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AB56-ASA1,416,1311 (c) “State aid” means aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, and 121.105 and subch. VI,
12as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and
13including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).
AB56-ASA1,416,15 14(2) Eligibility. (a) A school district is eligible for aid under this section if the
15amount calculated under par. (b) is less than the amount calculated under par. (c).
AB56-ASA1,416,1616 (b) Divide the school district's state aid by the school district's membership.
AB56-ASA1,416,1817 (c) Subtract the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) for the current school
18year from $1,000.
AB56-ASA1,416,21 19(3) Aid payments. (a) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and subject to par.
20(b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each eligible
21school district an amount calculated as follows:
AB56-ASA1,416,2322 1. Subtract the amount calculated for the eligible school district under sub. (2)
23(b) from the amount calculated under sub. (2) (c).
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12. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 1. by the average of the
2number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school
3years.
AB56-ASA1,417,84 (b) The department shall make the payments under par. (a) from the
5appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ap). If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ap)
6in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under par. (a), the department
7shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this
8subsection.
AB56-ASA1,1472 9Section 1472 . 115.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,417,10 10115.45 (title) Robotics league participation grants pilot program.
AB56-ASA1,1473 11Section 1473 . 115.45 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,417,1912 115.45 (2) (a) Annually, the department shall notify school boards, operators
13of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), governing bodies of private schools,
14and administrators of home-based private educational programs that applications
15for grants under this section to participate in one or more robotics competitions will
16be accepted from eligible teams through a date set forth in the notice. As a condition
17of receiving a grant under this section, an applicant eligible team shall demonstrate
18to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant eligible team will provide
19matching funds in an amount equal to the amount awarded under this section.
AB56-ASA1,1474 20Section 1474 . 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,417,2521 115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department
22shall award a grant of up to $5,000 grants to eligible teams selected from the
23applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied
24only towards allowable expenses. The department may not award more than $5,000
25to an eligible team in a school year.
AB56-ASA1,1475f
1Section 1475f. 115.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,418,52 115.455 (1) (b) The department shall accept applications from entities
3responding to the request-for-proposal under par. (a) and shall, in the 2017-18 and
42018-19 school years,
from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eb), award a grant
5to an entity that, subject to sub. (3), satisfies the requirements under sub. (2).
AB56-ASA1,1512 6Section 1512 . 115.881 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,1513 7Section 1513 . 115.883 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,1687 8Section 1687 . 120.13 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,418,189 120.13 (14) (b) 1. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child
10care program is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a

11caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s.
1248.686 (1) (bm), of the
subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates,
13works at, or resides at a
child care program contracted for under par. (a), is convicted
14or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 10th
15birthday
, as defined under s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall rescind the contract
16of the contractor for the child care program immediately upon providing written
17notice of the rescission and the grounds for the rescission and an explanation of the
18process for appealing the rescission.
AB56-ASA1,1688 19Section 1688 . 120.13 (14) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,419,720 120.13 (14) (b) 2. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child
21care program is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has
22committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified

23in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the
24subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides
25at a
child care program contracted for under par. (a) is the subject of a pending

1criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a
2serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday , as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), the
3school board shall immediately suspend the contract of the contractor for the child
4care program
until the school board obtains information regarding the final
5disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not
6ineligible to provide operate, work at, or reside at a child care program under this
7subsection.
AB56-ASA1,1722f 8Section 1722f. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,419,139 121.905 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in this section, “revenue ceiling"
10means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500
11in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 in the 2021-22
122019-20 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year and in any each
13subsequent school year, $10,000.
AB56-ASA1,1724 14Section 1724 . 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,419,1715 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year
16or
years, for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no
17adjustment to the result under par. (b).
AB56-ASA1,1725 18Section 1725 . 121.905 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,419,2019 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the
20result under par. (b).
AB56-ASA1,1726 21Section 1726 . 121.905 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,419,2322 121.905 (3) (c) 8. For the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the
23result under par. (b).
AB56-ASA1,1728g 24Section 1728g. 121.91 (2m) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 121.91 (2m) (k),
25and 121.91 (2m) (k) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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1121.91 (2m) (k) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school
2district may increase its revenues for any of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year
3years, for the 2021-22 school year, or for any school year thereafter to an amount that
4exceeds the amount calculated as follows:
AB56-ASA1,1729 5Section 1729 . 121.91 (2m) (im) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,420,86 121.91 (2m) (im) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district
7may increase its revenues for the 2019-20 school year to an amount that exceeds the
8amount calculated as follows:
AB56-ASA1,420,129 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year
10and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes
11levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4)
12(c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.
AB56-ASA1,420,1313 2. Add $175.
AB56-ASA1,420,1514 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils
15enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.
AB56-ASA1,1730 16Section 1730 . 121.91 (2m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,420,1917 121.91 (2m) (j) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district
18may increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year to an amount that exceeds the
19amount calculated as follows:
AB56-ASA1,420,2320 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year
21and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes
22levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4)
23(c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.
AB56-ASA1,420,2424 2. Add $179.
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13. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils
2enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.
AB56-ASA1,1732 3Section 1732 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,421,74 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (c) to (i) (im) to (k), if a school
5district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the school
6year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as
7follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):
AB56-ASA1,1733 8Section 1733 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,421,189 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase
10per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the
11sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal
12to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14
13school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in
14calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd.
151. a.,
and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result
16under subd. 1. a. In the
2015-16 to 2018-19 school year years, the 2021-22 school
17year,
and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd.
181. a.
AB56-ASA1,1734 19Section 1734 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,421,2320 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) If a school district is created under s. 117.105, the
21following adjustments to the calculations under pars. (c) to (h) (im) to (k) apply for
22the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date of the
23reorganization:
AB56-ASA1,1735 24Section 1735 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,422,8
1121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following
2the effective date of the reorganization the number of pupils in the previous school
3year shall be used under pars. (c) (im) 1., (d) (j) 1. and (e) (k) 1. instead of the average
4of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years, and for the school year
5beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the
6average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years shall be used under
7pars. (c) (im) 1., (d) (j) 1. and (e) (k) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils
8in the 3 previous school years.
AB56-ASA1,1736 9Section 1736 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,422,1410 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following
11the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the
12current and the previous school years shall be used under par. (e) pars. (j) 3. and (k)
134. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the current and the 2 preceding
14school years.
AB56-ASA1,1737 15Section 1737 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,422,2016 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (e) to (i) (im) to (k), if territory
17is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the
18revenue limit under this section of the school district from which territory is detached
19for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be
20determined as follows except as provided in subs. (3) and (4):
AB56-ASA1,1738 21Section 1738 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,423,622 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase
23per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the
24sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal
25to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14

1school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in
2calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd.
31. a.,
and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result
4under subd. 1. a. In the
2015-16 to 2018-19 school year years, the 2021-22 school
5year,
and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd.
61. a.
AB56-ASA1,1739 7Section 1739 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,423,128 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. (intro.) If territory is detached from a school district to create
9a new school district under s. 117.105, the following adjustments to the calculations
10under pars. (e) to (h) (im) to (k) apply to the school district from which territory is
11detached for the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date
12of the reorganization:
AB56-ASA1,1740 13Section 1740 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,423,2114 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following
15the effective date of the reorganization, the number of pupils in the previous school
16year shall be used under par. (e) pars. (im) 1., (j) 1. and (k) 1. instead of the average
17of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years; and for the school year
18beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, the
19average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years shall be used under
20par. (e) pars. (im) 1., (j) 1. and (k) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils
21in the 3 previous school years.
AB56-ASA1,1741 22Section 1741 . 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,424,223 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following
24the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the
25current and the previous school year shall be used under par. (e) pars. (j) 3. and (k)

14. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the current and the 2 preceding
2school years.
AB56-ASA1,1742 3Section 1742 . 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,424,104 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under
5s. 117.08 or 117.09, except as follows, in the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15
62019-20 school year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be
7determined as provided under par. (hm), and (im), in the 2015-16 2020-21 school
8year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided
9under par. (j),
and in each school year thereafter, the consolidated school district's
10revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (i) (k), except as follows:
AB56-ASA1,1753 11Section 1753 . 139.75 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,424,1912 139.75 (12) “Tobacco products" means cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques;
13granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed and other smoking tobacco; vapor
14products;
snuff, including moist snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco;
15fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and
16sweepings of tobacco and other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner
17as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing
18and smoking; but “tobacco products" does not include cigarettes, as defined under s.
19139.30 (1m).
AB56-ASA1,1754 20Section 1754 . 139.75 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,424,2421 139.75 (14) “Vapor product” means a noncombustible product that produces
22vapor or aerosol for inhalation from the application of a heating element to a liquid
23or other substance that is depleted as the product is used, regardless of whether the
24liquid or other substance contains nicotine.
AB56-ASA1,1755 25Section 1755 . 139.76 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1139.76 (1) An excise tax is imposed upon the sale, offering or exposing for sale,
2possession with intent to sell or removal for consumption or sale or other disposition
3for any purpose of tobacco products by any person engaged as a distributor of them
4at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products, of 71
5percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without
6diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for moist snuff,
7at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors
8without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for vapor
9products, at the rate of $0.05 per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on
10the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other
11quantity or fractional part thereof
. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars
12shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. On products imported
13from another country, not including moist snuff and vapor products, the rate of tax
14is 71 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the
15federal tax, duties and transportation costs to the United States. On moist snuff
16imported from another country, the rate of the tax is 100 percent of the amount
17obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties, and
18transportation costs to the United States. The tax attaches at the time the tobacco
19products are received by the distributor in this state. The tax shall be passed on to
20the ultimate consumer of the tobacco products. All tobacco products received in this
21state for sale or distribution within this state, except tobacco products actually sold
22as provided in sub. (2), shall be subject to such tax.
AB56-ASA1,1756m 23Section 1756m. 139.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,426,824 139.77 (1) On or before the 15th day of each month, every distributor with a
25place of business in this state shall file a return showing the quantity , including

