Amendment SSA1-SB821

SB821-SSA1,15 Section 15. 115.364 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,9,15 115.364 (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.

SB821-SSA1,16 Section 16. 115.364 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,9,18 115.364 (1) (c) “Pupil services professional" means a school counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.

SB821-SSA1,17 Section 17. 115.364 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,9,25 115.364 (2) (a) 1. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible school district an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the school district increased its expenditures 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.

SB821-SSA1,18 Section 18. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,10,8 115.364 (2) (a) 2. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible independent charter school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the independent charter school increased its expenditures 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.

SB821-SSA1,19 Section 19. 115.364 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,10,15 115.364 (2) (a) 3. Subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible private school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the private school increased it expenditures 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.

SB821-SSA1,20 Section 20. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,11,2 115.364 (2) (b) 2. a. Subject to subd. 2. b., if, after making the payments required under par. (a), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the state superintendent shall reimburse eligible school districts, private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, and independent charter schools under contract with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x) for an amount equal to expenditures made by the school district, private school, or independent charter school in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals less the any amount of increased expenditures for which the school district, private school, or independent charter school was reimbursed under par. (a).

SB821-SSA1,21 Section 21. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,11,7 115.364 (2) (b) 2. b. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subd. 2. a., the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.

SB821-SSA1,22 Section 22 . 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,11,12 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district satisfies all one of the following criteria:

SB821-SSA1,23 Section 23 . 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,11,15 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745.

SB821-SSA1,24 Section 24 . 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB821-SSA1,25 Section 25. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB821-SSA1,26 Section 26 . 115.436 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,11,21 115.436 (3) (ac) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay all of the following:

SB821-SSA1,11,23 1. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a), $400 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

SB821-SSA1,11,25 2. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b), $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

SB821-SSA1,27 Section 27. 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,12,7 115.436 (3) (ag) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous school year but does not satisfy the number of pupils per square mile requirement under sub. (2) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount the school district received under par. (a) or (ac) in the previous school year.

SB821-SSA1,28 Section 28. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

SB821-SSA1,29 Section 29 . 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,12,13 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am) (ac), (ag), and (ap), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

SB821-SSA1,30 Section 30. 115.447 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,12,15 115.447 (title) Summer school programs; grants; urban school districts .

SB821-SSA1,31 Section 31. 115.447 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,12,19 115.447 (1) In this section, “eligible “urban school district” means a 1st class city school district that had a membership, as calculated under s. 121.07 (2), of at least 18,000 pupils in the previous school year.

SB821-SSA1,32 Section 32 . 115.447 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,12,23 115.447 (2) (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and in each year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the department shall award grants to eligible urban school districts to do any of the following:

SB821-SSA1,33 Section 33 . 115.447 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,13,5 115.447 (2m) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall allocate in each school year $2,000,000 for grants to an urban school district that is a 1st class city school district and shall allocate the remaining amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dj) equally among the urban school districts that are not 1st class city school districts.

SB821-SSA1,34 Section 34 . 115.745 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,13,11 115.745 (1) (intro.) A school board, a cooperative educational service agency, or an agency determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation under 42 USC 9836 as a head start agency, in conjunction with a tribal education authority, may apply to the department for a any of the following grants:

SB821-SSA1,13,13 (a) A grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.

SB821-SSA1,35 Section 35 . 115.745 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,13,18 115.745 (1) (b) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, a 2-year grant to develop, implement, and provide American Indian heritage, language, and cultural instruction programs for children participating in head start programs and for pupils in grades kindergarten to 2.

SB821-SSA1,36 Section 36. 115.745 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (2) (a).

SB821-SSA1,37 Section 37. 115.745 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,13,23 115.745 (2) (b) The department may contract with and, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (kt), pay the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., to implement and administer the grant programs under this section.

SB821-SSA1,38 Section 38. 115.881 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,14,4 115.881 (2) For each child whose costs exceeded $30,000 under sub. (1), the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bd), pay an eligible applicant in the current school year an amount equal to 0.90 multiplied by that portion of the cost costs under sub. (1) that exceeded $30,000.

