2005 Wisconsin Act 223

Date of enactment: March 27, 2006
2005 Senate Bill 324 Date of publication*: April 10, 2006

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2005 WISCONSIN ACT 223

An Act to amend 121.545 (1) of the statutes; relating to: allowing school boards to charge a fee for transporting certain pupils to school.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

223,1 Section 1. 121.545 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.545 (1) The parent or guardian of a pupil who attends a public or private school and who is not required to be transported under s. 121.54 may contract with the school board of the district for transportation under this subsection. The school board of the district may provide transportation under this subsection to a pupil not required to be transported under s. 121.54, if requested to do so by the parent or guardian of the pupil and if the parent or guardian agrees to pay to the school board a fee sufficient to reimburse the board for the costs incurred in providing such transportation.. The school board may charge a fee for the cost of providing transportation under this subsection and may waive the fee or any portion of the fee for any person who is unable to pay the fee. State aid shall not be provided for transportation under this subsection.

223,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to the transportation of pupils in the school year beginning after the effective date of this subsection.