Amendment SSA1-SB821

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SB821-SSA1,39 Section 39. 115.881 (3) of the statutes is repealed.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SB821-SSA1,41 Section 41. 115.884 (2) of the statutes is repealed.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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