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AB56-ASA1-AA3,70,54 118.35 (4) (b) Providing teachers with professional development and training
5related to identifying and educating gifted and talented pupils.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1567 6Section 1567. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,70,87 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) All Except as provided under par. (i), all of the
8following entities may contract with a person to operate a charter school:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1568 9Section 1568. 118.40 (2r) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,70,1210 118.40 (2r) (bm) The Except as provided under par. (i), the county executive of
11Waukesha County may contract for the establishment of a charter school located only
12in Waukesha County.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1569 13Section 1569. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,70,2314 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In Beginning in the 2015-16 school year and in each
15ending in the 2018-19 school year thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school
16established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the
17appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of
18the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under
19this paragraph in the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
20adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
21change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
22school year and the current school year, if positive. The change in the statewide
23categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1570 24Section 1570. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year
2under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (aw), (az), (bb), (dg), (dj), (fm), (fp), (fq),
3(fr), (fu), (k), and (m); and s. 20.505 (4) (es); and the amount, as determined by the
4secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for
5payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and
6cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), for grants to school
7district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher
8training grants under s. 16.996
.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1571 9Section 1571. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,71,1810 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and in each school year
11thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract
12with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm),
13the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
14sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
15the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
16current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
17115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if
18positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1572 19Section 1572. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,71,2120 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. Multiply the number of pupils under subd. 1. a. by the per
21pupil amount calculated under par. (e) 2p. 2q. for that school year.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1573 22Section 1573. 118.40 (2r) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,72,223 118.40 (2r) (i) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., beginning on the
24effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on July 1, 2023,
25an entity under par. (b) 1. may not enter into a contract with a person to operate a

1charter school that was not operating on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
2inserts date].
AB56-ASA1-AA3,72,63 2. An entity under par. (b) 1. may contract with a person to operate a charter
4school that begins operating after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
5inserts date], if the person opens the charter school under a contract provision
6described under par. (b) 2. c.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,72,107 3. An entity under par. (b) 1. may contract with a person to operate a charter
8school that begins operating after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
9inserts date], if the entity notified the state superintendent under sub. (1) by
10February 1, 2019, of the entity's intention to establish the charter school.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1574 11Section 1574. 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,72,1312 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. The Except as provided under par. (g), the director may
13contract with a person to operate a charter school.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1575 14Section 1575. 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,72,1915 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1., the director may, except
16as provided under par. (g),
enter into a contract to establish, as a pilot project, one
17recovery charter school, to be located in this state and that operates only high school
18grades, if the term of the contract is limited to 4 consecutive school years and the
19contract requires the charter school operator to do all of the following:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1576 20Section 1576. 118.40 (2x) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,72,2421 118.40 (2x) (g) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on the effective date
22of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on July 1, 2023, the director
23may not enter into a contract with a person to operate a charter school that was not
24operating on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].
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12. The director may contract with a person to operate a charter school that
2begins operating after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], if
3the director notified the state superintendent under sub. (1) by February 1, 2019, of
4the director's intention to establish the charter school.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1577 5Section 1577. 118.40 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,73,126 118.40 (3) (h) A Except as provided under subs. (2r) (i) and (2x) (g), a school
7board, an entity under sub. (2r), or the director under sub. (2x) may contract for the
8establishment of a charter school that enrolls only one sex or that provides one or
9more courses that enroll only one sex if the school board, entity under sub. (2r), or
10the director under sub. (2x) makes available to the opposite sex, under the same
11policies and criteria of admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such
12school or course.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1578 13Section 1578. 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,73,1914 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. Beginning in In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school year years,
15the sum of the per pupil amount under this paragraph for the previous school year;
16the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
17current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical
18aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as
19determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1579 20Section 1579. 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,73,2521 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the sum of the per
22pupil amount under this paragraph for the previous school year; the amount of the
23per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year,
24if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between
25the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1580
1Section 1580. 118.51 (1) (aj) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1581 2Section 1581. 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,74,133 118.51 (9) Appeal of rejection. If the nonresident school board rejects an
4application under sub. (3) (a) or (7), the resident school board prohibits a pupil from
5attending public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (3m) (d) or the
6nonresident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in the
7nonresident school district under sub. (11), the pupil's parent may appeal the
8decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. If the nonresident
9school board provides notice that the special education or related service is not
10available under sub. (12) (b), the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to
11the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The department shall
12affirm the school board's decision unless the department finds that the decision was
13arbitrary or unreasonable.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1582 14Section 1582. 118.51 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,74,1615 118.51 (12) (title) Nonresident school district statement of educational
16costs; special
Special education or related services.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1583 17Section 1583. 118.51 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1584 18Section 1584. 118.51 (12) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (12).
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1585 19Section 1585. 118.51 (16) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,74,2220 118.51 (16) (a) 1. For each school district, the number of nonresident pupils
21attending public school in the school district under this section, other than pupils for
22whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1586 23Section 1586. 118.51 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,75,3
1118.51 (16) (a) 2. For each school district, the number of resident pupils
2attending public school in a nonresident school district under this section, other than
3pupils for whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1587 4Section 1587. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,75,125 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. Beginning with the amount in the 2015-16 school year and
6ending with the amount for the 2018-19 school year, except as provided in subd. 3.
7c., in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this
8subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
9adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
10change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
11school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
12if positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1588 13Section 1588. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,75,1914 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. Beginning with the amount for the 2019-20 school year,
15except as provided in subd. 3. c., and in each school year thereafter, the sum of the
16amount determined under this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount
17of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school
18year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a)
19between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1589 20Section 1589. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,75,2221 118.51 (16) (a) 3. c. For the amount in the 2017-18 to 2020-21 school years, the
22amount determined under subd. 3. b. or bm. plus $100.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1590 23Section 1590. 118.51 (16) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,76,324 118.51 (16) (c) If a pupil attends public school in a nonresident school district
25under this section for less than a full school term, the department shall prorate the

