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118.196
(5) (intro.)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (em), the
13department shall award grants to school boards, governing bodies, and charter
14management organizations under sub. (1) (b). The department shall establish a
15process for evaluating and assigning a score to each
organization eligible to receive 16applicant for a grant under sub. (1)
. If the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1)
17(bt) is insufficient to make the payments required under sub. (1), the (b). The 18department shall give preference in evaluating grants under this
section to a
19nonprofit organization subsection for each of the following:”.
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22“
Section
1410. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules
24establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
1licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.191,
2118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194,
and 118.195
, and 118.197; prescribe by rule
3standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory
4programs leading to licensure, including a requirement that, beginning on July 1,
52012, and annually thereafter, each teacher preparatory program located in this
6state shall submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the
7program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure under this
8subsection, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each
9term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year; file in the
10state superintendent's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses; and
11register each such license.
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12Section
1411. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
14applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
15state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
16schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
17certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
18or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
19state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
20applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
21applicant's teaching therein.
Private Except as provided under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i),
22118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ
23only licensed or certified teachers.
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24Section
1412. 115.28 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.
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25Section
1413. 115.28 (10o) of the statutes is repealed.
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1Section
1414. 115.28 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(15) (a) Establish, by rule, standards for the approval of the abilities of
3certified teachers and counselors and their aides participating in
4bilingual-bicultural education programs under subch.
VII VIII to read, write and
5speak a non-English language and to possess knowledge of the culture of
6limited-English proficient pupils.
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7Section
1415. 115.28 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(15) (b) Establish, by rule, minimum standards for bilingual-bicultural
9education programs under subch.
VII VIII.
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10Section
1416. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(27) WISElearn. Develop and maintain an online resource, called
12WISElearn, to provide educational resources for parents, teachers, and pupils; offer
13online learning opportunities; provide regional technical support centers; provide
14professional development for teachers;
and enable video conferencing
; and support
15digital archiving projects in public libraries.
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16Section
1417. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under
18s. 20.255 (3) (eb),
annually award
grants a grant to
a the nonprofit organization
, as
19defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received an award under this subsection in the 2017-18
20and 2018-19 school years to provide training and an online bullying prevention
21curriculum for pupils in grades kindergarten to 8.
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22Section
1418. 115.28 (54m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(54m) Notice of educational options. Include on the home page of the
24department's Internet site a link to information about all of the educational options
25available to children in the state who are at least 3 years old but not yet 18 years old,
1including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program,
2charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in a
3nonresident school district, the
early college credit program programs under ss.
436.25 (56) and 38.12 (15), and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private
5educational program.
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6Section
1419. 115.28 (63) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.362 (title)
7and amended to read:
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8115.362 (title)
Mental health
and school climate training program
9programs and grants.
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10Section
1420. 115.28 (63) of the statutes is renumbered 115.362 (1), and
11115.362 (1) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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115.362
(1) (intro.)
Establish
The department shall establish a mental health
13training support program under which the department provides training on
pupil
14mental health, strategies to improve school climate, and school safety. The
15department shall provide training on all of the following evidence-based strategies
16related to addressing mental health issues in schools to school district staff and
17instructional staff of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x):
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18Section
1421. 115.28 (65) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(65) Wisconsin Reading Corps. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school
20years, Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fr) to
21Wisconsin Reading Corps to provide one-on-one tutoring if Wisconsin Reading
22Corps provides matching funds of $250,000 in each school year.
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23Section
1422. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:
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(66) Principal training and support; urban school districts. Annually,
25award a grant to a nonprofit organization or an urban school district for the purpose
1of providing training, coaching, and professional support to principals employed by
2urban school districts. For purposes of this subsection, “urban school district” has
3the meaning given in s. 115.42 (1c) (b).
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4Section
1423. 115.335 of the statutes is created to read:
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5115.335 Water filtration grants.
(1) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year,
6the department shall award grants to school districts to purchase water bottle filling
7equipment that includes a water filtration component.
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8(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
9section.