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233. 2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section
4 (1) (except section 4 (1) (a) 1.,
32m., 3. e., 3m. and 4m. and (d)) is renumbered 115.457 of the statutes, and 115.457
4(title), (1) (intro.) and (b), (2), (3), (5) (intro.) and (c) to (f), (5m) (a) and (b) (intro.) and
5(6), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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6115.457 (title)
Online early learning
pilot program. (1) (intro.) In this
7subsection section:
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(b) “Eligible child” means a child who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for
9a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1) and resides in
a school
10district selected by the department under par. (d) this state.
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11(2) The department shall award, using a competitive request-for-proposals
12process, a contract to a service provider to administer an online early learning
13program to eligible children.
The contract shall require the service provider to
14administer the online early learning program in the school districts described in par.
15(d) from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023.
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16(3) (a) For each school year of the contract under
par. (b) sub. (2), the
17department shall pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (df) to the service
18provider awarded the contract under
par. (b)
sub. (2) for administering the online
19early learning program.
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(b) A service provider awarded a contract under
par. (b) sub. (2) shall
, at its own
21expense, provide a total of $500,000 in matching funds during the
3 years of the
22contract.
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23(5) (intro.) The department shall require the service provider awarded a
24contract under
par. (b) sub. (2) to submit an annual report to the department that
1contains all of the following information
for each school district selected under par.
2(d):
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(c) The number of
low-income families that eligible children who requested a
4computer or home Internet service.
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(d) The number of
low-income families that eligible children who were
6provided a computer or home Internet service.
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(e) The frequency with which
eligible children participating in the online early
8learning program used the instructional software provided by the
program service
9provider.
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(f) How
eligible children participating in the online early learning program
11performed on prekindergarten and kindergarten readiness assessments selected
12and administered by the service provider.
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13(5m) (a) The service provider awarded the contract under
par. (b) sub. (2) shall
14report to the department the name of each
eligible child who participates in the
15online early learning program, whether the
eligible child completed the online early
16learning program, and any other information that is necessary to identify the
eligible 17child in the student information system under s. 115.383, as requested by the
18department.
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(b) (intro.) To the extent possible, for each
eligible child who is reported to have
20participated in the online early learning program under
subd. 1. par. (a), the
21department shall ensure that the following information is included in the student
22information system under s. 115.383:
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23(6) By
the October 15
, 2023 immediately following the end of the term of a
24contract under sub. (2), the department shall compile and submit the information it
25receives under
par. (e) sub. (5) to the joint committee on finance and to the
1appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s.
213.172 (3).
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7“
Section
236. 115.28 (63) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(63) Mental health training program. (intro.) Establish a mental
9health training support program under which the department provides training
on 10all of the following evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health
11issues in schools to school district staff
and
, instructional staff of charter schools
12under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
, and individuals employed by an out-of-school-time
13program, as defined in s. 115.449 (1), on evidence-based strategies related to
14addressing mental health needs and suicide prevention in schools, including all of
15the following:”.
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238. 20.255 (2) (cw) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.255
(2) (cw)
Driver education aid. A sum sufficient for driver education
2aid.”.
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4“
Section
239. 115.341 of the statutes is amended to read:
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5115.341 School breakfast program. (1) From the appropriation under s.
620.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board
, each
7operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), each operator of a residential
8care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the director of the
9program under s. 115.52, and the director of the center under s. 115.525 15 cents for
10each breakfast served at a school
, as defined in 7 CFR 220.2, that meets the
11requirements of
7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse
12each governing body of a private school or tribal school 15 cents for each breakfast
13served at the private school or tribal school that meets the requirements of
7 CFR
14220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.
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15(2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm) in any fiscal year is insufficient
16to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the state superintendent shall
17prorate state aid payments among the school boards
, operators, directors, and
18governing bodies
of private schools and tribal schools entitled to the aid
under sub.
19(1).
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240. 115.341 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.341
(3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the state superintendent may not
22reimburse the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the operator
23of a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the
24director of the program under s. 115.52, the director of the center under s. 115.525,
1or the governing body of a private or tribal school for any breakfast served at a school,
2as defined in
7 CFR 220.2, during the prior school year if the school ceased operations
3during that prior school year.”.