Amendment ASA1-AB56

AB56-ASA1,416,13 (c) “State aid” means aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, and 121.105 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).

AB56-ASA1,416,15 (2) Eligibility. (a) A school district is eligible for aid under this section if the amount calculated under par. (b) is less than the amount calculated under par. (c).

AB56-ASA1,416,16 (b) Divide the school district's state aid by the school district's membership.

AB56-ASA1,416,18 (c) Subtract the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) for the current school year from $1,000.

AB56-ASA1,416,21 (3) Aid payments. (a) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and subject to par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each eligible school district an amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,416,23 1. Subtract the amount calculated for the eligible school district under sub. (2) (b) from the amount calculated under sub. (2) (c).

AB56-ASA1,417,3 2. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 1. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1,417,8 (b) The department shall make the payments under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ap). If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ap) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under par. (a), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

AB56-ASA1,1472 Section 1472 . 115.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,417,10 115.45 (title) Robotics league participation grants pilot program.

AB56-ASA1,1473 Section 1473 . 115.45 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,417,19 115.45 (2) (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 to participate in one or more robotics competitions 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.

AB56-ASA1,1474 Section 1474 . 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,417,25 115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award a grant of up to $5,000 grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department may not award more than $5,000 to an eligible team in a school year.

AB56-ASA1,1475f Section 1475f. 115.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,418,5 115.455 (1) (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).

AB56-ASA1,1512 Section 1512 . 115.881 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,1513 Section 1513 . 115.883 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,1687 Section 1687 . 120.13 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,418,18 120.13 (14) (b) 1. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care program contracted for under par. (a), is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday, as defined under s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall rescind the contract of the contractor for the child care program immediately upon providing written notice of the rescission and the grounds for the rescission and an explanation of the process for appealing the rescission.

AB56-ASA1,1688 Section 1688 . 120.13 (14) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,7 120.13 (14) (b) 2. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care program contracted for under par. (a) is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday , as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall immediately suspend the contract of the contractor for the child care program until the school board obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to provide operate, work at, or reside at a child care program under this subsection.

AB56-ASA1,1722f Section 1722f. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,13 121.905 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 in the 2021-22 2019-20 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year and in any each subsequent school year, $10,000.

AB56-ASA1,1724 Section 1724 . 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,17 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year or years, for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB56-ASA1,1725 Section 1725 . 121.905 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,20 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under par. (b).

AB56-ASA1,1726 Section 1726 . 121.905 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,23 121.905 (3) (c) 8. For the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under par. (b).

AB56-ASA1,1728g Section 1728g. 121.91 (2m) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 121.91 (2m) (k), and 121.91 (2m) (k) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,420,4 121.91 (2m) (k) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for any of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year years, for the 2021-22 school year, or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,1729 Section 1729 . 121.91 (2m) (im) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,420,8 121.91 (2m) (im) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2019-20 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,420,12 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-ASA1,420,13 2. Add $175.

AB56-ASA1,420,15 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1,1730 Section 1730 . 121.91 (2m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,420,19 121.91 (2m) (j) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,420,23 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-ASA1,420,24 2. Add $179.

AB56-ASA1,421,2 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1,1732 Section 1732 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,421,7 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (c) to (i) (im) to (k), if a school district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):

AB56-ASA1,1733 Section 1733 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,421,18 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year years, the 2021-22 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB56-ASA1,1734 Section 1734 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,421,23 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) If a school district is created under s. 117.105, the following adjustments to the calculations under pars. (c) to (h) (im) to (k) apply for the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization:

AB56-ASA1,1735 Section 1735 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,422,8 121.91 (2m) (r) 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 pars. (c) (im) 1., (d) (j) 1. and (e) (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 pars. (c) (im) 1., (d) (j) 1. and (e) (k) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-ASA1,1736 Section 1736 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,422,14 121.91 (2m) (r) 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 years 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-ASA1,1737 Section 1737 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,422,20 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (e) to (i) (im) to (k), if territory is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the revenue limit under this section of the school district from which territory is detached for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided in subs. (3) and (4):

AB56-ASA1,1738 Section 1738 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,423,6 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year years, the 2021-22 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB56-ASA1,1739 Section 1739 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,423,12 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. (intro.) If territory is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the following adjustments to the calculations under pars. (e) to (h) (im) to (k) apply to the school district from which territory is detached for the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization:

AB56-ASA1,1740 Section 1740 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,423,21 121.91 (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-ASA1,1741 Section 1741 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,424,2 121.91 (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-ASA1,1742 Section 1742 . 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,424,10 121.91 (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-ASA1,1753 Section 1753 . 139.75 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,424,19 139.75 (12) “Tobacco products" means cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed and other smoking tobacco; vapor products; snuff, including moist snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco and other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing and smoking; but “tobacco products" does not include cigarettes, as defined under s. 139.30 (1m).

AB56-ASA1,1754 Section 1754 . 139.75 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,424,24 139.75 (14) “Vapor product” means a noncombustible product that produces vapor or aerosol for inhalation from the application of a heating element to a liquid or other substance that is depleted as the product is used, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine.

AB56-ASA1,1755 Section 1755 . 139.76 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,425,22 139.76 (1) An excise tax is imposed upon the sale, offering or exposing for sale, possession with intent to sell or removal for consumption or sale or other disposition for any purpose of tobacco products by any person engaged as a distributor of them at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products, of 71 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for moist snuff, at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for vapor products, at the rate of $0.05 per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity or fractional part thereof. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. On products imported from another country, not including moist snuff and vapor products, the rate of tax is 71 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties and transportation costs to the United States. On moist snuff imported from another country, the rate of the tax is 100 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties, and transportation costs to the United States. The tax attaches at the time the tobacco products are received by the distributor in this state. The tax shall be passed on to the ultimate consumer of the tobacco products. All tobacco products received in this state for sale or distribution within this state, except tobacco products actually sold as provided in sub. (2), shall be subject to such tax.

AB56-ASA1,1756m Section 1756m. 139.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,426,8 139.77 (1) On or before the 15th day of each month, every distributor with a place of business in this state shall file a return showing the quantity , including milliliters in the case of a vapor product, and taxable price of each tobacco product brought, or caused to be brought, into this state for sale; or made, manufactured or fabricated in this state for sale in this state, during the preceding month. Every distributor outside this state shall file a return showing the quantity , including milliliters in the case of a vapor product, and taxable price of each tobacco product shipped or transported to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers during the preceding month. At the time that the return is filed, the distributor shall pay the tax.

AB56-ASA1,1757 Section 1757 . 139.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,426,20 139.78 (1) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of tobacco products in this state at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products, of 71 percent of the cost of the tobacco products and, for moist snuff, at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for vapor products, at the rate of $0.05 per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity or fractional part thereof. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. The tax does not apply if the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) on the tobacco products has been paid or if the tobacco products are exempt from the tobacco products tax under s. 139.76 (2).

AB56-ASA1,1763m Section 1763m. 146.618 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,427,4 146.618 Qualified treatment trainee program grants. (1) In this section, “qualified treatment trainee” means an individual who has a graduate degree from an accredited institution and course work in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related field who has not yet completed the applicable supervised practice requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker, certification as a social worker, licensure as a professional counselor, licensure or certification as a marriage and family therapist, or licensure as a psychologist.

AB56-ASA1,427,15 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (be), the department shall distribute a total of $500,000 in grant moneys each fiscal year to hospitals, federally qualified health centers, or affiliates of a hospital or health care system that establish and maintain a child, adolescent, and family qualified treatment trainee program that provides qualified treatment trainees an opportunity to complete clinically supervised practice requirements in order to be licensed professional counselors or licensed clinical social workers, as well as specialized training in providing mental and behavioral health services to children, youth, and families. In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a hospital, federally qualified health center, or affiliate of a hospital or health care system shall match the grant amount.

AB56-ASA1,427,18 (3) Grant recipients shall use moneys awarded under this section for clinical supervision, training, and resources, including salaries, benefits, and other related costs for trainees and clinical supervisors.

AB56-ASA1,1764 Section 1764 . 146.63 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,428,2 146.63 (2) (a) Subject to subs. (4) and (5), the department shall distribute grants from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fj) (4) (bf) to assist rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals in procuring infrastructure and increasing case volume to the extent necessary to develop accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility requirement under sub. (6).

AB56-ASA1,1765 Section 1765 . 146.63 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,428,7 146.63 (6) Eligibility. (intro.) A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may only receive a grant under sub. (3) if the plan to use the funds involves developing an accredited graduate medical training program in any of the following specialties a specialty, including any of the following:

AB56-ASA1,1766 Section 1766 . 146.64 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,428,14 146.64 (2) (c) 1. The department shall distribute funds for grants under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) (bf). The department may not distribute more than $225,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) (bf) to a particular hospital in a given state fiscal year and may not distribute more than $75,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) (bf) to fund a given position in a graduate medical training program in a given state fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1,1767 Section 1767 . 146.64 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,428,18 146.64 (4) Eligibility. (intro.) A hospital that has an accredited graduate medical training program in any of the following specialties a specialty, including any of the following, may apply to receive a grant under sub. (3):

AB56-ASA1,1776 Section 1776 . 153.05 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,429,3 153.05 (2r) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1), (2), and (3m), from the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (ut) (w) the department of employee trust funds may expend up to $150,000, and from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (fn), (hg), and (hi) the department of health services, in its capacity as a public health authority, may expend moneys, to contract with a data organization to perform services under this subchapter that are specified for the data organization under sub. (1) (c) or, if s. 153.455 (4) applies, for the department of health services to perform or contract for the performance of these services. As a condition of the contract under this subsection, all of the following apply:

AB56-ASA1,1798 Section 1798 . 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: