AB68-SA1,35,17 115.449 Out-of-school time programs; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the department shall award grants to school boards and organizations to support high-quality after-school programs and other out-of-school time programs that provide services to school-age children.

AB68-SA1,35,22 (2) The department shall award a grant under this section in an amount of not less than $80,000 and not more than $145,000 per school year and may award the grant for up to 5 school years. In each school year, the department shall award not less than 30 percent of all grant moneys to out-of-school time programs that serve pupils in the elementary grades.

AB68-SA1,35,24 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB68-SA1,103 Section 103. 115.453 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,36,4 115.453 Licenses to teach computer science; grant program. (1) In this section, “eligible employee” means a school district employee who holds a license or permit to teach issued by the department that does not authorize the employee to teach computer science.

AB68-SA1,36,8 (2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts to provide assistance to eligible employees for the purpose of obtaining a license or permit that authorizes the eligible employee to teach computer science.

AB68-SA1,36,10 (3) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department shall give priority to applications submitted by a school district that satisfies any of the following criteria:

AB68-SA1,36,12 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB68-SA1,36,14 (b) At least 40 percent of the school district's membership identifies as a minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).

AB68-SA1,36,16 (4) The department may promulgate rules to establish and administer the program under this section

AB68-SA1,104 Section 104. 115.457 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,36,20 115.457 Energy efficiency projects; grants. (1) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts for energy efficiency projects in school buildings.

AB68-SA1,36,23 (2) In awarding grants under this section for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the department shall give preference to projects that relate to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

AB68-SA1,36,25 (3) The department, in consultation with the office of environmental justice, may promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB68-SA1,105 Section 105. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,37,5 115.77 (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.

AB68-SA1,106 Section 106. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,37,13 115.79 (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.

AB68-SA1,107 Section 107. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,37,17 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the 2021-22 school year.

AB68-SA1,108 Section 108. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,37,22 115.7915 (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:

AB68-SA1,109 Section 109. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,38,3 115.7915 (2) (b) The governing body of the eligible school notified the department of its intent to participate in the program under this section as provided under sub. (3) (a).

AB68-SA1,110 Section 110. 115.7915 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA1,38,8 115.7915 (2) (cm) For an eligible school that begins participating in the program under this section in the 2022-23 school year or any school year thereafter, the eligible school also participates in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.

AB68-SA1,111 Section 111. 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA1,38,18 115.7915 (2) (f) The child's parent or guardian on behalf of the child, or, for a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated incompetent, the child, submitted an application for a scholarship under this section as provided under sub. (3) (am) and on a form prepared by the department that includes the document developed by the department under sub. (4) to the eligible school that the child will attend. A child's parent or guardian or a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 may apply for a scholarship at any time during a school year and, subject to sub. (3) (b), a child may begin attending an eligible school under this section at any time during the school year.

AB68-SA1,112 Section 112. 115.7915 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.