(b) Upon receipt of the waiver under par. (a), submit the waiver, together with a request to supplement the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fm) with the funds that are held in the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a) for the purposes described under s. 118.301, to the joint committee on finance for consideration by the committee at its next quarterly meeting under s. 13.10. Upon approval of the state superintendent's request under this paragraph, the joint committee on finance shall release the funds.

115.28 (10m) Report to the superintendent of schools of a 1st class city school district and to the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership programs. (a) By October 15, 2015, and annually thereafter, submit to the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II of ch. 119 and to the superintendent of schools of the school district operating under ch. 119 a report that identifies the schools in Milwaukee County and located in a school district that was placed in the lowest performance category on the most recent accountability report published for that school district under s. 115.385 (1) to which any of the following applies, and that disaggregates the schools by elementary school, middle school, junior high school, high school, and senior high school:

1. The school was assigned to the lowest performance category on the most recent accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385 (1).

2. The school building is vacant or an underutilized building, as defined in s. 119.61 (1) (c).

(b) By October 15 of the first year in which the state superintendent determines that a school district is an eligible school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (1) (d), and annually thereafter, submit to the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. IX a report that identifies each school in that eligible school district that was assigned to the lowest performance category on the most recent accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385 (1) and that disaggregates the schools by elementary school, middle school, junior high school, high school, and senior high school.

115.28 (10o) Notice of eligible school district. (a) Beginning in October of the 2015-16 school year, annually determine whether any school district qualifies as an eligible school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (1) (d).

(b) Notify the governor, the appropriate county executive, as defined in s. 115.999 (1) (b), and the appropriate mayor, as defined in s. 115.999 (1) (e), as soon as the state superintendent determines that a school district qualifies as an eligible school district, as defined in s. 115.999 (1) (d).

115.28 (54m) Notice of educational options. Include on the home page of the department's Internet site a link to information about all of the educational options available to children in the state who are at least 3 years old but not yet 18 years old, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time open enrollment, youth options, course options, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

115.28 (61) Whole grade sharing feasibility studies. Approve organizations to conduct feasibility studies under s. 118.50 (2) (c).

115.28 (62) Microsoft IT Academy coordinator. Designate one individual to serve as the coordinator of the Microsoft IT Academy program.

115.29 (4) (a) Grant declarations a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to persons, an individual if the individual has successfully completed the civics test required under s. 118.33 (1m) (a) and if, in the state superintendent's judgment they have, the individual has presented satisfactory evidence of having completed a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The state superintendent may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results of examinations given by or at the request of the state superintendent, successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits received in schools meeting the approval of the state superintendent, or other standards established by the state superintendent.

115.29 (8) Alternative data collection method; low-income pupils. Use an alternative data collection method established by the department to identify pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

115.293 Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium; Common Core State Standards Initiative; prohibition. (1) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the state superintendent shall cease all participation in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

(2) The state superintendent may not give effect to any academic standard developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative and adopted and implemented in this state before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date]. The state superintendent may not require any school board to give effect to any such academic standard.

(3) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the state superintendent may not take any action to adopt or implement any academic standard developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and may not direct any school board to adopt or implement any such standard.

115.297 (5) (b) Failure of any of the agencies to enter into a written agreement under sub. (3) does not affect the powers and duties conferred upon the other agencies under this section or under s. 36.11 (31) or 38.04 (19).

115.34 (2) The state superintendent shall make payments to school districts, private schools, charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), tribal schools, the program under s. 115.52, and the center under s. 115.525 for school lunches served to children in the prior year as determined by the state superintendent from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn). Payments shall equal the state's matching obligation under 42 USC 1751 et seq. Payments in the current year shall be determined by prorating the state's matching obligation based on the number of school lunches served to children in the prior year. In this subsection, "private school" means any school defined in s. 115.001 (3r) which complies with the requirements of 42 USC 2000d.