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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 68
June 30, 2021 - Offered by Senators Larson, L. Taylor and Carpenter.
AB68-SA1,1,21 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute
2amendment 2, as follows:
AB68-SA1,1,4 31. Page 54, line 1: delete the material beginning with that line and ending on
4page 63, line 11, and substitute: - See PDF for table PDF
AB68-SA1,12,2 12. Page 240, line 25: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
2on page 241, line 5.
AB68-SA1,12,4 33. Page 335, line 16: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
4on page 340, line 3.
AB68-SA1,12,5 54. Page 391, line 17: delete lines 17 to 25.
AB68-SA1,12,6 65. Page 397, line 13: delete lines 13 to 17.
AB68-SA1,12,7 76. Page 399, line 16: delete lines 16 to 18.
AB68-SA1,12,8 87. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB68-SA1,12,9 9 Section 1. 13.94 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,13,4 1013.94 Legislative audit bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
11known as the “Legislative Audit Bureau," headed by a chief known as the “State
12Auditor." The bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the
13confidential nature of any audit currently being performed. Subject to s. 230.35 (4)
14(a) and (f), the state auditor or designated employees shall at all times with or
15without notice have access to all departments and to any books, records , or other
16documents maintained by the departments and relating to their expenditures,
17revenues, operations, and structure, including specifically any such books, records,
18or other documents that are confidential by law, except as provided in sub. (4) and
19except that access to documents of counties, cities, villages, towns , or school districts
20is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (m)
21and except that access to documents of the opportunity schools and partnership
22programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 is limited to

1work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (os)
. In the
2discharge of any duty imposed by law, the state auditor may subpoena witnesses,
3administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be
4taken as prescribed for taking depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.
AB68-SA1,2 5Section 2. 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,13,196 13.94 (1) (b) At the state auditor's discretion or as the joint legislative audit
7committee directs, audit the records of each department. Audits of the records of a
8county, city, village, town, or school district may be performed only as provided in par.
9(m). Audits of the records of the opportunity schools and partnership programs
10under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 may be performed only
11as provided in par. (os).
After completion of any audit under this paragraph, the
12bureau shall file with the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, the governor,
13the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint
14committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the department audited, a
15detailed report of the audit, including the bureau's recommendations for
16improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or
17improper expenditures. The chief clerks shall distribute the report to the joint
18legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature,
19and the joint committee on legislative organization.
AB68-SA1,3 20Section 3. 13.94 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,14,221 13.94 (1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial
22transactions of any department, agency, or officer as the legislature, joint legislative
23audit committee, or joint committee on legislative organization directs.
24Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or,

1subject to par. (os), of a
school district, may be performed only as authorized in par.
2(m).
AB68-SA1,4 3Section 4. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,5 4Section 5. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,14,105 13.94 (1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit
6bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services
7performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government
8that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law.
9This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts
10or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).
AB68-SA1,6 11Section 6. 16.9945 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,15,212 16.9945 (1) Competitive grants. (intro.) In fiscal years 2017-18, 2018-19,
132019-20, and 2020-21, the
The department may annually award grants on a
14competitive basis to eligible school districts and to eligible public libraries for the
15purpose of improving information technology infrastructure. For purposes of
16awarding grants under this section, “improving information technology
17infrastructure” includes purchasing and installing on a bus a portable device that
18creates an area of wireless Internet coverage and purchasing for individuals to
19temporarily borrow from a school or for patrons to check out from a public library a
20portable device that creates an area of wireless Internet coverage. In awarding
21grants to eligible school districts under this section, the department shall give
22priority to applications for school districts in which the percentage of pupils who
23satisfy the income eligibility criteria under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) for a free or
24reduced-price lunch is greater than in other applicant school districts. The

