Amendment SA3-SSA2-SB70

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,127 Section 127. 20.255 (2) (cd) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,49,17 20.255 (2) (cd) Aid for English language acquisition. A sum sufficient for aid under s. 115.9955.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,128 Section 128. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,49,20 115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and pupil counts.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,129 Section 129. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,130 Section 130. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,50,5 115.993 (2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the classification of those pupils by language group.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,131 Section 131. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,50,10 115.995 State aids. (intro.) Upon receipt of the report under s. 115.993 (1), if the state superintendent is satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,132 Section 132. 115.995 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,50,16 115.995 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993 (1), an annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid paid under this subsection does not reduce aid paid under sub. (2).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,133 Section 133. 115.9955 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,50,22 115.9955 Aid for English language acquisition. (1) Beginning in the 2024-25 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cd), the department shall pay each school district and each operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) the following amounts, based on the report under s. 115.993 (2):

SB70-SSA2-SA3,50,25 (a) If, in the previous school year, there was at least one but no more than 20 limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school, $10,000.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,3 (b) If, in the previous school year, there were more than 20 limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school, $500 per limited-English proficient pupil.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,5 (2) Receipt of aid under s. 115.995 does not preclude receipt of aid under this section.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,134 Section 134. 20.255 (2) (dk) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,10 20.255 (2) (dk) Out-of-school-time programs; grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for out-of-school-time program grants under s. 115.449.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,135 Section 135. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,13 115.449 Out-of-school-time programs; grants. (1) In this section, “out-of-school-time program” means any of the following:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,16 (a) A program that provides programming, activities, learning support, and supervision for pupils in grades kindergarten to 12 before school, after school, or both before and after school.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,17 (b) A day camp licensed by the department of children and families.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,20 (c) A recreational or educational camp licensed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or a local health department under s. 97.67.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,51,22 (d) A program that the department determines will help program participants make progress in the following goals as appropriate for age groups served:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,1 1. Developing a sense of connection to school and their place in it.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,3 2. Improving academic outcomes, including homework completion, grades, and study behaviors.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,4 3. College graduation and career readiness.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,6 4. Reducing rates of participation in risky behaviors through access to a safe and welcoming environment during out-of-school-time hours.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,8 5. Improving social and emotional skills and accessing opportunities to demonstrate leadership.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,10 6. Accessing experiences and opportunities that contribute to the development of the whole child, such as civic engagement and community service.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,15 (2) Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to school boards, charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), and organizations to support high-quality after-school programs and other out-of-school-time programs that provide services to school-age children.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,17 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,52,19 “ Section 136. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,53,6 115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private, or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided in ss. 115.7915 (2) (i), 118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or certified teachers.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,137 Section 137. 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,53,10 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2026, all of the eligible school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the department.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,53,19 2. a. A teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2026, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2026, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2026, may apply 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 subd. 2. a., 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 subd. 2. a. is valid after July 1, 2031.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,53,22 b. 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.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,138 Section 138. 118.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,54,4 118.19 (1) Except as provided in subs. (1b) and (1c) and s. 118.40 (8) (b) 1. and 2., any person seeking to teach in a public school, including a charter school, or in a school or institution operated by a county or the state, in a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or in a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 shall first procure a license or permit from the department.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,139 Section 139. 118.19 (1b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,54,11 118.19 (1b) An individual may teach an online course in a subject and level in a public school, including a charter school, in a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or in a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 without a license or permit from the department if the individual holds a valid license or permit to teach the subject and level in the state from which the online course is provided.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,140 Section 140. 118.19 (1c) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,54,19 118.19 (1c) (b) (intro.) A faculty member of an institution of higher education may teach in a public high school, including a charter school that operates only high school grades, in a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that operates only high school grades, or in a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 that operates only high school grades without a license or permit from the department if the faculty member satisfies all of the following:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,141 Section 141. 118.19 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,55,19 118.19 (3) (a) No license to teach in any public school may be issued unless the applicant possesses a bachelor's degree including such professional training as the department by rule requires, except as permitted under par. (b) and ss. 115.28 (17) (a), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, and 118.197. Notwithstanding s. 36.11 (16), no teacher preparatory program in this state may be approved by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (7) (a), unless each student in the program is required to complete student teaching consisting of full days for a full semester following the daily schedule and semester calendar of the cooperating school or the equivalent, as determined by the state superintendent. No license to teach in any public school may be granted to an applicant who completed a professional training program outside this state unless the applicant completed student teaching consisting of full days for a full semester following the daily schedule and semester calendar of the cooperating school or the equivalent, as determined by the state superintendent. The state superintendent may grant exceptions to the student teaching requirements under this paragraph when the midyear calendars of the institution offering the teacher preparatory program and the cooperating school differ from each other and would prevent students from attending classes at the institution in accordance with the institution's calendar. The state superintendent shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection. If for the purpose of granting a license to teach or for approving a teacher preparatory program the state superintendent requires that an institution of higher education be accredited, the state superintendent shall accept accreditation by a regional or national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. department of education or by a programmatic accrediting organization.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,142 Section 142. 118.19 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,56,5 118.19 (3) (b) The state superintendent shall permanently certify any applicant to teach Wisconsin native American languages and culture who has successfully completed the university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee school of education approved Wisconsin native American languages and culture project certification program at any time between January 1, 1974, and December 31, 1977. School districts shall A school district, the governing body of a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 may not assign individuals certified under this paragraph to teach courses other than Wisconsin native American languages and culture, unless they qualify under par. (a).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,143 Section 143. 118.19 (10) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,56,10 118.19 (10) (b) 1. Conduct a background investigation of each applicant for issuance or renewal of a license or permit, including a license or permit issued to a pupil services professional, and for a faculty member seeking to teach in a public high school without a license or permit.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,144 Section 144. 118.191 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,56,20 118.191 (2) (a) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (7) to (9), the department shall grant an initial teaching license to teach a technical education subject to an individual who is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10), who scores at least 100 points on the point system under sub. (5), of which at least 25 points are from sub. (5) (a) 1. and at least 25 points are from sub. (5) (a) 2., and who agrees to complete during the term of the license a curriculum determined by the school board of the school district, by the governing body of the private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or by the governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 in which the individual will teach.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,145 Section 145. 118.191 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,57,6 118.191 (2) (b) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (7) to (9), the department shall grant an initial teaching license to teach a vocational education subject to an individual who is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10), who scores at least 100 points on the point system under sub. (5m), of which at least 25 points are from sub. (5m) (a) 1. and at least 25 points are from sub. (5m) (a) 2., and who agrees to complete during the term of the license a curriculum determined by the school board of the school district, by the governing body of the private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or by the governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 in which the individual will teach.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,146 Section 146. 118.191 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,57,11 118.191 (2m) An initial teaching license issued under sub. (2) authorizes an individual to teach only in the school district controlled by the school board, or in the private school controlled by the governing body, that determined the curriculum the individual agreed to complete in order to qualify for the initial teaching license.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,147 Section 147. 118.191 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,57,16 118.191 (3) An initial teaching license issued under sub. (2) is valid for 3 years. An initial teaching license issued under sub. (2) is void if the license holder ceases to be employed as a teacher in the school district or private school in which the license holder is authorized to teach under sub. (2m).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,148 Section 148. 118.191 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,58,3 118.191 (4) Upon the expiration of the 3-year term of an initial teaching license issued under sub. (2), the department shall issue to the license holder a professional teaching license to teach the technical education subject or vocational education subject if the individual successfully completed the curriculum that the individual agreed to under sub. (2), as determined by the school board of the school district, by the governing body of the private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or by the governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 that established the curriculum. The department shall indicate on a professional teaching license issued under this subsection that the license was obtained under the experience-based licensure program under this section.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,149 Section 149. 118.192 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,58,8 118.192 (4) A school board or private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that employs a person who holds a professional teaching permit shall ensure that no regularly licensed teacher is removed from his or her position as a result of the employment of persons holding permits.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,150 Section 150. 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,58,14 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a. Except as provided in subd. 6. c. and d., all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license issued by the department or a bachelor's degree or a degree or educational credential higher than a bachelor's degree, including a masters master's or doctorate, from a nationally or regionally accredited institution of higher education. This subd. 6. a. does not apply after June 30, 2026.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,151 Section 151. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,58,18 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. a. Except as provided in subd. 6m. b., beginning on July 1, 2026, all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the department.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,59,3 b. A teacher employed by the private school on July 1, 2026, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2026, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 6m. a. on July 1, 2026, may apply to the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 6m. a. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this subd. 6m. b., 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. 6m. a. No waiver granted under this subd. 6m. b. is valid after July 1, 2031.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,152 Section 152. 118.60 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,59,8 118.60 (2) (c) 3. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6m., a teacher employed by a private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,153 Section 153. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,59,14 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. Except as provided in subd. 6. c., all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license issued by the department or a bachelor's degree or a degree or educational credential higher than a bachelor's degree, including a masters master's or doctorate, from a nationally or regionally accredited institution of higher education. This subd. 6. a. does not apply after June 30, 2026.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,154 Section 154. 119.23 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,59,18 119.23 (2) (a) 6m. a. Except as provided in subd. 6m. b., beginning on July 1, 2026, all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the department.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,60,3 b. A teacher employed by the private school on July 1, 2026, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2026, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 6m. a. on July 1, 2026, may apply to the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 6m. a. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this subd. 6m. b., 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. 6m. a. No waiver granted under this subd. 6m. b. is valid after July 1, 2031.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,155 Section 155. 119.23 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,60,8 119.23 (2) (c) 3. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6m., a teacher employed by a private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,9434 Section 9434. Effective dates; Public Instruction.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,60,11 (1) Teacher licensure in certain private schools. The treatment of s. 118.19 (1), (1b), (1c) (b) (intro.), and (3) (b) takes effect on July 1, 2026.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,156 Section 156. 20.255 (3) (ci) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,60,15 20.255 (3) (ci) Teacher improvement program stipends. A sum sufficient for payments to individuals under s. 115.41 (2).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,157 Section 157. 20.255 (3) (cL) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,60,18 20.255 (3) (cL) Library intern stipend payments. A sum sufficient for library intern stipend payments under s. 43.05 (12m).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,158 Section 158. 20.255 (3) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,61,2 20.255 (3) (cs) Student teacher stipends. A sum sufficient for payments to student teachers under s. 115.421.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,159 Section 159. 20.255 (3) (ct) of the statutes is created to read: