AB56: Bill Text

AB56,1451 Section 1451 . 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,817,7 115.436 (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:

AB56,1452 Section 1452 . 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,817,10 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745.

AB56,1453 Section 1453 . 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1454 Section 1454 . 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,817,16 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school year years, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $400 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

AB56,1455 Section 1455 . 115.436 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,817,20 115.436 (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:

AB56,817,22 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.

AB56,817,24 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.

AB56,1456 Section 1456 . 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,818,6 115.436 (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.

AB56,1457 Section 1457 . 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,818,13 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in In the 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 school year years, 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 requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

AB56,1458 Section 1458 . 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,818,18 115.436 (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.

AB56,1459 Section 1459. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,819,2 115.437 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, and by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, and by $630 in each school year thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB56,1460 Section 1460. 115.438 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB56,1461 Section 1461 . 115.438 (1) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 115.438 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56,819,9 115.438 (1) (intro.) In this section: (b) “Personal, “personal electronic computing device” means an electronic computing device that satisfies all of the following criteria:

AB56,1462 Section 1462 . 115.438 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1463 Section 1463 . 115.438 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 115.438 (1) (a) to (c).

AB56,1464 Section 1464 . 115.438 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,819,16 115.438 (4) (a) 1. For a school district, the number of 9th grade pupils included in the school district's membership enrolled, as defined in s. 121.004 (7), in the previous current school year.

AB56,1465 Section 1465. 115.446 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,819,22 115.446 After-school and out-of-school-time programs; grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to support high-quality after-school programs and out-of-school-time programs to organizations that provide services to school-age children. The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56,1466 Section 1466. 115.447 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,819,24 115.447 (title) Summer school programs; grants; urban school districts .

AB56,1467 Section 1467 . 115.447 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,820,2 115.447 (1) In this section, “ eligible “urban school district” means a 1st class city school district has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56,1468 Section 1468 . 115.447 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,820,6 115.447 (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:

AB56,1469 Section 1469 . 115.447 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,820,12 115.447 (2m) Beginning in the 2019-20 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.

AB56,1470 Section 1470 . 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,820,15 115.448 Early childhood education grants; urban school districts. (1) In this section:

AB56,820,19 (a) “Early childhood education program” means a program provided by an urban school district to enhance learning opportunities for young children residing in the urban school district and to prepare those children for entry into the elementary grades.

AB56,820,22 (b) “Eligible child” means a child who resides in an urban school district that provides an early childhood education program and who meets any of the following criteria:

AB56,820,24 1. The child is 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the child proposes to attend the early childhood education program.

AB56,821,5 2. The child is less than 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the child proposes to attend the early childhood education program, and the child is eligible to attend the early childhood education program under procedures, conditions, and standards the school board of the urban school district prescribes for early admission to the early childhood education program.

AB56,821,6 (c) “Urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56,821,9 (2) An urban school district may annually submit to the department a statement that the urban school district is interested in receiving a grant award under this section.

AB56,821,13 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm), beginning in the 2020-21 school year, the department shall annually award a grant in an amount determined under sub. (4) to an urban school district under sub. (2) that provides, or that will use the grant award to implement, an early childhood education program.

AB56,821,21 (4) Subject to sub. (6), the department shall award a grant under sub. (3) to an urban school district in the amount of $1,000 per eligible child who, in the current school year, attends the urban school district's early childhood education program. The urban school district shall report to the department the number of eligible children attending the urban school district's early childhood education program on the 3rd Friday of September in the current school year, and the department shall calculate the amount of the urban school district's grant award based on the attendance on that date.

AB56,822,3 (5) An urban school district that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant moneys to develop, implement, and administer a new or expanded early childhood education program, and the urban school district shall ensure that its early childhood education program meets the licensing requirements for child care centers established by the department of children and families, including staff to child ratios, required for participation in the quality rating system under s. 49.155 (6) (e).

AB56,822,7 (6) (a) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (4) to all urban school districts entitled to receive grants under this section, the department shall prorate the payments among those urban school districts.

AB56,822,12 (b) If, after the department makes the payments to urban school districts required under sub. (4), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) for the fiscal year, the department may distribute the balance of the funds remaining in that appropriation account to any of those urban school districts in amounts determined by the department.

AB56,1471 Section 1471. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,822,15 115.449 Community engagement grants; urban school districts. (1) In this section, “urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56,822,17 (2) Annually, the department shall award a grant to each urban school district to support projects that satisfy the following criteria:

AB56,822,18 (a) The project includes collaboration with at least one of the following:

AB56,822,19 1. A nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181.

AB56,822,20 2. A cooperative educational service agency.

AB56,822,21 3. An institution within the University of Wisconsin System.

AB56,822,22 4. A technical college district board.

AB56,822,23 5. Any local unit of government.

AB56,822,25 (b) The project makes additional resources or services available to pupils and their families.

AB56,823,3 (c) The goal of the project is to improve the academic achievement of pupils, the well-being of pupils and their families, or relationships between pupils, school staff, and the community.

AB56,823,6 (3) In each school year, the amount of a grant under sub. (2) is the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dh) in that school year divided by the total number of urban school districts in that school year.

AB56,823,8 (4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56,1472 Section 1472. 115.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,823,10 115.45 (title) Robotics league participation grants pilot program.

AB56,1473 Section 1473. 115.45 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,823,19 115.45 (2) (a) Annually, the department shall notify school boards, operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), governing bodies of private schools, and administrators of home-based private educational programs that applications for grants under this section to participate in one or more robotics competitions will be accepted from eligible teams through a date set forth in the notice. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, an applicant eligible team shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant eligible team will provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount awarded under this section.

AB56,1474 Section 1474. 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,823,25 115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award a grant of up to $5,000 grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department may not award more than $5,000 to an eligible team in a school year.

AB56,1475 Section 1475. 115.455 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1476 Section 1476 . 115.745 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56,824,7 115.745 (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:

AB56,824,9 (a) A grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.

AB56,1477 Section 1477 . 115.745 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,824,14 115.745 (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.

AB56,1478 Section 1478. 115.745 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (2) (a).

AB56,1479 Section 1479. 115.745 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,824,19 115.745 (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.

AB56,1480 Section 1480 . 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,824,24 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), “local educational agency" means the school district that the child is attending.

AB56,1481 Section 1481 . 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,825,7 115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child's individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the child and shall pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child resides if required by the placement.

AB56,1482 Section 1482 . 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (an).

AB56,1483 Section 1483 . 115.7915 (1) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,11 115.7915 (1) (ac) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (ab).

AB56,1484 Section 1484 . 115.7915 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,15 115.7915 (1) (ag) “Disqualified organization" means an accrediting organization that is not an accrediting entity or a member of or otherwise sanctioned by an accrediting entity.

AB56,1485 Section 1485 . 115.7915 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,17 115.7915 (1) (ar) “Preaccreditation" has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (c).

AB56,1486 Section 1486 . 115.7915 (1) (aw) of the statutes is created to read: