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SB956,25 14Section 25. 115.3635 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,18,22 15115.3635 Aid for reading services professionals. (1) Beginning in the
162022-23 school year and annually thereafter, the department shall, subject to sub.
17(2), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (de), reimburse a school board, the
18operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or the governing body of a
19private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for an amount
20equal to expenditures made by the school board, operator, or governing body in the
21preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain reading teachers and reading
22specialists.
SB956,19,2 23(2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (de) in any fiscal year is insufficient
24to pay the full amount of aid under sub. (1), the department shall prorate the
25payments among the school boards, operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r)

1and (2x), and governing bodies of private schools participating in programs under ss.
2118.60 and 119.23 that are eligible for the aid.
SB956,19,4 3(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
4section.
SB956,26 5Section 26. 115.364 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,19,7 6115.364 (title) Aid for school mental Mental health programs and pupil
7wellness aid
.
SB956,27 8Section 27. 115.364 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (1) and
9amended to read:
SB956,19,1110 115.364 (1) In this section:, “ pupil services professional” means a school
11counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.
SB956,28 12Section 28. 115.364 (1) (a), (am), and (b) of the statutes are repealed.
SB956,29 13Section 29. 115.364 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
14renumbered 115.364 (2) (a) and amended to read:
SB956,19,2515 115.364 (2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 2022-23 school year and annually
16thereafter, the state superintendent shall do all of the following: 1. Subject, subject
17to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible
18reimburse a school district board, the operator of a charter school established under
19s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or the governing body of a private school participating in a
20program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for
an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount
21by which the school district increased its
expenditures made by the school board,
22operator, or governing body
in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain
23social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding
24the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers
pupil services
25professionals
.
SB956,30
1Section 30. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
SB956,31 2Section 31. 115.364 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (2) (b) and
3amended to read:
SB956,20,94 115.364 (2) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year
5is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the state superintendent
6shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and
7independent charter schools
boards, operators of charter schools established under
8s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), and governing bodies of private schools participating in
9programs under ss. 118.60 and 119.23 that are
eligible for the aid.
SB956,32 10Section 32. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB956,33 11Section 33. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,20,2012 115.437 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of
13March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the
14average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2
15preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the
162014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in
17the 2017-18 school year, by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, by $679 and $63 $742
18in the 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 school years, and by $870 in each school year
19thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under
20s. 20.255 (2) (aq).
SB956,34 21Section 34 . 115.442 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,20,23 22115.442 Early childhood education grants; urban school districts. (1)
23In this section:
SB956,21,224 (a) “Early childhood education program” means a program provided by an
25urban school district to enhance learning opportunities for young children residing

1in the urban school district and to prepare those children for entry into the
2elementary grades.
SB956,21,53 (b) “Eligible child” means a child who resides in an urban school district that
4provides an early childhood education program and who meets any of the following
5criteria:
SB956,21,76 1. The child is 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the child proposes
7to attend the early childhood education program.
SB956,21,128 2. The child is less than 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the
9child proposes to attend the early childhood education program, and the child is
10eligible to attend the early childhood education program under procedures,
11conditions, and standards the school board of the urban school district prescribes for
12early admission to the early childhood education program.
SB956,21,1313 (c) “Pupils enrolled” has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (7).
SB956,21,1514 (d) “Urban school district” means a school district that, in the previous school
15year, had a membership of at least 18,000 pupils.
SB956,21,18 16(2) An urban school district may annually submit to the department a
17statement that the urban school district is interested in receiving a grant award
18under this section.
SB956,21,22 19(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm), beginning in the 2022-23
20school year, the department shall annually award a grant in an amount determined
21under sub. (4) to an urban school district under sub. (2) that provides, or that will use
22the grant award to implement, an early childhood education program.
SB956,22,5 23(4) Subject to sub. (6), the department shall award a grant under sub. (3) to an
24urban school district in the amount of $1,000 per eligible child who, in the current
25school year, attends the urban school district's early childhood education program.

1The urban school district shall report to the department the number of eligible
2children attending the urban school district's early childhood education program on
3the 3rd Friday of September in the current school year, and the department shall
4calculate the amount of the urban school district's grant award based on the
5attendance on that date.
SB956,22,12 6(5) An urban school district that receives a grant under this section shall use
7the grant moneys to develop, implement, and administer a new or expanded early
8childhood education program, and the urban school district shall ensure that its
9early childhood education program meets the licensing requirements for child care
10centers established by the department of children and families, including staff to
11child ratios, required for participation in the quality rating system under s. 49.155
12(6) (e).
SB956,22,16 13(6) (a) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) in any fiscal year is
14insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (4) to all urban school districts entitled
15to receive grants under this section, the department shall prorate the payments
16among those urban school districts.
SB956,22,2117 (b) If, after the department makes the payments to urban school districts
18required under sub. (4), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255
19(2) (dm) for the fiscal year, the department may distribute the balance of the funds
20remaining in that appropriation account to any of those urban school districts in
21amounts determined by the department.
SB956,35 22Section 35. 115.447 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,22,23 23115.447 (title) Summer school programs; grants; urban school districts .
SB956,36 24Section 36. 115.447 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,23,3
1115.447 (1) In this section, “eligible “urban school district” means a 1st class
2city
school district that, in the previous school year, had a membership of at least
318,000 pupils
.
SB956,37 4Section 37 . 115.447 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,23,75 115.447 (2) (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 2022-23 school year and in each
6year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the department shall
7award grants to eligible urban school districts to do any of the following:
SB956,38 8Section 38 . 115.447 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,23,139 115.447 (2m) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year and in each school year
10thereafter, the department shall allocate in each school year $2,000,000 for grants
11to an urban school district that is a 1st class city school district and shall allocate the
12remaining amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dj) equally among the urban
13school districts that are not 1st class city school districts.
SB956,39 14Section 39. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,23,19 15115.449 Out-of-school time programs; grants. (1) Beginning in the
162022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department
17shall award grants to school boards and organizations to support high-quality
18after-school programs and other out-of-school time programs that provide services
19to school-age children.
SB956,23,24 20(2) The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount of not
21less than $80,000 and not more than $145,000 per school year and may award the
22grant for up to 5 school years. In each school year, the department shall award not
23less than 30 percent of all grant moneys to out-of-school time programs that serve
24pupils in the elementary grades.
SB956,24,2
1(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
2section.
SB956,40 3Section 40. 115.453 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,24,7 4115.453 Licenses to teach computer science; grant program. (1) In this
5section, “eligible employee” means a school district employee who holds a license or
6permit to teach issued by the department that does not authorize the employee to
7teach computer science.
SB956,24,11 8(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall award grants
9to school districts to provide assistance to eligible employees for the purpose of
10obtaining a license or permit that authorizes the eligible employee to teach computer
11science.
SB956,24,13 12(3) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department shall give priority to
13applications submitted by a school district that satisfies any of the following criteria:
SB956,24,1514 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership satisfy the income
15eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
SB956,24,1716 (b) At least 40 percent of the school district's membership identifies as a
17minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).
SB956,24,19 18(4) The department may promulgate rules to establish and administer the
19program under this section
SB956,41 20Section 41. 115.456 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,24,25 21115.456 Lead testing and remediation; grants. (1) Beginning in the
222022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dv), the department
23shall award grants using a competitive grant process to school boards and operators
24of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for lead testing and remediation in
25school buildings and on school grounds.
SB956,25,4
1(2) A recipient of a grant under sub. (1) may use the grant moneys only for costs
2associated with testing drinking water for the presence of lead, providing safe
3drinking water to affected school buildings during remediation, and, if necessary,
4replacing lead pipe water service lines to affected school buildings.
SB956,25,6 5(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
6section.
SB956,42 7Section 42. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,25,10 8115.457 Community engagement grants; urban school districts. (1) In
9this section, “urban school district” means a school district that, in the previous
10school year, had a membership of at least 18,000 pupils.
SB956,25,12 11(2) Annually, the department shall award a grant to each urban school district
12to support projects that satisfy the following criteria:
SB956,25,1313 (a) The project includes collaboration with at least one of the following:
SB956,25,1414 1. A nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181.
SB956,25,1515 2. A cooperative educational service agency.
SB956,25,1616 3. An institution within the University of Wisconsin System.
SB956,25,1717 4. A technical college district board.
SB956,25,1818 5. Any local unit of government.
SB956,25,2019 (b) The project makes additional resources or services available to pupils and
20their families.
SB956,25,2321 (c) The goal of the project is to improve the academic achievement of pupils, the
22well-being of pupils and their families, or relationships between pupils, school staff,
23and the community.
SB956,26,3
1(3) In each school year, the amount of a grant under sub. (2) is the amount
2appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dh) in that school year divided by the total number
3of urban school districts in that school year.
SB956,26,5 4(4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
5section.
SB956,43 6Section 43. 115.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,26,147 115.95 (2) It is the policy of this state to provide equal educational
8opportunities by ensuring that necessary programs are available for
9limited-English proficient pupils while allowing each school district and charter
10school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
maximum flexibility in establishing programs
11suited to its particular needs. To this end, this subchapter provides support for
12educating limited-English proficient pupils and
establishes bilingual-bicultural
13education programs for pupils in school districts with specified concentrations of
14limited-English proficient pupils in the attendance areas of particular schools.
SB956,44 15Section 44. 115.95 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,26,2016 115.95 (3) It is the policy of this state to reimburse school districts, in
17substantial part, for the added costs of providing the programs established under
18this subchapter and to provide support to school districts and charter schools under
19s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the added costs of educating limited-English proficient
20pupils
.
SB956,45 21Section 45. 115.958 of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,27,2 22115.958 Capacity-building grants for licensed educators. (1) A school
23board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may
24apply to the department for a grant for the school district or charter school to provide

