Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1123 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1123
5	5	March 6, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives NOVAK, BARE, ANDRACA, CONLEY,
6	6	JACOBSON, JOERS, S. JOHNSON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MURSAU, RATCLIFF, SINICKI,
7	7	SNODGRASS, STUBBS and SUBECK. Referred to Committee on Education.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to create 20.255 (3) (fb) and 115.412 of the statutes; relating to: grants
10	10	for fine arts teacher mentorship and making an appropriation.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must contract with a
13	13	nonprofit organization to establish a fine arts teacher mentorship program to
14	14	provide materials and services, including resources, advice, and mentorship
15	15	connections, to beginning music, art, and performing arts teachers. The nonprofit
16	16	organization must match the amount provided by DPI for the mentorship program.
17	17	The nonprofit organization must also provide a quarterly report to DPI on the
18	18	organization's compliance with the mentorship program requirements and its
19	19	expenditures on the mentorship program.
20	20	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
21	21	an appendix to this bill.
22	22	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
23	23	enact as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
25	25	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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31	31	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 1123
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33	33	20.255Public instruction, department of
34	34	(3) AIDS TO LIBRARIES, INDIVIDUALS AND
35	35	ORGANIZATIONS
36	36	(fb)Fine arts teacher mentorship
37	37	program GPR B 50,000 50,000
38	38	SECTION 2. 20.255 (3) (fb) of the statutes is created to read:
39	39	20.255 (3) (fb) Fine arts teacher mentorship program. Biennially, the amounts
40	40	in the schedule for a fine arts teacher mentorship program under s. 115.412.
41	41	SECTION 3. 115.412 of the statutes is created to read:
42	42	115.412 Fine arts teacher mentorship program. (1) Beginning in the
43	43	2024-25 school year, the department shall contract with a Wisconsin-based
44	44	nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to
45	45	section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code to establish a fine arts teacher
46	46	mentorship program for beginning music, art, and performing arts teachers.
47	47	(2) The nonprofit organization that enters into a contract under sub. (1) shall
48	48	match the amount provided by the department under this section. No moneys in the
49	49	appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fb) may be disbursed until the nonprofit
50	50	organization demonstrates to the department that the nonprofit organization meets
51	51	or will meet the match requirement. The department may consider in-kind
52	52	contributions received by the nonprofit organization for matching purposes.
53	53	(3) The fine arts teacher mentorship program under sub. (1) shall include all
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79	79	SECTION 3
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81	81	(a) Activities and consultation in support of beginning music, art, and
82	82	performing arts teachers employed by school districts, including guidance in the
83	83	classroom and at meetings.
84	84	(b) Resources, including materials, time, and financial assistance for state
85	85	conferences, that will support a beginning music, art, or performing arts teacher's
86	86	effectiveness in the classroom.
87	87	(c) Connection of retired and currently employed, experienced music, art, and
88	88	performing arts teacher mentors with beginning music, art, and performing arts
89	89	teachers.
90	90	(d) Materials and advice specifically designed to prepare beginning music, art,
91	91	and performing arts teachers for success in the music, art, or performing arts
92	92	classroom and to prepare pupils in grades kindergarten to 12 for music, art, or
93	93	performing arts performances and festivals.
94	94	(4) The nonprofit organization that enters into a contract under sub. (1) shall
95	95	provide the department quarterly reports detailing the nonprofit organization's
96	96	compliance with the requirements under sub. (3) and any expenditures of moneys for
97	97	the fine arts teacher mentorship program.
98	98	(5) The state superintendent may for good cause suspend, revoke, or refuse to
99	99	renew a contract entered into in accordance with the provisions of this section.
100	100	(6) The nonprofit organization that enters into a contract under sub. (1) may
101	101	reimburse mentors in the fine arts teacher mentorship program for business travel
102	102	expenses incurred in the performance of a mentor's duties in the program at a rate
103	103	not to exceed the current rate of reimbursement allowed under the standard method
104	104	for computation of business travel expenses pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
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