Amendment AA3-ASA2-AB68

AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,2 115.436 (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:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,343m Section 343m. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,5 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745 but not more than 1,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,344m Section 344m. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,345m Section 345m. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,12 115.436 (3) (a) 1. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, 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 under sub. (2) (a) $400 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,346m Section 346m. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,17 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, 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 under sub. (2) (b) $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,347m Section 347m. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,24 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from 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) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) 1. or 2. in the previous school year.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,2 40. Page 336, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 337, line 8, and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,4 “ Section 348b. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,5 115.437 (1) (intro.) In this section, “number:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,8 (c) “Number of pupils enrolled" has the meaning given in s. 121.90 (1) (intro.) and includes 40 percent of the summer enrollment. “Number of pupils enrolled" does not include pupils described in the exception under s. 121.90 (1) (f) (g).

AB68-ASA2-AA3,348c Section 348c. 115.437 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,12 115.437 (1) (a) “Economically disadvantaged pupil” means a pupil that satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as determined by the department.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,348d Section 348d. 115.437 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,16 115.437 (1) (d) “Rate of economically disadvantaged pupils” means the number of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in a school district divided by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,349b Section 349b. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,21 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), annually Annually, on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the sum of all of the following:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,2 1. 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, by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, by $679 and $63 $750 in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,4 (c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB68-ASA2-AA3,349e Section 349e. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,9 115.437 (2) (a) 2. In the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter, the number of pupils enrolled in a school district multiplied by the school district's rate of economically disadvantaged pupils in the previous school year multiplied by $75.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,10 41. Page 337, line 10: delete that line and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,11 “ Section 351z. 115.439 of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,12 42. Page 337, line 10: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,13 “ Section 351a. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,18 115.449 Out-of-school time programs; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to school boards and organizations to support high-quality after-school programs and other out-of-school time programs that provide services to school-age children.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,23 (2) The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount of not less than $80,000 and not more than $145,000 per school year and may award the grant for up to 5 school years. In each school year, the department shall award not less than 30 percent of all grant moneys to out-of-school time programs that serve pupils in the elementary grades.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,2 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351c Section 351c. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,6 115.457 Energy efficiency projects; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts for energy efficiency projects in school buildings.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,9 (2) In awarding grants under this section for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the department shall give preference to projects that relate to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,10 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351dg Section 351dg. 115.882 of the statutes is renumbered 115.882 (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,18 115.882 Payment of state aid; reimbursement rate. (intro.) Funds appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4). Costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under ss. 115.88 (1m) to (3), (6) and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a rate set to distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs, not to exceed 100 percent. the following rates:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351dp Section 351dp. 115.882 (1) and (2) of the statutes are created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,20 115.882 (1) In the 2021-22 school year, 45 percent of eligible costs.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,22 (2) In the 2022-23 school year and in each school year thereafter, 50 percent of eligible costs.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351eg Section 351eg. 115.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,6 115.95 (2) It is the policy of this state to provide equal educational opportunities by ensuring that necessary programs are available for limited-English proficient pupils while allowing each school district and charter school under s. 118.740 (2r) and (2x) maximum flexibility in establishing programs suited to its particular needs. To this end, this subchapter provides support for educating limited-English proficient pupils and establishes bilingual-bicultural education programs for pupils in school districts with specified concentrations of limited-English proficient pupils in the attendance areas of particular schools.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351ep Section 351ep. 115.95 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,12 115.95 (3) It is the policy of this state to reimburse school districts, in substantial part, for the added costs of providing the programs established under this subchapter and to provide support to school districts and charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the added costs of educating limited-English proficient pupils.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351f Section 351f. 115.958 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,18 115.958 Capacity-building grants for licensed educators. (1) A school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may apply to the department for a grant for the school district or charter school to provide support and financial assistance to its staff and teachers in obtaining licensure or certification as bilingual teachers and teachers of English as a 2nd language.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,22 (2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ch), the department may award grants under sub. (1) to school districts and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) in amounts determined by the department.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,24 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351g Section 351g. 115.96 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,22,1 115.96 (title) Establishment Pupil counts; establishment of programs.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351k Section 351k. 115.96 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,22,10 115.96 (1) Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before March 1, each a school board and the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in the public schools of the district or in the charter school, assess the language proficiency of such the pupils , and classify such the pupils by language group, grade level, age, and English language proficiency. A school board or operator is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count under this subsection.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351hg Section 351hg. 115.97 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,22,24 115.97 (1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools in its bilingual-bicultural education program. The school board shall be eligible for state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4). A pupil shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a program.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351hp Section 351hp. 115.97 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,4 115.97 (6) A school board that is required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351i Section 351i. 115.977 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,11 115.977 (2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational service agency. If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades 4 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jb Section 351jb. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,14 115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and pupil counts.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jc Section 351jc. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,25 115.993 (1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school year in bilingual-bicultural education programs, an itemized statement on oath of all disbursements on account of a summary of the costs incurred to operate the bilingual-bicultural education program operated during the previous school year, and a copy of the estimated budget for that operating the bilingual-bicultural education program for the current school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jf Section 351jf. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,24,6 115.993 (2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the classification of those pupils by language group.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jm Section 351jm. 115.993 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,24,10 115.993 (3) A school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator submits the reports required under this section.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lb Section 351Lb. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (1m) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,24,18 115.995 (1m) (intro.) Upon Subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3), upon receipt of the report reports under s. 115.993, if the state superintendent is satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter (1) and (2), the state superintendent shall do all of, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay the following amounts:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Ld Section 351Ld. 115.995 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 115.995 (1m) (a) 1. and 2. and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,2 115.995 (1m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide Dividing proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993, 2019 stats., an annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid paid under this subsection subdivision does not reduce aid paid under sub. (2) subd. 2.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,11 2. Certify Certifying to the department of administration in favor of the school district board a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on limited-English proficient pupils by the school district board during the preceding year for salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to bilingual-bicultural education programs under this subchapter, special books and equipment used in the bilingual-bicultural education programs, and other expenses approved by the state superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school year less $250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lf Section 351Lf. 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,15 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) In the 2021-22 school year, to a school board that was required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97 for the previous school year, the amounts determined by doing all of the following:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lg Section 351Lg. 115.995 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,19 115.995 (1m) (b) Subject to sub. (3), beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), an amount calculated as follows:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,22 1. If, in the previous school year, there was at least one limited-English proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school, $10,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,2 2. If, in the previous school year, there were more than 20 limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school, subtract 20 from the total number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,3 3. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. by $500.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,4 4. Add the product determined under subd. 3. to the amount under subd. 1.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lk Section 351Lk. 115.995 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,10 115.995 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (1m) (b), if a school board received a payment under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2021-22 school year, the state superintendent shall, subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3) and upon receipt of the reports under s. 115.993 (1) and (2), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay to the school board the following amounts:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,12 (a) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2022-23 school year, the greater of the following amounts:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,13 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2022-23 school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,15 2. An amount equal to the payment the school board received under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2020-21 school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,17 (b) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2023-24 school year, the greater of the following amounts:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,18 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2023-24 school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,19 2. An amount calculated as follows:

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,21 a. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from the amount the school board received under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2020-21 school year.

AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,22 b. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. a. by 0.5.