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AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,222 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section
23if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school

1district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district
satisfies all one
2of the following criteria:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,343m 3Section 343m. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,54 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was
5greater than 745 but not more than 1,000.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,344m 6Section 344m. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,345m 7Section 345m. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a) 1.
8and amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,129 115.436 (3) (a) 1. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from the appropriation
10under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school
11district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a) $400 multiplied by the school
12district's
membership in the previous school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,346m 13Section 346m. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,1714 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from the appropriation
15under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school
16district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b) $100 multiplied by the school
17district's membership in the previous school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,347m 18Section 347m. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,17,2419 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from From the
20appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay
21to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous school year
22but does not satisfy the number-of-pupils-per-square-mile requirement under
23sub. (2) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school
24district under par. (a) 1. or 2. in the previous school year.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,2
140. Page 336, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
2with page 337, line 8, and substitute:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,4 3 Section 348b. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (1) (intro.)
4and amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,55 115.437 (1) (intro.) In this section, “number:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,8 6(c) “Number of pupils enrolled" has the meaning given in s. 121.90 (1) (intro.)
7and includes 40 percent of the summer enrollment. “Number of pupils enrolled" does
8not include pupils described in the exception under s. 121.90 (1) (f) (g).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,348c 9Section 348c. 115.437 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,1210 115.437 (1) (a) “Economically disadvantaged pupil” means a pupil that satisfies
11either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC
121758
(b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as determined by the department.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,348d 13Section 348d. 115.437 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,1614 115.437 (1) (d) “Rate of economically disadvantaged pupils” means the number
15of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in a school district divided by the
16number of pupils enrolled in the school district.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,349b 17Section 349b. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a)
18(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,18,2119 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), annually Annually, on the
204th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount
21equal to the sum of all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,2 221. The average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the
23current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year,
24by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year,

1by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, by $654 in the 2018-19 school year,
by $679 and
2$63
$750 in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,4 3(c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the
4appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,349e 5Section 349e. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,96 115.437 (2) (a) 2. In the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter,
7the number of pupils enrolled in a school district multiplied by the school district's
8rate of economically disadvantaged pupils in the previous school year multiplied by
9$75.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,10 1041. Page 337, line 10: delete that line and substitute:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,11 11 Section 351z. 115.439 of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,12 1242. Page 337, line 10: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,13 13 Section 351a. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,18 14115.449 Out-of-school time programs; grants. (1) Beginning in the
152022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department
16shall award grants to school boards and organizations to support high-quality
17after-school programs and other out-of-school time programs that provide services
18to school-age children.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,19,23 19(2) The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount of not
20less than $80,000 and not more than $145,000 per school year and may award the
21grant for up to 5 school years. In each school year, the department shall award not
22less than 30 percent of all grant moneys to out-of-school time programs that serve
23pupils in the elementary grades.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,2
1(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
2section.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351c 3Section 351c. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,6 4115.457 Energy efficiency projects; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2021-22
5school year, the department shall award grants to school districts for energy
6efficiency projects in school buildings.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,9 7(2) In awarding grants under this section for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school
8years, the department shall give preference to projects that relate to heating,
9ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,10 10(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351dg 11Section 351dg. 115.882 of the statutes is renumbered 115.882 (intro.) and
12amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,18 13115.882 Payment of state aid; reimbursement rate. (intro.) Funds
14appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4).

15Costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under
16ss. 115.88 (1m) to (3), (6) and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a
17rate set to distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs,
18not to exceed 100 percent.
the following rates:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351dp 19Section 351dp. 115.882 (1) and (2) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,2020 115.882 (1) In the 2021-22 school year, 45 percent of eligible costs.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,20,22 21(2) In the 2022-23 school year and in each school year thereafter, 50 percent
22 of eligible costs.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351eg 23Section 351eg. 115.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,624 115.95 (2) It is the policy of this state to provide equal educational
25opportunities by ensuring that necessary programs are available for

1limited-English proficient pupils while allowing each school district and charter
2school under s. 118.740 (2r) and (2x)
maximum flexibility in establishing programs
3suited to its particular needs. To this end, this subchapter provides support for
4educating limited-English proficient pupils and
establishes bilingual-bicultural
5education programs for pupils in school districts with specified concentrations of
6limited-English proficient pupils in the attendance areas of particular schools.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351ep 7Section 351ep. 115.95 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,128 115.95 (3) It is the policy of this state to reimburse school districts, in
9substantial part, for the added costs of providing the programs established under
10this subchapter and to provide support to school districts and charter schools under
11s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the added costs of educating limited-English proficient
12pupils
.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351f 13Section 351f. 115.958 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,18 14115.958 Capacity-building grants for licensed educators. (1) A school
15board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may
16apply to the department for a grant for the school district or charter school to provide
17support and financial assistance to its staff and teachers in obtaining licensure or
18certification as bilingual teachers and teachers of English as a 2nd language.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,22 19(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s.
2020.255 (2) (ch), the department may award grants under sub. (1) to school districts
21and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) in amounts determined
22by the department.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,21,24 23(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
24section.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351g 25Section 351g. 115.96 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,22,1
1115.96 (title) Establishment Pupil counts; establishment of programs.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351k 2Section 351k. 115.96 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,22,103 115.96 (1) Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before
4March 1, each a school board and the operator of a charter school established under
5s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in
6the public schools of the district or in the charter school, assess the language
7proficiency of such the pupils , and classify such the pupils by language group, grade
8level, age, and English language proficiency. A school board or operator is eligible
9for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count
10under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351hg 11Section 351hg. 115.97 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,22,2412 115.97 (1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools
13in its bilingual-bicultural education program. The school board shall be eligible for
14state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served
15from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4).
A pupil
16shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is
17able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education
18program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective.
19Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of
20limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of
21the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate
22in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give
23preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
24program.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351hp 25Section 351hp. 115.97 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,4
1115.97 (6) A school board that is required to establish a bilingual-bicultural
2education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995
3only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the
4bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351i 5Section 351i. 115.977 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,116 115.977 (2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education
7programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational
8service agency. If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades
94 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a
10contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is
11eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jb 12Section 351jb. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,14 13115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
14pupil counts
.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jc 15Section 351jc. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1) and amended
16to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,23,2517 115.993 (1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district
18operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall
19report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both
20limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school
21year in bilingual-bicultural education programs, an itemized statement on oath of
22all disbursements on account of
a summary of the costs incurred to operate the
23bilingual-bicultural education program operated during the previous school year,
24and a copy of the estimated budget for that operating the bilingual-bicultural
25education
program for the current school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jf
1Section 351jf. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,24,62 115.993 (2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator
3of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state
4superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
5school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the
6classification of those pupils by language group.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351jm 7Section 351jm. 115.993 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,24,108 115.993 (3) A school board or the operator of a charter school established under
9s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board
10or operator submits the reports required under this section.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lb 11Section 351Lb. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (1m)
12(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,24,1813 115.995 (1m) (intro.) Upon Subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3),
14upon
receipt of the report reports under s. 115.993, if the state superintendent is
15satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school
16year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter
(1) and (2), the state
17superintendent shall do all of, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay the
18following amounts:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Ld 19Section 351Ld. 115.995 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 115.995
20(1m) (a) 1. and 2. and amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,221 115.995 (1m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide
22Dividing proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993, 2019 stats., an
23annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the
24previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid

1paid under this subsection subdivision does not reduce aid paid under sub. (2) subd.
22
.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,113 2. Certify Certifying to the department of administration in favor of the school
4district board a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on
5limited-English proficient pupils by the school district board during the preceding
6year for salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to
7bilingual-bicultural education programs under this subchapter, special books and
8equipment used in the bilingual-bicultural education programs, and other expenses
9approved by the state superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by
10dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school
11year less $250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lf 12Section 351Lf. 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,1513 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) In the 2021-22 school year, to a school board that was
14required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97 for
15the previous school year, the amounts determined by doing all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lg 16Section 351Lg. 115.995 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,1917 115.995 (1m) (b) Subject to sub. (3), beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to
18a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or
19(2x), an amount calculated as follows:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,25,2220 1. If, in the previous school year, there was at least one limited-English
21proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
22$10,000.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,223 2. If, in the previous school year, there were more than 20 limited-English
24proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,

1subtract 20 from the total number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
2school district or attending the charter school.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,33 3. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. by $500.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,44 4. Add the product determined under subd. 3. to the amount under subd. 1.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lk 5Section 351Lk. 115.995 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,106 115.995 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (1m) (b), if a school board received a
7payment under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2021-22 school year, the state superintendent
8shall, subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3) and upon receipt of the
9reports under s. 115.993 (1) and (2), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc),
10pay to the school board the following amounts:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,1211 (a) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2022-23 school year, the greater of the following
12amounts:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,1313 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2022-23 school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,1514 2. An amount equal to the payment the school board received under sub. (1m)
15(a) in the 2020-21 school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,1716 (b) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2023-24 school year, the greater of the following
17amounts:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,1818 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2023-24 school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,1919 2. An amount calculated as follows:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,2120 a. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from the amount the school
21board received under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2020-21 school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,2222 b. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. a. by 0.5.
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