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AB68-SSA1,2013 7Section 2013 . 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,945,98 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. Sum the amounts calculated under subd. 1. a., bm., d.,
9and dh.
AB68-SSA1,2014 10Section 2014 . 115.7915 (6) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,945,1411 115.7915 (6) (L) Allow a child attending the private school under this section
12to refrain from participating in any religious activity if the child's parent submits to
13the child's teacher or the private school's principal a written request that the child
14be exempt from such activities.
AB68-SSA1,2015 15Section 2015. 115.81 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,945,2416 115.81 (1) (b) “Responsible local educational agency" means the local
17educational agency that was responsible for providing a free, appropriate public
18education to the child before the placement of the child in a residential care center
19for children and youth except that if the child resided in an institution or facility
20operated by the department of health services, a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility,
21as defined in s. 938.02 (19) (10p), or a Type 1 prison, as defined in s. 301.01 (5), before
22the placement of the child in a residential care center for children and youth,
23“responsible local educational agency" means the school district in which the
24residential care center for children and youth is located.
AB68-SSA1,2016
1Section 2016. 115.882 of the statutes is renumbered 115.882 (intro.) and
2amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,946,8 3115.882 Payment of state aid; reimbursement rate. (intro.) Funds
4appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4).

5Costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under
6ss. 115.88 (1m) to (3), (6), and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a
7rate set to distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs,
8not to exceed 100 percent.
the following rates:
AB68-SSA1,2017 9Section 2017. 115.882 (1) and (2) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-SSA1,946,1010 115.882 (1) In the 2021-22 school year, 45 percent of eligible costs.
AB68-SSA1,946,12 11(2) In the 2022-23 school year and in each school year thereafter, 50 percent
12of eligible costs.
AB68-SSA1,2018 13Section 2018. 115.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,946,2114 115.95 (2) It is the policy of this state to provide equal educational
15opportunities by ensuring that necessary programs are available for
16limited-English proficient pupils while allowing each school district and charter
17school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
maximum flexibility in establishing programs
18suited to its particular needs. To this end, this subchapter provides support for
19educating limited-English proficient pupils and
establishes bilingual-bicultural
20education programs for pupils in school districts with specified concentrations of
21limited-English proficient pupils in the attendance areas of particular schools.
AB68-SSA1,2019 22Section 2019. 115.95 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,947,223 115.95 (3) It is the policy of this state to reimburse school districts, in
24substantial part, for the added costs of providing the programs established under
25this subchapter and to provide support to school districts and charter schools under

1s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the added costs of educating limited-English proficient
2pupils
.
AB68-SSA1,2020 3Section 2020. 115.958 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,947,8 4115.958 Capacity-building grants for licensed educators. (1) A school
5board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may
6apply to the department for a grant for the school district or charter school to provide
7support and financial assistance to its staff and teachers in obtaining licensure or
8certification as bilingual teachers and teachers of English as a 2nd language.
AB68-SSA1,947,12 9(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s.
1020.255 (2) (ch), the department may award grants under sub. (1) to school districts
11and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) in amounts determined
12by the department.
AB68-SSA1,947,14 13(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
14section.
AB68-SSA1,2021 15Section 2021. 115.96 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,947,16 16115.96 (title) Establishment Pupil counts; establishment of programs.
AB68-SSA1,2022 17Section 2022. 115.96 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,947,2518 115.96 (1) Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before
19March 1, each a school board and the operator of a charter school established under
20s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in
21the public schools of the district or in the charter school, assess the language
22proficiency of such the pupils , and classify such the pupils by language group, grade
23level, age, and English language proficiency. A school board or operator is eligible
24for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count
25under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,2023
1Section 2023. 115.97 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,948,142 115.97 (1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools
3in its bilingual-bicultural education program. The school board shall be eligible for
4state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served
5from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4).
A pupil
6shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is
7able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education
8program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective.
9Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of
10limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of
11the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate
12in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give
13preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
14program.
AB68-SSA1,2024 15Section 2024. 115.97 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,948,1916 115.97 (6) A school board that is required to establish a bilingual-bicultural
17education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995
18only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the
19bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.
AB68-SSA1,2025 20Section 2025. 115.977 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,949,221 115.977 (2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education
22programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational
23service agency. If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades
244 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a

1contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is
2eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.
AB68-SSA1,2026 3Section 2026. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,949,5 4115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
5pupil counts
.
AB68-SSA1,2027 6Section 2027. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1) and amended
7to read:
AB68-SSA1,949,168 115.993 (1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district
9operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall
10report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both
11limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school
12year in bilingual-bicultural education programs, an itemized statement on oath of
13all disbursements on account of
a summary of the costs incurred to operate the
14bilingual-bicultural education program operated during the previous school year,
15and a copy of the estimated budget for that operating the bilingual-bicultural
16education
program for the current school year.
AB68-SSA1,2028 17Section 2028. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,949,2218 115.993 (2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator
19of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state
20superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
21school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the
22classification of those pupils by language group.
AB68-SSA1,2029 23Section 2029. 115.993 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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1115.993 (3) A school board or the operator of a charter school established under
2s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board
3or operator submits the reports required under this section.
AB68-SSA1,2030 4Section 2030. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (1m)
5(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,950,116 115.995 (1m) (intro.) Upon Subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3),
7upon
receipt of the report reports under s. 115.993, if the state superintendent is
8satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school
9year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter
(1) and (2), the state
10superintendent shall do all of, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay the
11following amounts:
AB68-SSA1,2031 12Section 2031. 115.995 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 115.995 (1m)
13(a) 1. and 2. and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,950,1914 115.995 (1m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide
15Dividing proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993, 2019 stats., an
16annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the
17previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid
18paid under this subsection subdivision does not reduce aid paid under sub. (2) subd.
192
.
AB68-SSA1,951,320 2. Certify Certifying to the department of administration in favor of the school
21district board a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on
22limited-English proficient pupils by the school district board during the preceding
23year for salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to
24bilingual-bicultural education programs under this subchapter, special books and
25equipment used in the bilingual-bicultural education programs, and other expenses

1approved by the state superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by
2dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school
3year less $250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.
AB68-SSA1,2032 4Section 2032. 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,951,75 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) In the 2021-22 school year, to a school board that was
6required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97 for
7the previous school year, the amounts determined by doing all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,2033 8Section 2033. 115.995 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,951,119 115.995 (1m) (b) Subject to sub. (3), beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to
10a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or
11(2x), an amount calculated as follows:
AB68-SSA1,951,1412 1. If, in the previous school year, there was at least one limited-English
13proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
14$10,000.
AB68-SSA1,951,1815 2. If, in the previous school year, there were more than 20 limited-English
16proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
17subtract 20 from the total number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
18school district or attending the charter school.
AB68-SSA1,951,1919 3. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. by $500.
AB68-SSA1,951,2020 4. Add the product determined under subd. 3. to the amount under subd. 1.
AB68-SSA1,2034 21Section 2034. 115.995 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,952,222 115.995 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (1m) (b), if a school board received a
23payment under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2021-22 school year, the state superintendent
24shall, subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3) and upon receipt of the

1reports under s. 115.993 (1) and (2), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc),
2pay to the school board the following amounts:
AB68-SSA1,952,43 (a) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2022-23 school year, the greater of the following
4amounts:
AB68-SSA1,952,55 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2022-23 school year.
AB68-SSA1,952,76 2. An amount equal to the payment the school board received under sub. (1m)
7(a) in the 2020-21 school year.
AB68-SSA1,952,98 (b) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2023-24 school year, the greater of the following
9amounts:
AB68-SSA1,952,1010 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2023-24 school year.
AB68-SSA1,952,1111 2. An amount calculated as follows:
AB68-SSA1,952,1312 a. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from the amount the school
13board received under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2020-21 school year.
AB68-SSA1,952,1414 b. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. a. by 0.5.
AB68-SSA1,952,1615 c. Add the product determined under subd. 2. b. to the amount determined
16under subd. 1.
AB68-SSA1,2035 17Section 2035. 115.995 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,952,2118 115.995 (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in any fiscal year is
19insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under sub. (1m) (b) or (2m), the state
20superintendent shall prorate the payments among the school boards and operators
21of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) entitled to receive the aid.
AB68-SSA1,2036 22Section 2036. 115.996 of the statutes is renumbered 115.996 (intro.) and
23amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,953,3 24115.996 Report to the legislature. (intro.) Annually, on or before December
2531, the state superintendent shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of

1the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), on the status
2of bilingual-bicultural education programs established under this subchapter. The
3report shall include all of the following information:
AB68-SSA1,953,7 4(1) The number of pupils served in bilingual-bicultural education programs for
5each language group in each school district in which such programs are offered and
6the cost of the program per pupil for each school district, language group
, and
7program type
.
AB68-SSA1,953,11 8(2) The department shall also provide the number of pupils in each school
9district and language group who as a result of participation in a bilingual-bicultural
10education program improved their English language ability to such an extent that
11the program is no longer necessary for such pupils.
AB68-SSA1,2037 12Section 2037. 115.996 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,953,1513 115.996 (3) The number of limited-English proficient pupils in each language
14group enrolled in each school district and attending each charter school established
15under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x).
AB68-SSA1,2038 16Section 2038. Subchapter IX (title) of chapter 115 [precedes 115.999] of the
17statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,2039 18Section 2039. 115.999 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,2040 19Section 2040. 117.05 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,953,2320 117.05 (1m) Board and appeal panel meetings. The state superintendent shall
21set the time and place for meetings of the board under ss. 117.10, 117.105 (2m) and
22(4m)
, 117.12 (5), and 117.132 and for meetings of appeal panels under ss. 117.12 (4)
23and 117.13.
AB68-SSA1,2041 24Section 2041. 117.05 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1117.05 (2) (a) Board. The state superintendent shall appoint 7 members of the
2board to perform any review under ss. 117.10, 117.105 (2m) and (4m), 117.12 (5), and
3117.132. The 7 members shall include the state superintendent or his or her designee
4on the board, 2 board members from school districts with small enrollments, 2 board
5members from school districts with medium enrollments, and 2 board members from
6school districts with large enrollments. Any action of the board under this chapter
7requires the affirmative vote of at least 4 of the 7 members appointed under this
8paragraph.
AB68-SSA1,2042 9Section 2042. 117.05 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,954,1410 117.05 (4) (a) Pending proceedings. (intro.) A reorganization proceeding is
11pending from the date that a petition is filed under s. 117.105 (1) (a), 117.11 (2), or
12117.12 (2) or a resolution is adopted under s. 117.08 (1), 117.09 (1), 117.10 (1), 117.105
13(1) (b) or (4m), 117.13 (2), or 117.132 (2) until the date on which the latest of any of
14the following occurs:
AB68-SSA1,2043 15Section 2043. 117.05 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,954,2116 117.05 (4) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., no petition may be filed or
17resolution adopted for the creation of a new school district under s. 117.105 (1) (a) or
18(b) before the 5th July 1 following the filing of a petition under s. 117.105 (1) (a) or
19the adoption of a resolution under s. 117.105 (1) (b) or the date of an order issued
20under s. 117.105 (4m) (c)
for any reorganization that includes any of the same
21territory.
AB68-SSA1,2044 22Section 2044. 117.05 (9) (a) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,2045 23Section 2045. 117.105 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,2046 24Section 2046. 117.20 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1117.20 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a referendum is required under
2ss. 117.08 to 117.11, it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
3November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s.
4117.08 (3) (a), 117.09 (3) (a), 117.10 (3) (a), or 117.11 (4) (a). If a referendum is
5required under s. 117.105 (3), it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday
6in the 2nd November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution
7under s. 117.105 (1). If a referendum is required under s. 117.105 (4m), it shall be
8held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the date an order
9is issued by the board under s. 117.105 (4m) (c).
AB68-SSA1,2047 10Section 2047. 117.22 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,955,1311 117.22 (2) (bm) If an order of reorganization is issued under s. 117.105, the first
12election of school board members shall be held at the spring election following the
13referendum under s. 117.105 (3) or (4m).
AB68-SSA1,2048 14Section 2048. 118.07 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,955,1515 118.07 (6) (a) In this subsection:
AB68-SSA1,955,1616 1. “School premises” means all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,955,1917 a. Real property owned or rented by, or under the control of, a school board,
18including playgrounds, athletic facilities or fields, and any other property that is
19occupied by pupils on a regular basis.
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