SB2,6,2010 5.58 (2) (a) There shall be one separate ballot for state superintendent, judicial
11officers, county executive under s. 59.17 and county supervisor. In counties having
12a population of 500,000 or more, the ballot also shall include those offices under s.
138.11 (2) and (2m). The arrangement of names of candidates for state superintendent,
14justice, court of appeals judge and circuit court judge shall be determined by the
15board in the manner specified in s. 5.60 (1) (b). Arrangement of the names of
16candidates for county executive and county supervisor shall be determined by the
17county clerk or by the executive director of the county board of election
18commissioners in the manner specified in s. 5.60 (1) (b). The ballot shall be titled
19"Official Ballot for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Judicial, County
20Executive and County Supervisor Primary".
SB2, s. 4 21Section 4. 5.58 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,7,1222 5.58 (3) Names on spring ballot. Only 2 candidates for state superintendent,
23for any judicial office, for any elected seat on a metropolitan sewerage commission
24or town sanitary district commission, in counties having a population of 500,000 or
25more only 2 candidates for member of the board of supervisors within each district,

1in counties having a population of less than 500,000 only 2 candidates for each
2member of the county board of supervisors from each district or numbered seat or
3only 4 candidates for each 2 members of the county board of supervisors from each
4district whenever 2 supervisors are elected to unnumbered seats from the same
5district, in 1st class cities only 2 candidates for any at-large seat and only 2
6candidates from any election district to be elected to the board of school directors,
in
7school districts electing school board members to numbered seats, or pursuant to an
8apportionment plan or district representation plan, only 2 school board candidates
9for each numbered seat or within each district, and twice as many candidates as are
10to be elected members of other school boards or other elective officers receiving the
11highest number of votes at the primary shall be nominees for the office at the spring
12election. Only their names shall appear on the official spring ballot.
SB2, s. 5 13Section 5. 5.60 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 5.64 (4).
SB2, s. 6 14Section 6. 5.62 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,7,1715 5.62 (4m) (a) In 1st class cities, there shall be a separate ballot for school
16district officers when so required, giving the names of the candidates for any seat to
17be filled on the board of school directors at large and from any election district.
SB2,7,2218 (b) The arrangement of the names of the candidates for seats on the board of
19school directors shall be determined by the executive director of the city board of
20election commissioners by the drawing of lots not later than the 3rd Tuesday in July.
21The method of determining arrangement shall be the same as provided in s. 5.60 (1)
22(b). Sufficient space shall be provided on the ballot for write-in candidates.
SB2,8,223 (c) Only the 2 candidates for election to the board of school directors receiving
24the highest numbers of votes at large and within each election district at the primary

1shall be nominees for the board of school directors at the general election. Only their
2names shall appear on the official general election ballot.
SB2, s. 7 3Section 7. 5.64 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,8,44 5.64 (4) (title) First class city school board.
SB2, s. 8 5Section 8. 8.10 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,8,106 8.10 (3) (i) For city offices in 1st class cities, not less than 1,500 nor more than
73,000 electors for city-wide offices, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors for
8alderpersons elected from aldermanic districts and not less than 400 nor more than
9800 electors for members of the board of school directors elected from election
10districts
.
SB2, s. 9 11Section 9. 8.15 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,8,1312 8.15 (5) (a) Each Except as provided in ss. 119.06 (4) (c) and 119.08 (2), each
13nomination paper shall have substantially the following words printed at the top:
SB2,8,2214 I, the undersigned, request that the name of (insert candidate's last name plus
15first name, nickname or initial, and middle name, former legal surname, nickname
16or middle initial or initials if desired, but no other abbreviations or titles) residing
17at (insert candidate's street address) be placed on the ballot at the (general or special)
18election to be held on (date of election) as a candidate representing the (name of
19party) so that voters will have the opportunity to vote for (him or her) for the office
20of (name of office). I am eligible to vote in (name of jurisdiction or district in which
21candidate seeks office). I have not signed the nomination paper of any other
22candidate for the same office at this election.
SB2, s. 10 23Section 10. 8.15 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,9,224 8.15 (6) (f) In 1st class cities, not less than 1,500 nor more than 3,000 electors
25for member of the board of school directors elected at large, and not less than 400 nor

1more than 800 electors for member of the board of school directors elected from an
2election district.
SB2, s. 11 3Section 11. 17.01 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,9,54 17.01 (8m) By a commissioner appointed under s. 119.92 (1), to the appointing
5authority.
SB2, s. 12 6Section 12. 17.125 of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,9,9 717.125 Removal of Milwaukee Public Schools commissioners.
8Notwithstanding s. 17.12 (1), a commissioner appointed under s. 119.92 (1) may be
9removed at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
SB2, s. 13 10Section 13. 17.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,9,1211 17.26 (2) In a 1st class city school district operating under subch. I of ch. 119,
12by special election as provided under s. 119.08 (4).
SB2, s. 14 13Section 14. 17.27 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,9,1614 17.27 (3m) Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission. A vacancy in
15the membership of the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission shall be
16filled by the appointing authority.
SB2, s. 15 17Section 15. 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
1827
, is amended to read:
SB2,9,2419 20.255 (2) (ac) General equalization aids. A sum sufficient for the payment of
20educational aids under ss. 121.08, 121.09 and 121.105 and subch. VI of ch. 121 equal
21to $3,318,488,800 in the 1997-98 fiscal year, equal to $3,485,173,800 in the 1998-99
22fiscal year
and equal to the amount determined by the joint committee on finance
23under s. 121.15 (3m) (c) in each fiscal year thereafter, less the amount appropriated
24under par. (bi).
SB2, s. 16
1Section 16. 20.255 (2) (ec) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
227
, is amended to read:
SB2,10,123 20.255 (2) (ec) Aid to Milwaukee public schools. The amounts in the schedule
4to correct the academic deficiencies of educationally and economically
5disadvantaged pupils, to create after-school educational, recreational and health
6programs,
and to achieve a more effective and responsive educational program in the
7school district operating under ch. 119. In the 1993-94 fiscal year and in each fiscal
8year thereafter, the amount in the schedule shall be distributed according to the
9spending plan under s. 119.80. The department of public instruction may not
10distribute any funds in the appropriation under this paragraph in the 1993-94 fiscal
11year or in any fiscal year thereafter until the spending plan for that fiscal year has
12been approved under s. 119.80.
SB2, s. 17 13Section 17. 20.255 (2) (ed) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,10,1814 20.255 (2) (ed) (title) Youth service centers, truancy Truancy abatement and
15burglary suppression.
The amounts in the schedule for youth service centers,
16truancy abatement and burglary suppression under 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, section
179145 (1t) (b)
s. 119.55 (3). No moneys may be encumbered under this paragraph after
18June 30, 1996 2000.
SB2, s. 18 19Section 18. 111.70 (4) (cm) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,11,220 111.70 (4) (cm) 2m. `Open meetings.' The contract negotiation meetings
21between a board of school directors under ch. 119 and a labor organization recognized
22or certified to represent school district professional employes shall be open to the
23public at the request of either party or the parties jointly. This subdivision shall
24apply only to contract negotiation meetings that are conducted after the presentation
25of initial collective bargaining proposals under subd. 2. but before the

1commencement of mediation under subd. 3. Failure to comply with this subdivision
2is not cause to invalidate a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter.
SB2, s. 19 3Section 19. 111.70 (4) (m) (intro.), 1., 2. and 4. of the statutes are repealed and
4recreated to read:
SB2,11,65 111.70 (4) (m) Prohibited subjects of bargaining. (intro.) In a school district,
6the municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with respect to:
SB2,11,127 1. Reassignment of municipal employes who perform services for a board of
8school directors under ch. 119, with or without regard to seniority, as a result of a
9decision of the board of school directors to contract with an individual or group to
10operate a school as a charter school, as defined in s. 115.001 (1), or to convert a school
11to a charter school, or the impact of any such reassignment on the wages, hours or
12conditions of employment of the municipal employes who perform those services.
SB2,11,1713 2. Reassignment of municipal employes who perform services for a board of
14school directors, with or without regard to seniority, as a result of the decision of the
15board to reorganize a school under s. 119.18 (23), or the impact of any such
16reassignment on the wages, hours or conditions of employment of the municipal
17employes who perform those services.
SB2,11,2118 4. Any decision of a board of school directors to contract with a school or agency
19to provide educational programs under s. 119.235, or the impact of any such decision
20on the wages, hours or conditions of employment of the municipal employes who
21perform services for the board.
SB2, s. 20 22Section 20. 118.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,11,2423 118.01 (2) (e) Applicability. This subsection does not apply to the school district
24operating under subch. II of ch. 119.
SB2, s. 21 25Section 21. 118.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,12,2
1118.40 (1m) (a) 1. A written petition requesting the school board to establish
2a charter school under this section may be filed with the school district clerk.
SB2,12,6 32. The petition shall be signed by at least 10% of the teachers employed by the
4school district or by at least 50% of the teachers employed at one school of the school
5district. This subdivision does not apply to the school district operating under subch.
6II of ch. 119.
SB2, s. 22 7Section 22. 118.40 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB2,12,148 118.40 (3) (c) A school board may not enter into a contract for the establishment
9of a charter school located outside the school district, except that if 2 or more school
10boards enter into an agreement under s. 66.30 to establish a charter school, the
11charter school shall be located within one of the school districts. A school board, other
12than the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119, may not enter
13into a contract that would result in the conversion of a private school to a charter
14school.
SB2, s. 23 15Section 23. 118.40 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,12,1916 118.40 (5) (b) The pupils enrolled in the charter school failed to make sufficient
17progress toward attaining the educational goals under s. 118.01 (2). This paragraph
18does not apply to a charter school under contract with the Milwaukee Public Schools
19governing commission
.
SB2, s. 24 20Section 24. Chapter 119 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,12,2321 CHAPTER 119
22 FIRST CLASS CITY SCHOOL
23SYSTEM systems
SB2, s. 25 24Section 25. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 119 [precedes 119.01] of the statutes
25is created to read:
SB2,13,1
1CHAPTER 119
SB2,13,32 SUBCHAPTER I
3 Board of school directors
SB2, s. 26 4Section 26. 119.01 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,13,65 119.01 Applicability. This chapter subchapter applies only to cities of the 1st
6class.
SB2, s. 27 7Section 27. 119.02 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,13,9 8119.02 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter subchapter, unless the context
9clearly requires otherwise:
SB2, s. 28 10Section 28. 119.06 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are repealed.
SB2, s. 29 11Section 29. 119.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 119.06 (3) and
12amended to read:
SB2,13,2213 119.06 (3) Four of the combined aldermanic district Except as provided in sub.
14(4), the
members first appointed to the board by the commission shall serve for a term
15terms beginning on the 4th Monday of the month next following their appointment
16and. The at-large member and the 4 members representing the even-numbered
17election districts shall be appointed for terms
expiring on the 4th first Monday in
18April in December of the 4th first even-numbered year following the year in which
19a city becomes a 1st class city and the 4 members representing the odd-numbered
20election districts shall be appointed for terms expiring on the first Monday in
21December of the 2nd even-numbered
year following the year in which a city becomes
22a city of the 1st class city.
SB2, s. 30 23Section 30. 119.06 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,14,424 119.06 (4) (b) The board members elected at the special election shall be
25nominated and elected to succeed the board members appointed for the terms

1expiring
under sub. (3) (a) and (b) (2) and for the same terms. The terms of office of
2the board members appointed under sub. (2) shall expire on the 4th Monday
3following the special election.
The terms of office of the board members elected at the
4special election shall begin on the 4th Monday following the special election.
SB2, s. 31 5Section 31. 119.06 (4) (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,14,86 119.06 (4) (c) Candidates for the board at the special election shall be
7nominated in the same manner as for the spring general election, except that the
8nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply
.
SB2,14,109 (d) The special election shall be held at the polling places and shall be conducted
10in the manner of and by the election officials for the spring general election.
SB2, s. 32 11Section 32. 119.06 (5) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,14,1612 119.06 (5) The board first appointed under sub. (2) or first elected at a special
13election under sub. (4) shall hold an organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) on
14the 4th Monday of the month following its appointment or election, or the next day
15if the 4th Monday is a legal holiday, following their appointment or election, and
16annually thereafter shall meet in accordance with s. 119.10 (2).
SB2,14,19 17(6) Successors to board members appointed under sub. (3) (2) or elected under
18sub. (4) shall be elected at the spring general election immediately preceding the
19expiration of the terms of such board members and shall serve for 4-year terms.
SB2, s. 33 20Section 33. 119.07 of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,15,3 21119.07 Revised method of election of board; transitional provisions. (1)
22Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (1) (a) and (3), the terms of the members of the board of
23school directors of each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this
24subsection .... [revisor inserts date], whose terms expire on the 4th Monday in April,
251999, are extended until the 4th Monday in November, 2000, and the terms of office

1of the members of the board of school directors of each such city whose terms expire
2on the 4th Monday in April, 2001, are extended until the 4th Monday in November,
32002.
SB2,15,11 4(2) At the general election to be held in November, 2000, there shall be elected
5in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
6inserts date], 5 members of the board of school directors elected, one of whom shall
7be elected at large and 4 of whom shall be from even-numbered election districts
8prescribed under s. 119.08 (1) (b). At the general election to be held in November,
92002, there shall be elected in each such city 4 members of the board of school
10directors, who shall be elected from odd-numbered election districts prescribed
11under s. 119.08 (1) (b).
SB2,15,18 12(3) Notwithstanding s. 119.10 (1) and (2), the board of school directors of each
131st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts
14date], shall hold an organizational meeting on the 4th Monday in April, 1999, and
15shall not hold any other organizational meeting in 1999. On the 4th Monday in April,
161999, the board of school directors of each such city shall elect officers, who shall hold
17office until the board holds its next organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) in
182000.
SB2, s. 34 19Section 34. 119.07 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this
20act), is repealed.
SB2, s. 35 21Section 35. 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,16,222 119.08 (1) (a) The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8
23members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The
24election districts shall consist of whole contiguous wards and shall be substantially

1equal in population and the. The boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn
2so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.
SB2,16,93 (b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance
4determining or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of the aldermanic
5districts
wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 62.08 (1)
65.15 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt
7an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall
8be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1)
9redetermining the aldermanic district ward boundaries.
SB2, s. 36 10Section 36. 119.08 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,16,2111 119.08 (2) The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing
12within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member
13shall be elected by the electors of the city. Board members shall be electors of the city
14and shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring general election.
15Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be
16filled, for unexpired terms. The format for the nomination papers shall be as
17prescribed in s. 8.10 (2) (b).
The primary and spring elections election for board
18members shall be conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or
19other officers held on that date. The polling places for the state , municipal or judicial
20election
elections shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal
21election hours shall apply.
SB2,16,24 22(3) The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years. The term of each
23member expires on the first Monday in December of the 4th year following the year
24in which the member's office is regularly filled.
SB2, s. 37 25Section 37. 119.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,17,4
1119.08 (4) A vacancy on in the membership of the board occurring on or before
2June 1 preceding expiration of the member's term of office
shall be filled by a special
3election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the
4unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.
SB2, s. 38 5Section 38. 119.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,17,166 119.10 (1) The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the
7board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting
8under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on
9such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and
10the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business
11pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless
12otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had
13been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the
14board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by
15the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been
16newly organized.
SB2, s. 39 17Section 39. 119.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,17,2418 119.10 (2) Annually, no earlier than the 4th first Monday in April December
19and no later than the first 3rd Monday in May December, the board shall hold its
20organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for
21one year and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve
22as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board
23shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing
24committees to serve for one year.
SB2, s. 40 25Section 40. 119.18 (23) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB2,18,7
1119.18 (23) School reorganizations. The board may reorganize any school
2that it determines is low in performance by adopting a resolution to that effect. If
3the superintendent of schools recommends to the board that a school be reorganized,
4he or she shall state the reasons for the recommendation in writing. If the board
5reorganizes a school, the superintendent of schools may reassign the school's staff
6members without regard to seniority in service and may reassign other employes of
7the board to the school without regard to seniority in service.
SB2, s. 41 8Section 41. 119.235 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB2,18,16 9119.235 Contracts with private schools and agencies. (1) The board may
10contract with any nonsectarian private school located in the city or any nonsectarian
11private agency located in the city to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled
12in the school district operating under this chapter. The board shall ensure that each
13private school or agency under contract with the board complies with ss. 118.125 and
14118.13, 20 USC 1232g, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, 20 USC 3171 to 3197, 29 USC 794, 42
15USC 2000d
and 42 USC 6101 to 6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that
16apply to public schools.
SB2,18,18 17(2) Each private school or agency under contract with the board shall do all of
18the following:
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