Amendment SA2-SSA2-SB45

SB45-SSA2-SA2,32 Section 32. 20.255 (3) (fv) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,7,5 20.255 (3) (fv) Graduation Alliance. The amounts in the schedule for payments to Graduation Alliance, Inc., under s. 115.28 (70).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,33 Section 33. 20.255 (3) (fw) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,7,8 20.255 (3) (fw) Mentor Greater Milwaukee. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc., under s. 115.28 (69).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,34 Section 34. 20.505 (1) (cv) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,7,12 20.505 (1) (cv) First class city school district audit response support. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for payments under s. 16.23 to a 1st class city school district to implement audit recommendations.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,35 Section 35. 43.05 (12m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,7,18 43.05 (12m) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (cL), beginning in the 2026-27 school year, provide payments, in the amount of $2,500 per student per semester, to students who are enrolled in a program leading to a master’s degree in library and information sciences and are placed as an intern in a public library or school library. The division may promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,36 Section 36. 62.90 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 62.90 (8) (b) and amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,8,8 62.90 (8) (b) Beginning January 1, 2024, the school board of the 1st class city school district that is located in the 1st class city shall ensure that not fewer than 25 school resource officers are present at schools within the school district during normal school hours and that school resource officers are available during before- school and after-school care, extracurricular activities, and sporting events as needed. In addition, beginning January 1, 2024, the school board of the 1st class city school district that is located in the 1st class city shall ensure that the school resource officers complete the 40-hour course sponsored by the National Association of School Resource Officers. Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, the school board of the 1st class city school district that is located in the 1st class city shall consider the statistics it receives under s. 118.124 (3) (a) when deciding at which schools to place school resource officers required under this subsection.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,8,11 (c) 1. The 1st class city school district and the 1st class city shall agree to an apportionment of apportion the costs of meeting the requirements of this subsection. as follows:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,8,12 (a) In this subsection, “law:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,8,17 1. “Law enforcement officer” means a person who is employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce, and “school.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,8,21 3. “School resource officer” means a law enforcement officer who is deployed in community-oriented policing and assigned by the law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (b), that employs him or her to work in a full-time capacity in collaboration with a school district.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,37 Section 37. 62.90 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,8,23 62.90 (8) (a) 2. “School day” has the meaning given in s. 115.01 (10).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,38 Section 38. 62.90 (8) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,9,5 62.90 (8) (c) 1. a. For the costs of meeting the requirements of this subsection on school days, to the 1st class city school district 25 percent of the costs or $400,000, whichever is greater, and the remainder to the 1st class city. Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the maximum amount that may be apportioned to the 1st class city school district is $400,000.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,39 Section 39. 62.90 (8) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,9,8 62.90 (8) (c) 1. b. For the costs of meeting the requirements of this subsection on days other than school days, 100 percent of the costs to the 1st class city.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,40 Section 40. 62.90 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,9,16 62.90 (8) (c) 2. For school years beginning after July 1, 2027, the maximum dollar amount apportioned to the 1st class city school district under subd. 1. a. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 2025, as determined by the federal department of labor.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,41 Section 41. 106.023 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,9,24 106.023 Teacher apprenticeships. (1) In consultation with the department of public instruction, the department shall prescribe the conditions under which a person may serve a teacher apprenticeship, as to higher education attendance requirements, level of supervision of an apprentice, and the credit for school attendance in serving the apprenticeship. The department shall also prescribe the criteria an individual must satisfy to demonstrate that the individual has successfully completed an apprenticeship under this section.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,10,2 (2) Every person commencing a teacher apprenticeship shall enter into an apprentice contract under s. 106.01.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,42 Section 42. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,10,21 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (3), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, 118.195, and 118.197, and 118.198; prescribe by rule standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, to be approved by the state superintendent, a teacher preparatory program shall demonstrate that it provides instruction that prepares teachers to teach reading and language arts using science-based early reading instruction, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (b), and does not provide instruction on teaching reading and language arts that incorporates 3-cueing, as defined in s. 118.015 (1c) (c), and a requirement that, beginning on July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this subsection, together with each individual’s date of program completion, from each term or semester of the program’s most recently completed academic year; file in the state superintendent’s office all papers relating to state teachers’ licenses; and register each such license.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,43 Section 43. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,11,9 115.28 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,44 Section 44. 115.28 (7) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,11,14 115.28 (7) (cm) Consult with the department of workforce development to develop the teacher apprenticeship under s. 106.023 in a manner in which an individual who completes a teacher apprenticeship under s. 106.23 satisfies the requirements for a license to teach under s. 118.19 (6), (8), (9), and (12).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,45 Section 45. 115.28 (29) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,11,24 115.28 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,46 Section 46. 115.28 (30) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,12,3 115.28 (30) (e) Annually, identify one career and technical student organization for each education subject listed in par. (b).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,47 Section 47. 115.28 (30) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,12,6 115.28 (30) (f) Annually, distribute to each career and technical student organization identified under par. (e) an amount determined as follows:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,12,8 1. Determine the total number of pupils who were members of the career and technical student organizations identified under par. (e) in the previous school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,12,11 2. For each career and technical student organization, divide the number of pupils who were members of that career and technical student organization in the previous school year by the total determined under subd. 1.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,12,13 3. Multiply the quotient under subd. 2. by the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ct) for the current fiscal year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,48 Section 48. 