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15Section
44. 115.95 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.95
(3) It is the policy of this state to reimburse school districts, in
17substantial part, for the added costs of providing the programs established under
18this subchapter
and to provide support to school districts and charter schools under
19s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) for the added costs of educating limited-English proficient
20pupils.
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21Section
45. 115.958 of the statutes is created to read:
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22115.958 Capacity-building grants for licensed educators. (1) A school
23board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may
24apply to the department for a grant for the school district or charter school to provide
1support and financial assistance to its staff and teachers in obtaining licensure or
2certification as bilingual teachers and teachers of English as a 2nd language.
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3(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s.
420.255 (2) (ch), the department may award grants under sub. (1) to school districts
5and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) in amounts determined
6by the department.
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7(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
8section.
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9Section
46. 115.96 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10115.96 (title)
Establishment Pupil counts; establishment of programs.
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11Section
47. 115.96 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.96
(1) Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before
13March 1,
each a school board
and the operator of a charter school established under
14s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in
15the public schools of the district
or in the charter school, assess the language
16proficiency of
such the pupils
, and classify
such the pupils by language group, grade
17level, age
, and English language proficiency.
A school board or operator is eligible
18for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count
19under this subsection.
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48. 115.97 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.97
(1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools
22in its bilingual-bicultural education program.
The school board shall be eligible for
23state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served
24from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4). A pupil
25shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is
1able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education
2program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective.
3Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of
4limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of
5the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate
6in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give
7preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
8program.
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49. 115.97 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.97
(6) A school board that is required to establish a bilingual-bicultural
11education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995
12only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the
13bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.
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50. 115.977 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.977
(2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education
16programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational
17service agency.
If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades
184 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a
19contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is
20eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.
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21Section
51. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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22115.993 (title)
Report
Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
23pupil counts.
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24Section
52. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1) and amended
25to read:
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1115.993
(1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district
2operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall
3report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both
4limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school
5year in bilingual-bicultural education programs,
an itemized statement on oath of
6all disbursements on account of a summary of the costs incurred to operate the
7bilingual-bicultural education program
operated during the previous school year
, 8and a copy of the estimated budget for
that operating the bilingual-bicultural
9education program for the current school year.
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53. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.993
(2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator
12of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state
13superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
14school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the
15classification of those pupils by language group.
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54. 115.993 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.993
(3) A school board or the operator of a charter school established under
18s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board
19or operator submits the reports required under this section.
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20Section
55. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (1m) (intro.)
21and amended to read:
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115.995
(1m) (intro.)
Upon
Subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3),
23upon receipt of the
report reports under s. 115.993
, if the state superintendent is
24satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school
25year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter (1) and (2), the state
1superintendent shall
do all of, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay the
2following
amounts:
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56. 115.995 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 115.995 (1m)
4(a) 1. and 2. and amended to read:
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115.995
(1m) (a) 1.
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide 6Dividing proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993,
2019 stats., an
7annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the
8previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid
9paid under this
subsection subdivision does not reduce aid paid under
sub. (2) subd.
102.
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2.
Certify Certifying to the department of administration in favor of the school
12district board a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on
13limited-English proficient pupils by the school
district board during the preceding
14year for salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to
15bilingual-bicultural education programs under this subchapter, special books and
16equipment used in the bilingual-bicultural
education programs
, and other expenses
17approved by the state superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by
18dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school
19year less $250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.