AB64,725,1312 118.60 (6m) (b) (intro.) Annually, by August 1st, provide to the department the
13material specified in par. (a) and
all of the following information:
AB64,1588 14Section 1588. 118.60 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,725,1615 118.60 (6m) (bm) Upon request of the department, provide a copy of any policy
16described in par. (a).
AB64,1589 17Section 1589. 118.60 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,725,2118 118.60 (6m) (c) Provide Upon an individual joining of the private school's
19governing body, provide
to the department a signed statement from each the
20individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the
21individual is a member of the governing body.
AB64,1590 22Section 1590 . 118.60 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,726,223 118.60 (6p) In addition to the requirements under sub. (6m), a private school
24that is not a new private school and that did not participate in program under this
25section in the previous school year shall submit to the department by January 10 of

1the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the private school
2intends to participate in the program under this section all of the following:
AB64,726,33 (a) The information required under sub. (6m) (a).
AB64,726,64 (b) A signed statement from each individual who is a member of the private
5school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing
6body.
AB64,1591 7Section 1591. 118.60 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1592 8Section 1592. 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,726,229 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. b. Evidence of sound fiscal and internal control practices,
10as prescribed by the department by rule. The department may not require a private
11school that is not a new private school and that is in good standing with the
12department to submit to the department the private school's annual operating
13budget as evidence of its fiscal and internal control practices.
An independent
14auditor engaged to evaluate the private school's fiscal and internal control practices
15shall conduct his or her evaluation, including determining sample sizes, in
16accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of
17Certified Public Accountants. The independent auditor engaged to evaluate the
18private school's fiscal and internal control practice shall also review any concerns
19raised in the private school's management letter submitted under subd. 2m. a. The
20fact that a private school reports a negative reserve balance alone is not evidence that
21the private school does not have the financial ability to continue operating or that the
22private school does not follow sound fiscal and internal control practices.
AB64,1593 23Section 1593. 118.60 (7) (b) 3d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,727,224 118.60 (7) (b) 3d. a. Beginning on the effective date of this subd. 3d. a. .... [LRB
25inserts date], with the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background

1investigation of an individual before extending that individual an offer to teach or
2serve as an administrator at the private school.
AB64,727,53 b. With the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background
4investigation of all teachers and administrators employed by the private school on
5the effective date of this subd. 3d. b. .... [LRB inserts date].
AB64,727,106 c. At least once every 5 years after a teacher's or administrator's initial
7background investigation under this subdivision, with the assistance of the
8department of justice, conduct another additional background check on the teacher
9or administrator if the teacher or administrator remains employed by the private
10school.
AB64,1594 11Section 1594. 118.60 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,727,1512 118.60 (7) (d) 2. Evidence of financial viability, as prescribed by the department
13by rule. The department may not require a private school that is not a new private
14school and that is in good standing with the department to submit to the department
15the private school's annual operating budget as evidence of its financial viability.
AB64,1595 16Section 1595. 118.60 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,727,1817 118.60 (10) (a) 1. Misrepresented information required under sub. (7) (d) this
18section or any rule promulgated under this section
.
AB64,1596 19Section 1596. 118.60 (10) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1597 20Section 1597 . 118.60 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,727,2221 118.60 (10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m)
22or (6p).
AB64,1598 23Section 1598. 118.60 (10) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,727,2524 118.60 (10) (am) 4. Misrepresented any information required under this
25section or under any rule promulgated under this section.
AB64,1599
1Section 1599. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,728,142 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
366.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
4115.345, 115.353, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001
5to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to
6118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
7118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10),
8118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46,
9118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27),
10120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (7m), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m),
11and (38), and (39), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to
12a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
13chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
14to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB64,1600 15Section 1600. 119.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,728,2216 119.10 (3) The board shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at
17times fixed and published by the board in its rules. If a regular board meeting falls
18on a legal holiday, it shall be held on the next business day. Special meetings may
19be called and held as provided by the rules of the board. No business may be
20transacted at a special meeting other than that specified in the notice of the meeting,
21which shall be delivered personally or by mail to each member at least 24 hours
22before the time of such meeting.
AB64,1601 23Section 1601. 119.16 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,729,324 119.16 (16) Summer school grants. (a) The board shall develop and establish
25a grant program under which the board annually awards grants to public schools,

1except charter schools authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), located in the city to
2do any of the following to increase pupil attendance, improve academic achievement,
3or expose pupils to innovative learning activities:
AB64,729,44 1. Develop a summer school program.
AB64,729,55 2. Redesign a summer school program.
AB64,729,66 3. Implement a summer school program.
AB64,729,107 (b) In each school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the state
8superintendent shall distribute to the board the total amount requested by the board
9to pay grants to schools under par. (a) in that school year. The board may not request
10more than the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dj) in any school year.
AB64,1602 11Section 1602. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,730,1812 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. The private school or the pupil's parent or guardian submits
13to the department of public instruction the names, addresses, social security
14numbers, and other state and federal tax identification numbers, if any, of the pupil's
15parents or legal guardians that reside in the same household as the pupil, whether
16and to whom the parents or legal guardians are married, the names of all of the other
17members of the pupil's family residing in the same household as the pupil, and the
18school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. The
19department of revenue shall review the information submitted under this subd. 1.
20b. and shall verify the eligibility or ineligibility of the pupil to participate in the
21program under this section on the basis of family income. In this subdivision, “family
22income" means federal adjusted gross income of the parents or legal guardians
23residing in the same household as the pupil for the tax year preceding the school year
24for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. or, if not available, for
25the tax year preceding the tax year preceding the school year for which family income

1is being verified under this subd. 1. b. Family income for a family in which the pupil's
2parents are married or in which the pupil's legal guardians are married shall be
3reduced by $7,000 before the verification is made under this subd. 1. b. The
4department of revenue may take no other action on the basis of the information
5submitted under this subd. 1. b. If the department of revenue is unable to verify
6family income or to verify whether the pupil is eligible or ineligible to participate in
7the program under this section on the basis of family income, the department of
8revenue shall notify the department of public instruction, the private school, and the
9pupil's parent or guardian
of this fact and the department of public instruction shall
10utilize an alternative process, to be established by the department of public
11instruction, to determine whether the pupil is eligible to participate in the program
12under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public
13instruction may not request any additional verification of income from the family of
14a pupil once the department of revenue has verified that the pupil is eligible to
15participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The
16department of public instruction shall establish a procedure for determining family
17income eligibility for those pupils for whom no social security number or state or
18federal tax identification number has been provided.
AB64,1603 19Section 1603 . 119.23 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1604 20Section 1604 . 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,730,2421 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. By August 1 of the school year immediately preceding the
22school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program
23under this section, submit to the department the information required under sub.
24(6m) (a) and (c) (6p) (a) and (b).
AB64,1605 25Section 1605. 119.23 (2) (ag) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1606
1Section 1606. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,731,52 119.23 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 1 September 15, a private school
3participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a
4report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the
5purpose of sub. (4m).
AB64,1607 6Section 1607. 119.23 (6m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,731,87 119.23 (6m) (b) (intro.) Annually, by August 1st, provide to the department the
8material specified in par. (a) and
all of the following information:
AB64,1608 9Section 1608. 119.23 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,731,1110 119.23 (6m) (bm) Upon request of the department, provide a copy of any policy
11described in par. (a).
AB64,1609 12Section 1609. 119.23 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,731,1613 119.23 (6m) (c) Provide Upon an individual joining the private school's
14governing body, provide
to the department a signed statement from each the
15individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the
16individual is a member of the governing body.
AB64,1610 17Section 1610 . 119.23 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,731,2218 119.23 (6p) In addition to the requirements under sub. (6m), a private school
19that is not a new private school and that did not participate in program under this
20section in the previous school year shall submit to the department by January 10 of
21the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the private school
22intends to participate in the program under this section all of the following:
AB64,731,2323 (a) The information required under sub. (6m) (a).
AB64,732,3
1(b) A signed statement from each individual who is a member of the private
2school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing
3body.
AB64,1611 4Section 1611. 119.23 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1612 5Section 1612. 119.23 (7) (am) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,732,196 119.23 (7) (am) 2m. b. Evidence of sound fiscal and internal control practices,
7as prescribed by the department by rule. The department may not require a private
8school that is not a new private school and that is in good standing with the
9department to submit to the department the private school's annual operating
10budget as evidence of its fiscal and internal control practices.
An independent
