Amendment SA2-SSA2-SB45

SB45-SSA2-SA2,31,10 (c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,90 Section 90. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,31,16 115.437 (2) (a) 2. In the 2025-26 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 20 percent of the per pupil amount under subd. 1. for the applicable school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,91 Section 91. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,92 Section 92. 115.445 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,31,20 115.445 (title) Four-year-old kindergarten; grants and model community-based approach 4k contract.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,93 Section 93. 115.445 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.445 (1m).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94 Section 94. 115.445 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,31,23 115.445 (1c) In this section:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32,2 (a) “Community-based approach contract” means a written document that defines the roles and responsibilities of a school board and a community-based provider related to the operation of a 4-year-old kindergarten program.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32,5 (b) “Community-based provider” means a head start agency designated under 42 USC 9836, a family child care center, as defined in s. 49.136 (1) (j), or a group child care center, as defined in s. 49.136 (1) (k).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,95 Section 95. 115.445 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32,9 115.445 (2m) (a) By no later than January 1, 2026, and in consultation with the department of children and families, the department shall develop a model community-based approach contract.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32,13 (b) In consultation with the department of children and families, the department shall, by rule, establish the standard per pupil payment amount a school board pays to a community-based provider under the model community- based approach contract developed under par. (a).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,96 Section 96. 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32,19 115.448 Early literacy; aid for intensive summer reading programs. (1) (a) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who was promoted to 4th grade who had a personal reading plan under s. 118.016 (5) (a) 1. during the 3rd grade and who was not considered to have completed the personal reading plan under s. 118.016 (5) (d) at the time the pupil was promoted to 4th grade.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32,22 (b) “Required intensive summer reading program” means an intensive summer reading program that is required to be included in a promotion policy under s. 118.33 (6) (a) 3. or (b) 2m.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,5 (2) Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fc), the department shall in each school year reimburse school boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the costs they incurred in the previous school year to provide required intensive summer reading programs to eligible pupils. School boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the department their costs that are eligible for reimbursement under this subsection.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,7 (3) The department shall pay aid under this section by no later than November 15 of each school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,9 (4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,97 Section 97. 115.455 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,11 115.455 (title) Grant Grants for information technology education.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,98 Section 98. 115.455 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.455 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,17 115.455 (1) (a) (intro.) The department shall develop a competitive request- for-proposal process for the grant program to award of a grant to an entity grants to one or more entities to provide information technology education and certification opportunities to public any of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,18 1. Public school pupils in grades 6 to 12, technical.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,19 2. Technical college district students, and patrons.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33,20 3. Patrons of public libraries.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,99 Section 99. 115.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,34,2 115.455 (1) (b) The department shall accept applications from entities responding to the request-for-proposal that apply for grants under par. (a) and shall may, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eb), award a grant only to an entity entities that, subject to sub. (3), satisfies satisfy the requirements under sub. (2).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,100 Section 100. 115.455 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,34,9 115.455 (2) (intro.) To be eligible for a grant under this section, the an entity shall demonstrate that it has successfully offered an information technology instructional program in schools in this state and shall develop an instructional program that includes all at least one of the following components, and shall ensure maximize the number of sites at which that the instructional program will be operated in 225 sites, including 16 public libraries:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,101 Section 101. 115.455 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,34,16 115.455 (3) In awarding the grant grants under sub. (1), the department shall give preference to an entity that demonstrates that it has entities that demonstrate they have successfully provided high-quality information technology instructional programming and educational opportunities to pupils enrolled in or attending schools in this state and will develop an instructional program that includes multiple components under sub. (2) (a) to (h).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,102 Section 102. 115.745 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,34,23 115.745 (1) A school board, an operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a cooperative educational service agency, or an agency determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation under 42 USC 9836 as a head start agency, in conjunction with a tribal education authority, may apply to the department for a grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,103 Section 103. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,35,4 115.77 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,104 Section 104. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,35,12 115.79 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,105 Section 105. 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (ah).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,106 Section 106. 115.7915 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,35,16 115.7915 (1) (ad) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (ab).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,107 Section 107. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,35,20 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the 2025-26 school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,108 Section 108. 115.7915 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,35,22 115.7915 (1) (ap) “Preaccreditation” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (c).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,109 Section 109. 115.7915 (1) (at) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,36,2 115.7915 (1) (at) “Preaccrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (cm).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,110 Section 110. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,36,7 115.7915 (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:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,111 Section 111. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,36,11 115.7915 (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).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,112 Section 112. 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,36,13 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies to the eligible school:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,113 Section 113. 