1department shall require an applicant for a grant under this section to provide all
2of the following:
AB68-SA1,7 3Section 7. 16.9945 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,15,84 16.9945 (2) Eligible school districts. A school district is eligible for a grant
5under this section in a fiscal year biennium if the school district's membership in the
6previous most recent school year for which finalized school year data is available, as
7determined in the first year of the fiscal biennium,
divided by the school district's
8area in square miles is 16 or less.
AB68-SA1,8 9Section 8. 16.9945 (2m) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,15,1110 16.9945 (2m) (a) 1m. “Rural territory” means any territory located outside of
11urban areas.
AB68-SA1,9 12Section 9. 16.9945 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,10 13Section 10. 16.9945 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,15,1614 16.9945 (2m) (a) 3. “Urbanized “Urban area” means an urban area, as defined
15by the U.S. bureau of the census, with a population of 50,000 or more that is located
16in this state
.
AB68-SA1,11 17Section 11. 16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945
18(2m) (b) and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,15,2419 16.9945 (2m) (b) A public library, including a library branch, is eligible for a
20grant under this section in a fiscal year biennium if the population of the
21municipality within which the public library or library branch is located, as
22determined in the first year of the fiscal biennium,
is 20,000 or less and if the public
23library or library branch is located in one of the following areas of the state: a rural
24territory.
AB68-SA1,12 25Section 12. 16.9945 (2m) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB68-SA1,13
1Section 13. 16.9945 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,16,42 16.9945 (3m) (a) If the population of the municipality within which the eligible
3public library or library branch, as defined in sub. (2m) (a) 1., is located is 2,000 or
4less, $5,000.
AB68-SA1,14 5Section 14. 16.9945 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,16,86 16.9945 (3m) (b) If the population of the municipality within which the eligible
7public library or library branch, as defined in sub. (2m) (a) 1., is located is at least
82,001 but less than 5,000, $7,500.
AB68-SA1,15 9Section 15. 16.9945 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,16,1210 16.9945 (3m) (c) If the population of the municipality within which the eligible
11public library or library branch, as defined in sub. (2m) (a) 1., is located is at least
125,000 but less than 20,001, $10,000.
AB68-SA1,16 13Section 16. 16.9945 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945 (4) (a) and
14amended to read:
AB68-SA1,16,1715 16.9945 (4) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the department cannot may
16not
award grants under this section that total more than $3,000,000 in the 2019-20
17or 2020-21
any fiscal year.
AB68-SA1,17 18Section 17. 16.9945 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,16,2219 16.9945 (4) (b) In the second fiscal year of a fiscal biennium, the department
20may increase the maximum amount under par. (a) by an amount equal to the
21difference between the maximum amount under par. (a) and the amount the
22department awarded in the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium.
AB68-SA1,18 23Section 18. 16.9945 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,17,3
116.9945 (4m) Notification. The department, at least annually, shall provide
2all school districts and public libraries located in this state that are eligible for grants
3under this section with information regarding how to apply for grants.
AB68-SA1,19 4Section 19. 16.9945 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,17,65 16.9945 (5) Sunset. The department may not award grants under this section
6after June 30, 2021 2025.
AB68-SA1,20 7Section 20. 16.995 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,21 8Section 21. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,17,159 16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to
10participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional
11telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter
12school sponsor use data lines to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a
13requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined
14in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of juvenile correctional facilities that
15are served by data links lines subsidized under this section.
AB68-SA1,22 16Section 22. 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,17,2117 16.997 (2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more
18than $250 per month for each data line that is provided to the educational agency
19under the program established under sub. (1), except that the charge may not exceed
20$100 per month for each data line that relies on a transport medium that operates
21at a speed of 1.544 megabits less than one gigabit per second.
AB68-SA1,23 22Section 23. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,18,223 16.997 (2) (f) Ensure that juvenile correctional facilities an educational agency
24that receive receives access under this section to data lines or that receive receives

1additional access under s. 16.998 to data lines and bandwidth use uses those data
2lines and that bandwidth only primarily for educational purposes.
AB68-SA1,24 3Section 24. 16.997 (2g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,25 4Section 25. 16.997 (2r) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,26 5Section 26. 20.255 (1) (hg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,18,136 20.255 (1) (hg) Personnel licensure, teacher supply, information and analysis
7and teacher improvement.
The amounts in the schedule All moneys received from
8the licensure of school and public library personnel under s. 115.28 (7) (d) and all
9moneys received under s. 115.41,
to fund licensure administrative costs under s. ss.
10115.28 (7) (d) and 118.19 (10), teacher supply, information and analysis costs under
11s. 115.29 (5), and teacher improvement under s. 115.41. Ninety percent of all moneys
12received from the licensure of school and public library personnel under s. 115.28 (7)
13(d), and all moneys received under s. 115.41, shall be credited to this appropriation.
AB68-SA1,27 14Section 27. 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,18,2015 20.255 (2) (ac) General equalization aids. The amounts in the schedule A sum
16sufficient equal to, in the 2022-23 fiscal year and biennially thereafter, the amount
17determined by the joint committee on finance under s. 121.075 (3) and, in the
182021-22 fiscal year and biennially thereafter, the amount determined by law
for the
19payment of educational aids under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.095, and 121.105, 121.137
20and subch. VI of ch. 121.
AB68-SA1,28 21Section 28. 20.255 (2) (ap) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,29 22Section 29. 20.255 (2) (az) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,18,2423 20.255 (2) (az) Special Needs Scholarship Program. A sum sufficient to make
24the payments under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a), (cm), and (e) and (4p).
AB68-SA1,30 25Section 30. 20.255 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,19,5
120.255 (2) (b) Aids for special education and school age parents programs. The
2amounts in the schedule
A sum sufficient for the payment of the full cost of special
3education for children in hospitals and convalescent homes under s. 115.88 (4) and
4for the payment of
aids for special education and school age parents programs under
5ss. 115.88, 115.93 and 118.255
as provided under s. 115.882.
AB68-SA1,31 6Section 31. 20.255 (2) (cc) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,19,97 20.255 (2) (cc) Bilingual-bicultural education aids English learner categorical
8aid
. The amounts in the schedule for bilingual-bicultural education programs aid
9under subch. VII of ch. 115 s. 115.995.
AB68-SA1,32 10Section 32. 20.255 (2) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,19,1411 20.255 (2) (cg) Tuition payments; full-time open enrollment transfer payments.
12The amounts in the schedule for payment of tuition under subch. V of ch. 121 and
13full-time open enrollment transfer payments under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (17) (c)
142. and (cm) 2.
AB68-SA1,33 15Section 33. 20.255 (2) (ch) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,19,1816 20.255 (2) (ch) Capacity-building grants for licensed educators. The amounts
17in the schedule for grants to increase licensure of bilingual teachers and teachers of
18English as a 2nd language under s. 115.958.
AB68-SA1,34 19Section 34. 20.255 (2) (co) of the statutes is created to read:
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