Amendment AA3-ASA1-AB56

AB56-ASA1-AA3,125,20 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, the number of pupils in the previous school year shall be used under par. (e) pars. (im) 1., (j) 1. and (k) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years; and for the school year beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, the average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years shall be used under par. (e) pars. (im) 1., (j) 1. and (k) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1741 Section 1741. 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,126,2 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the current and the previous school year shall be used under par. (e) pars. (j) 3. and (k) 4. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1742 Section 1742. 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,126,10 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under s. 117.08 or 117.09, except as follows, in the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 2019-20 school year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (hm), and (im), in the 2015-16 2020-21 school year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (j), and in each school year thereafter, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (i) (k), except as follows:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1743 Section 1743. 121.91 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,127,4 121.91 (3) (a) 1. If a school board wishes to exceed the limit under sub. (2m) otherwise applicable to the school district in any school year, it shall promptly adopt a resolution supporting inclusion in the final school district budget of an amount equal to the proposed excess revenue. The resolution shall specify whether the proposed excess revenue is for a recurring or nonrecurring purpose, or, if the proposed excess revenue is for both recurring and nonrecurring purposes, the amount of the proposed excess revenue for each purpose. The resolution shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the school board shall notify the department that it will schedule a referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the school district for approval or rejection and shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department. Except as provided in subd. 2., the school board shall schedule the referendum to be held at the next regularly scheduled spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election, provided such election is to be held not sooner than 70 days after the filing of the resolution of the school board. A school board may proceed under this subdivision and under s. 67.05 (6a) 2. a. no more than 2 times in any calendar year. The school district clerk shall certify the results of the referendum to the department within 10 days after the referendum is held.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1744 Section 1744. 121.91 (4) (om) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,127,20 121.91 (4) (om) 1. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, if a school board adopts a resolution to do so, the limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by the amount spent by the school district in that school year on a project, including the payment of debt service on a bond or note issued or a state trust fund loan obtained to finance the project, to remediate lead contamination in drinking water in the school district. In this paragraph, the amount spent by the school district includes costs incurred by the school district to test for the presence of lead in drinking water, to provide safe drinking water to affected school buildings during remediation, and, if necessary, to replace lead pipe water service lines to school buildings in the school district. The term of a bond or note issued or state trust fund loan obtained to finance the project under this subdivision may not exceed 20 years. If a school board issues a bond or note or obtains a state trust fund loan to finance a project described in this subdivision, a resolution adopted by a school board under this subdivision is valid for each school year in which the school board pays debt service on the bond, note, or state trust fund loan.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,127,23 2. Any additional revenue received by a school district under this paragraph shall not be included in the base for determining the school district's limit under sub. (2m) for the following school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1745 Section 1745. 121.91 (4) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,5 121.91 (4) (p) 1. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by the amount of any reduction to that school district's state aid payment made under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (c) or (17) (c) 2. or (cm) 2. in the previous school year for a pupil who was not included in the calculation of the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,6 31. Page 428, line 18: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,7 “ Section 1769. 146.89 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,13 146.89 (1) (d) 2. A private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), that participates in the choice program under s. 118.60 or the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s. 119.23 or that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1770 Section 1770. 146.89 (1) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,17 146.89 (1) (g) 1. A public elementary school , including an elementary school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,18 32. Page 429, line 3: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,128,19 “ Section 1785. 165.28 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (intro.).

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1786 Section 1786. 165.28 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (1) and amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,129,3 115.94 (1) In conjunction with the department of public instruction justice, create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction justice shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical Assistance Center when creating the model practices.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1787 Section 1787. 165.28 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (2).

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1788 Section 1788. 165.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 165.25 (20) and amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,129,12 165.25 (20) Training on school safety. Offer, or contract with another party to offer, training to school staff on school safety. Training subjects may include trauma informed care and how adverse childhood experiences have an impact on a child's development and increase needs for counseling or support. If a school receives under s. 165.88 115.945 (2) (b) a grant for the training under this subsection, the office department may charge a fee for the training.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1792 Section 1792. 165.88 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (title).

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1793 Section 1793. 165.88 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 115.945 (1) and amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,129,18 115.945 (1) Definitions Definition. In this section : (a) “Independent, “independent charter school” means a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1794 Section 1794. 165.88 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are repealed.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1795 Section 1795. 165.88 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (2), and 115.945 (2) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,130,2 115.945 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 20.255 (2) (f), the department of justice shall award grants for expenditures related to improving school safety. The department shall accept applications for a grant under this subsection from school boards, operators of independent charter schools, governing bodies of private schools, and tribal schools.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,130,12 (b) The department of justice, in consultation with the department of public instruction justice, shall develop a plan for use in awarding grants under this subsection. The department of justice shall include in the plan a description of what types of expenditures are eligible to be funded by grant proceeds. Eligible expenditures shall include expenditures to comply with the model practices created in s. 165.28 115.94 (1); expenditures for training under s. 165.28 (3) 165.25 (20); expenditures for safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment, and facilities; and expenditures necessary to comply with s. 118.07 (4) (cf). Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the plan need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1796 Section 1796. 165.88 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (3).

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1797 Section 1797. 165.88 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (4) and amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,130,18 115.945 (4) Report. The department of justice shall submit an annual report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the grants awarded under sub. (2) and the expenditures made with the grant moneys.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,130,19 33. Page 430, line 20: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,130,20 “ Section 1819g. 196.504 (1) (aa) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,130,22 196.504 (1) (aa) “Broadband service” includes wired service and fixed wireless service.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1819m Section 1819m. 196.504 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,4 196.504 (1) (b) “Underserved" means an area of this state served by fewer than 2 broadband service providers in which households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 25 megabits per second download speed and 3 megabits per second upload speed.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1820m Section 1820m. 196.504 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 196.504 (1) (c) and amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,10 196.504 (1) (c) “Unserved area” means an area of this state that is not served by an Internet service provider offering Internet service that is all of the following: in which households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 10 megabits per second download speed and one megabit per second upload speed.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1821m Section 1821m. 196.504 (1) (c) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,1823m Section 1823m. 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,16 196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r) , and (rm).”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,17 34. Page 431, line 12: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,18 “ Section 1855. 230.08 (2) (wc) of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,19 35. Page 459, line 11: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,131,20 “ Section 2179. 938.49 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,132,2 938.49 (2) (b) Notify the juvenile's last school district or, if the juvenile was last enrolled in a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 or in the program under s. 119.23 or, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), in a school under the operation and general management of the governing body of a private school, the private school or the governing body of a private school, in writing of its obligation under s. 118.125 (4).”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,132,3 36. Page 492, line 22: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,132,4 “(1 ) Transfer of office of school safety.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,132,8 (a) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property of the department of justice that is primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, is transferred to the department of public instruction.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,132,15 (b) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of public instruction. The department of public instruction shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,132,24 (c) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of public instruction. All orders issued by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction.” .

AB56-ASA1-AA3,133,1 37. Page 494, line 7: delete lines 7 to 25 and substitute:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,133,2 “(1) Secondary guarantee.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,133,6 (a) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2019-2020 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if $75,000,000 were appropriated in the 2018-19 fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,133,10 (b) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2020-21 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if an additional $1,090,000,000 were appropriated in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,133,19 (2) After-school program grants; emergency rules. The department of public instruction may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to implement and administer s. 115.446. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2020, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,7 (3) Special needs scholarship payments based on actual costs; 2019-20 school year. If before the effective date of this subsection, the department of public instruction made a scholarship payment to a private school for a child with a disability the amount of which is based on a financial statement submitted to the department under s. 115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., the department of public instruction shall consider the amount paid to the private school as an installment payment of the amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. The department of public instruction shall adjust the remaining installment payments under s. 115.7915 (4m) (b) to ensure that the private school receives the total scholarship amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. for the child with a disability for whom the private school submitted a financial statement under s. 115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., in the 2018-19 school year.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,8 38. Page 499, line 24: delete “$22,000,000" and substitute “$6,900,000".

