SB70,,5518 (h) Translator and interpreter services.

SB70,,5519 (i) Offsetting the costs associated with school-employed mental health professionals accessible to all pupils.

SB70,,5520 (j) The costs of the setting up spaces and purchasing equipment suitable for mental health telehealth service delivery.

SB70,,5521 (k) The costs of projects designed to assist minors experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs or to prevent alcohol or other drug use by minors.

SB70,,5522 (L) Telehealth services, as defined in s. 440.01 (1) (hm).

SB70,,5523 (2) The following costs are ineligible for reimbursement under sub. (1):

SB70,,5524 (a) Payments for direct treatment services or insurance deductibles.

SB70,,5525 (b) Nonmental health–related training.

SB70,,5526 (c) Staff salaries for nonmental health–related positions.

SB70,,5527 (d) Indirect costs of regular school operations such as existing overhead expenses.

SB70,,5528 (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dc) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid requested under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and the operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) that are eligible for the aid.

SB70,2055 Section 2055. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,5530 115.39 Literacy coaching program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB70,,5531 (a) “CESA region” means the geographic territory within the boundaries of a cooperative educational service agency.

SB70,,5532 (b) “Local educational agency” means a school district or a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).

SB70,,5533 (c) “Urban school district” means a school district in which the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s. 121.004 (7), in the previous school year was at least 16,000.

SB70,,5534 (2) Literacy coaching program. The department shall establish a literacy coaching program to improve literacy outcomes in this state. The literacy coaching program established under this subsection shall include all of the following:

SB70,,5535 (a) Literacy coaches who support the implementation of evidence-based literacy instructional practices in grades kindergarten to 12 in local educational agencies in this state. Coaches under this paragraph shall collaborate with local educational agencies to establish goals for literacy outcomes for specific grade levels and literacy areas and provide ongoing support to local educational agencies to meet those goals.

SB70,,5536 (b) Literacy coaches who focus on early literacy instructional transitions by providing in-person trainings for teachers who teach 4-year-old kindergarten, 5-year-old kindergarten, or first grade in local educational agencies. Coaches under this paragraph shall provide in-person trainings to evaluate existing early literacy curricula and goals and to assist local educational agencies to create local, standards-aligned, and developmentally appropriate curricula and instruction for 4-year-old kindergarten to first grade pupils.

SB70,,5537 (c) Trainings for literacy coaches under par. (a) on how to identify evidence-based literacy instructional practices.

SB70,,5538 (d) Trainings for literacy coaches under par. (b) on how to facilitate regional trainings focused on early literacy instructional coherence.

SB70,,5539 (3) Regional literacy coaches. (a) 1. The department shall contract with individuals who demonstrate knowledge and expertise in evidence-based literacy instructional practices and instructional experience in grades 4-year-old kindergarten to 12 to serve as literacy coaches under sub. (2) (a).

SB70,,5540 2. The department shall contract with individuals who demonstrate knowledge and expertise in early literacy instructional practices and instructional experience in grades 4-year-old kindergarten to one to serve as literacy coaches under sub. (2) (b).

SB70,,5541 3. The department shall contract for the total number of literacy coaches required under par. (b).

SB70,,5542 (b) To ensure that literacy coaching services are provided statewide, the department shall assign literacy coaches as follows:

SB70,,5543 1. To each urban school district, one literacy coach under sub. (2) (a) and one literacy coach under sub. (2) (b).

SB70,,5544 2. To each CESA region, as follows:

SB70,,5545 a. If the total number of pupils enrolled in local educational agencies other than urban school districts located in the CESA region in the previous school year was 40,000 or fewer, one literacy coach under sub. (2) (a) and one literacy coach under sub. (2) (b).

SB70,,5546 b. If the total number of pupils enrolled in local educational agencies other than urban school districts located in the CESA region in the previous school year was 40,001 to 80,000, 2 literacy coaches under sub. (2) (a) and 2 literacy coaches under sub. (2) (b).