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(70) Reach Out and Read. Annually distribute the amounts
7appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (ft) to Reach Out and Read, Inc., a Massachusetts
8nonstock corporation, for the early literacy program operated in this state by its
9affiliate, known as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.”.
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20.255
(3) (df)
Online early learning program; grant. The amounts in the
13schedule for contract payments under
2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section 4 (1) s.
14115.457.
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16Section
265. 2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section
4 (1) (except section 4 (1) (a) 1.,
172m., 3. e., 3m. and 4m. and (d)) is renumbered 115.457 of the statutes, and 115.457
18(title), (1) (intro.) and (b), (2), (3), (5) (intro.) and (c) to (f), (5m) (a) and (b) (intro.) and
19(6), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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20115.457 (title)
Online early learning
pilot program. (1) (intro.) In this
21subsection section:
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(b) “Eligible child” means a child who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for
23a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1) and resides in
a school
24district selected by the department under par. (d) this state.
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1(2) The department shall award, using a competitive request-for-proposals
2process, a contract to a service provider to administer an online early learning
3program to eligible children.
The contract shall require the service provider to
4administer the online early learning program in the school districts described in par.
5(d) from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023.
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6(3) (a) For each school year of the contract under
par. (b) sub. (2), the
7department shall pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (df) to the service
8provider awarded the contract under
par. (b)
sub. (2) for administering the online
9early learning program.
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(b) A service provider awarded a contract under
par. (b) sub. (2) shall
, at its own
11expense, provide a total of $500,000 in matching funds during the
3 years of the
12contract.
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13(5) (intro.) The department shall require the service provider awarded a
14contract under
par. (b) sub. (2) to submit an annual report to the department that
15contains all of the following information
for each school district selected under par.
16(d):
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(c) The number of
low-income families that eligible children who requested a
18computer or home Internet service.
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(d) The number of
low-income families that eligible children who were
20provided a computer or home Internet service.
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(e) The frequency with which
eligible children participating in the online early
22learning program used the instructional software provided by the
program service
23provider.
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1(f) How
eligible children participating in the online early learning program
2performed on prekindergarten and kindergarten readiness assessments selected
3and administered by the service provider.
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4(5m) (a) The service provider awarded the contract under
par. (b) sub. (2) shall
5report to the department the name of each
eligible child who participates in the
6online early learning program, whether the
eligible child completed the online early
7learning program, and any other information that is necessary to identify the
eligible 8child in the student information system under s. 115.383, as requested by the
9department.
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(b) (intro.) To the extent possible, for each
eligible child who is reported to have
11participated in the online early learning program under
subd. 1. par. (a), the
12department shall ensure that the following information is included in the student
13information system under s. 115.383:
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14(6) By
the October 15
, 2023 immediately following the end of the term of a
15contract under sub. (2), the department shall compile and submit the information it
16receives under
par. (e) sub. (5) to the joint committee on finance and to the
17appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s.
1813.172 (3).
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(63) Mental health training program. (intro.) Establish a mental
2health training support program under which the department provides training
on 3all of the following evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health
4issues in schools to school district staff
and
, instructional staff of charter schools
5under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
, and individuals employed by an out-of-school-time
6program, as defined in s. 115.449 (1), on evidence-based strategies related to
7addressing mental health needs and suicide prevention in schools, including all of
8the following:”.
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20.255
(2) (cw)
Driver education aid. A sum sufficient for driver education
14aid.”.