AB56: Bill Text

AB56,823,25 115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award a grant of up to $5,000 grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department may not award more than $5,000 to an eligible team in a school year.

AB56,1475 Section 1475. 115.455 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1476 Section 1476 . 115.745 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56,824,7 115.745 (1) (intro.) A school board, 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 any of the following grants:

AB56,824,9 (a) A grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.

AB56,1477 Section 1477 . 115.745 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,824,14 115.745 (1) (b) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, a 2-year grant to develop, implement, and provide American Indian heritage, language, and cultural instruction programs for children participating in head start programs and for pupils in grades kindergarten to 2.

AB56,1478 Section 1478. 115.745 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.745 (2) (a).

AB56,1479 Section 1479. 115.745 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,824,19 115.745 (2) (b) The department may contract with and, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (kt), pay the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., to implement and administer the grant programs under this section.

AB56,1480 Section 1480 . 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,824,24 115.77 (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.

AB56,1481 Section 1481 . 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,825,7 115.79 (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.

AB56,1482 Section 1482 . 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (an).

AB56,1483 Section 1483 . 115.7915 (1) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,11 115.7915 (1) (ac) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (ab).

AB56,1484 Section 1484 . 115.7915 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,15 115.7915 (1) (ag) “Disqualified organization" means an accrediting organization that is not an accrediting entity or a member of or otherwise sanctioned by an accrediting entity.

AB56,1485 Section 1485 . 115.7915 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,17 115.7915 (1) (ar) “Preaccreditation" has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (c).

AB56,1486 Section 1486 . 115.7915 (1) (aw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,825,20 115.7915 (1) (aw) “Preaccrediting entity" has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (cm).

AB56,1487 Section 1487. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,825,25 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (11), provide to a child with a disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply:

AB56,1488 Section 1488. 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,826,2 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies to the eligible school:

AB56,1489 Section 1489 . 115.7915 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. a. and amended to read:

AB56,826,15 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. a. The For the 2019-20 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 AdvancED, 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, 2019.

AB56,1490 Section 1490 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,826,18 115.7915 (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.

AB56,1491 Section 1491 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,826,22 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. (intro.) If the eligible school participates in the program under this section in the 2019-20 school year, all of the following apply to the eligible school:

AB56,1492 Section 1492 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,827,2 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. b. Beginning with the 2020-21 school year and in each school year thereafter, if the eligible school continuously participates in the program under this section, the eligible school complies with the accreditation requirements under sub. (6m).

AB56,1493 Section 1493 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,827,7 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. c. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, if the eligible school does not participate in the program under this section in any school year, 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.

AB56,1494 Section 1494 . 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,827,13 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2022, 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.

AB56,827,22 2. Any teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2022, who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2022, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2022, 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, 2027.

AB56,1495 Section 1495. 115.7915 (4c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1496 Section 1496. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. and amended to read:

AB56,828,6 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school year years, the sum of the scholarship amount under this paragraph for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.

AB56,1497 Section 1497. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1498 Section 1498. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1499 Section 1499 . 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,828,14 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the sum of the scholarship amount under this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

AB56,1500 Section 1500. 115.7915 (4m) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1501 Section 1501. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,828,19 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. Determine the sum of the amount paid for each child number of pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under par. (a) in that school year.

AB56,1502 Section 1502. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,828,22 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. b. Multiply the number of pupils under subd. 1. a. by the per pupil amount calculated under par. (a) for that school year.

AB56,1503 Section 1503. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,828,25 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. Sum the amounts calculated under subd. 1. a. b., d., and dh.

AB56,1504 Section 1504. 115.7915 (4t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,829,6 115.7915 (4t) Tuition costs and other fees. (a) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, a private school participating in the program under this section may not charge or receive any additional tuition payment for a child participating in the program under this section, other than the payments the school receives under subs. (4m) and (4p), if any of the following applies:

AB56,829,7 1. The child is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8.

AB56,829,11 2. The child is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12 and the child is a member of a family that has total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty line, as defined in 42 USC 9902 (2). The child's family income shall be determined as provided in par. (b).

AB56,829,16 (b) 1. A private school participating in the program under this section shall determine whether the private school is prohibited from charging or receiving additional tuition for a child under par. (a) 2. The private school shall establish a process for accepting an appeal to the governing body of the private school of the determination made under this paragraph.

AB56,829,21 2. A private school participating in the program under this section shall obtain the names of the child's parents that reside in the same household as the child; whether and to whom the parents are married; the names of all of the other members of the child's family residing in the same household as the child; and the school year for which family income is being determined under this paragraph.

AB56,829,24 3. The department shall establish a process for a private school participating in the program under this section to use to determine whether the private school is prohibited from charging or receiving additional tuition for a child under par. (a) 2.

AB56,829,25 4. For purposes of this paragraph and par. (a) 2., all of the following apply:

AB56,830,3 a. “Family income" means federal adjusted gross income of the parents residing in the same household as the child for the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being determined under this paragraph.

AB56,830,4 b. Family income includes income of the child's parents.

AB56,830,6 c. Family income for a family in which the child's parents are married shall be reduced by $7,000 before the determination is made under this paragraph.

AB56,830,10 d. A child placed with a kinship care relative under s. 48.57 (3m), with a long-term kinship care relative under s. 48.57 (3n), in a foster home licensed under s. 48.62, or in a subsidized guardianship home under s. 48.623 is considered to have no family income.

AB56,830,15 (c) 1. Subject to subd. 2., beginning in the 2020-21 school year, a private school participating in the program under this section may recover the cost of providing any of the following items or services to a child participating in the program under this section through reasonable fees in an amount determined by the private school and charged to the child:

AB56,830,16 a. Personal use items, such as uniforms, gym clothes, and towels.

AB56,830,18 b. Social and extracurricular activities if not necessary to the private school's curriculum.

AB56,830,19 c. Musical instruments.

AB56,830,20 d. Meals consumed by children of the private school.

AB56,830,22 e. High school classes that are not required for graduation and for which no credits toward graduation are given.

AB56,830,23 f. Transportation.

AB56,830,24 g. Before-school and after-school child care.

AB56,830,25 h. Room and board at the private school.

AB56,831,4 2. A private school participating in the program under this section may not prohibit an eligible child from attending the private school, expel or otherwise discipline the child, or withhold or reduce the child's grades because the child or the child's parent cannot pay or has not paid fees charged under subd. 1.

AB56,1505 Section 1505 . 115.7915 (6) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,831,9 115.7915 (6) (L) Allow a child attending the private school under this section to refrain from participating in any religious activity if the child's parent submits to the child's teacher or the private school's principal a written request that the child be exempt from such activities.

AB56,1506 Section 1506 . 115.7915 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,831,13 115.7915 (6m) Private school accreditation requirements. If a private school does not participate in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 as provided under sub. (2) (c) 1. or 2. c., all of the following apply to the private school:

AB56,831,15 (a) If the private school is not accredited by an accrediting entity on August 1, 2019, the private school shall do all of the following:

AB56,831,18 1. Obtain preaccreditation by a preaccrediting entity by August 1, 2020. The eligible school may apply for and seek to obtain preaccreditation from only one preaccrediting entity.

AB56,831,20 2. Apply for accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2020, and obtain accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2023.

AB56,832,3 (b) If the private school is accredited by an accrediting entity to offer instruction in any elementary grade, but not any high school grade, and the private school seeks to offer instruction in any high school grade, the private school shall apply for accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31 of the first school year in which the private school begins offering instruction in the additional grades and shall obtain accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31 of the 3rd school year following the first school year in which the private school begins offering instruction in the additional grades.