1state aid adjustments under this subsection and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) based on the
2number of days that school is in session and the pupil attends public school in the
3nonresident school district.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1591 4Section 1591. 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,76,75 118.51 (16) (d) The department shall ensure that the aid adjustments under
6par. (b) and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) do not affect the amount determined to be received
7by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1592 8Section 1592. 118.51 (17) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,76,109 118.51 (17) (title) Pupil transfer amount and payments to a nonresident
10school board
State aid adjustments and tuition; children with disabilities.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1593 11Section 1593. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,76,1712 118.51 (17) (b) 2. b. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school year years, the per pupil
13transfer amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school
14year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
15the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide
16categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school
17year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1594 18Section 1594. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1595 19Section 1595. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,76,2520 118.51 (17) (b) 2. d. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the per pupil transfer
21amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school year; the
22amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
23current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
24115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if
25positive.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1596
1Section 1596. 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1597 2Section 1597. 118.51 (17) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1598 3Section 1598. 118.51 (17) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,77,94 118.51 (17) (c) 1. If the number determined in par. (b) 1. a. is greater than the
5number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and
62018-19
school years year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall
7increase that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal
8to the difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the
9applicable school year.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,77,2110 2. If the number determined in par. (b) 1. a. is less than the number determined
11in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school
12years year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall decrease that
13school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the
14difference multiplied by an amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable
15school year.
If the state aid payment under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover the
16reduction, the department shall decrease other state aid payments made by the
17department to the school district by the remaining amount. If the state aid payment
18under s. 121.08 and other state aid payments made by the department to the school
19district are insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall use the moneys
20appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cg) to pay the balance to school districts under subd.
211.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1599 22Section 1599. 118.51 (17) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1602 23Section 1602. 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,78,424 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (ag) and, (ar), and (bh), any pupil in grades
25kindergarten to 12 who resides within an eligible school district may attend any

1private school under this section and, subject to pars. (ag), (ar), (be), (bh), (bm), and
2(bs), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides in a school district, other
3than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, may attend any
4private school under this section if all of the following apply:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1603 5Section 1603. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,78,146 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in par. (bm), the pupil is a member of a
7family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0
8times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the
9director of the federal office of management and budget
line, as defined in 42 USC
109902
(2)
. In this subdivision and sub. (3m), family income includes income of the
11pupil's parents or legal guardians. Except as provided in subd. 1. c. and d., the family
12income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a
13private school under this section whose family income increases may continue to
14attend a private school under this section.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1604 15Section 1604. 118.60 (2) (a) 2. g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,78,1816 118.60 (2) (a) 2. g. If the pupil resides in a school district, other than an eligible
17school district or
a 1st class city school district, the pupil was on a waiting list under
18sub. (3) (am) 4. or (ar) 4. in any previous school year.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1605 19Section 1605. 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,78,2420 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a. Except as provided in subd. 6. c. and d., all of the private
21school's teachers have a teaching license issued by the department or a bachelor's
22degree or a degree or educational credential higher than a bachelor's degree,
23including a masters or doctorate, from a nationally or regionally accredited
24institution of higher education. This subd. 6. a. does not apply after June 30, 2022.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1606 25Section 1606. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
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1118.60 (2) (a) 6m. a. Except as provided in subd. 6m. b., beginning on July 1,
22022, all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by
3the department.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,79,134 b. Any teacher employed by the private school on July 1, 2022, who has been
5teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2022, and
6who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 6m. a. on July 1, 2022, applies to
7the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary,
8nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 6m. a. The department
9shall promulgate rules to implement this subd. 6m. b., including the form of the
10application and the process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The
11application form shall require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the
12requirements under subd. 6m. a. No waiver granted under this subd. 6m. b. is valid
13after July 1, 2027.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1607 14Section 1607. 118.60 (2) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,80,215 118.60 (2) (a) 7. b. Each If the private school that begins participation in the
16program under this section on or after April 10, 2014, and before the 2021-22 school
17year,
and that the private school is not accredited by an accrediting entity, shall
18obtain
the private school obtains preaccreditation by a preaccrediting entity by
19August 1 before the first school term in which the private school begins participation
20in the program under this section, or by May 1 if the private school begins
21participating in the program during summer school. In any school year, a private
22school to which this subd. 7. b. applies may apply for and seek to obtain
23preaccreditation from only one preaccrediting entity. A private school to which this
24subd. 7. b. applies that fails to obtain preaccreditation as required under this subd.
257. b. may not participate in the program under this section or under s. 119.23 until

1preaccreditation has been obtained, but the private school may apply for and seek
2to obtain preaccreditation from a preaccrediting entity for the following school year.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1608 3Section 1608. 118.60 (2) (a) 7. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,80,134 118.60 (2) (a) 7. c. A private school to which If subd. 7. b. applies shall apply
5to the private school, the private school applies for accreditation by an accrediting
6entity by December 31 of the first school year that begins after April 10, 2014, in
7which the private school begins participation in the program under this section, and
8shall achieve obtains accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31 of the
93rd school year following the first school year in which the private school begins
10participation in the program under this section. If the private school is accredited
11under this subd. 7. c., the private school is not required to obtain preaccreditation
12under subd. 7. b. as a prerequisite to providing instruction under this section in
13additional grades or in an additional or new school.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1609 14Section 1609. 118.60 (2) (a) 7. d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,80,1815 118.60 (2) (a) 7. d. If the private school begins participation in the program
16under this section in the 2021-22 school year or in any school year thereafter, the
17private school is accredited by an accrediting entity by August 1 of the school year
18in which the private school begins participation in the program under this section.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1610 19Section 1610. 118.60 (2) (ag) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,81,320 118.60 (2) (ag) 4. Notwithstanding If the new private school begins
21participation in the program under this section before the 2021-22 school year,
22notwithstanding
the deadline to obtain preaccreditation under sub. (2) par. (a) 7. b.,
23by December 15 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which
24the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section,
25obtain preaccreditation from a preaccrediting entity. If the new private school begins

1participation in the program under this section in the 2021-22 school year or in any
2school year thereafter, the new private school shall comply with the requirement
3under par. (a) 7. d.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1611 4Section 1611. 118.60 (2) (be) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,81,75 118.60 (2) (be) 3. Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, there is no limit on
6the number of pupils who may attend private schools
the limits under this section
7paragraph do not apply.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,1612 8Section 1612. 118.60 (2) (bh) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,81,99 118.60 (2) (bh) 1. In this paragraph, “program cap” means any of the following:
AB56-ASA1-AA3,81,1210 a. For an eligible school district, the total number of pupils residing in the
11eligible school district who attended a private school under this section in the
122019-20 school year.
AB56-ASA1-AA3,81,1513 b. For all school districts, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city
14school district, the total number of pupils residing in those school districts who
15attended a private school under this section in the 2019-20 school year.
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