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1Section 56. 118.40 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,20,72 118.40 (4) (c) Single-sex schools and courses. A school board may enter into a
3contract for, and an entity under sub. (2r) may establish or enter into a contract for,
4the establishment of a charter school that enrolls only one sex or that provides one
5or more courses that enroll only one sex if the school board or entity under sub. (2r)
6makes available to the opposite sex, under the same policies and criteria of
7admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such school or course.
AB549,57 8Section 57. 118.40 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,20,119 118.40 (4) (d) Powers. Subject to the terms of its contract, a charter school
10governing board has all the powers necessary to carry out the terms of its contract,
11including the following:
AB549,20,1212 1. To receive and disburse funds for school purposes.
AB549,20,1313 2. To incur debt.
AB549,20,1414 3. To enter into contracts and leases.
AB549,20,1615 4. To pledge, assign, or encumber its assets to be used as collateral for loans or
16extensions of credit.
AB549,20,1717 5. To acquire real property for its use.
AB549,20,1818 6. To sue and be sued in its own name.
AB549,58 19Section 58. 118.40 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,20,2420 118.40 (5) Charter schools and magnet schools; revocation. A charter
21contract under sub. (1p), (2m), or (2r) may be revoked by the school board or the entity
22under sub. (2r) (b) that contracted with the charter or magnet school if the school
23board or, if applicable, the entity under sub. (2r) (b) finds that any of the following
24occurred:
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1(a) The charter school or magnet school violated its contract with the school
2board or the entity under sub. (2r) (b).
AB549,21,43 (b) The pupils enrolled in the charter school or magnet school failed to make
4sufficient progress toward attaining the educational goals under s. 118.01.
AB549,21,65 (c) The charter school or magnet school failed to comply with generally accepted
6accounting standards of fiscal management.
AB549,21,77 (d) The charter school or magnet school violated this section.
AB549,59 8Section 59. 118.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,21,119 118.40 (6) Program voluntary. No pupil may be required to attend a charter
10school or a magnet school without his or her approval, if the pupil is an adult, or the
11approval of his or her parents or legal guardian, if the pupil is a minor.
AB549,60 12Section 60. 118.40 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,21,2013 118.40 (7) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), the school board of the school
14district in which a charter school is located shall determine whether or not the
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15charter school established under sub. (2m) is not an instrumentality of the school
16district. If the school board determines that the charter school is an instrumentality
17of the school district, the school board shall employ all personnel for the charter
18school. If the school board determines that the charter school is not an
19instrumentality of the school district,
and the school board may not employ any
20personnel for the charter school.
AB549,61 21Section 61. 118.40 (7) (am) 1., 3. and 4. of the statutes are repealed.
AB549,62 22Section 62. 118.40 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (7) (am) and
23amended to read:
AB549,22,1124 118.40 (7) (am) A charter school established under sub. (2r) or a private school
25located in the school district operating under ch. 119 that is converted to a charter

1school
is not an instrumentality of any school district and no school board may
2employ any personnel for the charter school. If the chancellor of the an institution
3or the dean of a college campus within the
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
4Wisconsin System contracts for the establishment of a charter school under sub. (2r),
5the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may employ instructional
6staff for the charter school. If a technical college district board contracts for the
7establishment of a charter school under sub. (2r), the technical college district board
8may employ instructional staff for the charter school. If the board of control of a
9cooperative educational service agency contracts for the establishment of a charter
10school under sub. (2r), the board of control may employ instructional staff for the
11charter school.
AB549,63 12Section 63. 118.40 (7) (ar) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
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, is repealed.
AB549,64 14Section 64. 118.40 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,22,1615 118.40 (7) (c) Chapters 115 to 121, other than this section, do not apply to
16magnet schools unless one of the following applies:
AB549,22,1717 1. The provision explicitly applies to magnet schools.
AB549,22,1918 2. The provision explicitly applies to charter schools unless the provision
19applies only to charter schools established under sub. (2r).
AB549,65 20Section 65. 118.40 (8) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,66 21Section 66. 118.40 (8) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 118.51 (18)
22(a) and (b).
AB549,67 23Section 67. 118.51 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (18) (intro.) and
24amended to read:
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1118.51 (18) Location of virtual charter schools. (intro.) For purposes of this
2section, a virtual charter school is located in the following school district specified in
3s. 118.40 (8) (a).
:
AB549,68 4Section 68. 119.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,23,125 119.60 (5) For any lease of city-owned property used for school purposes in
6effect on January 1, 2011, between the board and a charter school that is not an
7instrumentality of the school district under s. 118.40 (7), the common council shall
8be made party to the lease and may negotiate with the charter school to modify the
9terms of the lease when the lease is modified, extended, or renewed if the common
10council adopts a resolution to do so. If a lease is modified, extended, or renewed as
11provided in this subsection, the net proceeds of that lease shall be deposited in the
12school operations fund under s. 119.46.
AB549,69 13Section 69. 121.02 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
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, is amended to read:
AB549,23,2115 121.02 (1) (a) 2. Subject to s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2. and 3., ensure that all instructional
16staff of charter schools located in the school district hold a license or permit to teach
17issued by the department. For purposes of this subdivision, a virtual charter school
18is located in the school district specified in s. 118.40 (8) (a) 118.51 (18) and a charter
19school established under s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. c. is located in the school district specified
20in s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. c. The state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining
21"instructional staff" for purposes of this subdivision.
AB549,70 22Section 70. 230.08 (2) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,23,2523 230.08 (2) (dm) Instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the
24University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established
25by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats.
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1Section 71. 230.35 (1s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,24,72 230.35 (1s) Annual leave of absence with pay for instructional staff employed
3by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provide services
4for a charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats.,
5shall be determined by the governing board of the charter school established by
6contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats., as approved by the chancellor of the
7University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
AB549,72 8Section 72. 895.523 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,24,119 895.523 (1) (a) "Governing body of a charter school" means the person that
10operates a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2) (1p) or (2m), or the entity
11that operates a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r).
AB549,73 12Section 73. 895.525 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,24,1613 895.525 (5) Effect on related provisions. Nothing in this section affects the
14limitation of property owners' liability under s. 895.52 or the limitation of school
15districts' liability, of school boards' liability, and of liability of governing bodies of
16charter schools or magnet schools under s. 895.523.
AB549,74 17Section 74. Initial applicability.
AB549,24,2218 (1) Charter school contracts. The treatment of sections 40.02 (55) (intro.)
19and (a), 115.001 (1), 118.40 (2m) (a), (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) and (bg), (3) (f), (4) (ag) and (d),
20and (7) (a), (am) 1., 2., 3., and 4., and (ar) of the statutes first applies to a contract
21for the establishment of a charter school that is entered into, modified, or renewed
22on the effective date of this subsection.
AB549,75 23Section 75. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
24except as follows:
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1(1) The repeal and recreation of sections 20.923 (6) (m) and 111.815 (1) of the
2statutes takes effect on July 1, 2015.
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