115.445 Four-year-old kindergarten grants.
(1) A school board may apply to the department for a 2-year grant under this section to implement a 4-year-old kindergarten program.
(2)
(a) In the first school year of a grant awarded under this section, the department shall pay the school board up to $3,000 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district. In the succeeding school year, the department shall pay the school board up to $1,500 for each 4-year-old kindergarten pupil enrolled in the school district.
(b) The department shall award grants under this section beginning in the 2008-09 school year and shall give preference in awarding grants to school boards that use community approaches to early education, as defined by the department by rule. If the funds in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dp) are insufficient to pay all eligible school boards, the department shall prorate the payments.
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
History: 2007 a. 20.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
115.295 - Federal appropriations adjustments.
115.297 - Cooperative research on education programs; statewide student data system.
115.298 - Disclosure of pupil records.
115.31 - License or permit revocation; reports; investigation.
115.315 - Memorandum of understanding; license restriction and suspension.
115.33 - Inspection of school buildings.
115.34 - School lunch program.
115.341 - School breakfast program.
115.343 - Wisconsin school day milk program.
115.345 - Nutritional improvement for elderly.
115.347 - Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition programs.
115.35 - Health problems education program.
115.355 - Assistance to schools for instruction on adoption.
115.36 - Assistance to schools for alcohol and other drug abuse programs.
115.3615 - Head start supplement.
115.363 - Second Chance Partners for Education.
115.364 - Aid for school mental health programs.
115.365 - Assistance to schools for suicide prevention programs.
115.366 - Grants to support peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs.
115.367 - School-based mental health services grants.
115.368 - Assistance to schools for protective behaviors programs.
115.37 - Blind and visual impairment education council.
115.372 - Deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
115.38 - School performance report; educational program review.
115.383 - Student information system.
115.385 - School and school district accountability report.
115.405 - Grant program for peer review and mentoring.
115.41 - Teacher improvement program.
115.415 - Educator effectiveness.
115.42 - Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.
115.423 - Rural school teacher talent pilot program.
115.425 - Professional standards council for teachers.
115.43 - Precollege scholarships.
115.438 - Personal electronic computing devices; grant program.
115.44 - Early identification program.
115.445 - Four-year-old kindergarten grants.
115.447 - Summer school programs; grants.
115.45 - Robotics league participation grants program.
115.455 - Grant for information technology education.
115.46 - Interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel.
115.47 - Designated state official under agreement.
115.48 - Contracts under agreement.
115.52 - Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
115.525 - Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
115.53 - State superintendent; powers.
115.54 - Compulsory education.
115.72 - Establishment of programs.
115.73 - Program requirements.
115.735 - Parent advisory committee.
115.74 - Assessment of needs and evaluation of resources.
115.745 - Tribal language revitalization grants.
115.762 - Division for learning support.
115.77 - Local educational agency duties.
115.775 - Duties of operators of certain charter schools.
115.777 - Special education referrals.
115.78 - Individualized education program team; timeline.
115.787 - Individualized education programs.
115.79 - Educational placements.
115.791 - Reimbursement for private school placement.
115.7915 - Special Needs Scholarship Program.
115.792 - Procedural safeguards.
115.80 - Due process hearings.
115.807 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority.
115.81 - Children in residential care centers.
115.812 - Placement disputes; school board referrals; interagency cooperation.
115.817 - Children with disabilities education board.
115.82 - Admission and transportation of nonresidents.
115.881 - Additional special education aid.
115.882 - Payment of state aid.
115.884 - Special education transition grants.
115.885 - Special education transition readiness grant program.
115.897 - Exhaustion of remedies.
115.90 - Noncompliance; remedies.
115.915 - Availability of program services and modifications.
115.92 - Establishment of programs; rules.
115.95 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
115.96 - Establishment of programs.
115.97 - Bilingual-bicultural education programs required.
115.977 - Contracting; continued eligibility.
115.98 - Bilingual-bicultural advisory committee.
115.99 - Preschool and summer school programs.
115.993 - Report on bilingual-bicultural education.
115.996 - Report to the legislature.
115.997 - Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.