SB821-SSA1,39 Section 39. 115.881 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB821-SSA1,40 Section 40. 115.884 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,14,13 115.884 (1) (intro.) In the 2016-17 2020-21 school year and each school year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bf), the department shall award an incentive grant in the amount of $1,000 per individual determined under sub. (3) to a school district, or to an operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), that applies for a grant under this section and that if the school district or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the individual satisfies all of the following criteria:

SB821-SSA1,41 Section 41. 115.884 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB821-SSA1,42 Section 42. 115.884 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,14,17 115.884 (3) The per individual grant amount under sub. (1) is the lesser of the following:

SB821-SSA1,14,21 (a) In each school year, the amount determined by dividing the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (bf) for that school year by the total number of individuals statewide for whom a grant will be awarded under sub. (1) in that school year.

SB821-SSA1,14,22 (b) $1,500.

SB821-SSA1,43 Section 43. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 83, is amended to read:

SB821-SSA1,15,13 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 115.447, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.

SB821-SSA1,44 Section 44 . 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB821-SSA1,15,15 121.15 (3m) (a) In this subsection:

SB821-SSA1,15,18 1. “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under ss. 79.095 (4) and 79.096, less all of the following:

SB821-SSA1,15,21 a. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another school board.

SB821-SSA1,15,22 b. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

SB821-SSA1,15,23 c. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).

SB821-SSA1,15,24 d. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).

SB821-SSA1,16,3 e. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) multiplied by the sum of the applicable percentages specified in s. 121.08 (4) (b) 1. and 2.

SB821-SSA1,16,5 f. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.

SB821-SSA1,16,12 2. “State school aids" means the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (az), (bb), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es), and the amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), and to make information technology infrastructure grants under s. 16.9945.

SB821-SSA1,16,17 (b) By May 15, 2020, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids equal two-thirds of partial school revenues.

SB821-SSA1,16,20 (c) By June 30, 2020, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year.

SB821-SSA1,45 Section 45 . Fiscal changes.

SB821-SSA1,16,25 (1) General equalization aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $130,000,000 for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,17,4 (2) Aids for special education and school age parents programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $79,100,000 for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,17,8 (3) Additional special education aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (bd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $4,500,000 for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,17,12 (4) Special education transition readiness grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (bg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $1,500,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,17,16 (5) Sparsity aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $10,100,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,17,20 (6) Aid for school mental health programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $19,000,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,17,24 (7) School-based mental health services grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (dt), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $3,750,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,18,4 (8) Summer school grants; urban school districts. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $3,600,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,18,8 (9) Tribal language revitalization grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (km), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $262,200 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB821-SSA1,46 Section 46 . Initial applicability.

SB821-SSA1,18,13 (1) WRS teacher annuitants. The treatment of ss. 40.22 (1), (2m) (intro.), (2r) (intro.), and (3) (intro.) and 40.26 (6) (intro.), (a), and (b) first applies to participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System who terminate employment on the effective date of this subsection.

SB821-SSA1,18,15 (2) High-cost special education aid. The treatment of s. 115.881 (2) and (3) first applies to aid paid in the 2020-21 school year.

SB821-SSA1,18,18 (3) Summer school grants; urban school districts. The treatment of s. 115.447 (2) (intro.) first applies to grants awarded under s. 115.447 (2) in the 2020-21 school year.

SB821-SSA1,47 Section 47 . Effective dates. This act takes effect on July 1, 2020, except as follows:

SB821-SSA1,18,23 (1) WRS teacher annuitants. The treatment of ss. 40.22 (1), (2m) (intro.), (2r) (intro.), and (3) (intro.) and 40.26 (6) (intro.), (a), and (b) and Section 46 (1) of this act take effect on the day after publication.

SB821-SSA1,19,2 (2) General school aids; funding. The treatment of s. 121.15 (3m) takes effect on the day after publication.

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