1milliliters in the case of a vapor product,
and taxable price of each tobacco product
2brought, or caused to be brought, into this state for sale; or made, manufactured or
3fabricated in this state for sale in this state, during the preceding month. Every
4distributor outside this state shall file a return showing the quantity , including
5milliliters in the case of a vapor product,
and taxable price of each tobacco product
6shipped or transported to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers during
7the preceding month. At the time that the return is filed, the distributor shall pay
8the tax.
AB56-ASA1,1757 9Section 1757 . 139.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,426,2010 139.78 (1) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of tobacco
11products in this state at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and
12vapor products
, of 71 percent of the cost of the tobacco products and, for moist snuff,
13at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors
14without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for vapor
15products, at the rate of $0.05 per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on
16the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other
17quantity or fractional part thereof
. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars
18shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. The tax does not apply
19if the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) on the tobacco products has been paid or if the
20tobacco products are exempt from the tobacco products tax under s. 139.76 (2).
AB56-ASA1,1763m 21Section 1763m. 146.618 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,427,4 22146.618 Qualified treatment trainee program grants. (1) In this section,
23“qualified treatment trainee” means an individual who has a graduate degree from
24an accredited institution and course work in psychology, counseling, marriage and
25family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related field who has not yet

1completed the applicable supervised practice requirements for licensure as a clinical
2social worker, certification as a social worker, licensure as a professional counselor,
3licensure or certification as a marriage and family therapist, or licensure as a
4psychologist.
AB56-ASA1,427,15 5(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (be), the department shall
6distribute a total of $500,000 in grant moneys each fiscal year to hospitals, federally
7qualified health centers, or affiliates of a hospital or health care system that
8establish and maintain a child, adolescent, and family qualified treatment trainee
9program that provides qualified treatment trainees an opportunity to complete
10clinically supervised practice requirements in order to be licensed professional
11counselors or licensed clinical social workers, as well as specialized training in
12providing mental and behavioral health services to children, youth, and families. In
13order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a hospital, federally qualified
14health center, or affiliate of a hospital or health care system shall match the grant
15amount.
AB56-ASA1,427,18 16(3) Grant recipients shall use moneys awarded under this section for clinical
17supervision, training, and resources, including salaries, benefits, and other related
18costs for trainees and clinical supervisors.
AB56-ASA1,1764 19Section 1764 . 146.63 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,428,220 146.63 (2) (a) Subject to subs. (4) and (5), the department shall distribute
21grants from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fj) (4) (bf) to assist rural hospitals
22and groups of rural hospitals in procuring infrastructure and increasing case volume
23to the extent necessary to develop accredited graduate medical training programs.
24The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to rural hospitals
25and groups of rural hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that

1satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility
2requirement under sub. (6).
AB56-ASA1,1765 3Section 1765 . 146.63 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,428,74 146.63 (6) Eligibility. (intro.) A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may
5only receive a grant under sub. (3) if the plan to use the funds involves developing
6an accredited graduate medical training program in any of the following specialties
7a specialty, including any of the following:
AB56-ASA1,1766 8Section 1766 . 146.64 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,428,149 146.64 (2) (c) 1. The department shall distribute funds for grants under par.
10(a) from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) (bf). The department may not
11distribute more than $225,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) (bf) to
12a particular hospital in a given state fiscal year and may not distribute more than
13$75,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) (bf) to fund a given position
14in a graduate medical training program in a given state fiscal year.
AB56-ASA1,1767 15Section 1767 . 146.64 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,428,1816 146.64 (4) Eligibility. (intro.) A hospital that has an accredited graduate
17medical training program in any of the following specialties a specialty, including
18any of the following,
may apply to receive a grant under sub. (3):
AB56-ASA1,1776 19Section 1776 . 153.05 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,429,320 153.05 (2r) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1), (2), and (3m), from the
21appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (ut) (w) the department of employee trust
22funds may expend up to $150,000, and from the appropriation accounts under s.
2320.435 (1) (fn), (hg), and (hi) the department of health services, in its capacity as a
24public health authority, may expend moneys, to contract with a data organization to
25perform services under this subchapter that are specified for the data organization

1under sub. (1) (c) or, if s. 153.455 (4) applies, for the department of health services
2to perform or contract for the performance of these services. As a condition of the
3contract under this subsection, all of the following apply:
AB56-ASA1,1798 4Section 1798 . 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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