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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.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,26,2423 c. Add the product determined under subd. 2. b. to the amount determined
24 under subd. 1.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351Lp 25Section 351Lp. 115.995 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,27,4
1115.995 (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in any fiscal year is
2insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under sub. (1m) (b) or (2m), the state
3superintendent shall prorate the payments among the school boards and operators
4of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) entitled to receive the aid.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351mg 5Section 351mg. 115.996 of the statutes is renumbered 115.996 (intro.) and
6amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,27,11 7115.996 Report to the legislature. (intro.) Annually, on or before December
831, the state superintendent shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of
9the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), on the status
10of bilingual-bicultural education programs established under this subchapter. The
11report shall include all of the following information:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,27,15 12(1) The number of pupils served in bilingual-bicultural education programs for
13each language group in each school district in which such programs are offered and
14the cost of the program per pupil for each school district, language group and
15program type.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,27,19 16(2) The department shall also provide the number of pupils in each school
17district and language group who as a result of participation in a bilingual-bicultural
18education program improved their English language ability to such an extent that
19the program is no longer necessary for such pupils.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351mk 20Section 351mk. 115.996 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,27,2321 115.996 (3) The number of limited-English proficient pupils in each language
22group enrolled in each school district and attending each charter school established
23under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351s 24Section 351s. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,28,13
1119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
266.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
3115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
4115.457, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12,
5118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
6118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and
7(10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43,
8118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15)
9to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37),
10(37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a
111st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
12chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
13to an opportunity schools and partnership program.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,28,14 1443. Page 337, line 10: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,28,15 15 Section 351b. 115.453 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,28,19 16115.453 Licenses to teach computer science; grant program. (1) In this
17section, “eligible employee” means a school district employee who holds a license or
18permit to teach issued by the department that does not authorize the employee to
19teach computer science.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,28,23 20(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall award grants
21to school districts to provide assistance to eligible employees for the purpose of
22obtaining a license or permit that authorizes the eligible employee to teach computer
23science.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,29,2
1(3) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department shall give priority to
2applications submitted by a school district that satisfies any of the following criteria:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,29,43 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership satisfy the income
4eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,29,65 (b) At least 40 percent of the school district's membership identifies as a
6minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,29,8 7(4) The department may promulgate rules to establish and administer the
8program under this section
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351t 9Section 351t. 118.134 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,29,2010 118.134 (6) Regardless of whether or not an objection is made under sub. (1)
11or an order is issued under sub. (3), if a school board adopts a resolution to terminate
12the use of race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name that is associated with
13a federally recognized American Indian tribe or American Indians, in general, the
14state superintendent may award a grant to the school board for the costs associated
15with adopting and implementing a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name that is not
16race-based. The state superintendent may not award a grant under this subsection
17in an amount that exceeds the greater of $50,000 or a school board's actual costs to
18adopt and implement a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name. The state
19superintendent shall pay the awards under this subsection from the appropriation
20under s. 20.255 (2) (kg).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351p 21Section 351p. 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,30,822 118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is
23attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section
24and is taking a course for high school credit may apply to the state superintendent
25for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school or

1participating private school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of
2higher education or technical college that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the
3pupil's parent or guardian are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The
4state superintendent shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the
5amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy) (cx). The state
6superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who
7satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC
81758
(b) (1).”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,30,9 944. Page 337, line 10: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,30,10 10 Section 351nb. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,30,1911 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year
12thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract
13with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm),
14the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
15sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
16the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
17current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical
18aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
19The change in the statewide categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351nc 20Section 351nc. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351nd 21Section 351nd. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,31,222 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, in addition to
23the payment under par. (e) and subject to subd. 3., for a pupil attending summer
24school at a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par.