115.28 (63) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,12,21 115.28 (63) Mental health training program. (intro.) Establish a mental health training support program under which the department provides training on all of the following evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health issues in schools to school district staff and, instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), and individuals employed by an out-of-school-time program on evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health needs and suicide prevention in schools, including all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,49 Section 49. 115.28 (67) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,4 115.28 (67) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fd), pay to GED Testing Service LLC, or its successor, the testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes a content area test given under the general educational development test. In this subsection, “eligible individual” means an individual who satisfies all of the following conditions before taking the content area test:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,7 1. The individual meets the eligibility requirements promulgated by the department by rule for a high school equivalency diploma or certificate of general educational development.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,9 2. The individual takes and receives a passing score on a practice test for the content area that is developed by GED Testing Service LLC, or its successor.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,11 (b) For each eligible individual under par. (a), pay for no more than one testing service fee for each content area test taken in a calendar year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,14 (c) Pay the testing service fee for a content area test under par. (a) only if the eligible individual takes the test on or after January 1, 2026, at a testing site in this state that is approved by the state superintendent.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,50 Section 50. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,22 115.28 (68) Health emergencies in learning places; grants. Annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bp), award grants to school boards, operators of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools participating in a program under s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23 to comply with requirements under ss. 118.07 (1) (b) and (6), 118.075 (4) (a) and (b), 118.60 (7) (g) 1. and 2. and 119.23 (7) (g) 1. and 2. A grant under this subsection may be used for any of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,13,23 (a) Automated external defibrillators.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,1 (b) Automated external defibrillator maintenance.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,2 (c) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training supplies and materials.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,4 (d) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for school personnel, including coaches, school nurses, and athletic trainers.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,5 (e) First aid training and education materials.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,7 (f) Other activities that promote preparedness for using cardiac emergency response plans in a school or athletic facility.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,8 (g) Carbon monoxide detectors.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,9 (h) Opioid antagonists.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,51 Section 51. 115.28 (69) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,13 115.28 (69) Mentor Greater Milwaukee. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fw), award grants to Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc., to expand access to quality youth mentoring in Milwaukee County.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,52 Section 52. 115.28 (70) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,14,19 115.28 (70) Graduation Alliance. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fv) to Graduation Alliance, Inc., a Utah corporation, to support pupils and their families through a coaching program designed to improve school engagement and academic performance known as Engage Wisconsin.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,53 Section 53. 115.28 (71) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,15,2 115.28 (71) The Literacy Lab. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fs) to The Literacy Lab, a Virginia nonstock corporation, to provide an evidence-based literacy intervention program in public schools located in the cities of Milwaukee and Racine.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,54 Section 54. 115.28 (72) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,15,9 115.28 (72) Financial literacy curriculum grant program. Award grants to school boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of developing, implementing, or improving financial literacy curricula. In awarding grants under this subsection, the state superintendent shall prioritize grant applications related to innovative financial literacy curricula, as determined by the state superintendent.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,55 Section 55. 115.335 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,15,14 115.335 Water bottle filling stations; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2026- 27 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts and operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to modify water fountains to include water bottle filling equipment that includes a water filtration component.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,15,16 (2) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,56 Section 56. 115.341 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,16,2 115.341 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), each 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 15 cents for each breakfast served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school or tribal school 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school or tribal school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,57 Section 57. 115.341 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,16,8 115.341 (2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards, operators, directors, and governing bodies of private schools and tribal schools entitled to the aid under sub. (1).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,58 Section 58. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,16,16 115.341 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the state superintendent may not reimburse the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the 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, the director of the center under s. 115.525, or the governing body of a private or tribal school for any breakfast served at a school, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, during the prior school year if the school ceased operations during that prior school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,59 Section 59. 115.3415 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,16,18 115.3415 Supplemental nutrition aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,16,23 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,2 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,4 (c) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under 42 USC 1773.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,6 (d) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,9 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,11 (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).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,13 (g) “Paid-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an ineligible pupil.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,15 (h) “Reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount” means the reimbursement amount in the previous school year for a school meal provided to an eligible pupil.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,18 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,17,21 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,18,2 (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.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,18,5 (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: