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6Section
1342. 106.277 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (5), and
7118.196 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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(5) (intro.)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (em), the
9department shall award grants to school boards, governing bodies, and charter
10management organizations under sub. (1) (b). The department shall establish a
11process for evaluating and assigning a score to each
organization eligible to receive 12applicant for a grant under sub. (1)
. If the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1)
13(bt) is insufficient to make the payments required under sub. (1), the (b). The 14department shall give preference in evaluating grants under this
section to a
15nonprofit organization subsection for each of the following:”.
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(7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules
20establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
21licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.191,
22118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194,
and 118.195
, and 118.197; prescribe by rule
23standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory
24programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, beginning on July 1,
12012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this
2state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the
3program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this
4subsection, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each
5term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year; file in the
6state superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses; and
7register each such license.
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(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
10applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
11state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
12schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
13certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
14or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
15state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
16applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
17applicant's teaching therein.
Private Except as provided under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i),
18118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ
19only licensed or certified teachers.
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(15) (a) Establish, by rule, standards for the approval of the abilities of
24certified teachers and counselors and their aides participating in
25bilingual-bicultural education programs under subch.
VII VIII to read, write and
1speak a non-English language and to possess knowledge of the culture of
2limited-English proficient pupils.
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(15) (b) Establish, by rule, minimum standards for bilingual-bicultural
5education programs under subch.
VII VIII.
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(27) WISElearn. Develop and maintain an online resource, called
8WISElearn, to provide educational resources for parents, teachers, and pupils; offer
9online learning opportunities; provide regional technical support centers; provide
10professional development for teachers;
and enable video conferencing
; and support
11digital archiving projects in public libraries.
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(45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under
14s. 20.255 (3) (eb),
annually award
grants a grant to
a the nonprofit organization
, as
15defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received an award under this subsection in the 2017-18
16and 2018-19 school years to provide training and an online bullying prevention
17curriculum for pupils in grades kindergarten to 8.
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18Section
1419. 115.28 (63) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.362 (title)
19and amended to read:
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20115.362 (title)
Mental health
and school climate training program
21programs and grants.
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22Section
1420. 115.28 (63) of the statutes is renumbered 115.362 (1), and
23115.362 (1) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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115.362
(1) (intro.)
Establish
The department shall establish a mental health
25training support program under which the department provides training on
pupil
1mental health, strategies to improve school climate, and school safety. The
2department shall provide training on all of the following evidence-based strategies
3related to addressing mental health issues in schools to school district staff and
4instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x):
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(65) Wisconsin Reading Corps. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school
7years, Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fr) to
8Wisconsin Reading Corps to provide one-on-one tutoring if Wisconsin Reading
9Corps provides matching funds of $250,000 in each school year.
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(66) Principal training and support; urban school districts. Annually,
12award a grant to a nonprofit organization or an urban school district for the purpose
13of providing training, coaching, and professional support to principals employed by
14urban school districts. For purposes of this subsection, “urban school district” has
15the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).
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17115.335 Water filtration grants.
(1) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year,
18the department shall award grants to school districts to purchase water bottle filling
19equipment that includes a water filtration component.
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20(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
21section.