Amendment AA1-AB1

AB1-AA1,2,24 10. Page 27, line 10: delete lines 10 to 20.

AB1-AA1,3,1 11. Page 44, line 20: before “or other" insert “tribal government, tribal entity,".

AB1-AA1,3,2 12. Page 45, line 5: after “with any" insert “applicable".

AB1-AA1,3,3 13. Page 49, line 13: delete “Reimbursement" and substitute “ Payment".

AB1-AA1,3,5 14. Page 49, line 17: after “reimbursement" insert “or a supplemental payment".

AB1-AA1,3,7 15. Page 49, line 18: delete “any outpatient service if" and substitute “providing any outpatient service when".

AB1-AA1,3,9 16. Page 50, line 10: after “reimbursement" insert “or a supplemental payment".

AB1-AA1,3,11 17. Page 54, line 22: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 55, line 3, and substitute:

AB1-AA1,3,12 “(2) School board requirements; school closure to in-person instruction.

AB1-AA1,3,14 (a) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph and ending on June 30, 2022, a school board may not do any of the following:

AB1-AA1,3,16 1. Close a school building to in-person instruction for a period that exceeds 14 consecutive days.

AB1-AA1,3,18 2. Close a school building to in-person instruction for a grade level for a period that exceeds 14 consecutive days.

AB1-AA1,3,21 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a school board may extend an action described in par. (a) 1. or 2. by two-thirds vote of the members of the school board. Each extension under this paragraph may be for no more than 14 consecutive days.

AB1-AA1,4,3 (c) For purposes of par. (a), a school building is considered to be closed to in-person instruction if a school building is open for in-person instruction to only pupils receiving special education or related services.

AB1-AA1,4,5 (d) This subsection does not apply to a virtual charter school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16).”.

AB1-AA1,4,11 18. Page 55, line 22: delete “instruction." and substitute “instruction, including whether the school board contracted with an experienced virtual instruction provider to provide all or part of the virtual instruction implemented in the school district during the semester. In this subdivision, an “experienced virtual instruction provider” means a private entity that has provided virtual instruction to pupils for no less than 12 months.”.

AB1-AA1,4,13 19. Page 56, line 15: delete “2021-22 school year; exception." and substitute “Exceptions.

AB1-AA1,4,14 1.".

AB1-AA1,4,15 20. Page 56, line 17: after that line insert:

AB1-AA1,4,18 “2. A school board is not required to include information related to virtual instruction provided by a virtual charter school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), in a report required under par. (b).”.

AB1-AA1,4,19 21. Page 57, line 22: after that line insert:

AB1-AA1,4,20 “(5) Short-term substitute teacher; exception to license requirement.

AB1-AA1,4,21 (a) In this subsection:

AB1-AA1,4,22 1. “Department” means the department of public instruction.

AB1-AA1,4,24 2. “Short-term substitute teacher” means a substitute teacher who teaches for no more than 45 consecutive days in the same teaching assignment.

AB1-AA1,5,6 (b) Until the conclusion of a national emergency declared by the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus or until June 30, 2022, whichever is earlier, notwithstanding ss. 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a) 1., and except as provided in par. (d), an individual may teach in a public school as a short-term substitute teacher without a license or permit issued by the department if the individual satisfies all of the following:

AB1-AA1,5,9 1. The individual has submitted to the department a complete application for a license under PI 34.032, Wis. Admin. Code, and the department has not made a decision on the application.

AB1-AA1,5,12 2. The department conducts a background investigation of the individual, and the results of the background investigation would not make the individual ineligible for a teaching license under s. 118.19 (4) or (10).

AB1-AA1,5,19 (c) Until the conclusion of a national emergency declared by the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus or until June 30, 2022, whichever is earlier, upon receiving a complete application for a license under PI 34.032, Wis. Admin. Code, the department shall conduct a background investigation on the applicant for the license, as soon as practicable, and notify the applicant, in writing, of whether or not the results of the background investigation make the individual ineligible for a teaching license under s. 118.19 (4) or (10).

AB1-AA1,5,23 (d) An individual may not continue to teach as a short-term substitute teacher without a license issued by the department if, after reviewing the individual's complete application for a license under PI 34.032, Wis. Admin. Code, the department decides not to issue the license to the individual.”.

AB1-AA1,6,1 22. Page 58, line 2: delete “April" and substitute “January".

AB1-AA1,6,2 (End)