February 20, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Brostoff, Cabrera, Sinicki,
Emerson, Hebl, Bowen, Neubauer, L. Myers, C. Taylor and Ohnstad,
cosponsored by Senators Larson, Smith, Risser and Wirch. Referred to
Committee on Education.

AB935,1,9 1An Act to repeal 118.43 (title), (1) to (7) and (9) and 118.44; to renumber and
2amend 118.43 (8); to amend 20.255 (2) (cs), 20.255 (2) (cu), 115.7915 (2)
3(intro.), 118.38 (1) (a) 9., 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.), 119.04 (1) and 119.23 (2) (a)
4(intro.); and to create 115.7915 (11), 118.435, 118.60 (12) and 119.23 (12) of the
5statutes; relating to: phasing out parental choice programs and the Special
6Needs Scholarship Program, repealing the achievement gap reduction program
7and the student achievement guarantee program, creating a new student
8achievement guarantee program, granting rule-making authority, and making
9an appropriation.

This bill 1) eliminates the Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program and the
Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (former SAGE) program; 2) creates
a new Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (new SAGE) program; and 3)
phases out the parental choice programs and the Special Needs Scholarship Program
(SNSP).

The bill eliminates the AGR and former SAGE programs after the 2019-20
school year. The AGR program was created in 2015 Wisconsin Act 53 to replace the

former SAGE program. Both programs are categorical aid programs that provide
funding to a participating school for low-income pupils enrolled in certain grades if
the school complies with a five-year contract entered into between the Department
of Public Instruction and the school board of the school district in which the school
is located.

Current law provides that no contract may be entered into or renewed under
the former SAGE program after July 3, 2015, but a school board that had a contract
under the former SAGE program with respect to a school on July 3, 2015, could enter
into a contract with DPI for that school under the AGR program.