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AB56-SA3,51,2217 115.364 (2) (a) 3. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
18(da), pay to an eligible private school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount
19by which the private school increased it expenditures in the preceding school year
20to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals over the amount
21it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to
22employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.
AB56-SA3,1436 23Section 1436. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,52,924 115.364 (2) (b) 2. a. Subject to subd. 2. b., if, after making the payments
25required under par. (a), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255

1(2) (da), the state superintendent shall reimburse eligible school districts, private
2schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, and
3independent charter schools under contract with one of the entities under s. 118.40
4(2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x)
for an amount equal to
5expenditures made by the school district, private school, or independent charter
6school in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil
7services professionals
less the any amount of increased expenditures for which the
8school district, private school, or independent charter school was reimbursed under
9par. (a).
AB56-SA3,1437 10Section 1437. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,52,1411 115.364 (2) (b) 2. b. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal
12year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subd. 2. a., the state
13superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private
14schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.
AB56-SA3,1438 15Section 1438. 115.385 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA3,1439 16Section 1439. 115.385 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,53,217 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each
18private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
19shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of
20each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously
21provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the
22educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school
23district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice
24program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in
25a nonresident school district, the early college credit program programs under ss.

136.25 (56) and 38.12 (15)
, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private
2educational program.
AB56-SA3,1440 3Section 1440. 115.387 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act ....
4(this act), is repealed.
AB56-SA3,1441 5Section 1441. 115.387 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,53,86 115.387 (1) (d) 1. For purposes of a public school that is under the control of a
7school board, “number of pupils enrolled” has the meaning given for “pupils enrolled”
8in s. 115.437 (1) 121.004 (7).
AB56-SA3,1442 9Section 1442. 115.417 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,53,11 10115.417 Minority teacher grant program. (1) In this section, “minority”
11means an individual who is any of the following:
AB56-SA3,53,1212 (a) A Black American.
AB56-SA3,53,1313 (b) An American Indian.
AB56-SA3,53,1414 (c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).
AB56-SA3,53,1715 (d) A person admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, who is
16either a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a
17citizen of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia.
AB56-SA3,53,21 18(2) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, from the appropriation under s.
1920.255 (2) (ej), the department shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to school
20districts to recruit minorities to teach in the school district. The department shall
21do all of the following in awarding grants under this subsection:
AB56-SA3,53,2322 (a) Award 50 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ej) to a
231st class city school district.
AB56-SA3,53,2524 (b) Award 50 percent to school districts that are not a 1st class city school
25district.
AB56-SA3,54,3
1(c) Give preference in awarding funding under par. (b) to school districts that
2have a high percentage of pupils who are minorities, as defined by the department
3by rule.
AB56-SA3,54,5 4(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
5section.
AB56-SA3,1443 6Section 1443. 115.42 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (1m), and 115.42
7(1m) (a) 1., as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,54,108 115.42 (1m) (a) 1. The person is certified by the National Board for Professional
9Teaching Standards or licensed by the department as a master educator under s. PI
1034.19 34.042, Wis. Adm. Code.
AB56-SA3,1444 11Section 1444. 115.42 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,54,1212 115.42 (1c) In this section:
AB56-SA3,54,1313 (a) “Pupils enrolled” has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (7).
AB56-SA3,54,1514 (b) “Urban school district” means a school district that satisfies any of the
15following:
AB56-SA3,54,1716 1. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2018-19 school
17year was at least 18,000.
AB56-SA3,54,1918 2. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the previous school
19year was at least 18,000.
AB56-SA3,1445 20Section 1445. 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,54,2321 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (c), the department shall award
229 grants of $2,500 each to each person who received a grant under sub. (1) (1m) if the
23person satisfies all of the following requirements:
AB56-SA3,1446 24Section 1446. 115.42 (2) (bL) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,55,4
1115.42 (2) (bL) The department shall award the grants under this subsection
2annually, one grant in each of the school years following the school year in which the
3grant under sub. (1) (1m) was awarded and in which the person satisfies the
4requirements under par. (a).
AB56-SA3,1447 5Section 1447. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (2) (c) 1.
6(intro.) and amended to read:
AB56-SA3,55,97 115.42 (2) (c) 1. (intro.) The amount of each a grant under par. (a) shall be
8$5,000
is $10,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school
9in which at that satisfies all of the following:
AB56-SA3,55,11 10a. At least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled at the school satisfy the income
11eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB56-SA3,1448 12Section 1448. 115.42 (2) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,55,1313 115.42 (2) (c) 1. b. The school is not located in an urban school district.
AB56-SA3,1449 14Section 1449. 115.42 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,55,1615 115.42 (2) (c) 2. The amount of a grant under par. (a) is $15,000 in any school
16year in which the recipient is employed in a school that satisfies all of the following:
AB56-SA3,55,1817 a. At least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled at the school satisfy the income
18eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB56-SA3,55,1919 b. The school is located in an urban school district.
AB56-SA3,1450 20Section 1450. 115.42 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,56,221 115.42 (2) (d) In any of the 9 school years following the receipt of a grant under
22sub. (1) (1m) in which the grant recipient is evaluated under s. 115.415, if the grant
23recipient is placed in a performance category other than the “effective" or “highly
24effective" performance category in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as