1support and financial assistance to its staff and teachers in obtaining licensure or
2certification as bilingual teachers and teachers of English as a 2nd language.
SB956,27,6 3(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s.
420.255 (2) (ch), the department may award grants under sub. (1) to school districts
5and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) in amounts determined
6by the department.
SB956,27,8 7(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
8section.
SB956,46 9Section 46. 115.96 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,27,10 10115.96 (title) Establishment Pupil counts; establishment of programs.
SB956,47 11Section 47. 115.96 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,27,1912 115.96 (1) Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before
13March 1, each a school board and the operator of a charter school established under
14s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in
15the public schools of the district or in the charter school, assess the language
16proficiency of such the pupils , and classify such the pupils by language group, grade
17level, age, and English language proficiency. A school board or operator is eligible
18for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count
19under this subsection.
SB956,48 20Section 48. 115.97 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,28,821 115.97 (1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools
22in its bilingual-bicultural education program. The school board shall be eligible for
23state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served
24from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4).
A pupil
25shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is

1able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education
2program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective.
3Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of
4limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of
5the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate
6in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give
7preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
8program.
SB956,49 9Section 49. 115.97 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB956,28,1310 115.97 (6) A school board that is required to establish a bilingual-bicultural
11education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995
12only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the
13bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.
SB956,50 14Section 50. 115.977 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,28,2015 115.977 (2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education
16programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational
17service agency. If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades
184 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a
19contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is
20eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.
SB956,51 21Section 51. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB956,28,23 22115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
23pupil counts
.
SB956,52 24Section 52. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1) and amended
25to read:
SB956,29,9
1115.993 (1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district
2operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall
3report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both
4limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school
5year in bilingual-bicultural education programs, an itemized statement on oath of
6all disbursements on account of
a summary of the costs incurred to operate the
7bilingual-bicultural education program operated during the previous school year,
8and a copy of the estimated budget for that operating the bilingual-bicultural
9education
program for the current school year.
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