11auditor engaged to evaluate the private school's fiscal and internal control practices
12shall conduct his or her evaluation, including determining sample sizes, in
13accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of
14Certified Public Accountants. The independent auditor engaged to evaluate the
15private school's fiscal and internal control practice shall also review any concerns
16raised in the private school's management letter submitted under subd. 2m. a. The
17fact that a private school reports a negative reserve balance alone is not evidence that
18the private school does not have the financial ability to continue operating or that the
19private school does not follow sound fiscal and internal control practices.
AB64,1613 20Section 1613. 119.23 (7) (b) 3d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,732,2421 119.23 (7) (b) 3d. a. Beginning on the effective date of this subd. 3d. a. .... [LRB
22inserts date], with the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background
23investigation of an individual before extending that individual an offer to teach or
24serve as an administrator at the private school.
AB64,733,3
1b. With the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background
2investigation of all teachers and administrators employed by the private school on
3the effective date of this subd. 3d. b. .... [LRB inserts date].
AB64,733,84 c. At least once every 5 years after a teacher's or administrator's initial
5background investigation under this subdivision, with the assistance of the
6department of justice, conduct another additional background check on the teacher
7or administrator if the teacher or administrator remains employed by the private
8school.
AB64,1614 9Section 1614. 119.23 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,733,1310 119.23 (7) (d) 2. Evidence of financial viability, as prescribed by the department
11by rule. The department may not require a private school that is not a new private
12school and that is in good standing with the department to submit to the department
13the private school's annual operating budget as evidence of its financial viability.
AB64,1615 14Section 1615. 119.23 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,733,1615 119.23 (10) (a) 1. Misrepresented information required under sub. (7) (d) this
16section or any rule promulgated under this section
.
AB64,1616 17Section 1616. 119.23 (10) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1617 18Section 1617 . 119.23 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,733,2019 119.23 (10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m)
20or (6p).
AB64,1618 21Section 1618. 119.23 (10) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,733,2322 119.23 (10) (am) 4. Misrepresented any information required under this
23section or under any rule promulgated under this section.
AB64,1619 24Section 1619 . 119.61 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,734,3
1119.61 (1) (c) 3. The number of hours of pupil instruction offered in the school
2building in the previous school year was less than 80 percent of the number of hours
3of pupil instruction required to be scheduled under s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2., 2015 stats.
AB64,1620 4Section 1620. 119.83 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,734,5 5119.83 School performance incentive program. (1) In this section:
AB64,734,76 (a) “Accountability report” means the school and school district accountability
7report published under s. 115.385.
AB64,734,98 (b) “Eligible school” means any of the following that is located within the
9geographical boundaries of a city school district:
AB64,734,1110 1. A public school that is under the control of the board, including a charter
11school under contract with the board.
AB64,734,1212 2. A charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
AB64,734,1313 3. A private school participating in the program under s. 119.23.
AB64,734,17 14(2) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, subject to sub. (4), the department
15shall award an amount determined as follows to each eligible school that is placed
16in a performance category of “significantly exceeds expectations" or “exceeds
17expectations" on the accountability report for the immediately preceding school year:
AB64,734,2018 (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (df) by the sum of the
19number of pupils enrolled in each school eligible to receive an award under this
20subsection.
AB64,734,2221 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils
22enrolled in the school.
AB64,735,3 23(3) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, subject to sub. (4), the department
24shall award an amount determined as follows to each eligible school that increases
25by at least 3 points the numeric score that was the basis for the eligible school's

1performance category on the accountability report in the preceding school year over
2the eligible school's numeric score on the immediately preceding accountability
3report:
AB64,735,64 (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dg) by the sum of the
5number of pupils enrolled in each school eligible to receive an award under this
6subsection.
AB64,735,87 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils
8enrolled in the school.
AB64,735,11 9(4) In each school year, the department may not make an award under sub. (2)
10or (3) before the department of administration approves the per pupil amount
11calculated under subs. (2) and (3).
AB64,735,13 12(5) The board shall distribute funds it receives under this section to the school
13administrator of the eligible school that earned the award under sub. (2) or (3).
AB64,1621 14Section 1621. 120.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,735,2315 120.08 (1) (a) Common school School districts shall hold an annual meeting on
16the 4th Monday in July at 8 p.m. and union high school districts shall hold an annual
17meeting on the 3rd Monday in July at 8 p.m.
on a date and hour determined by the
18school board
unless the electors at one annual meeting determine to thereafter hold
19the annual meeting on a different date or hour, or authorize the school board to
20establish a different date or hour
. No annual meeting may be held before May 15 or
21after October 31. The first school district meeting in a common or union high school
22district created under s. 117.08, 117.09, or 117.27 shall be considered an annual
23meeting.
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