115.438(1)(b)2.
2. The electronic computing device is assignable to an individual pupil to be used solely by that pupil.
115.438(1)(b)3.
3. The electronic computing device may be used to access the Internet.
115.438(2)
(2) Any of the following may apply for a grant under this section:
115.438(3)
(3) A recipient of a grant under this section may use the grant only for the following purposes:
115.438(3)(a)
(a) To purchase personal electronic computing devices.
115.438(3)(b)
(b) To purchase software for personal electronic computing devices.
115.438(3)(c)
(c) To purchase curriculum, including any related educational content or materials, a portion or all of which includes content that may be accessed on a personal electronic computing device.
115.438(3)(d)
(d) To train professional staff on how to effectively incorporate personal electronic computing devices into a classroom and into the high school curriculum.
115.438(4)(a)(a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and ending in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (aw) and subject to pars.
(b) and
(c), the department shall pay to each school district, operator of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or
(2x), governing body of a private school, and tribal school that applies for a grant under this section an amount calculated by multiplying $125 by one of the following:
115.438(4)(a)1.
1. For a school district, the number of 9th grade pupils included in the school district's membership in the previous school year.
115.438(4)(a)2.
2. For an operator of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or
(2x), the number of 9th grade pupils attending the charter school in the current school year.
115.438(4)(a)3.
3. For a governing body of a private school, the number of 9th grade pupils attending the private school in the current school year.
115.438(4)(a)4.
4. For a tribal school, the number of 9th grade pupils attending the tribal school in the current school year.
115.438(4)(b)
(b) As a condition of receiving a grant under par.
(a), an applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant will provide matching funds in an amount equal to the grant award.
115.438(4)(c)
(c) If the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (aw) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under par.
(a), the department shall prorate the payments among the eligible applicants.
115.438 History
History: 2017 a. 59.
115.44
115.44
Early identification program. 115.44(1)(1)
The state superintendent shall establish an early identification program as part of the Wisconsin educational opportunity program under s.
115.28 (23). Early identification program costs shall be paid from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (1) (a). The early identification program shall assist minority and economically disadvantaged pupils in grades 8 to 12 in pursuing higher educational opportunities by providing direction toward attainment of career goals.
115.44(2)
(2) Biennially, the state superintendent shall provide the governor and any appropriate standing committee of the legislature information on the performance of the early identification program and the postsecondary educational progress of the pupils who were enrolled in the program. The information shall include the number and ethnic backgrounds of the pupils who were enrolled in the program and college acceptance, retention and graduation rates of the pupils.
115.445
115.445
Four-year-old kindergarten grants. 115.445(1)(1)
A school board may apply to the department for a 2-year grant under this section to implement a 4-year-old kindergarten program.
115.445(2)(a)(a) In the first school year of a grant awarded under this section, the department shall pay the school board up to $3,000 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district. In the succeeding school year, the department shall pay the school board up to $1,500 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district.
115.445(2)(b)
(b) The department shall award grants under this section beginning in the 2008-09 school year and shall give preference in awarding grants to school boards that use community approaches to early education, as defined by the department by rule. If the funds in the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (dp) are insufficient to pay all eligible school boards, the department shall prorate the payments.
115.445(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
115.445 History
History: 2007 a. 20.
115.445 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
PI 38, Wis. adm. code.
115.447
115.447
Summer school programs; grants. 115.447(1)(1)
In this section, “eligible school district” means a 1st class city school district.
115.447(2)
(2) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and in each year thereafter, from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (dj), the department shall award grants to eligible school districts to do any of the following:
115.447(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
115.447 History
History: 2017 a. 59.
115.45
115.45
Robotics league participation grants pilot program. 115.45(1)(a)
(a) “Allowable expenses" includes fees, kits, and supplies required to participate in a robotics competition, travel expenses to a robotics competition for eligible team members, and a stipend for the mentor of an eligible team.
115.45(1)(b)
(b) “Eligible team" means any of the following:
115.45(1)(b)1.
1. A robotics competition team consisting of pupils in any of the grades 9 through 12 and at least one mentor.
115.45(1)(b)2.
2. A robotics competition team described in subd.
1. that also has one or more pupils in any of the grades 6 to 8.
115.45(1)(c)
(c) “Robotics competition" means a competition that requires participating teams to design, construct, program, and operate robots and that is sponsored by a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, described under section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, having as one of its organizational purposes encouraging young people to develop an interest in science, engineering, technology, and math.
115.45(2)(a)(a) Annually, the department shall notify school boards, operators of charter schools under s.
118.40 (2r) and
(2x), governing bodies of private schools, and administrators of home-based private educational programs that applications for grants under this section will be accepted from eligible teams through a date set forth in the notice. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, an applicant eligible team shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant eligible team will provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount awarded under this section.
115.45(2)(b)
(b) From the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award a grant of up to $5,000 to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par.
(a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses.
115.45(3)
(3) The department shall publish on its Internet site a list of grant recipients and submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
13.172 (3) a report on the program under this section.
115.45 History
History: 2015 a. 280;
2017 a. 59,
315; s. 35.17 correction in (1) (b) (intro.).
115.455
115.455
Grant for information technology education. 115.455(1)(a)
(a) The department shall develop a competitive request-for-proposal process for the award of a grant to an entity to provide information technology education opportunities to public school pupils in grades 6 to 12, technical college district students, and patrons of public libraries.
115.455(1)(b)
(b) The department shall accept applications from entities responding to the request-for-proposal under par.
(a) and shall, in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (eb), award a grant to an entity that, subject to sub.
(3), satisfies the requirements under sub.
(2).
115.455(2)
(2) To be eligible for a grant under this section, the entity shall demonstrate that it has successfully offered an information technology instructional program in schools in this state and shall develop an instructional program that includes all of the following components, and shall ensure that the instructional program will be operated in 225 sites, including 16 public libraries:
115.455(2)(a)
(a) A research-based curriculum emphasizing the development of information technology skills.
115.455(2)(c)
(c) Instructional software for use in the classroom and at a pupil's home.
115.455(2)(d)
(d) A curriculum that aligns with the coding and other techniques included on the computer science Advanced Placement examination. In developing the curriculum required under this paragraph, the entity shall ensure that a pupil who successfully completes the curriculum and passes the Advanced Placement examination is eligible for certification.
115.455(2)(e)
(e) Certifications of skills and competencies in a broad range of information technology-related skill areas, including applications used most often in businesses.
115.455(2)(f)
(f) Professional development and co-teaching for teachers and administrators, including teachers providing instruction in the information technology program.
115.455(2)(g)
(g) Deployment and program support, including integration of the information technology instructional program with curriculum standards.
115.455(2)(h)
(h) Opportunities for pupils completing the information technology program to earn college credit.
115.455(3)
(3) In awarding the grant under sub.
(1), the department shall give preference to an entity that demonstrates that it has successfully provided high-quality information technology instructional programming and educational opportunities to pupils enrolled in or attending schools in this state.
115.455 History
History: 2017 a. 59.
115.46
115.46
Interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel. The interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION
OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
115.46(1)
(1) Article I - Purpose, Findings, and Policy. 115.46(1)(a)(a) The states party to this agreement, desiring by common action to improve their respective school systems by utilizing the teacher or other professional educational person wherever educated, declare that it is the policy of each of them, on the basis of cooperation with one another, to take advantage of the preparation and experience of such persons wherever gained, thereby serving the best interests of society, of education, and of the teaching profession. It is the purpose of this agreement to provide for the development and execution of such programs of cooperation as will facilitate the movement of teachers and other professional educational personnel among the states party to it, and to authorize specific interstate educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.
115.46(1)(b)
(b) The party states find that included in the large movement of population among all sections of the nation are many qualified educational personnel who move for family and other personal reasons but who are hindered in using their professional skill and experience in their new locations. Variations from state to state in requirements for qualifying educational personnel discourage such personnel from taking the steps necessary to qualify in other states. As a consequence, a significant number of professionally prepared and experienced educators is lost to our school systems. Facilitating the employment of qualified educational personnel, without reference to their states of origin, can increase the available educational resources. Participation in this compact can increase the availability of educational manpower.
115.46(2)
(2) Article II - Definitions. As used in this agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
115.46(2)(a)
(a) “Accept", or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effect to one or more determinations of another state relating to the qualifications of educational personnel in lieu of making or requiring a like determination that would otherwise be required by or pursuant to the laws of a receiving state.
115.46(2)(b)
(b) “Designated state official" means the education official of a state selected by that state to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of that state, contracts pursuant to this agreement.
115.46(2)(c)
(c) “Educational personnel" means persons who must meet requirements pursuant to state law as a condition of employment in educational programs.
115.46(2)(d)
(d) “Originating state" means a state, and the subdivisions of the state, if any, whose determination that certain educational personnel are qualified to be employed for specific duties in schools is acceptable in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to sub.
(3).
115.46(2)(e)
(e) “Receiving state" means a state, and the subdivisions of the state, that accepts educational personnel in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to sub.
(3).
115.46(2)(f)
(f) “State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
115.46(3)
(3) Article III - Interstate Educational Personnel Contracts. 115.46(3)(a)(a) The designated state official of a party state may make one or more contracts on behalf of the official's state with one or more party states providing for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contract for the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on the states whose designated state officials enter into it, and the subdivisions of those states, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this agreement. A designated state official may enter into a contract pursuant to this subsection only with states in which the official finds that there are programs of education, certification standards or other acceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification of educational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though not identical to that prevailing in the official's own state.
115.46(3)(b)2.
2. The criteria to be applied by an originating state in qualifying educational personnel for acceptance by a receiving state.
115.46(3)(b)3.
3. Such waivers, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shall aid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basic educational standards.
115.46(3)(c)
(c) No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall be for a term longer than 5 years but any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods.
