Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,932,16 115.364 (2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 2021-22 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall do all of the following: 1. Subject, subject to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible reimburse a school district board, the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or the governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the school district increased its expenditures made by the school board, operator, or governing body in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers pupil services professionals.

AB68-SSA1,1962 Section 1962. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1963 Section 1963. 115.364 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (2) (b) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,932,25 115.364 (2) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools boards, operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), and governing bodies of private schools participating in programs under ss. 118.60 and 119.23 that are eligible for the aid.

AB68-SSA1,1964 Section 1964. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1965 Section 1965. 115.367 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,933,10 115.367 (1) Grant program. The department shall establish and administer a competitive program to award grants to school boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health agencies mental health providers to provide mental health services to pupils. School boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) may apply for a grant under this section individually or as a consortium of school boards, charter schools, or both. For purposes of this subsection, a “consortium of school boards” includes a cooperative educational service agency.

AB68-SSA1,1966 Section 1966 . 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,933,15 115.436 (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-SSA1,1967 Section 1967 . 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,933,18 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745.

AB68-SSA1,1968 Section 1968 . 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1969 Section 1969 . 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,933,25 115.436 (3) (a) 1. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) 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-SSA1,1970 Section 1970. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,934,5 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from the appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) 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-SSA1,1971 Section 1971 . 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,934,13 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r), 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-SSA1,1972 Section 1972 . 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,934,18 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am), and (ap), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1973 Section 1973. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,934,21 115.437 (1) (intro.) In this section, “number:

AB68-SSA1,934,24 (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-SSA1,1974 Section 1974. 115.437 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,935,3 115.437 (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-SSA1,1975 Section 1975. 115.437 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,935,7 115.437 (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-SSA1,1976 Section 1976. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,935,12 115.437 (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-SSA1,935,17 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-SSA1,935,19 (c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB68-SSA1,1977 Section 1977. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,935,24 115.437 (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-SSA1,1978 Section 1978. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1979 Section 1979. 115.439 of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1980 Section 1980. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,936,7 115.449 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-SSA1,936,12 (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-SSA1,936,14 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB68-SSA1,1981 Section 1981. 115.453 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,936,19 115.453 Licenses to teach computer science; grant program. (1) In this section, “eligible employee” means a school district employee who holds a license or permit to teach issued by the department that does not authorize the employee to teach computer science.

AB68-SSA1,936,23 (2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts to provide assistance to eligible employees for the purpose of obtaining a license or permit that authorizes the eligible employee to teach computer science.

AB68-SSA1,936,25 (3) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department shall give priority to applications submitted by a school district that satisfies any of the following criteria:

AB68-SSA1,937,2 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB68-SSA1,937,4 (b) At least 40 percent of the school district's membership identifies as a minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).

AB68-SSA1,937,6 (4) The department may promulgate rules to establish and administer the program under this section

AB68-SSA1,1982 Section 1982. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,937,10 115.457 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-SSA1,937,13 (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-SSA1,937,15 (3) The department, in consultation with the office of environmental justice, may promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB68-SSA1,1983 Section 1983. 115.76 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,937,22 115.76 (10) “Local educational agency", except as otherwise provided, means the school district in which the child with a disability resides, the department of health services if the child with a disability resides in an institution or facility operated by the department of health services, or the department of corrections if the child with a disability resides in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19) (10p), or a Type 1 prison, as defined in s. 301.01 (5).

AB68-SSA1,1984 Section 1984 . 115.76 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,937,24 115.76 (12) (a) 1. A biological natural parent.

AB68-SSA1,1985 Section 1985 . 115.76 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1986 Section 1986. 115.76 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1987 Section 1987 . 115.76 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,938,9 115.76 (13) “Person acting as a parent of a child" means a relative of the child or a private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child's biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child's grandparent, neighbor, friend or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit approval of the child's biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian. “Person acting as a parent of a child" does not include any person that receives public funds to care for the child if such funds exceed the cost of such care.

AB68-SSA1,1988 Section 1988 . 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,938,14 115.77 (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.

AB68-SSA1,1989 Section 1989. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,938,22 115.79 (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.

AB68-SSA1,1990 Section 1990. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,939,3 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the 2021-22 school year.

AB68-SSA1,1991 Section 1991. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,939,8 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (2m), provide to a child with a disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply:

AB68-SSA1,1992 Section 1992. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,939,12 115.7915 (2) (b) The governing body of the eligible school notified the department of its intent to participate in the program under this section as provided under sub. (3) (a).

AB68-SSA1,1993 Section 1993 . 115.7915 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,939,17 115.7915 (2) (cm) For an eligible school that begins participating in the program under this section in the 2022-23 school year or any school year thereafter, the eligible school also participates in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.

AB68-SSA1,1994 Section 1994. 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,940,2 115.7915 (2) (f) The child's parent or guardian on behalf of the child, or, for a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated incompetent, the child, submitted an application for a scholarship under this section as provided under sub. (3) (am) and on a form prepared by the department that includes the document developed by the department under sub. (4) to the eligible school that the child will attend. A child's parent or guardian or a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 may apply for a scholarship at any time during a school year and, subject to sub. (3) (b), a child may begin attending an eligible school under this section at any time during the school year.

AB68-SSA1,1995 Section 1995. 115.7915 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1996 Section 1996 . 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,940,9 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2024, all of the eligible school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the department, except that a teacher employed by the eligible school who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.

AB68-SSA1,940,18 2. Any teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2024, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2024, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2024, applies to the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 1. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this subdivision, including the form of the application and the process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The application form shall require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the requirements under subd. 1. No waiver granted under this subdivision is valid after July 1, 2029.

AB68-SSA1,1997 Section 1997. 115.7915 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,940,22 115.7915 (2m) Program cap. Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, the total number of children who may attend eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section during a school year may not exceed the program cap.

AB68-SSA1,1998 Section 1998. 115.7915 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,940,25 115.7915 (3) (title) Participating schools; selection of pupils application process; waiting list.

AB68-SSA1,1999 Section 1999. 115.7915 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,941,7 115.7915 (3) (a) The governing body of an eligible school that intends to participate in the program under this section shall notify the department of its intent by the first Monday in March of the previous school year. The governing body of the eligible school shall include in the notice under this paragraph the number of spaces the eligible school has available for children receiving a scholarship under this section.

AB68-SSA1,2000 Section 2000. 115.7915 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,941,12 115.7915 (3) (am) The governing body of an eligible school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under par. (a) may accept applications for scholarships under sub. (2) (f) for the following school year between the first weekday in April and the first Thursday in June.

AB68-SSA1,2001 Section 2001. 115.7915 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2002 Section 2002. 115.7915 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,942,2 115.7915 (3) (bm) Upon receipt of an application for a scholarship under sub. (2) (f) par. (am), the governing body of the eligible school shall determine whether the application satisfies the requirements under sub. (2), other than the requirement under sub. (2) (d), and shall request verification from the local education agency that developed the child's individualized education program or services plan that the child has an individualized education program or services plan in place that meets the requirement in sub. (2) (d). The governing body of the eligible school shall also notify the child's resident school board that, pending verification that the requirements of sub. (2) have been satisfied and subject to par. (d), the child will be awarded a scholarship under this section. The local education agency shall, within 5 business days of receiving a request under this paragraph, provide the governing body of the eligible school with a copy of the child's individualized education program or services plan.

AB68-SSA1,2003 Section 2003. 115.7915 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,942,13 115.7915 (3) (c) The By the 3rd Thursday in June immediately following the application period under par. (am), the governing body of a private an eligible school participating in the program under this section that received applications for scholarships under par. (am) shall notify report to the department when it verifies that a child has the names of children who applied under par. (am) to attend the eligible school for whom the governing body has received verification under par. (bm) that an individualized education program or services plan is in effect and accepts the child's application to attend the private school under a scholarship awarded under this section the names of those applicants who have siblings who are already attending the eligible school.