any grade from kindergarten to 5.
SB1012,3,25 24g. Wonders, published by McGraw-Hill in 2017, for pupils in any grade from
25kindergarten to 2.
SB1012,4,2
12. The school board or operator is in chronically underperforming status as
2determined by the department.
SB1012,4,5 33. For a school board, the number of pupils enrolled in or attending public
4schools in the school district, other than charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x),
5is fewer than 2,000.
SB1012,4,7 64. For an operator, the number of pupils enrolled in or attending the charter
7school is fewer than 2,000.
SB1012,4,98 (d) A recipient of a grant under this subsection may use the moneys awarded
9under this subsection only for the following costs:
SB1012,4,13 101. Costs to purchase physical copies of high-quality core curricular materials
11for participating classrooms and schools or licenses for access to digital copies of
12high-quality core curricular materials for up to 3 school years for participating
13schools.
SB1012,4,15 142. Costs for initial professional development for teachers and support staff to
15implement the high-quality core curricular materials.
SB1012,4,1616 (End)
Loading...
Loading...