1(b) 1. a. to f., the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school, in the
2manner described in par. (e) 3m., an amount determined as follows:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351ne 3Section 351ne. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351nf 4Section 351nf. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,31,85 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. Determine the number of pupils residing in the school
6district for whom a payment is made under par. (e) to an operator of a charter school
7established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in that
8school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351ng 9Section 351ng. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,31,1210 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. Identify the pupils residing in the school district for whom
11a payment is made under par. (fm) to an operator of a charter school established
12under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e. or f. to h. in that school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351nk 13Section 351nk. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. c. to dn. of the statutes are repealed.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351nL 14Section 351nL. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,31,1615 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. Sum the amounts determined under subd. 1. b., and bn. ,
16d., and dn.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351t 17Section 351t. 121.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,31,2118 121.07 (2) (d) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
19previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) to an
20operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under s. 118.40
21(2r) (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in the previous school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351v 22Section 351v. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,31,2523 121.07 (2) (e) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
24previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (f), 2019
25stats.,
in the previous school year.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,351x
1Section 351x. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is repealed.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,3 345. Page 337, line 10: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,4 4 Section 351y. 121.075 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,6 5121.075 Two-thirds funding of partial school revenues; appropriation
6amount in odd fiscal years.
(1) In this section:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,97 (a) “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes
8levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under ss. 79.095 (4) and
979.096 (4), less all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,1210 1. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a
11school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for
12providing a service transferred to it from another school board.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,1313 2. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,1414 3. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,1515 4. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,1816 5. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and
17(4m) multiplied by the sum of the applicable percentages specified in s. 121.08 (4) (b)
181. and 2.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,2019 6. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has
20been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,2121 (b) “State school aids" means all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,2322 1. The amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s.
2320.255 (2) (aw), (az), (bb), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fs), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,32,2424 2. The amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,33,4
13. The amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the
2appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications
3providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service
4agencies under s. 16.971 (13).
AB68-ASA2-AA3,33,9 5(2) By May 15, 2022, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the
6department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify
7to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate
8under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids
9equal two-thirds of partial school revenues.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,33,12 10(3) By June 30, 2022, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee
11on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the
12following school year.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,33,14 1346. Page 337, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
14with page 338, line 5, and substitute:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,33,15 15 Section 355m. 121.135 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,216 121.135 (2) (a) 1. “Additional general aid" means the amount determined by
17calculating the percentage of a school district's shared costs that would be paid under
18s. 121.08 if its membership included each pupil who is a resident of the school district
19or is attending the school district under s. 118.51 and solely enrolled in a special
20education program provided by a the county children with disabilities education
21board that includes the school district in its program under s. 115.817 (2) and the
22school district's shared costs were increased by the costs of the county children with
23disabilities education board program for all pupils participating in the county
24children with disabilities education board program who are residents of the school

1district or attending the school district under s. 118.51, and multiplying the costs of
2the county children with disabilities education board program by that percentage.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,3 347. Page 338, line 6: delete lines 6 to 13 and substitute:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,5 4 Section 356m. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated,
5renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,116 121.15 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (1g), a portion of state aid to
7school districts shall be distributed as follows: 3. Beginning
beginning in the
81999-2000 school year and ending in the 2020-21 school year, annually the state
9shall pay distribute a portion of state aid to school districts by paying to school
10districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 on the 4th
11Monday in July of the following school year.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,13 1248. Page 338, line 14: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
13with page 339, line 9, and substitute:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,14 14 Section 357m. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,34,1715 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than
1612 miles from the school attended, $300 $365 per school year in the 2016-17 2020-21
17school year and $365 $375 per school year thereafter.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,358m 18Section 358m. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,1019 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before
20October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 118.50 (3) (b) or
21121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident
22school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district
23clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the
24department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from

1summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the
2requirements of s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such
3transportation. A school district which that provides such transportation shall be
4paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $10 per pupil transported to and
5from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by
6the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $20 per pupil
7transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the
8nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30
9days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is
10transported less than 30 days
.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,11 1149. Page 339, line 12: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,12 12 Section 359r. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,1413 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall , subject to sub. (3), pay to
14each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:”.
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,15 1550. Page 339, line 17: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,18 16 Section 360e. 121.59 (2m) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered
17121.59 (2m) (intro.), (am) and (bm), and 121.59 (2m) (intro.) and (bm), as
18renumbered, are amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,35,2419 121.59 (2m) (intro.) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and in any school
20year thereafter, if a
If an eligible school district was eligible to receive aid under sub.
21(2) in the immediately preceding school year but is ineligible to receive aid in the
22current school year because the number under sub. (2) (d) is not a positive number,
23the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b) sub. (3), pay to that eligible school
24district the amount determined as follows:
AB68-ASA2-AA3,36,1
1(bm) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (am) by 0.5.
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