AB56: Bill Text

AB56,814,14 (c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).

AB56,814,17 (d) A person admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, who is either a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a citizen of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia.

AB56,814,21 (2) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ej), the department shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to school districts to recruit minorities to teach in the school district. The department shall do all of the following in awarding grants under this subsection:

AB56,814,23 (a) Award 50 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ej) to a 1st class city school district.

AB56,814,25 (b) Award 50 percent to school districts that are not a 1st class city school district.

AB56,815,3 (c) Give preference in awarding funding under par. (b) to school districts that have a high percentage of pupils who are minorities, as defined by the department by rule.

AB56,815,5 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56,1443 Section 1443 . 115.42 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (1m), and 115.42 (1m) (a) 1., as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56,815,10 115.42 (1m) (a) 1. The person is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or licensed by the department as a master educator under s. PI 34.19 34.042, Wis. Adm. Code.

AB56,1444 Section 1444 . 115.42 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,815,12 115.42 (1c) In this section:

AB56,815,13 (a) “Pupils enrolled” has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (7).

AB56,815,15 (b) “Urban school district” means a school district that satisfies any of the following:

AB56,815,17 1. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2018-19 school year was at least 18,000.

AB56,815,19 2. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the previous school year was at least 18,000.

AB56,1445 Section 1445 . 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,815,23 115.42 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (c), the department shall award 9 grants of $2,500 each to each person who received a grant under sub. (1) (1m) if the person satisfies all of the following requirements:

AB56,1446 Section 1446 . 115.42 (2) (bL) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,816,4 115.42 (2) (bL) The department shall award the grants under this subsection annually, one grant in each of the school years following the school year in which the grant under sub. (1) (1m) was awarded and in which the person satisfies the requirements under par. (a).

AB56,1447 Section 1447 . 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.42 (2) (c) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56,816,9 115.42 (2) (c) 1. (intro.) The amount of each a grant under par. (a) shall be $5,000 is $10,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at that satisfies all of the following:

AB56,816,11 a. At least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled at the school satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB56,1448 Section 1448 . 115.42 (2) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,816,13 115.42 (2) (c) 1. b. The school is not located in an urban school district.

AB56,1449 Section 1449 . 115.42 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,816,16 115.42 (2) (c) 2. The amount of a grant under par. (a) is $15,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school that satisfies all of the following:

AB56,816,18 a. At least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled at the school satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB56,816,19 b. The school is located in an urban school district.

AB56,1450 Section 1450 . 115.42 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,817,2 115.42 (2) (d) In any of the 9 school years following the receipt of a grant under sub. (1) (1m) in which the grant recipient is evaluated under s. 115.415, if the grant recipient is placed in a performance category other than the “effective" or “highly effective" performance category in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department, he or she is not eligible for a grant under this subsection in that school year.

AB56,1451 Section 1451 . 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,817,7 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than 10 and the school district satisfies all one of the following criteria:

AB56,1452 Section 1452 . 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,817,10 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than 745.

AB56,1453 Section 1453 . 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1454 Section 1454 . 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,817,16 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school year years, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $400 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

AB56,1455 Section 1455 . 115.436 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,817,20 115.436 (3) (ac) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay all of the following:

AB56,817,22 1. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (a), $400 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB56,817,24 2. To each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (2) (b), $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB56,1456 Section 1456 . 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,818,6 115.436 (3) (ag) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, 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 in the previous school year but does not satisfy the number of pupils per square mile requirement under sub. (2) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount the school district received under par. (a) or (ac) in the previous school year.

AB56,1457 Section 1457 . 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,818,13 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in In the 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 school year years, 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 in the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

AB56,1458 Section 1458 . 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,818,18 115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am) (ac), (ag), and (ap), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

AB56,1459 Section 1459. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,819,2 115.437 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, and by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, and by $630 in each school year thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB56,1460 Section 1460. 115.438 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB56,1461 Section 1461 . 115.438 (1) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 115.438 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56,819,9 115.438 (1) (intro.) In this section: (b) “Personal, “personal electronic computing device” means an electronic computing device that satisfies all of the following criteria:

AB56,1462 Section 1462 . 115.438 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1463 Section 1463 . 115.438 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 115.438 (1) (a) to (c).

AB56,1464 Section 1464 . 115.438 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,819,16 115.438 (4) (a) 1. For a school district, the number of 9th grade pupils included in the school district's membership enrolled, as defined in s. 121.004 (7), in the previous current school year.

AB56,1465 Section 1465. 115.446 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,819,22 115.446 After-school and out-of-school-time programs; grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to support high-quality after-school programs and out-of-school-time programs to organizations that provide services to school-age children. The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56,1466 Section 1466. 115.447 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,819,24 115.447 (title) Summer school programs; grants; urban school districts .

AB56,1467 Section 1467 . 115.447 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,820,2 115.447 (1) In this section, “ eligible “urban school district” means a 1st class city school district has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56,1468 Section 1468 . 115.447 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,820,6 115.447 (2) (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and in each year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the department shall award grants to eligible urban school districts to do any of the following:

AB56,1469 Section 1469 . 115.447 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,820,12 115.447 (2m) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall allocate in each school year $2,000,000 for grants to an urban school district that is a 1st class city school district and shall allocate the remaining amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dj) equally among the urban school districts that are not 1st class city school districts.

AB56,1470 Section 1470 . 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,820,15 115.448 Early childhood education grants; urban school districts. (1) In this section:

AB56,820,19 (a) “Early childhood education program” means a program provided by an urban school district to enhance learning opportunities for young children residing in the urban school district and to prepare those children for entry into the elementary grades.

AB56,820,22 (b) “Eligible child” means a child who resides in an urban school district that provides an early childhood education program and who meets any of the following criteria:

AB56,820,24 1. The child is 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the child proposes to attend the early childhood education program.

AB56,821,5 2. The child is less than 3 years old on or before September 1 in the year the child proposes to attend the early childhood education program, and the child is eligible to attend the early childhood education program under procedures, conditions, and standards the school board of the urban school district prescribes for early admission to the early childhood education program.

AB56,821,6 (c) “Urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56,821,9 (2) An urban school district may annually submit to the department a statement that the urban school district is interested in receiving a grant award under this section.

AB56,821,13 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm), beginning in the 2020-21 school year, the department shall annually award a grant in an amount determined under sub. (4) to an urban school district under sub. (2) that provides, or that will use the grant award to implement, an early childhood education program.

AB56,821,21 (4) Subject to sub. (6), the department shall award a grant under sub. (3) to an urban school district in the amount of $1,000 per eligible child who, in the current school year, attends the urban school district's early childhood education program. The urban school district shall report to the department the number of eligible children attending the urban school district's early childhood education program on the 3rd Friday of September in the current school year, and the department shall calculate the amount of the urban school district's grant award based on the attendance on that date.

AB56,822,3 (5) An urban school district that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant moneys to develop, implement, and administer a new or expanded early childhood education program, and the urban school district shall ensure that its early childhood education program meets the licensing requirements for child care centers established by the department of children and families, including staff to child ratios, required for participation in the quality rating system under s. 49.155 (6) (e).

AB56,822,7 (6) (a) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (4) to all urban school districts entitled to receive grants under this section, the department shall prorate the payments among those urban school districts.

AB56,822,12 (b) If, after the department makes the payments to urban school districts required under sub. (4), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (dm) for the fiscal year, the department may distribute the balance of the funds remaining in that appropriation account to any of those urban school districts in amounts determined by the department.

AB56,1471 Section 1471. 115.449 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,822,15 115.449 Community engagement grants; urban school districts. (1) In this section, “urban school district” has the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).

AB56,822,17 (2) Annually, the department shall award a grant to each urban school district to support projects that satisfy the following criteria:

AB56,822,18 (a) The project includes collaboration with at least one of the following:

AB56,822,19 1. A nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181.

AB56,822,20 2. A cooperative educational service agency.

AB56,822,21 3. An institution within the University of Wisconsin System.

AB56,822,22 4. A technical college district board.

AB56,822,23 5. Any local unit of government.

AB56,822,25 (b) The project makes additional resources or services available to pupils and their families.