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:

AB50,1010,2 115.437 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), annually Annually, on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the sum of all of the following:

AB50,1010,8 1. The average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, by $679 and $63 in $800 in the 2025-26 school year and $850 in the 2026-27 school year and each school year thereafter.

AB50,1010,10 (c) The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB50,1940 Section 1940. 115.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1010,16 115.437 (2) (a) 2. In the 2025-26 school year and in each school year thereafter, the number of pupils enrolled in a school district multiplied by the school district’s rate of economically disadvantaged pupils in the previous school year multiplied by 20 percent of the per pupil amount under subd. 1. for the applicable school year.

AB50,1941 Section 1941. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1942 Section 1942. 115.445 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1010,20 115.445 (title) Four-year-old kindergarten; grants and model community-based approach 4k contract.

AB50,1943 Section 1943. 115.445 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.445 (1m).

AB50,1944 Section 1944. 115.445 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1010,23 115.445 (1c) In this section:

AB50,1011,2 (a) “Community-based approach contract” means a written document that defines the roles and responsibilities of a school board and a community-based provider related to the operation of a 4-year-old kindergarten program.

AB50,1011,5 (b) “Community-based provider” means a head start agency designated under 42 USC 9836, a family child care center, as defined in s. 49.136 (1) (j), or a group child care center, as defined in s. 49.136 (1) (k).

AB50,1945 Section 1945. 115.445 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1011,9 115.445 (2m) (a) By no later than January 1, 2026, and in consultation with the department of children and families, the department shall develop a model community-based approach contract.

AB50,1011,13 (b) In consultation with the department of children and families, the department shall, by rule, establish the standard per pupil payment amount a school board pays to a community-based provider under the model community- based approach contract developed under par. (a).

AB50,1946 Section 1946. 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1011,19 115.448 Early literacy; aid for intensive summer reading programs. (1) (a) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who was promoted to 4th grade who had a personal reading plan under s. 118.016 (5) (a) 1. during the 3rd grade and who was not considered to have completed the personal reading plan under s. 118.016 (5) (d) at the time the pupil was promoted to 4th grade.

AB50,1011,22 (b) “Required intensive summer reading program” means an intensive summer reading program that is required to be included in a promotion policy under s. 118.33 (6) (a) 3. or (b) 2m.

AB50,1012,5 (2) Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fc), the department shall in each school year reimburse school boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the costs they incurred in the previous school year to provide required intensive summer reading programs to eligible pupils. School boards and charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the department their costs that are eligible for reimbursement under this subsection.

AB50,1012,7 (3) The department shall pay aid under this section by no later than November 15 of each school year.

AB50,1012,9 (4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB50,1947 Section 1947. 115.455 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1012,11 115.455 (title) Grant Grants for information technology education.

AB50,1948 Section 1948. 115.455 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.455 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read: