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AB56,816,1615 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:
AB56,816,1817 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).
AB56,816,1919 b. The school is located in an urban school district.
AB56,1450 20Section 1450 . 115.42 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,817,221 115.42 (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.
AB56,1451 3Section 1451 . 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,817,74 115.436 (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:
AB56,1452 8Section 1452 . 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,817,109 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was
10greater than 745.
AB56,1453 11Section 1453 . 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1454 12Section 1454 . 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,817,1613 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.
AB56,1455 17Section 1455 . 115.436 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,817,2018 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:
AB56,817,2221 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.
AB56,817,2423 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.
AB56,1456 25Section 1456 . 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
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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.
AB56,1457 7Section 1457 . 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,818,138 115.436 (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.
AB56,1458 14Section 1458 . 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,818,1815 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.
AB56,1459 19Section 1459. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,819,220 115.437 (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).
AB56,1460 3Section 1460. 115.438 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act ....
4(this act), is repealed.
AB56,1461 5Section 1461 . 115.438 (1) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) of the statutes are
6consolidated, renumbered 115.438 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB56,819,97 115.438 (1) (intro.) In this section: (b) “Personal, “personal electronic
8computing device” means an electronic computing device that satisfies all of the
9following criteria:
AB56,1462 10Section 1462 . 115.438 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1463 11Section 1463 . 115.438 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 115.438
12(1) (a) to (c).
AB56,1464 13Section 1464 . 115.438 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,819,1614 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.
AB56,1465 17Section 1465. 115.446 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,819,22 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.
AB56,1466 23Section 1466. 115.447 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,819,24 24115.447 (title) Summer school programs; grants; urban school districts .
AB56,1467 25Section 1467 . 115.447 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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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).
AB56,1468 3Section 1468 . 115.447 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,820,64 115.447 (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:
AB56,1469 7Section 1469 . 115.447 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,820,128 115.447 (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.
AB56,1470 13Section 1470 . 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,820,15 14115.448 Early childhood education grants; urban school districts. (1)
15In this section:
AB56,820,1916 (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.
AB56,820,2220 (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:
AB56,820,2423 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.
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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.
AB56,821,66 (c) “Urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).
AB56,821,9 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.
AB56,821,13 10(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm), beginning in the 2020-21
11school year, the department shall annually award a grant in an amount determined
12under sub. (4) to an urban school district under sub. (2) that provides, or that will use
13the grant award to implement, an early childhood education program.
AB56,821,21 14(4) Subject to sub. (6), the department shall award a grant under sub. (3) to an
15urban school district in the amount of $1,000 per eligible child who, in the current
16school year, attends the urban school district's early childhood education program.
17The urban school district shall report to the department the number of eligible
18children attending the urban school district's early childhood education program on
19the 3rd Friday of September in the current school year, and the department shall
20calculate the amount of the urban school district's grant award based on the
21attendance on that date.
AB56,822,3 22(5) An urban school district that receives a grant under this section shall use
23the grant moneys to develop, implement, and administer a new or expanded early
24childhood education program, and the urban school district shall ensure that its
25early childhood education program meets the licensing requirements for child care

1centers established by the department of children and families, including staff to
2child ratios, required for participation in the quality rating system under s. 49.155
3(6) (e).
AB56,822,7 4(6) (a) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) in any fiscal year is
5insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (4) to all urban school districts entitled
6to receive grants under this section, the department shall prorate the payments
7among those urban school districts.
AB56,822,128 (b) If, after the department makes the payments to urban school districts
9required under sub. (4), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255
10(2) (dm) for the fiscal year, the department may distribute the balance of the funds
11remaining in that appropriation account to any of those urban school districts in
12amounts determined by the department.
AB56,1471 13Section 1471. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,822,15 14115.449 Community engagement grants; urban school districts. (1) In
15this section, “urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).
AB56,822,17 16(2) Annually, the department shall award a grant to each urban school district
17to support projects that satisfy the following criteria:
AB56,822,1818 (a) The project includes collaboration with at least one of the following:
AB56,822,1919 1. A nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181.
AB56,822,2020 2. A cooperative educational service agency.
AB56,822,2121 3. An institution within the University of Wisconsin System.
AB56,822,2222 4. A technical college district board.
AB56,822,2323 5. Any local unit of government.
AB56,822,2524 (b) The project makes additional resources or services available to pupils and
25their families.
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1(c) The goal of the project is to improve the academic achievement of pupils, the
2well-being of pupils and their families, or relationships between pupils, school staff,
3and the community.
AB56,823,6 4(3) In each school year, the amount of a grant under sub. (2) is the amount
5appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dh) in that school year divided by the total number
6of urban school districts in that school year.
AB56,823,8 7(4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
8section.
AB56,1472 9Section 1472. 115.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,823,10 10115.45 (title) Robotics league participation grants pilot program.
AB56,1473 11Section 1473. 115.45 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,823,1912 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.
AB56,1474 20Section 1474. 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,823,2521 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.
AB56,1475
1Section 1475. 115.455 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1476 2Section 1476 . 115.745 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (1) (intro.) and
3amended to read:
AB56,824,74 115.745 (1) (intro.) A school board, a cooperative educational service agency,
5or an agency determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation
6under 42 USC 9836 as a head start agency, in conjunction with a tribal education
7authority, may apply to the department for a any of the following grants:
AB56,824,9 8(a) A grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one
9or more American Indian languages.
AB56,1477 10Section 1477 . 115.745 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,824,1411 115.745 (1) (b) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, a 2-year grant to develop,
12implement, and provide American Indian heritage, language, and cultural
13instruction programs for children participating in head start programs and for
14pupils in grades kindergarten to 2.
AB56,1478 15Section 1478. 115.745 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (2) (a).
AB56,1479 16Section 1479. 115.745 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,824,1917 115.745 (2) (b) The department may contract with and, from the appropriation
18under s. 20.255 (1) (kt), pay the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., to implement
19and administer the grant programs under this section.
AB56,1480 20Section 1480 . 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,824,2421 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child
22with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under
23s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), “local educational agency" means the school
24district that the child is attending.
AB56,1481 25Section 1481 . 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child's
2individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child
3with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under
4s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that
5the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the child and shall
6pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child resides if required
7by the placement.
AB56,1482 8Section 1482 . 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (an).
AB56,1483 9Section 1483 . 115.7915 (1) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,825,1110 115.7915 (1) (ac) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1)
11(ab).
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