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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
January 4, 2002 - Introduced by Representatives Riley, Richards, Sinicki, Bock,
Cullen, Ryba, Miller, Turner, Musser, Krug, Black, Gronemus and La Fave,
cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Moore, Plache, George, Burke,
Shibilski, Moen and
Hansen. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB705,1,4
1An Act to repeal 121.004 (7) (cm); and
to amend 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and b.,
2121.004 (7) (c) 2., 121.004 (7) (f) and 121.86 (3) of the statutes;
relating to: the
3manner in which a pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program is
4counted for state aid.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a school district other than a union high school district must
operate a five-year-old kindergarten program. A pupil enrolled in a five-year-old
kindergarten program is counted for state aid purposes as one-half pupil, except that
a pupil enrolled in a five-year-old kindergarten program requiring full-day
attendance for five days a week for an entire school year is counted as one pupil and
a pupil enrolled in a five-year-old kindergarten program requiring full-day
attendance for less than five days a week for an entire school year is counted
according to the time scheduled for the program. A school district is not required to
operate a four-year-old kindergarten program. If it does and the program provides
437 hours of direct pupil instruction, an enrolled pupil is counted as one-half pupil.
If in addition it offers 87.5 hours of outreach activity, an enrolled pupil is counted as
0.6 pupil. If a four-year-old kindergarten program requires more than 437 hours
of direct pupil instruction, an enrolled pupil is still counted as either one-half pupil
or 0.6 pupil. If a school district operates a four-year-old kindergarten program
requiring fewer than 437 hours of direct pupil instruction, the pupil is not counted
at all for state aid.
This bill counts four-year-old kindergarten pupils in the same manner as
five-year-old kindergarten pupils are currently counted.
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:
AB705, s. 1
1Section
1. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
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121.004
(7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a
5-year-old kindergarten program
3requiring full-day attendance for 5 days a week for an entire school year shall be
4counted as one pupil.
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b. A pupil enrolled in a
5-year-old kindergarten program requiring full-day
6attendance for less than 5 days a week for an entire school year shall be counted as
7the result obtained by multiplying the number of hours in each day in which the pupil
8is enrolled by the total number of days for which the pupil is enrolled, and dividing
9the result by the product of the number of hours of attendance per day required of
10first grade pupils in the school district multiplied by 180.
AB705, s. 2
11Section
2. 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.004
(7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., "full-day" means the length of the school
13day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the
5-year-old 14kindergarten program.
AB705, s. 3
15Section
3. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB705, s. 4
16Section
4. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.004
(7) (f) A pupil who transfers from one school district to another under
18s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as
190.75 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying
200.75 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c)
, (cm) or (d).
AB705, s. 5
1Section
5. 121.86 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.86
(3) State aid exception. Pupils under sub. (2) (b) and (c) who are
3enrolled in a kindergarten program or in a preschool program under subch. V of ch.
4115 shall be multiplied under sub. (2) (a) 2. by a number equal to the result obtained
5by multiplying 0.25 by the appropriate fraction under s. 121.004 (7) (c)
, (cm) or (d).
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(1) This act first applies to the distribution of state school aid in the 2002-03
8school year.
