AB21,3288 21Section 3288. 118.40 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (3m) (a) 2.
22and amended to read:
AB21,1273,223 118.40 (3m) (a) 2. When establishing or contracting for the establishment of
24a charter school under this section, a school board or entity specified under sub. (2r)

1(b) shall consider
adhere to the principles and standards for quality charter schools
2established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.
AB21,3289 3Section 3289. 118.40 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1273,74 118.40 (3) (f) A contract with a school board or an entity under sub. (2r) (b) may
5provide for the establishment of more than one charter school, and a charter school
6governing board may enter into more than one contract with a school board or entity
7under sub. (2r) (b).
AB21,3290 8Section 3290. 118.40 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1273,129 118.40 (3) (g) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and sub. (4) (ar) 1., a
10contract with a school board or an entity under sub. (2r) (b) shall require that if the
11capacity of the charter school is insufficient to accept all pupils who apply, the charter
12school shall accept pupils at random.
AB21,1273,1513 2. A charter school shall give preference in enrollment to pupils who were
14enrolled in the charter school in the previous school year and to siblings of pupils who
15are enrolled in the charter school.
AB21,1273,1916 3. A charter school may give preference in enrollment to the children of the
17charter school's founders, governing board members, and full-time employees, but
18the total number of such children given preference may constitute no more than 10
19percent of the charter school's total enrollment.
AB21,3291 20Section 3291. 118.40 (3m) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are created to
21read:
AB21,1273,2322 118.40 (3m) (title) Authorizing entity duties. (a) (intro.) A school board or
23entity under sub. (2r) (b) shall do all of the following:
AB21,3292 24Section 3292. 118.40 (3m) (a) 1. and 4. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:
AB21,1273,2525 118.40 (3m) (a) 1. Solicit and evaluate charter school applications.
AB21,1274,2
14. Approve only high-quality charter school applications that meet identified
2educational needs and promote a diversity of educational choices.
AB21,1274,53 5. In accordance with the terms of each charter school contract, monitor the
4performance and compliance with this section of each charter school with which it
5contracts.
AB21,1274,76 6. Annually, submit to the state superintendent and to the legislature under
7s. 13.172 (2) a report that includes all of the following:
AB21,1274,118 a. An identification of each charter school operating under contract with it,
9each charter school that operated under a contract with it but had its contract
10nonrenewed or revoked or that closed, and each charter school under contract with
11it that has not yet begun to operate.
AB21,1274,1312 b. The academic and financial performance of each charter school operated
13under contract with it.
AB21,1274,1614 c. The operating costs of the school board or entity under sub. (2r) (b) incurred
15under subds. 1. to 5., detailed in an audited financial statement prepared in
16accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
AB21,1274,1917 d. The services the school board or entity under sub. (2r) (b) has provided to the
18charter schools under contract with it and an itemized accounting of the cost of the
19services.
AB21,3293 20Section 3293. 118.40 (3m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1274,2321 118.40 (3m) (b) An organization or consortium approved by the charter school
22oversight board under sub. (2r) (bm) annually shall submit a report to the charter
23school oversight board that includes all the information specified in par. (a) 6.
AB21,3294 24Section 3294. 118.40 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1275,2
1118.40 (4) (title) Charter school governing board; duties, powers, and
2restrictions.
AB21,3295 3Section 3295. 118.40 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (4) (ar), and
4118.40 (4) (ar) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB21,1275,65 118.40 (4) (ar) Duties. (intro.) A charter school governing board shall do all of
6the following:
AB21,3296 7Section 3296. 118.40 (4) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1275,128 118.40 (4) (ag) Governing board. Each charter school shall be governed by a
9governing board that is a party to the contract with the authorizing entity. No more
10than a minority of the governing board's members may be employees of the charter
11school or employees or officers of the school district in which the charter school is
12located.
AB21,3297 13Section 3297. 118.40 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1275,1514 118.40 (4) (b) Restrictions. (intro.) A charter school governing board may not
15do any of the following:
AB21,3298 16Section 3298. 118.40 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1275,2017 118.40 (4) (b) 2. Except as provided in par. (c) sub. (3) (h), discriminate in
18admission or deny participation in any program or activity on the basis of a person's
19sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, marital or parental status,
20sexual orientation or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.
AB21,3299 21Section 3299. 118.40 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (3) (h) and
22amended to read:
AB21,1276,423 118.40 (3) (h) Single-sex schools and courses. A school board may enter into
24a contract for,
and an entity under sub. (2r) may establish or enter into a contract for,
25the establishment of
establish a charter school that enrolls only one sex or that

1provides one or more courses that enroll only one sex if the school board or entity
2under sub. (2r) makes available to the opposite sex, under the same policies and
3criteria of admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such school or
4course.
AB21,3300 5Section 3300. 118.40 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1276,86 118.40 (4) (d) Powers. Subject to the terms of its contract, a charter school
7governing board has all the powers necessary to carry out the terms of its contract,
8including all of the following:
AB21,1276,99 1. To receive and disburse funds for school purposes.
AB21,1276,1010 2. To secure appropriate insurance.
AB21,1276,1411 3. To enter into contracts, including contracts with a University of Wisconsin
12institution or college campus, technical college district board, or private college or
13university, for technical or financial assistance, academic support, curriculum
14review, or other services.
AB21,1276,1515 4. To incur debt in reasonable anticipation of the receipt of funds.
AB21,1276,1716 5. To pledge, assign, or encumber its assets to be used as collateral for loans or
17extensions of credit.
AB21,1276,1818 6. To solicit and accept gifts or grants for school purposes.
AB21,1276,1919 7. To acquire real property for its use.
AB21,1276,2020 8. To sue and be sued in its own name.
AB21,3301 21Section 3301. 118.40 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1277,322 118.40 (7) (am) 2. A charter school established under sub. (2r) or a private
23school located in the school district operating under ch. 119 that is converted to a
24charter school is not an instrumentality of any school district and no school board
25may employ any personnel for the charter school. If the chancellor of the University

1of Wisconsin-Parkside contracts for the establishment of a charter school under sub.
2(2r), the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority may
3employ instructional staff for the charter school.
AB21,3302 4Section 3302. 118.43 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1277,75 118.43 (1) (b) "Low income" means the measure of low income that is used by
6the school district under 20 USC 2723
pupils who satisfy the income eligibility
7criteria 42 USC 1758 (b) (1)
.
AB21,3303 8Section 3303. 118.50 of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1277,14 9118.50 Whole grade sharing. (1) Agreement. The school boards of 2 or more
10school districts may enter into a whole grade sharing agreement that provides for all
11or a substantial portion of the pupils enrolled in one or more grades in any of the
12school districts to attend school in one or more of the other school districts for all or
13a substantial portion of a school day. School boards shall include in a whole grade
14sharing agreement all of the following:
AB21,1277,1615 (a) The term of the agreement and the date by which each school board must
16notify the other participating school boards of its intent to renew the agreement.
AB21,1277,1717 (b) The grade levels in each school district that are subject to the agreement.
AB21,1277,2018 (c) The annual amount that the school board of a pupil's resident school district
19pays to the school board of the school district that the pupil attends under the
20agreement.
AB21,1277,2321 (d) Which school board grants diplomas to pupils who, under the agreement,
22graduate from high school in a school district other than the pupil's resident school
23district.
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1(e) Which school board is responsible for pupil records, as defined in s. 118.125
2(1) (d), for pupils, who under the agreement, attend school in a school district other
3than the pupil's resident school district.
AB21,1278,6 4(2) Procedure. (a) A school board may not enter into, extend, or renew a whole
5grade sharing agreement after February 1 of the school year preceding the school
6year in which the agreement, extension, or renewal takes effect.
AB21,1278,127 (b) At least 90 days before entering into, extending, or renewing a whole grade
8sharing agreement, the school board shall adopt a resolution stating its intention to
9do so. Within 10 days after adoption of the resolution, the school district clerk shall
10publish notice of the adoption of the resolution as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in
11a newspaper published in the school district or post a notice of the adoption of the
12resolution as provided in s. 10.05.
AB21,1278,2013 (c) Within 30 days after publication or posting, a petition signed by at least 20
14percent of the electors residing in the school district may be filed with the school
15board requesting a feasibility study of the agreement. Upon receiving the petition,
16the school board shall contract with an organization approved by the department to
17conduct the feasibility study. If a feasibility study is required under this paragraph,
18the school board may not enter into, extend, or renew a whole grade sharing
19agreement until it receives the results of the study. The school board shall post the
20results of the feasibility study on the school district's Internet site.
AB21,1278,2521 (d) At least 30 days before entering into, extending, or renewing a whole grade
22sharing agreement, the school board shall hold a public hearing in the school district
23at which the proposed agreement is described and at which any school district elector
24may comment on the proposed agreement. Two or more school boards that will be
25parties to the agreement may hold a joint public hearing in one of the school districts.
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1(3) Transportation. (a) In addition to the requirements under sub. (1), a whole
2grade sharing agreement shall specify which school board is responsible for
3transporting pupils to and from the school they are attending under the agreement.
AB21,1279,54 (b) A whole grade sharing agreement may also specify which school board may
5provide transportation for pupils attending summer classes under the agreement.
AB21,1279,86 (c) If, under a whole grade sharing agreement, a school board provides
7transportation for fewer than all pupils, there shall be reasonable uniformity in the
8minimum and maximum distances pupils are transported.
AB21,1279,12 9(4) Attendance areas. If a school board enters into a whole grade sharing
10agreement that designates more than one school district for the attendance of its
11pupils, the school board shall establish attendance areas within the school district
12for determining the school districts of attendance of the pupils.
AB21,1279,17 13(5) Rights and privileges of nonresident pupils; participation in programs.
14(a) Except as provided in s. 118.134 (3m), a pupil attending a public school in a
15nonresident school district under this section has all of the rights and privileges of
16pupils residing in that school district and is subject to the same rules and regulations
17as pupils residing in that school district.
AB21,1279,2118 (b) A pupil attending a public school in a nonresident school district under this
19section is considered a resident of the nonresident school district for the purposes of
20participating in programs of a cooperative educational service agency or a county
21children with disabilities education board.
AB21,1279,24 22(6) Full-time enrollment in nonresident district. If a whole grade sharing
23agreement provides for a pupil to attend a grade in a nonresident school district, the
24pupil may not attend that grade in the nonresident school district under s. 118.51.
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1(7) School district reorganization. A whole grade sharing agreement entered
2into under this section is not an order of school district reorganization under ch. 117.
AB21,3304 3Section 3304. 118.51 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (1) (ag).
AB21,3305 4Section 3305. 118.51 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1280,65 118.51 (1) (ad) "Charter school" excludes a school under contract with an entity
6under s. 118.40 (2r) (b).
AB21,3306 7Section 3306. 118.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1280,158 118.51 (2) Applicability. A Except as provided in s. 118.50 (6), a pupil may
9attend a public school, including a charter school, prekindergarten, 4-year-old
10kindergarten, or early childhood or school-operated child care program, in a
11nonresident school district under this section, except that a pupil may attend a
12prekindergarten, 4-year-old kindergarten, or early childhood or school-operated
13child care program in a nonresident school district only if the pupil's resident school
14district offers the same type of program that the pupil wishes to attend and the pupil
15is eligible to attend that program in his or her resident school district.
AB21,3307 16Section 3307. 118.51 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1281,917 118.51 (14) (b) Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is eligible
18satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42
19USC 1758
(b) (1) and who will be attending public school in a nonresident school
20district in the following school year under this section may apply to the department,
21on the form prepared under sub. (15) (a), for the reimbursement of costs incurred by
22the parent for the transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's residence and
23the school that the pupil will be attending. The department shall determine the
24reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s.
2520.255 (2) (cy). The reimbursement amount may not exceed the actual

1transportation costs incurred by the parent or 3 times the statewide average per
2pupil transportation costs, whichever is less. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
3(cy) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount of approved claims under
4this paragraph, payments shall be prorated among the parents entitled thereto. By
5the 2nd Friday following the first Monday in May following receipt of the parent's
6application under sub. (3) (a), the department shall provide to each parent
7requesting reimbursement under this paragraph an estimate of the amount of
8reimbursement that the parent will receive if the pupil attends public school in the
9nonresident school district in the following school year.
AB21,3308 10Section 3308. 118.51 (16) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1281,1211 118.51 (16) (a) 1m. For the amount in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years,
12the amount determined under subd. 3. a. for the 2014-15 school year.
AB21,3309 13Section 3309. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1281,1914 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. Beginning with the amount in the 2015-16 2017-18 school
15year, the sum of the amount determined under this subdivision for the previous
16school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91
17(2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of
18statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current
19school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.
AB21,3310 20Section 3310. 118.52 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1282,521 118.52 (11) (b) Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is attending
22a course at an educational institution under this section may apply to the
23department for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the parent for the
24transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's residence or school in which the
25pupil is enrolled and the educational institution that the pupil is attending for the

1course if the pupil and parent are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The
2department shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount
3from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy). The department shall give preference
4under this paragraph to those pupils who are eligible satisfy the income eligibility
5criteria
for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB21,3311 6Section 3311. 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,1282,177 118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is
8attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section
9and is taking a course for high school credit may apply to the state superintendent
10for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school in
11which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of higher education or technical college
12that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian are unable
13to pay the cost of such transportation. The state superintendent shall determine the
14reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s.
1520.255 (2) (cw). The state superintendent shall give preference under this subsection
16to those pupils who are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or
17reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB21,3312 18Section 3312. 118.57 of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,1282,24 19118.57 Notice of educational options; review report grade; pupil
20assessments.
(1) Annually, by January 31, each school board shall publish as a
21class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and post on its Internet site a description of the
22educational options available to the child, including public schools, private schools
23participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time
24open enrollment, youth options, and course options.
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1(2) The school board shall include in the notice under sub. (1) and in the letter
2sent under sub. (1) the most recent grade level assigned under s. 115.385 (2) to each
3school within the school district boundaries, including charter schools established
4under s. 118.40 (2r) and private schools participating in a parental choice program
5under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The letter sent by the school board shall inform parents
6that the full school and school district accountability report is available on the school
7board's Internet site.
AB21,3313 8Section 3313. 118.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,3314 9Section 3314. 118.60 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,3315 10Section 3315. 118.60 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,3316 11Section 3316. 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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