115.7915 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. a. and amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,37,3 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. a. The For the 2025-26 school year, the eligible school has been either is approved as a private school by the state superintendent under s. 118.165 (2) or is accredited by Cognia, Inc., Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Christian Schools International, Association of Christian Schools International, the diocese or archdiocese within which the eligible school is located, or any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation, as of the an accrediting entity on August 1 preceding the school term for which the scholarship is awarded, 2025.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,114 Section 114. 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,37,7 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. The eligible school participates in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,115 Section 115. 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,37,10 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. The eligible school is accredited by an accrediting entity by August 1 of the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,116 Section 116. 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,37,14 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. (intro.) If the eligible school participates in the program under this section in the 2025-26 school year, all of the following apply to the eligible school:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,117 Section 117. 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. b., c. and d. of the statutes are created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,38,2 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. b. If the eligible school is not accredited as provided under subd. 3. a., the eligible school obtains preaccreditation by a preaccrediting entity by August 1, 2026. The eligible school may apply for and seek to obtain preaccreditation from only one preaccrediting entity. If the eligible school fails to obtain preaccreditation as required under this subd. 3. b., the eligible school may not participate in the program under this section in the 2026-27 school year or in any school year thereafter until the eligible school obtains accreditation as provided under subd. 2.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,38,5 c. If subd. 3. b. applies to the eligible school, the eligible school applies for accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2026, and obtains accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2029.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,38,6 d. This subd. 3. does not apply after the 2029-30 school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,118 Section 118. 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,38,16 115.7915 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,119 Section 119. 115.7915 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,38,20 115.7915 (2) (g) The Subject to sub. (3) (d), the eligible school, or the department on behalf of the eligible school, has accepted the child’s application to attend the eligible school under a scholarship awarded under this section.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,120 Section 120. 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,39,2 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2028, all of the eligible school’s teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the department.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,39,11 2. a. A teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2028, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2028, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2028, 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, 2033.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,39,14 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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,121 Section 121. 115.7915 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,39,18 115.7915 (2m) Program cap. Beginning with the 2026-27 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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,122 Section 122. 115.7915 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,39,21 115.7915 (3) (title) Participating schools; selection of pupils application process; waiting list.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,123 Section 123. 115.7915 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,40,4 115.7915 (3) (a) The governing body of an eligible school that intends to participate in the program under this section shall notify the department of its intent by January 10 of the previous school year. The governing body of the eligible school shall include in the notice under this paragraph the number of spaces the eligible school has available for children receiving a scholarship under this section.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,124 Section 124. 115.7915 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,40,9 115.7915 (3) (am) The governing body of an eligible school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under par. (a) may accept applications for scholarships under sub. (2) (f) for the following school year between the first weekday in February and the 3rd Thursday in April.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,125 Section 125. 115.7915 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,126 Section 126. 115.7915 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,41,2 115.7915 (3) (bm) Upon receipt of an application for a scholarship under sub. (2) (f) par. (am), the governing body of the eligible school shall determine whether the application satisfies the requirements under sub. (2), other than the requirement under sub. (2) (d), and shall request verification from the local education agency that developed the child’s individualized education program or services plan that the child has an individualized education program or services plan in place that meets the requirement in sub. (2) (d). The governing body of the eligible school shall also notify the child’s resident school board that, pending verification that the requirements of sub. (2) have been satisfied and subject to par. (d), the child will be awarded a scholarship under this section. The local education agency shall, within 5 business days of receiving a request under this paragraph, provide the governing body of the eligible school with a copy of the child’s individualized education program or services plan.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,127 Section 127. 115.7915 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,41,12 115.7915 (3) (c) The By the first weekday in May immediately following the application period under par. (am), the governing body of a private an eligible school participating in the program under this section that received applications for scholarships under par. (am) shall notify report to the department when it verifies that a child has the names of children who applied under par. (am) to attend the eligible school for whom the governing body has verified that an individualized education program or services plan is in effect and accepts the child’s application to attend the private school under a scholarship awarded under this section the names of those applicants who have siblings who are already attending the eligible school.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,128 Section 128. 115.7915 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,41,23 115.7915 (3) (d) After the end of the application period described under par. (am), upon receipt of the information under par. (c), the department shall determine the sum of all applicants for scholarships under this section. In determining the sum, the department shall count a child who has applied for more than one scholarship under this section only once. If the sum of all applicants exceeds the program cap, the department shall determine which applications to accept on a random basis, subject to the number of available spaces each eligible school specified in its notice under par. (a), except that the department shall give preference to the following in accepting applications for each eligible school, in the order of preference listed: