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1(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
2section.
SB111,1975
3Section 1975
. 115.96 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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4115.96 (title)
Establishment Pupil counts; establishment of programs.
SB111,1976
5Section 1976
. 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
7March 1,
each a school board
and the operator of a charter school established under
8s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in
9the public schools of the district
or in the charter school, assess the language
10proficiency of
such the pupils
, and classify
such the pupils by language group, grade
11level, age
, and English language proficiency.
A school board or operator is eligible
12for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count
13under this subsection.
SB111,1977
14Section 1977
. 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
16in its bilingual-bicultural education program.
The school board shall be eligible for
17state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served
18from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4). A pupil
19shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is
20able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education
21program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective.
22Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of
23limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of
24the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate
25in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give
1preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
2program.
SB111,1978
3Section 1978
. 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
5education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995
6only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the
7bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.
SB111,1979
8Section 1979
. 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
10programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational
11service agency.
If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades
124 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a
13contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is
14eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.
SB111,1980
15Section 1980
. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16115.993 (title)
Report
Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
17pupil counts.
SB111,1981
18Section 1981
. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1) and amended
19to read:
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115.993
(1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district
21operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall
22report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both
23limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school
24year in bilingual-bicultural education programs,
an itemized statement on oath of
25all disbursements on account of a summary of the costs incurred to operate the
1bilingual-bicultural education program
operated during the previous school year
, 2and a copy of the estimated budget for
that operating the bilingual-bicultural
3education program for the current school year.
SB111,1982
4Section 1982
. 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
6of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state
7superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
8school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the
9classification of those pupils by language group.
SB111,1983
10Section 1983
. 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
12s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board
13or operator submits the reports required under this section.
SB111,1984
14Section 1984
. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (1m)
15(intro.) and 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),
17upon receipt of the
report reports under s. 115.993
, if the state superintendent is
18satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school
19year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter (1) and (2), the state
20superintendent shall
do all of, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay the
21following
amounts:
SB111,1985
22Section 1985
. 115.995 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 115.995 (1m)
23(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 25Dividing proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993,
2019 stats., an
1annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the
2previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid
3paid under this
subsection subdivision does not reduce aid paid under
sub. (2) subd.
42.
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2.
Certify Certifying to the department of administration in favor of the school
6district board a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on
7limited-English proficient pupils by the school
district board during the preceding
8year for salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to
9bilingual-bicultural education programs under this subchapter, special books and
10equipment used in the bilingual-bicultural
education programs
, and other expenses
11approved by the state superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by
12dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school
13year less $250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.
SB111,1986
14Section 1986
. 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.995
(1m) (a) (intro.) In the 2021-22 school year, to a school board that was
16required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97 for
17the previous school year, the amounts determined by doing all of the following:
SB111,1987
18Section 1987
. 115.995 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.995
(1m) (b) Subject to sub. (3), beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to
20a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or
21(2x), an amount calculated as follows:
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1. If, in the previous school year, there was at least one limited-English
23proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
24$10,000.