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AB68-SA1,83 13Section 83. 115.364 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
14renumbered 115.364 (2) (a) and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,31,2515 115.364 (2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 2021-22 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
.
AB68-SA1,84
1Section 84. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB68-SA1,85 2Section 85. 115.364 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (2) (b) and
3amended to read:
AB68-SA1,32,94 115.364 (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.
AB68-SA1,86 10Section 86. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,87 11Section 87. 115.367 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,32,1912 115.367 (1) Grant program. The department shall establish and administer
13a competitive program to award grants to school boards and operators of charter
14schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of collaborating with community
15mental health agencies
mental health providers to provide mental health services
16to pupils. School boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x)
17may apply for a grant under this section individually or as a consortium of school
18boards, charter schools, or both. For purposes of this subsection, a “consortium of
19school boards” includes a cooperative educational service agency.
AB68-SA1,88 20Section 88. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,32,2421 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section
22if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school
23district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district
satisfies all one
24of the following criteria:
AB68-SA1,89 25Section 89. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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1115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was
2greater than 745.
AB68-SA1,90 3Section 90. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,91 4Section 91. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a) 1. and
5amended to read:
AB68-SA1,33,96 115.436 (3) (a) 1. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from the appropriation
7appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) and subject to par. (b), the department
8shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a) $400
9multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,92 10Section 92. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,33,1411 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from the
12appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) and subject to par. (b), the department
13shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b) $100
14multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,93 15Section 93. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,33,2216 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from From the
17appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r), the department shall,
18subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in
19the previous school year but does not satisfy the
20number-of-pupils-per-square-mile requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the current
21school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) 1.
22or 2.
in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,94 23Section 94. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,34,224 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation total amount appropriated under s. 20.255
25(2) (ae) and (r) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a),

1(am), and (ap), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts
2entitled to aid under this subsection.
AB68-SA1,95 3Section 95. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (1) (intro.) and
4amended to read:
AB68-SA1,34,55 115.437 (1) (intro.) In this section, “number:
AB68-SA1,34,8 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-SA1,96 9Section 96. 115.437 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,34,1210 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-SA1,97 13Section 97. 115.437 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,34,1614 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-SA1,98 17Section 98. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.)
18and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,34,2119 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-SA1,35,2 221. 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-SA1,35,4 3(c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the
4appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).
AB68-SA1,99 5Section 99. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,35,96 115.437 (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-SA1,100 10Section 100. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,101 11Section 101. 115.439 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,102 12Section 102. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,35,17 13115.449 Out-of-school time programs; grants. (1) Beginning in the
142022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department
15shall award grants to school boards and organizations to support high-quality
16after-school programs and other out-of-school time programs that provide services
17to school-age children.
AB68-SA1,35,22 18(2) The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount of not
19less than $80,000 and not more than $145,000 per school year and may award the
20grant for up to 5 school years. In each school year, the department shall award not
21less than 30 percent of all grant moneys to out-of-school time programs that serve
22pupils in the elementary grades.
AB68-SA1,35,24 23(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
24section.
AB68-SA1,103 25Section 103. 115.453 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,36,4
1115.453 Licenses to teach computer science; grant program. (1) In this
2section, “eligible employee” means a school district employee who holds a license or
3permit to teach issued by the department that does not authorize the employee to
4teach computer science.
AB68-SA1,36,8 5(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall award grants
6to school districts to provide assistance to eligible employees for the purpose of
7obtaining a license or permit that authorizes the eligible employee to teach computer
8science.
AB68-SA1,36,10 9(3) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department shall give priority to
10applications submitted by a school district that satisfies any of the following criteria:
AB68-SA1,36,1211 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership satisfy the income
12eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB68-SA1,36,1413 (b) At least 40 percent of the school district's membership identifies as a
14minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).
AB68-SA1,36,16 15(4) The department may promulgate rules to establish and administer the
16program under this section
AB68-SA1,104 17Section 104. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,36,20 18115.457 Energy efficiency projects; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2021-22
19school year, the department shall award grants to school districts for energy
20efficiency projects in school buildings.
AB68-SA1,36,23 21(2) In awarding grants under this section for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school
22years, the department shall give preference to projects that relate to heating,
23ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
AB68-SA1,36,25 24(3) The department, in consultation with the office of environmental justice,
25may promulgate rules to implement this section.
AB68-SA1,105
1Section 105. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,37,52 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child
3with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under
4s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), “local educational agency" means the school
5district that the child is attending.
AB68-SA1,106 6Section 106. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,37,137 115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child's
8individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child
9with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under
10s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that
11the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the child and shall
12pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child resides if required
13by the placement.
AB68-SA1,107 14Section 107. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,37,1715 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who
16attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the
172021-22 school year.
AB68-SA1,108 18Section 108. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,37,2219 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17
20school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (2m), provide to a child with a
21disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the
22following apply:
AB68-SA1,109 23Section 109. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,38,3
1115.7915 (2) (b) The governing body of the eligible school notified the
2department of its intent to participate in the program under this section as provided
3under sub. (3) (a)
.
AB68-SA1,110 4Section 110. 115.7915 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,38,85 115.7915 (2) (cm) For an eligible school that begins participating in the
6program under this section in the 2022-23 school year or any school year thereafter,
7the eligible school also participates in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
8119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.
AB68-SA1,111 9Section 111. 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,38,1810 115.7915 (2) (f) The child's parent or guardian on behalf of the child, or, for a
11child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated
12incompetent, the child, submitted an application for a scholarship under this section
13as provided under sub. (3) (am) and on a form prepared by the department that
14includes the document developed by the department under sub. (4) to the eligible
15school that the child will attend. A child's parent or guardian or a child with a
16disability who has reached the age of 18 may apply for a scholarship at any time
17during a school year and, subject to sub. (3) (b), a child may begin attending an
18eligible school under this section at any time during the school year.
AB68-SA1,112 19Section 112. 115.7915 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,113 20Section 113. 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,38,2521 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2024, all
22of the eligible school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the
23department, except that a teacher employed by the eligible school who teaches only
24courses in rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued
25by the department.
AB68-SA1,39,9
12. Any teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2024, who has been
2teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2024, and
3who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2024, applies to the
4department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary, nonrenewable
5waiver from the requirements under subd. 1. The department shall promulgate
6rules to implement this subdivision, including the form of the application and the
7process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The application form shall
8require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the requirements under subd.
91. No waiver granted under this subdivision is valid after July 1, 2029.
AB68-SA1,114 10Section 114. 115.7915 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,39,1311 115.7915 (2m) Program cap. Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, the total
12number of children who may attend eligible schools under the scholarship program
13under this section during a school year may not exceed the program cap.
AB68-SA1,115 14Section 115. 115.7915 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,39,1615 115.7915 (3) (title) Participating schools; selection of pupils application
16process; waiting list
.
AB68-SA1,116 17Section 116. 115.7915 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,39,2318 115.7915 (3) (a) The governing body of an eligible school that intends to
19participate in the program under this section shall notify the department of its intent
20by the first Monday in March of the previous school year. The governing body of the
21eligible school shall include in the notice under this paragraph the number of spaces
22the eligible school has available for children receiving a scholarship under this
23section.
AB68-SA1,117 24Section 117. 115.7915 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,40,4
1115.7915 (3) (am) The governing body of an eligible school that has submitted
2a notice of intent to participate under par. (a) may accept applications for
3scholarships under sub. (2) (f) for the following school year between the first weekday
4in April and the first Thursday in June.
AB68-SA1,118 5Section 118. 115.7915 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,119 6Section 119. 115.7915 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,40,197 115.7915 (3) (bm) Upon receipt of an application for a scholarship under sub.
8(2) (f)
par. (am), the governing body of the eligible school shall determine whether the
9application satisfies the requirements under sub. (2), other than the requirement
10under sub. (2) (d), and shall request verification from the local education agency that
11developed the child's individualized education program or services plan that the
12child has an individualized education program or services plan in place that meets
13the requirement in sub. (2) (d). The governing body of the eligible school shall also
14notify the child's resident school board that, pending verification that the
15requirements of sub. (2) have been satisfied and subject to par. (d), the child will be
16awarded a scholarship under this section. The local education agency shall, within
175 business days of receiving a request under this paragraph, provide the governing
18body of the eligible school with a copy of the child's individualized education program
19or services plan.
AB68-SA1,120 20Section 120. 115.7915 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,41,521 115.7915 (3) (c) The By the 3rd Thursday in June immediately following the
22application period under par. (am), the
governing body of a private an eligible school
23participating in the program under this section that received applications for
24scholarships under par. (am)
shall notify report to the department when it verifies
25that a child has
the names of children who applied under par. (am) to attend the

1eligible school for whom the governing body has received verification under par. (bm)
2that
an individualized education program or services plan is in effect and accepts the
3child's application to attend the private school under a scholarship awarded under
4this section
the names of those applicants who have siblings who are already
5attending the eligible school
.
AB68-SA1,121 6Section 121. 115.7915 (3) (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-SA1,41,187 115.7915 (3) (d) After the end of the application period described under par.
8(am), upon receipt of the information under par. (c), the department shall determine
9the sum of all applicants for scholarships under this section and the number of
10scholarships awarded to children who are continuing to attend private schools under
11scholarships as provided under sub. (4m) (d). In determining the sum, the
12department shall count a child who has applied for more than one scholarship under
13this section only once. If the sum of all applicants and continuing scholarships
14exceeds the program cap, the department shall determine which applications to
15accept on a random basis, subject to the number of available spaces each eligible
16school specified in its notice under par. (a), except that the department shall give
17preference to the following in accepting applications for each eligible school, in the
18order of preference listed:
AB68-SA1,41,2019 1. Children who attended a different eligible school under a scholarship under
20this section during the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,41,2121 2. Siblings of pupils who are already attending the eligible school.
AB68-SA1,41,2522 (e) No later than 60 days after the end of the application period described under
23par. (am), the department shall notify each applicant and each eligible school, in
24writing, whether the applicant has been approved to receive a scholarship to attend
25the eligible school under this section.
AB68-SA1,42,2
1(f) If the sum under par. (d) exceeds the program cap, the department shall
2establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences required under par. (d).
AB68-SA1,42,93 (g) The governing body of an eligible school shall notify the department
4whenever the governing body determines that a child awarded a scholarship under
5this section will not attend the eligible school under the scholarship. If, upon
6receiving notice under this paragraph, the department determines that the number
7of children attending eligible schools under scholarships under this section falls
8below the program cap, the department shall fill any available slot with a child
9selected from the waiting list established under par. (f), if such a waiting list exists.
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