Amendment AA1-ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,13 115.436 (3) (am) 1. Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section par. (a) in the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) or (2m) (a) is ineligible to receive aid under pars. (a) and (c) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,43 Section 43. 115.436 (3) (am) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,19 115.436 (3) (am) 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under par. (c) in the previous school year but is ineligible to receive aid under pars. (a) and (c) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (c) in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,44 Section 44. 115.436 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,20,24 115.436 (3) (c) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to a school district that is eligible for sparsity aid under this paragraph $100 $200 multiplied by the school district’s membership in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,5 (1) Sparsity aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $10,016,800 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $10,236,800.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9334 Section 9334. Initial applicability; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,10 (1) Sparsity aid; payments. The treatment of s. 115.436 (3) (a) and (c), the renumbering and amendment of s. 115.436 (3) (am), and the creation of s. 115.436 (3) (am) 2. first apply to payments made under s. 115.436 in the 2025-26 school year.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,11 18. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,12 “Section 45. 115.366 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,15 115.366 (3) Awards. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (du), the department shall award up to $1,000 $6,000 for each school for which a grant is awarded under sub. (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,20 (1) Peer-to-peer suicide prevention grant program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (du), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $250,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $250,000.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,21,21 19. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,4 “Section 46. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA1,47 Section 47. 20.255 (2) (ck) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,7 20.255 (2) (ck) Supplemental nutrition aid. A sum sufficient for payments under s. 115.3415.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,48 Section 48. 115.3415 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,9 115.3415 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,14 (a) “Educational agency” means a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, a tribal school, an operator of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,16 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,18 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,20 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,22,23 (e) “Free-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility for a free lunch under the federal school lunch program.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,2 (f) “Ineligible pupil” means a pupil who does not satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,4 (g) “Paid-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an ineligible pupil.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,6 (h) “Reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an eligible pupil.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,9 (i) “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.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,12 (j) “School meal” means a 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.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,16 (2) Eligibility. An educational agency is eligible for payments under this section if the educational agency does not charge pupils for school meals for which the educational agency receives reimbursement under the federal school breakfast program or the federal school lunch program.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,19 (3) Annual payment. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ck), in the 2026-27 school year and each school year thereafter, the state superintendent shall pay to each educational agency the sum of all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,23,23 (a) The total number of lunches provided by the educational agency to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,4 (b) The total number of lunches provided by the educational agency to ineligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the paid-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a lunch.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,8 (c) The total number of breakfasts provided by the educational agency to eligible pupils under the federal school breakfast program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,12 (d) The total number of breakfasts provided by the educational agency to ineligible pupils under the federal school breakfast program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the paid-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a breakfast.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,17 (e) The total number of meal supplements provided by the educational agency to eligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,22 (f) The total number of meal supplements provided by the educational agency to ineligible pupils under the federal school lunch program in the previous school year multiplied by the difference between the paid-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement and the free-meal reimbursement amount for a meal supplement.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,24,23 20. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,1 “Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,5 (1) School day milk program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cp), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $211,100 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $247,800.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,6 21. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,13 “Section 49. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA1,50 Section 50. 20.255 (2) (cc) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,17 20.255 (2) (cc) Bilingual-bicultural education aids. The amounts in the schedule for bilingual-bicultural education programs aid under subch. VII of ch. 115 s. 115.995.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,51 Section 51. 20.255 (2) (ce) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,20 20.255 (2) (ce) Aid for English language acquisition. A sum sufficient for aid under s. 115.9955.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,52 Section 52. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,25,23 115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and pupil counts.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,53 Section 53. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,54 Section 54. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,26,7 115.993 (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.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,55 Section 55. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,26,12 115.995 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:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,56 Section 56. 115.995 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,26,18 115.995 (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).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,57 Section 57. 115.9955 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,27,2 115.9955 Aid for English language acquisition. (1) Beginning in the 2025-26 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ce), the department shall pay each school district and each operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) $500 per limited-English proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year, based on the report under s. 115.993 (2).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,27,4 (2) Receipt of aid under s. 115.995 does not preclude receipt of aid under this section.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,27,5 22. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,27,12 “Section 58. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA1,59 Section 59. 20.255 (2) (ds) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,27,15 20.255 (2) (ds) Computer science education grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school boards under s. 115.28 (29).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,60 Section 60. 115.28 (29) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,28,2 115.28 (29) Computer science education grants. Annually award grants to school boards to expand computer science educational opportunities in all grade levels operated by the school district. For purposes of awarding grants under this subsection, expanding computer science educational opportunities includes providing professional development, the application of programming or coding concepts or integration of computer science fundamentals into other subjects, and purchasing curricula and related materials. A school board may not use a grant under this subsection to purchase personal electronic computing devices, as defined in s. 115.438 (1) (b), computers, or computer hardware.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,28,7 (1) Computer science education grants. The authorized FTE positions for the department of public instruction are increased by 1.0 GPR position, to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ds), for the computer science grant program under s. 115.28 (29).”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,28,8 23. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,28,15 “Section 61. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA1,62 Section 62. 20.255 (2) (dk) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,28,19 20.255 (2) (dk) Aid for career and technical education. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for payments to school boards and independent charter schools under s. 115.433.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,63 Section 63. 115.433 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,28,24 115.433 Aid for career and technical education. (1) In this section, “high school career and technical education pathway” means a series of career and technical education opportunities that prepare a pupil for a postsecondary option in a specific career area.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,10 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the state superintendent shall provide payments to school boards and operators of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of increasing high school career and technical education pathways in public schools. Aid payments under this subsection may be used for expenses related to creating career and technical education courses and high school career and technical education pathways and for expanding access to existing career and technical education courses and high school career and technical education pathways. The department shall pay to a school board or operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) an amount calculated as follows:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,13 (a) Determine the total number of pupils in the high school grades enrolled in school districts and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,16 (b) Determine the number of pupils in the high school grades enrolled in the school district or charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) in the previous school year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,18 (c) Divide the amount determined under par. (b) by the amount determined under par. (a).

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,20 (d) Multiply the quotient calculated under par. (c) by one of the following amounts, whichever is applicable:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,21 1. In the 2025-26 school year, $5,000,000.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,29,23 2. In the 2026-27 school year, the unencumbered balance of the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk) at the close of the 2025-26 fiscal year.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,30,2 3. In the 2027-28 school year, and each school year thereafter, one-half of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dk) for the applicable fiscal biennium.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,30,4 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA1,30,5 24. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA1,30,12 “Section 64. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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