1determined by the department, he or she is not eligible for a grant under this
2subsection in that school year.
AB56-SA3,1451 3Section 1451. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,56,74 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section
5if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school
6district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district
satisfies all one
7of the following criteria:
AB56-SA3,1452 8Section 1452. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,56,109 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was
10greater than 745.
AB56-SA3,1453 11Section 1453. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA3,1454 12Section 1454. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,56,1613 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school year years,
14from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department
15shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $400 multiplied by the
16membership in the previous school year.
AB56-SA3,1455 17Section 1455. 115.436 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,56,2018 115.436 (3) (ac) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation
19under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay all of the
20following:
AB56-SA3,56,2221 1. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a), $400
22multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.
AB56-SA3,56,2423 2. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b), $100
24multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.
AB56-SA3,1456 25Section 1456. 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,57,6
1115.436 (3) (ag) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation
2under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school
3district that received aid under this section in the previous school year but does not
4satisfy the number of pupils per square mile requirement under sub. (2) in the
5current school year 50 percent of the amount the school district received under par.
6(a) or (ac) in the previous school year.
AB56-SA3,1457 7Section 1457. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,57,138 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in In the 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 school
9year years, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall,
10subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in
11the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the
12current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under
13par. (a) in the previous school year.
AB56-SA3,1458 14Section 1458. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,57,1815 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) in any fiscal year
16is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am) (ac), (ag), and (ap), the
17department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid
18under this subsection.
AB56-SA3,1459 19Section 1459. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,58,220 115.437 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of
21March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the
22average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2
23preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the
242014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in
25the 2017-18 school year, and by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, and by $630 in each

1school year thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the
2appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).
AB56-SA3,1460 3Section 1460. 115.438 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act ....
4(this act), is repealed.
AB56-SA3,1461 5Section 1461. 115.438 (1) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) of the statutes are
6consolidated, renumbered 115.438 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB56-SA3,58,97 115.438 (1) (intro.) In this section: (b) “Personal, “personal electronic
8computing device” means an electronic computing device that satisfies all of the
9following criteria:
AB56-SA3,1462 10Section 1462. 115.438 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA3,1463 11Section 1463. 115.438 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 115.438
12(1) (a) to (c).
AB56-SA3,1464 13Section 1464. 115.438 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,58,1614 115.438 (4) (a) 1. For a school district, the number of 9th grade pupils included
15in the school district's membership
enrolled, as defined in s. 121.004 (7), in the
16previous current school year.
AB56-SA3,1465 17Section 1465. 115.446 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,58,22 18115.446 After-school and out-of-school-time programs; grants. From
19the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to
20support high-quality after-school programs and out-of-school-time programs to
21organizations that provide services to school-age children. The department may
22promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
AB56-SA3,1466 23Section 1466. 115.447 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,58,24 24115.447 (title) Summer school programs; grants; urban school districts .
AB56-SA3,1467 25Section 1467. 115.447 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,59,2
1115.447 (1) In this section, “ eligible “urban school district” means a 1st class
2city school district
has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).
AB56-SA3,1468 3Section 1468. 115.447 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,59,64 115.447 (2) (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and in each year
5thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the department shall
6award grants to eligible urban school districts to do any of the following:
AB56-SA3,1469 7Section 1469. 115.447 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,59,128 115.447 (2m) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and in each school year
9thereafter, the department shall allocate in each school year $2,000,000 for grants
10to an urban school district that is a 1st class city school district and shall allocate the
11remaining amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dj) equally among the urban
12school districts that are not 1st class city school districts.
AB56-SA3,1470 13Section 1470. 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,59,15 14115.448 Early childhood education grants; urban school districts. (1)
15In this section:
AB56-SA3,59,1916 (a) “Early childhood education program” means a program provided by an
17urban school district to enhance learning opportunities for young children residing
18in the urban school district and to prepare those children for entry into the
19elementary grades.
AB56-SA3,59,2220 (b) “Eligible child” means a child who resides in an urban school district that
21provides an early childhood education program and who meets any of the following
22criteria:
AB56-SA3,59,2423 1. The child is 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the child proposes
24to attend the early childhood education program.
AB56-SA3,60,5
12. The child is less than 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the
2child proposes to attend the early childhood education program, and the child is
3eligible to attend the early childhood education program under procedures,
4conditions, and standards the school board of the urban school district prescribes for
5early admission to the early childhood education program.
AB56-SA3,60,66 (c) “Urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).
AB56-SA3,60,9 7(2) An urban school district may annually submit to the department a
8statement that the urban school district is interested in receiving a grant award
9under this section.
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