LRB-2387/1
PG:wlj:km
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 23, 1999 - Introduced by Representative Williams. Referred to Committee
on Education Reform.
AB231,1,4
1An Act to repeal 118.40 (2r) (c) 3.; and
to amend 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. of the statutes;
2relating to: eligibility to attend a charter school established by the city of
3Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee or the Milwaukee Area
4Technical College.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a charter school is exempt from most laws governing public
schools. A charter school may be established by filing a petition with a school district
requesting the school board to enter into a contract with a person to establish and
operate a charter school or by a school board's initiating such a contract. In addition,
current law authorizes the city of Milwaukee, the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Area Technical College, to initiate a
contract with an individual or group to operate a school as a charter school or to
establish and independently operate charter schools. A pupil residing in the
Milwaukee public school district may attend a charter school established by one of
the Milwaukee entities only if, in the previous school year, one of the following
applied:
1. The pupil was enrolled in the Milwaukee public schools.
2. The pupil was attending a private school under the Milwaukee parental
choice program.
3. The pupil was enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in a private school, located
in the city of Milwaukee, other than under the Milwaukee parental choice program.
4. The pupil was not enrolled in school.
5. The pupil was enrolled in a charter school established by one of the
Milwaukee entities.
Beginning in the 2000-01 school year, this bill allows a pupil who was attending
a private school located in the city of Milwaukee, regardless of the grade attended
or whether the private school was participating in the Milwaukee parental choice
program, to attend a charter school established by one of the Milwaukee entities.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB231, s. 1
1Section
1. 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB231,2,32
118.40
(2r) (c) 2. In the previous school year, the pupil was attending a private
3school
under s. 119.23 located in the city of Milwaukee.
AB231, s. 2
4Section
2. 118.40 (2r) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB231,2,76
(1) This act first applies to pupils attending charter schools in the 2000-01
7school year.
AB231,2,99
(1)
This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.
