AB50,1949 Section 1949. 115.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1013,2 115.455 (1) (b) The department shall accept applications from entities responding to the request-for-proposal that apply for grants under par. (a) and shall may, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eb), award a grant only to an entity entities that, subject to sub. (3), satisfies satisfy the requirements under sub. (2).

AB50,1950 Section 1950. 115.455 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1013,9 115.455 (2) (intro.) To be eligible for a grant under this section, the an entity shall demonstrate that it has successfully offered an information technology instructional program in schools in this state and shall develop an instructional program that includes all at least one of the following components, and shall ensure maximize the number of sites at which that the instructional program will be operated in 225 sites, including 16 public libraries:

AB50,1951 Section 1951. 115.455 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1013,16 115.455 (3) In awarding the grant grants under sub. (1), the department shall give preference to an entity that demonstrates that it has entities that demonstrate they have successfully provided high-quality information technology instructional programming and educational opportunities to pupils enrolled in or attending schools in this state and will develop an instructional program that includes multiple components under sub. (2) (a) to (h).

AB50,1952 Section 1952. 115.745 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1013,23 115.745 (1) A school board, an operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), 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 grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.

AB50,1953 Section 1953. 115.76 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1014,1 115.76 (12) (a) 1. A biological natural parent.

AB50,1954 Section 1954. 115.76 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1955 Section 1955. 115.76 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1956 Section 1956. 115.76 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1014,11 115.76 (13) “Person acting as a parent of a child” means a relative of the child or a private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child’s biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child’s grandparent, neighbor, friend or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit approval of the child’s biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian. “Person acting as a parent of a child” does not include any person that receives public funds to care for the child if such funds exceed the cost of such care.

AB50,1957 Section 1957. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1014,16 115.77 (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.

AB50,1958 Section 1958. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1015,2 115.79 (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.

AB50,1959 Section 1959. 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (ah).

AB50,1960 Section 1960. 115.7915 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1015,7 115.7915 (1) (ad) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (ab).

AB50,1961 Section 1961. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1015,11 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the 2025-26 school year.

AB50,1962 Section 1962. 115.7915 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1015,13 115.7915 (1) (ap) “Preaccreditation” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (c).

AB50,1963 Section 1963. 115.7915 (1) (at) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1015,16 115.7915 (1) (at) “Preaccrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (cm).

AB50,1964 Section 1964. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1015,21 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (2m), provide to a child with a disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply: