Amendment SA1-AB68

AB68-SA1,29,16 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) (A).

AB68-SA1,29,17 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

AB68-SA1,29,19 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

AB68-SA1,29,22 (e) “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.

AB68-SA1,29,25 (f) “School meal” means a school 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.

AB68-SA1,30,2 (2) Eligibility. An educational agency is eligible for payments under this section if the educational agency does not charge eligible pupils for school meals.

AB68-SA1,30,5 (3) Annual payment. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (co), in the 2021-22 school year and each school year thereafter, the state superintendent shall pay to each educational agency the sum of the following amounts:

AB68-SA1,30,11 (a) The number of school lunches the educational agency provided to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school lunch provided to an eligible pupil and the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school lunch provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free lunch under the federal school lunch program.

AB68-SA1,30,17 (b) The number of breakfasts the educational agency provided to eligible pupils under the federal school breakfast program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a breakfast provided to an eligible pupil and the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a breakfast provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free breakfast under the federal school breakfast program.

AB68-SA1,30,24 (c) The number of meal supplements the educational agency provided to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a reduced-price meal supplement provided to an eligible pupil and the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a meal supplement provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free meal supplement under the federal school lunch program.

AB68-SA1,79 Section 79. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,31,4 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m., 2n., or 2p. 2q. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

AB68-SA1,80 Section 80. 115.364 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,31,7 115.364 (title) Aid for school mental Mental health programs and pupil wellness aid.

AB68-SA1,81 Section 81. 115.364 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (1) and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,31,11 115.364 (1) In this section:, “ pupil services professional” means a school counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.

AB68-SA1,82 Section 82. 115.364 (1) (a), (am), and (b) of the statutes are repealed.

AB68-SA1,83 Section 83. 115.364 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 115.364 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,31,25 115.364 (2) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 2021-22 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.

AB68-SA1,84 Section 84. 115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68-SA1,85 Section 85. 115.364 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (2) (b) and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,32,9 115.364 (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.

AB68-SA1,86 Section 86. 115.364 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,87 Section 87. 115.367 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,32,19 115.367 (1) Grant program. The department shall establish and administer a competitive program to award grants to school boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health agencies mental health providers to provide mental health services to pupils. School boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) may apply for a grant under this section individually or as a consortium of school boards, charter schools, or both. For purposes of this subsection, a “consortium of school boards” includes a cooperative educational service agency.

AB68-SA1,88 Section 88. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,32,24 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district satisfies all one of the following criteria:

AB68-SA1,89 Section 89. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,33,2 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745.

AB68-SA1,90 Section 90. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,91 Section 91. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,33,9 115.436 (3) (a) 1. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a) $400 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB68-SA1,92 Section 92. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,33,14 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from the appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b) $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB68-SA1,93 Section 93. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,33,22 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous school year but does not satisfy the number-of-pupils-per-square-mile requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) 1. or 2. in the previous school year.

AB68-SA1,94 Section 94. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,34,2 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and (r) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am), and (ap), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

AB68-SA1,95 Section 95. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,34,5 115.437 (1) (intro.) In this section, “number:

AB68-SA1,34,8 (c) “Number of pupils enrolled" has the meaning given in s. 121.90 (1) (intro.) and includes 40 percent of the summer enrollment. “Number of pupils enrolled" does not include pupils described in the exception under s. 121.90 (1) (f) (g).

AB68-SA1,96 Section 96. 115.437 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,34,12 115.437 (1) (a) “Economically disadvantaged pupil” means a pupil that satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as determined by the department.

AB68-SA1,97 Section 97. 115.437 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,34,16 115.437 (1) (d) “Rate of economically disadvantaged pupils” means the number of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in a school district divided by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district.

AB68-SA1,98 Section 98. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SA1,34,21 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), annually Annually, on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the sum of all of the following:

AB68-SA1,35,2 1. The average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, by $679 and $63 $750 in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter.

AB68-SA1,35,4 (c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB68-SA1,99 Section 99. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,35,9 115.437 (2) (a) 2. In the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter, the number of pupils enrolled in a school district multiplied by the school district's rate of economically disadvantaged pupils in the previous school year multiplied by $75.

AB68-SA1,100 Section 100. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,101 Section 101. 115.439 of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,102 Section 102. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,35,17 115.449 Out-of-school time programs; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to school boards and organizations to support high-quality after-school programs and other out-of-school time programs that provide services to school-age children.

AB68-SA1,35,22 (2) The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount of not less than $80,000 and not more than $145,000 per school year and may award the grant for up to 5 school years. In each school year, the department shall award not less than 30 percent of all grant moneys to out-of-school time programs that serve pupils in the elementary grades.

AB68-SA1,35,24 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB68-SA1,103 Section 103. 115.453 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,36,4 115.453 Licenses to teach computer science; grant program. (1) In this section, “eligible employee” means a school district employee who holds a license or permit to teach issued by the department that does not authorize the employee to teach computer science.

AB68-SA1,36,8 (2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts to provide assistance to eligible employees for the purpose of obtaining a license or permit that authorizes the eligible employee to teach computer science.

AB68-SA1,36,10 (3) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department shall give priority to applications submitted by a school district that satisfies any of the following criteria:

AB68-SA1,36,12 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB68-SA1,36,14 (b) At least 40 percent of the school district's membership identifies as a minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).

AB68-SA1,36,16 (4) The department may promulgate rules to establish and administer the program under this section

AB68-SA1,104 Section 104. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,36,20 115.457 Energy efficiency projects; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts for energy efficiency projects in school buildings.

AB68-SA1,36,23 (2) In awarding grants under this section for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the department shall give preference to projects that relate to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

AB68-SA1,36,25 (3) The department, in consultation with the office of environmental justice, may promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB68-SA1,105 Section 105. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,37,5 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), “local educational agency" means the school district that the child is attending.

AB68-SA1,106 Section 106. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,37,13 115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child's individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the child and shall pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child resides if required by the placement.

AB68-SA1,107 Section 107. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,37,17 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the 2021-22 school year.

AB68-SA1,108 Section 108. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,37,22 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (2m), provide to a child with a disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply:

AB68-SA1,109 Section 109. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,38,3 115.7915 (2) (b) The governing body of the eligible school notified the department of its intent to participate in the program under this section as provided under sub. (3) (a).

AB68-SA1,110 Section 110. 115.7915 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,38,8 115.7915 (2) (cm) For an eligible school that begins participating in the program under this section in the 2022-23 school year or any school year thereafter, the eligible school also participates in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.

AB68-SA1,111 Section 111. 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,38,18 115.7915 (2) (f) The child's parent or guardian on behalf of the child, or, for a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated incompetent, the child, submitted an application for a scholarship under this section as provided under sub. (3) (am) and on a form prepared by the department that includes the document developed by the department under sub. (4) to the eligible school that the child will attend. A child's parent or guardian or a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 may apply for a scholarship at any time during a school year and, subject to sub. (3) (b), a child may begin attending an eligible school under this section at any time during the school year.

AB68-SA1,112 Section 112. 115.7915 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA1,113 Section 113. 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,38,25 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2024, all of the eligible school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the department, except that a teacher employed by the eligible school who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.

AB68-SA1,39,9 2. Any teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2024, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2024, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2024, applies to the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 1. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this subdivision, including the form of the application and the process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The application form shall require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the requirements under subd. 1. No waiver granted under this subdivision is valid after July 1, 2029.

AB68-SA1,114 Section 114. 115.7915 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,39,13 115.7915 (2m) Program cap. Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, the total number of children who may attend eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section during a school year may not exceed the program cap.

AB68-SA1,115 Section 115. 115.7915 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: