Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1028 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1028
5	5	January 29, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives BINSFELD, DRAKE, CONLEY,
6	6	DONOVAN, JOERS, KRUG, MELOTIK, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, PALMERI,
7	7	SCHMIDT, SINICKI, SNYDER, STUBBS and SUBECK. Referred to Committee on
8	8	Education.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to create 115.448 of the statutes; relating to: a truancy reduction grant
11	11	program.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to establish and
14	14	implement a grant program under which DPI must awards grants to eligible school
15	15	districts for the purpose of reducing truancy. Under the bill, to be eligible for a grant,
16	16	a school district must have 1) a habitual truancy rate that ranks in the highest 10
17	17	percent of school districts in the state, 2) a plan for reducing truancy, and 3)
18	18	scheduled hours of normal school days that are consistent across the week. DPI may
19	19	award grants under the program to a school district for two sequential school years.
20	20	However, a school district must demonstrate that it has reduced truancy by at least
21	21	25 percent in the first school year to receive the grant in the second school year.
22	22	Under the bill, the amount of the grant for the first school year is two-thirds of the
23	23	costs associated with a full-time position dedicated to attendance and truancy, and
24	24	in the second year, the amount is one-third of the costs associated with that position.
25	25	The bill requires grant recipients to submit their habitual truancy rates to DPI each
26	26	year and requires DPI to compile that information and submit a report to the
27	27	legislature. Finally, under the bill, the truancy reduction grant program sunsets at
28	28	the end of the 2025-26 school year.
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33	33	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
34	34	printed as an appendix to this bill.
35	35	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
36	36	enact as follows:
37	37	SECTION 1. 115.448 of the statutes is created to read:
38	38	115.448 Truancy reduction; grants. (1) GRANT PROGRAM. The department
39	39	shall establish and implement a grant program to award grants to school districts
40	40	for the purpose of reducing truancy in school districts. A recipient of a grant under
41	41	this section may use the grant only for the costs of a full-time position dedicated to
42	42	addressing attendance and truancy in the school district.
43	43	(2) ELIGIBILITY. A school district is eligible for a grant under this section if all
44	44	of the following apply:
45	45	(a) The school district's habitual truancy rate was among the highest 10 percent
46	46	of all school districts in this state in the previous school year.
47	47	(b) The school district has a plan to reduce truancy and has shared that plan
48	48	with school district employees and parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the
49	49	school district.
50	50	(c) The scheduled hours of a normal school day in each grade in the school
51	51	district are the same for all normal school days of the week in that grade.
52	52	(3) GRANT TERM AND AMOUNT. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the department
53	53	shall provide a grant under this section to a school district for two consecutive school
54	54	years without requiring the school district to submit a new application each school
55	55	year. Except as provided in par. (c), the department shall award a grant under this
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81	81	1. In the first school year the school district receives the grant, two-thirds of
82	82	the school district's costs associated with the position described in sub. (1).
83	83	2. In the 2nd school year the school district receives the grant, one-third of the
84	84	school district's costs associated with the position described in sub. (1).
85	85	(b) The department may not provide a grant under this section to a school
86	86	district for the 2nd school year unless the school district demonstrates to the
87	87	department that the school district reduced truancy in the school district by at least
88	88	25 percent during the first school year in which the school district received the grant.
89	89	(c) If the amount appropriated for grants under this section in any fiscal year
90	90	is insufficient to pay the full amount under par. (a) 1. and 2., the department shall
91	91	prorate the payments among the eligible school districts.
92	92	(4) REPORTING. Each school district that receives a grant under this section
93	93	shall report the school district's habitual truancy rate to the department. The
94	94	department shall compile the information it receives under this subsection and
95	95	submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
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97	97	(5) SUNSET. This section does not apply after June 30, 2026.
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