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,9 39. Page 499, line 25: delete “$22,000,000" and substitute “$17,300,000".

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,10 40. Page 505, line 12: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,13 “(1) Minority teacher loan program; sunset. The treatment of s. 39.40 (5) first applies to loan applications received by the higher educational aids board on the effective date of this subsection.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,14 41. Page 506, line 4: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,19 “(1) State aid. The treatment of ss. 20.255 (2) (ac), 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and 2., 121.07 (6) (d), and 121.105 (1), (2) (am) 1. and 2. (intro.), and (5), the renumbering and amendment of s. 121.07 (8), and the creation of s. 121.07 (8) (a) and (b) first apply to the distribution of school aid in, and the calculation of revenue limits for, the 2020-21 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,22 (2) High-cost transportation aid. The treatment of s. 121.59 (2) (intro.), (2m) (a) (intro.), 1., and 2. and (b), and (3) first applies to aid paid in the 2019-20 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,134,24 (3) State aid for summer class transportation. The treatment of s. 121.58 (4) first applies to state aid for transportation paid in the 2019-20 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,135,5 (4) Parental choice programs; program caps. The treatment of ss. 118.60 (3) (am) and (ar) (intro.) and 5. and 119.23 (3) (ar), the renumbering and amendment of s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. and 4., and the creation of s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. and b. and 4. a. and b. first apply to an application to attend in a private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the 2020-21 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,135,10 (5) Parental choice programs; transferring applicants between programs. The treatment of ss. 118.60 (4v) (b), (c), and (d) and 119.23 (4v) (b), (c), (d), and (e) first applies to counting pupils for the pupil participation limits under s. 118.60 (2) (be) and the program caps under ss. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. and b. and 119.23 (2) (b) for the 2020-21 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,135,14 (6) Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure. The renumbering and amendment of s. 115.42 (1) and (2) (c) and the creation of s. 115.42 (1c) and (2) (c) 1. b. and 2. first apply to grants awarded in the 2019-20 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,135,16 (7) Summer school grant program. The treatment of s. 115.447 (2) (intro.) first applies to the 2019-20 school year.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,135,18 (8) Additional special education aid. The treatment of ss. 20.255 (2) (bd) and 115.881 (2) and (3) first applies to aid paid in the 2019-20 school year.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,135,19 42. Page 509, line 10: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,2 “(1) Office of school safety transfer. The treatment of ss. 15.253 (3), 20.455 (2) (f) and (im), 20.923 (4) (c) 6., 115.28 (15) (a) and (b), 118.017 (1) (a), 119.04 (1) (by Section 1639 ), 165.28 (intro.), (1), (2), and (3), 165.88 (title), (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (c), and (d), (2), (3), and (4), and 230.08 (2) (wc), and subch. VIII (title) of ch. 115, the renumbering of subch. VII (title) of ch. 115, the creation of subch. VII (title) of ch. 115, and Section 9127 (1 ) of this act take effect on January 1, 2020.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,4 43. Page 509, line 22: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 510, line 4 and substitute:

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,6 “(1) Wisconsin reading corps. The treatment of s. 20.255 (3) (fr) takes effect on July 1, 2019.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,8 (2) Sparsity aid. The treatment of s. 115.436 (2) (intro.), (b), and (c) and (3) (ac), (ag), and (b) takes effect on July 1, 2020.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,10 (3) Personal electronic computing devices; grant program. The repeal of ss. 20.255 (2) (aw) and 115.438 takes effect on July 1, 2020.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,12 (4) School performance improvement grants. The treatment of s. 20.255 (2) (dg) and the repeal of s. 115.387 take effect on July 1, 2020.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,14 (5) Supplemental special education aid. The treatment of ss. 20.255 (2) (be), 115.881 (4), and 115.883 takes effect on July 1, 2020.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,16 (6) Teacher licensure in certain private schools. The treatment of s. 118.19 (1), (1b), (1c) (b) (intro.), and (3) (b) takes effect on July 1, 2022.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA3,136,17 (End)