AB68-SSA1,947,2518 115.96 (1) Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before
19March 1, each a school board and the operator of a charter school established under
20s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in
21the public schools of the district or in the charter school, assess the language
22proficiency of such the pupils , and classify such the pupils by language group, grade
23level, age, and English language proficiency. A school board or operator is eligible
24for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board or operator conducts the count
25under this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,948,142 115.97 (1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools
3in its bilingual-bicultural education program. The school board shall be eligible for
4state aids under s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served
5from the combined schools meets the requirements under sub. (2), (3) or (4). A pupil
6shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is
7able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education
8program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective.
9Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of
10limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of
11the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate
12in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give
13preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
14program.

AB68-SSA1,948,1916 115.97 (6) A school board that is required to establish a bilingual-bicultural
17education program under sub. (2), (3), or (4) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995
18only if the state superintendent is satisfied that the school board maintained the
19bilingual-bicultural education program in accordance with this subchapter.

AB68-SSA1,949,221 115.977 (2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education
22programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational
23service agency. If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades
244 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a

1contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is
2eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.

AB68-SSA1,949,5 4115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
5pupil counts.

AB68-SSA1,949,168 115.993 (1) Annually, on or before August 15, the school board of a district
9operating a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter shall
10report to the state superintendent the number of pupils, including both
11limited-English proficient pupils and other pupils, instructed the previous school
12year in bilingual-bicultural education programs, an itemized statement on oath of
13all disbursements on account of a summary of the costs incurred to operate the
14bilingual-bicultural education program operated during the previous school year,
15and a copy of the estimated budget for that operating the bilingual-bicultural
16education program for the current school year.

AB68-SSA1,949,2218 115.993 (2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator
19of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state
20superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
21school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the
22classification of those pupils by language group.

AB68-SSA1,950,3

1115.993 (3) A school board or the operator of a charter school established under
2s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is eligible for state aid under s. 115.995 only if the school board
3or operator submits the reports required under this section.

AB68-SSA1,950,116 115.995 (1m) (intro.) Upon Subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3),
7upon receipt of the report reports under s. 115.993, if the state superintendent is
8satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education program for the previous school
9year was maintained in accordance with this subchapter (1) and (2), the state
10superintendent shall do all of, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), pay the
11following amounts:

AB68-SSA1,950,1914 115.995 (1m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide
15Dividing proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993, 2019 stats., an
16annual payment of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the
17previous school year were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid
18paid under this subsection subdivision does not reduce aid paid under sub. (2) subd.
192.

AB68-SSA1,951,320 2. Certify Certifying to the department of administration in favor of the school
21district board a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on
22limited-English proficient pupils by the school district board during the preceding
23year for salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to
24bilingual-bicultural education programs under this subchapter, special books and
25equipment used in the bilingual-bicultural education programs, and other expenses

1approved by the state superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by
2dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school
3year less $250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.

AB68-SSA1,951,75 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) In the 2021-22 school year, to a school board that was
6required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97 for
7the previous school year, the amounts determined by doing all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,951,119 115.995 (1m) (b) Subject to sub. (3), beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to
10a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or
11(2x), an amount calculated as follows:

AB68-SSA1,951,1412 1. If, in the previous school year, there was at least one limited-English
13proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
14$10,000.

AB68-SSA1,951,1815 2. If, in the previous school year, there were more than 20 limited-English
16proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
17subtract 20 from the total number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
18school district or attending the charter school.