AB50,1930 Section 1930. 115.424 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1006,21 115.424 Cooperating teacher stipends. From the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (3) (ck), beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the department shall provide payments, in the amount of $1,000 per teacher per semester, to a cooperating teacher who is overseeing an individual who is completing student teaching. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB50,1931 Section 1931. 115.433 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1007,3 115.433 Aid for career and technical education. (1) In this section, “high school career and technical education pathway” means a series of career and technical education opportunities that prepare a pupil for a postsecondary option in a specific career area.

AB50,1007,13 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk), the state superintendent shall provide payments to school boards and operators of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of increasing high school career and technical education pathways in public schools. Aid payments under this subsection may be used for expenses related to creating career and technical education courses and high school career and technical education pathways and for expanding access to existing career and technical education courses and high school career and technical education pathways. The department shall pay to a school board or operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) an amount calculated as follows:

AB50,1007,16 (a) Determine the total number of pupils in the high school grades enrolled in school districts and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) in the previous school year.

AB50,1007,19 (b) Determine the number of pupils in the high school grades enrolled in the school district or charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) in the previous school year.

AB50,1007,21 (c) Divide the amount determined under par. (b) by the amount determined under par. (a).

AB50,1007,23 (d) Multiply the quotient calculated under par. (c) by one of the following amounts, whichever is applicable:

AB50,1007,24 1. In the 2025-26 school year, $5,000,000.

AB50,1008,2 2. In the 2026-27 school year, the unencumbered balance of the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dk) at the close of the 2025-26 fiscal year.

AB50,1008,4 3. In the 2027-28 school year, and each school year thereafter, one-half of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dk) for the applicable fiscal biennium.

AB50,1008,6 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB50,1932 Section 1932. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1008,11 115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under this paragraph $400 $500 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

AB50,1933 Section 1933. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (3) (am) 1. and amended to read:

AB50,1008,20 115.436 (3) (am) 1. Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section par. (a) in the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) or (2m) (a) is ineligible to receive aid under pars. (a) and (c) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

AB50,1934 Section 1934. 115.436 (3) (am) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1009,2 115.436 (3) (am) 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under par. (c) in the previous school year but is ineligible to receive aid under pars. (a) and (c) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (c) in the previous school year.

AB50,1935 Section 1935. 115.436 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1009,7 115.436 (3) (c) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to a school district that is eligible for sparsity aid under this paragraph $100 $200 multiplied by the school district’s membership in the previous school year.

AB50,1936 Section 1936. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB50,1009,10 115.437 (1) (intro.) In this section, “number:

AB50,1009,13 (b) “Number of pupils enrolled” has the meaning given in s. 121.90 (1) (intro.) and includes 40 percent of the summer enrollment. “Number of pupils enrolled” does not include pupils described in the exception under s. 121.90 (1) (f) (g).

AB50,1937 Section 1937. 115.437 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1009,17 115.437 (1) (a) “Economically disadvantaged pupil” means a pupil who satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as determined by the department.

AB50,1938 Section 1938. 115.437 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1009,21 115.437 (1) (c) “Rate of economically disadvantaged pupils” means the number of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in a school district divided by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district.

AB50,1939 Section 1939. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read: