2003 Wisconsin Act 33

118.43 (6) (b) 8. In the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g) and $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in those grades under sub. (4m) in which the class size has been reduced to 15.

33,2022b Section 2022b. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38 (2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (26) (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35) and (37), 120.14 and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.

33,2022d Section 2022d. 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (b) (e), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend, at no charge, any private school located in the city Milwaukee County if all of the following apply:

33,2022h Section 2022h. 119.23 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

33,2022p Section 2022p. 119.23 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2022t Section 2022t. 119.23 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

119.23 (2) (e) A pupil who attends a private school under this section is eligible to attend a private school under this section in succeeding school years even if the pupil no longer meets the criterion under par. (a) 1.

33,2023 Section 2023. 119.23 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

119.23 (4) (b) 2. The sum of the amount paid per pupil under this subsection paragraph in the previous school year and the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under subch. VII of ch. 121 in the current school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the percentage change from the previous school year to the current school year in the total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r) expressed as a decimal, but not less than zero.

33,2024 Section 2024. 119.72 of the statutes is repealed.

33,2025 Section 2025. 119.73 of the statutes is amended to read:

119.73 Kindergarten and early childhood programs. The board shall evaluate the effectiveness of the expanded 5-year-old kindergarten programs under s. 119.71 and the early childhood education programs under s. 119.72 in meeting the needs of disadvantaged children. Annually by January 1, the board shall submit a report summarizing its findings to the state superintendent and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

33,2026 Section 2026. 119.80 of the statutes is repealed.

33,2027 Section 2027. 119.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 119.82 (1m).

33,2028 Section 2028. 119.82 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 119.82 (2m) and amended to read:

119.82 (2m) Programs under par. (a) sub. (1m) shall be designed to meet the high school graduation requirements under s. 118.33.

33,2029 Section 2029. 119.82 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2030 Section 2030. 119.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2031 Section 2031. 119.82 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2031p Section 2031p. 120.12 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

120.12 (27) Minority contracting. If the school board adopts a policy that authorizes preferences or set-asides to minority businesses in the awarding of a public contract, as defined in s. 60.47 (1) (a), ensure that the policy requires that the minority business be certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2).

33,2032d Section 2032d. 120.18 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

120.18 (1) (i) A description of the educational technology used by the school district, including the uses made of the technology, the cost of the technology, and the number of persons using or served by the technology. In this paragraph, "educational technology" has the meaning given in s. 44.70 16.99 (3).

33,2032e Section 2032e. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

121.004 (7) (c) 1. c. A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program who is not a child with a disability shall be counted as 0.25 pupil.

33,2032g Section 2032g. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the pupil is a child with a disability and the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities.

33,2032m Section 2032m. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 121.004 (7) (f) (intro.) and amended to read:

121.004 (7) (f) (intro.) A pupil who transfers from one school district to another under s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall:

1. In the 2003-04 school year, be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as 0.75 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.75 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c), (cm) or (d).

33,2032n Section 2032n. 121.004 (7) (f) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

121.004 (7) (f) 2. In the 2004-05 school year, be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as 0.65 pupil, or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.65 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c), (cm), or (d).

33,2032o Section 2032o. 121.004 (7) (f) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

121.004 (7) (f) 3. In the 2005-06 school year and each subsequent school year, be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as 0.50 pupil, or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.50 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c), (cm), or (d).

33,2033 Section 2033. 121.007 of the statutes is amended to read:

121.007 Use of state aid; exemption from execution. All moneys paid to a school district under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (cg), and (cr), and (r) shall be used by the school district solely for the purposes for which paid. Such moneys are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process in favor of creditors, except as to claims for salaries or wages of teachers and other school employees and as to claims for school materials, supplies, fuel, and current repairs.

33,2033m Section 2033m. 121.007 of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

121.007 Use of state aid; exemption from execution. All moneys paid to a school district under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (cg), and (cr), and (r) shall be used by the school district solely for the purposes for which paid. Such moneys are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process in favor of creditors, except as to claims for salaries or wages of teachers and other school employees and as to claims for school materials, supplies, fuel, and current repairs.

33,2034 Section 2034. 121.07 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.07 (7) (b) The "secondary guaranteed valuation per member" is an amount, rounded to the next lower dollar, that, after subtraction of payments under ss. 121.09 and 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. and (c), fully distributes an amount equal to the amount remaining in the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) plus $75,000,000 in the 1997-98 school year and $100,000,000 in the 1998-99 school year for payments under ss. 121.08, 121.105, 121.85 (6) (a) and (g) and 121.86 and (r).

33,2034m Section 2034m. 121.07 (7) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

121.07 (7) (b) The "secondary guaranteed valuation per member" is an amount, rounded to the next lower dollar, that, after subtraction of payments under ss. 121.09 and 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. and (c), fully distributes an amount equal to the amount remaining in the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r).

33,2036 Section 2036. 121.08 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (a) (intro.) The amount of state aid that a school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r) shall be reduced by the amount determined as follows:

33,2036m Section 2036m. 121.08 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (a) (intro.) The amount of state aid that a school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r) shall be reduced by the amount determined as follows:

33,2037 Section 2037. 121.08 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (a) 2. Divide the sum under subd. 1. by the total amount of state aid that all school districts are eligible to be paid from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r), calculated as if the reduction under par. (b) had not occurred.

33,2037m Section 2037m. 121.08 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (a) 2. Divide the sum under subd. 1. by the total amount of state aid that all school districts are eligible to be paid from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r), calculated as if the reduction under par. (b) had not occurred.

33,2038 Section 2038. 121.08 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (a) 3. Multiply the amount of state aid that the school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r), calculated as if the reduction under par. (b) had not occurred, by the quotient under subd. 2.

33,2038m Section 2038m. 121.08 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (a) 3. Multiply the amount of state aid that the school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r), calculated as if the reduction under par. (b) had not occurred, by the quotient under subd. 2.

33,2039 Section 2039. 121.08 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r) shall also be reduced by 45% of the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year.

33,2039m Section 2039m. 121.08 (4) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (r) shall also be reduced by 45% of the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year.

33,2041m Section 2041m. 121.09 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

121.09 (2m) If after June 30, 1995, and before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the state board of assessors, the tax appeals commission, or a court makes a final redetermination on the assessment of telephone company property subject to taxation under s. 70.112 (4) and subch. IV of ch. 76 that is lower than the previous assessment, the school board of the school district in which the property is located may, within 4 years after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], file the redetermination with the state superintendent, requesting an adjustment in state aid to the school district. If the state superintendent determines that the redetermination is final and that it has been filed within the 4-year period, the state shall pay to the school district in the subsequent fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), an amount equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for that school year using the school district's equalized valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).

33,2041r Section 2041r. 121.09 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

121.09 (2r) If after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the state board of assessors, the tax appeals commission, or a court makes a final redetermination on the assessment of telephone company property subject to taxation under s. 70.112 (4) and subch. IV of ch. 76 that is lower than the previous assessment, the school board of the school district in which the property is located may, within 4 years after the redetermination, file the redetermination with the state superintendent, requesting an adjustment in state aid to the school district. If the state superintendent determines that the redetermination is final and that it has been filed within the 4-year period, the state shall pay to the school district in the subsequent fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), an amount equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for that school year using the school district's equalized valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).

33,2042 Section 2042. 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2042c Section 2042c. 121.41 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2042f Section 2042f. 121.41 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

33,2042h Section 2042h. 121.41 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 121.41.

33,2042k Section 2042k. 121.54 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.54 (2) (c) An annual or special meeting of a common or union high school district, or the school board of a unified school district, or the board of school directors in charge of the school district operating under ch. 119, may elect to provide transportation for pupils who are not required to be transported under this section, including pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4). Transportation may be provided for all or some of the pupils who reside in the school district to and from the public school they are entitled to attend; the charter school that they attend; or the private school, within or outside the school district, within whose attendance area they reside. If transportation is provided for less than all such pupils there shall be reasonable uniformity in the minimum distance that pupils attending public and private schools will be transported. Except for elementary school districts electing to furnish transportation under par. (b) 2., this paragraph does not permit a school district operating only elementary grades to provide transportation for pupils attending private schools.

33,2042m Section 2042m. 121.85 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.85 (6) (b) 2. In each the 2003-04 school year, the school district of attendance of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) shall receive an amount equal to that produced by multiplying the number of pupils transferred into the school district under sub. (3) (a) in the previous school year by the amount produced by dividing the school district's net school cost by the sum of the membership, plus the number of pupils transferred into the school district of attendance in the previous school year under sub. (3) (a). This subdivision applies to aid paid in the 1995-96 school year only if the number of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) in the 1994-95 school year constitutes less than 5% of the total membership of the school district of attendance.

33,2042r Section 2042r. 121.85 (6) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

121.85 (6) (b) 2m. Following the 2003-04 school year, the school district of attendance of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) shall receive the lesser of the average net cost per pupil under subd. 2., as determined by the department, or:

a. In the 2004-05 school year, $11,000 per pupil transferred.

b. In the 2005-06 school year, $10,000 per pupil transferred.

c. In the 2006-07 school year, $9,000 per pupil transferred.

d. In the 2007-08 school year and each subsequent school year, $8,000 per pupil transferred.

33,2042v Section 2042v. 121.90 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

121.90 (1) (f) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2003-04 school year or for any school year thereafter, the department shall calculate the number of pupils enrolled in each school year prior to the 2003-04 school year by counting pupils enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program as provided in s. 121.004 (7) (c) and (cm).

33,2043b Section 2043b. 121.905 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.905 (1) In this section, "revenue ceiling" means $6,700 in the 2001-02 school year and in any subsequent school year means $6,900, except that "revenue ceiling" means $7,400 in the 2003-04 school year and $7,800 in any subsequent school year if a school board adopts a resolution to that effect by a two-thirds vote of the members elect .

33,2043d Section 2043d. 121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no school district may increase its revenues for the 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, or 2002-03 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

33,2043h Section 2043h. 121.91 (2m) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

121.91 (2m) (f) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2003-04 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

2. Add $120 to the result under subd. 1.

3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years.