Amendment AA1-ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2-AA1,36 Section 36. 115.364 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 115.364 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,17,11 115.364 (2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 2025-26 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.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,37 Section 37. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,38 Section 38. 115.364 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (2) (b) and amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,17,20 115.364 (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.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,39 Section 39. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,40 Section 40. 115.367 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,6 115.367 Aid for comprehensive school mental health services. (1) Beginning in the 2025-26 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) and subject to sub. (3), reimburse a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for expenditures relating to mental health services provided during in-school or out-of-school time. Mental health services eligible for reimbursement under this subsection include at least all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,7 (a) Mental health evidence-based improvement strategies.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,9 (b) Mental health literacy and stigma reduction programs for pupils and adults.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,12 (c) Collaborating or contracting with community mental health providers, consultants, organizations, cooperative educational service agencies, and other experts to provide consultation, training, mentoring, and coaching.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,13 (d) Parent training and informational events.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,14 (e) Assistance programs for pupils and families.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,15 (f) Mental health navigators.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,16 (g) Mental health system planning.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,17 (h) Translator and interpreter services.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,19 (i) School-employed mental health professionals who are accessible to all pupils and for whom a reimbursement is not made under s. 115.364 (2) (a).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,21 (j) Setting up spaces and purchasing equipment suitable for mental health telehealth service delivery.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,23 (k) Projects designed to assist minors experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs or to prevent alcohol or other drug use by minors.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,18,24 (L) Telehealth services, as defined in s. 440.01 (1) (hm).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,1 (2) The following costs are ineligible for reimbursement under sub. (1):

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,2 (a) Payments for direct treatment services or insurance deductibles.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,3 (b) Training that is not related to pupil mental health.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,4 (c) Staff salaries for positions that are not related to pupil mental health.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,5 (d) Indirect costs of regular school operations.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,8 (3) (a) In each school year, the amount the state superintendent reimburses a school board or operator of an independent charter school under sub. (1) may not exceed the greater of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,9 1. $100,000.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,11 2. $100 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district or charter school in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,15 (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and the operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) that are eligible for the aid.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,21 (1) Aid for school mental health programs; pupil services professionals. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $62,752,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $67,237,000.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,22 17. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,19,23 “Section 41. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,4 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from 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 this paragraph $400 $500 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,42 Section 42. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (am) 1. and amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,13 115.436 (3) (am) 1. 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 par. (a) in the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) or (2m) (a) is ineligible to receive aid under pars. (a) and (c) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,43 Section 43. 115.436 (3) (am) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,19 115.436 (3) (am) 2. 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 par. (c) in the previous school year but is ineligible to receive aid under pars. (a) and (c) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (c) in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,44 Section 44. 115.436 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,24 115.436 (3) (c) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to a school district that is eligible for sparsity aid under this paragraph $100 $200 multiplied by the school district’s membership in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,5 (1) Sparsity aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $10,016,800 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $10,236,800.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9334 Section 9334. Initial applicability; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,10 (1) Sparsity aid; payments. The treatment of s. 115.436 (3) (a) and (c), the renumbering and amendment of s. 115.436 (3) (am), and the creation of s. 115.436 (3) (am) 2. first apply to payments made under s. 115.436 in the 2025-26 school year.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,11 18. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,12 “Section 45. 115.366 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,15 115.366 (3) Awards. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (du), the department shall award up to $1,000 $6,000 for each school for which a grant is awarded under sub. (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,20 (1) Peer-to-peer suicide prevention grant program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (du), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $250,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $250,000.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,21 19. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,4 “Section 46. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA1,47 Section 47. 20.255 (2) (ck) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,7 20.255 (2) (ck) Supplemental nutrition aid. A sum sufficient for payments under s. 115.3415.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,48 Section 48. 115.3415 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,9 115.3415 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,14 (a) “Educational agency” means a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, a tribal school, an operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,16 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,18 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,20 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,23 (e) “Free-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free lunch under the federal school lunch program.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,2 (f) “Ineligible pupil” means a pupil who does not satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,4 (g) “Paid-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an ineligible pupil.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,6 (h) “Reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an eligible pupil.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,9 (i) “Reimbursement amount” means the national average payment rate for a school meal, as announced by the food and nutrition service of the federal department of agriculture in the federal register.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,12 (j) “School meal” means a lunch made available under the federal school lunch program, a meal supplement made available under the federal school lunch program, or a breakfast made available under the federal school breakfast program.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,16 (2) Eligibility. An educational agency is eligible for payments under this section if the educational agency does not charge pupils for school meals for which the educational agency receives reimbursement under the federal school breakfast program or the federal school lunch program.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,19 (3) Annual payment. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ck), in the 2026-27 school year and each school year thereafter, the state superintendent shall pay to each educational agency the sum of all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,23 (a) The total number of lunches provided by the educational agency to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,4 (b) The total number of lunches provided by the educational agency to ineligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the paid-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,8 (c) The total number of breakfasts provided by the educational agency to eligible pupils under the federal school breakfast program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,12 (d) The total number of breakfasts provided by the educational agency to ineligible pupils under the federal school breakfast program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the paid-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,17 (e) The total number of meal supplements provided by the educational agency to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,22 (f) The total number of meal supplements provided by the educational agency to ineligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the paid-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,23 20. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,1 “Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,5 (1) School day milk program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cp), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $211,100 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $247,800.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,6 21. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,13 “Section 49. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA1,50 Section 50. 20.255 (2) (cc) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,17 20.255 (2) (cc) Bilingual-bicultural education aids. The amounts in the schedule for bilingual-bicultural education programs aid under subch. VII of ch. 115 s. 115.995.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,51 Section 51. 20.255 (2) (ce) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,20 20.255 (2) (ce) Aid for English language acquisition. A sum sufficient for aid under s. 115.9955.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,52 Section 52. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,23 115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and pupil counts.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,53 Section 53. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,54 Section 54. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,26,7 115.993 (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.