Amendment SA3-AB56

AB56-SA3,39,15 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2020.

AB56-SA3,1075 Section 1075. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,39,22 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2020.

AB56-SA3,1076 Section 1076. 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,40,6 79.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996; $469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007; $672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012; $747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; $853,000,000 in 2016 and 2017; and $940,000,000 in 2018, 2019, and in each year thereafter 2020.

AB56-SA3,1077 Section 1077. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,40,12 79.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and $150,000,000 in each year beginning in 2011 and in each year thereafter ending in 2020.”.

AB56-SA3,40,13 49. Page 411, line 12: after that line insert:

AB56-SA3,40,14 “ Section 1325. 106.125 of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB56-SA3,40,15 50. Page 412, line 20: after that line insert:

AB56-SA3,40,16 “ Section 1328. 106.272 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1329 Section 1329. 106.272 of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (4), and 118.196 (4) (a) and (b) (intro.), 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB56-SA3,41,2 118.196 (4) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (dg) 20.255 (2) (em), the department shall award grants to the school board of a school district or to the boards, governing body of a private school, as defined under s. 115.001 (3d), or to a bodies, and charter management organization organizations under sub. (1) (a) that has have partnered with an educator preparation program approved by the department of public instruction and headquartered in this state programs under sub. (1) (a) to design and implement a teacher development program programs.

AB56-SA3,41,4 (b) (intro.) In awarding a grant under this section subsection, the department shall do all of the following:

AB56-SA3,41,7 1. Consult with the department of public instruction to confirm Confirm that the teacher development program satisfies the requirements under s. 118.196 sub. (2).

AB56-SA3,41,10 2. Consider the methods by which the school board, governing body, or charter management organization and the educator preparation program under sub. (1) (a) will make the teacher development program affordable to participating employees.

AB56-SA3,1330 Section 1330. 106.273 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (title).

AB56-SA3,1331 Section 1331. 106.273 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (1) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,41,21 115.457 (1) Identification of workforce shortages. The department state superintendent shall annually confer with the department of public instruction workforce development and the Wisconsin technical college system to identify industries and occupations within this state that face workforce shortages or shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers. The state superintendent of public instruction shall annually notify school districts of the identified industries and occupations and make this information available on the Internet site of the department of public instruction.

AB56-SA3,1332 Section 1332. 106.273 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (2), and 115.457 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,42,3 115.457 (2) Approval of programs. (intro.) The department state superintendent shall approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to do any of the following:

AB56-SA3,1333 Section 1333. 106.273 (3) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (title).

AB56-SA3,1334 Section 1334. 106.273 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,42,10 115.457 (3) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bz) 20.255 (2) (ck), the department state superintendent shall annually award all of the following incentive grants to school districts:

AB56-SA3,42,15 1m. An incentive grant to a school district that has an industry-recognized certification program approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (a). Subject to pars. (am) and par. (b), the amount of the incentive grant under this subdivision is equal to $1,000 for each student pupil in the school district to whom all of the following apply:

AB56-SA3,42,17 a. In the prior school year, the student pupil obtained a high school diploma or a technical education high school diploma from a school in the school district.

AB56-SA3,42,20 b. The student pupil successfully completed the program in a school year in which the program was approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (a).

AB56-SA3,43,2 2m. An incentive grant to a school district that has an industry-recognized certification program approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (b). Subject to par. (b), for each such program the school district has, the amount of the incentive grant under this subdivision is equal to $1,000 for each student pupil in the school district who successfully completed the program in a school year in which the program was approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (b).

AB56-SA3,1335 Section 1335. 106.273 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1336 Section 1336. 106.273 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (b) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,43,10 115.457 (3) (b) If the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bz) 20.255 (2) (ck) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount per student pupil under par. (a) 1m. and 2m., the department state superintendent may prorate the amount of the department's payments among school districts eligible for incentive grants under this subsection.

AB56-SA3,1337 Section 1337. 106.273 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (4) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,43,19 115.457 (4) Completion awards for students pupils. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (c) 20.255 (3) (ck), the department state superintendent shall annually award a completion award to a student pupil in the amount of $500 for each industry-recognized certification program approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (b) that the student pupil successfully completed in a school year in which the program was approved by the department state superintendent under sub. (2) (b).

AB56-SA3,1338 Section 1338. 106.273 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1339 Section 1339. 106.275 of the statutes is renumbered 115.458, and 115.458 (1) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,44,2 115.458 (1) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (cg) 20.255 (2) (cL), the department may award technical education equipment grants under this section in the amount of not more than $50,000 to school districts whose grant applications are approved under sub. (2) (b).

AB56-SA3,1340 Section 1340. 106.277 (title), (1) (intro.), (a) and (c), (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.

AB56-SA3,1341 Section 1341. 106.277 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (1) (b) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,44,9 118.196 (1) (b) The organization operates A grant under sub. (5) to operate a program to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in public or private schools located in low-income or urban school districts in this state.

AB56-SA3,1342 Section 1342. 106.277 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (5), and 118.196 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,44,19 118.196 (5) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (em), the department shall award grants to school boards, governing bodies, and charter management organizations under sub. (1) (b). The department shall establish a process for evaluating and assigning a score to each organization eligible to receive applicant for a grant under sub. (1). If the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bt) is insufficient to make the payments required under sub. (1), the (b). The department shall give preference in evaluating grants under this section to a nonprofit organization subsection for each of the following:”.

AB56-SA3,44,21 51. Page 413, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 424, line 10, and substitute:

AB56-SA3,44,22 “ Section 1410. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,45,11 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, and 118.195 , and 118.197; prescribe by rule standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, beginning on July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this subsection, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year; file in the state superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses; and register each such license.

AB56-SA3,1411 Section 1411. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,45,23 115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private, or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i), 118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or certified teachers.

AB56-SA3,1412 Section 1412. 115.28 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1413 Section 1413. 115.28 (10o) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1414 Section 1414. 115.28 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,46,6 115.28 (15) (a) Establish, by rule, standards for the approval of the abilities of certified teachers and counselors and their aides participating in bilingual-bicultural education programs under subch. VII VIII to read, write and speak a non-English language and to possess knowledge of the culture of limited-English proficient pupils.

AB56-SA3,1415 Section 1415. 115.28 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,46,9 115.28 (15) (b) Establish, by rule, minimum standards for bilingual-bicultural education programs under subch. VII VIII.

AB56-SA3,1416 Section 1416. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,46,15 115.28 (27) WISElearn. Develop and maintain an online resource, called WISElearn, to provide educational resources for parents, teachers, and pupils; offer online learning opportunities; provide regional technical support centers; provide professional development for teachers; and enable video conferencing; and support digital archiving projects in public libraries.

AB56-SA3,1417 Section 1417. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,46,21 115.28 (45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (eb), annually award grants a grant to a the nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received an award under this subsection in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years to provide training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in grades kindergarten to 8.

AB56-SA3,1418 Section 1418. 115.28 (54m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,47,5 115.28 (54m) Notice of educational options. Include on the home page of the department's Internet site a link to information about all of the educational options available to children in the state who are at least 3 years old but not yet 18 years old, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in a nonresident school district, the early college credit program programs under ss. 36.25 (56) and 38.12 (15), and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

AB56-SA3,1419 Section 1419. 115.28 (63) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.362 (title) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,47,9 115.362 (title) Mental health and school climate training program programs and grants.

AB56-SA3,1420 Section 1420. 115.28 (63) of the statutes is renumbered 115.362 (1), and 115.362 (1) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,47,17 115.362 (1) (intro.) Establish The department shall establish a mental health training support program under which the department provides training on pupil mental health, strategies to improve school climate, and school safety. The department shall provide training on all of the following evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health issues in schools to school district staff and instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x):

AB56-SA3,1421 Section 1421. 115.28 (65) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,47,22 115.28 (65) Wisconsin Reading Corps. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fr) to Wisconsin Reading Corps to provide one-on-one tutoring if Wisconsin Reading Corps provides matching funds of $250,000 in each school year.

AB56-SA3,1422 Section 1422. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,48,3 115.28 (66) Principal training and support; urban school districts. Annually, award a grant to a nonprofit organization or an urban school district for the purpose of providing training, coaching, and professional support to principals employed by urban school districts. For purposes of this subsection, “urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56-SA3,1423 Section 1423. 115.335 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,48,7 115.335 Water filtration grants. (1) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts to purchase water bottle filling equipment that includes a water filtration component.

AB56-SA3,48,9 (2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56-SA3,1424 Section 1424. 115.341 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,48,20 115.341 School breakfast program. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), each operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525 15 cents for each breakfast served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school or tribal school 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school or tribal school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.

AB56-SA3,48,25 (2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards, operators, directors, and governing bodies of private schools and tribal schools entitled to the aid under sub. (1).

AB56-SA3,1425 Section 1425. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,49,8 115.341 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the state superintendent may not reimburse the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, the director of the center under s. 115.525, or the governing body of a private or tribal school for any breakfasts served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, during the prior school year if the school ceased operations during that prior school year.

AB56-SA3,1426 Section 1426. 115.362 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,49,11 115.362 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (ep), the department shall annually award all of the following:

AB56-SA3,49,13 (a) A grant to the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical Assistance Center.

AB56-SA3,49,16 (b) A grant to Wisconsin Family Ties, Inc., to train individuals to help families understand and access mental health services that are available to children in school and in the community.

AB56-SA3,49,18 (c) A grant to the Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc., to support staff, training, and expenses related to operating a text-based suicide prevention program.

AB56-SA3,1427 Section 1427. 115.362 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,49,21 115.362 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56-SA3,1428 Section 1428. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,2 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m., 2n., or 2p 2q. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

AB56-SA3,1429 Section 1429. 115.364 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,9 115.364 (1) (a) “Eligible independent charter school” is a school under contract with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x) that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1430 Section 1430. 115.364 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,16 115.364 (1) (am) “Eligible private school” means a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB56-SA3,1431 Section 1431. 115.364 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,50,22 115.364 (1) (b) “Eligible school district” is a school district that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.