SB70-SSA2-SA3,42,22 115.882 Payment of state aid; reimbursement rate. Funds appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4). Costs In the 2023-24 school year and in each school year thereafter, costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under ss. 115.88 (1m) to (3), (6), and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a rate set to distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs, not to exceed 100 percent 60 percent of eligible costs.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,43,2 “ Section 106. 121.59 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.59 (2m), and 121.59 (2m) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,43,8 121.59 (2m) (intro.) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and in any school year thereafter, if a school district was eligible to receive aid under sub. (2) in the immediately preceding school year but is ineligible to receive aid in the current school year because the number under sub. (2) (d) is not a positive number, the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b), pay to that school district the amount determined as follows:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,43,9 (b) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (a) by 0.5.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,107 Section 107. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,43,12 “ Section 108. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,43,16 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as one pupil.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,109 Section 109. 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,43,20 121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day" means the length of the school day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or 5-year-old kindergarten program.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,110 Section 110. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,44,4 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program, including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b), that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) but requires less than full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities. In this paragraph, “full-day” has the meaning given in par. (c) 2.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,9339 Section 9339. Initial applicability.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,44,8 (1) The treatment of s. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and 2. and (cm) first apply to the distribution of school aid in, and the calculation of revenue limits for, the 2024-25 school year.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,111 Section 111. 20.255 (2) (dc) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,44,13 20.255 (2) (dc) Aid for comprehensive school mental health services. The amounts in the schedule for aid for comprehensive school mental health services under s. 115.369.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,112 Section 112. 20.255 (2) (dt) of the statutes is repealed.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,44,16 “ Section 113. 115.367 of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,114 Section 114. 115.369 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,4 115.369 Aid for comprehensive school mental health services. (1) Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dc), reimburse a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for expenditures relating to mental health services during in-school or out-of-school time. The annual amount reimbursed under this subsection may not exceed $100,000 plus $100 for each pupil enrolled in the school district or charter school in the prior school year. Mental health services that are eligible for reimbursement under this subsection may include any of the following:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,5 (a) Mental health evidence-based improvement strategies.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,7 (b) Mental health literacy and stigma reduction programs for pupils and adults.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,10 (c) Collaborating or contracting with community mental health providers, consultants, organizations, cooperative educational service agencies, and other experts to provide consultation, training, mentoring, and coaching.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,11 (d) Parent training and informational events.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,12 (e) Assistance programs for pupils and families.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,45,13 (f) Mental health navigators.