AB843: Bill Text

AB843,1 Section 1. 115.28 (43) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB843,2,8 115.28 (43) School safety funding. With the department of justice, seek and apply for federal funds relating to school safety and reducing violence and disruption in schools, including funds for alternative schools or programs. Each department shall make a report by January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2003, of its progress in applying for and obtaining funds under this subsection. The report shall be provided to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance and to the governor.

Note: This Section deletes a requirement to submit reports to the Legislature by January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2003, of progress in seeking federal school safety funds.

AB843,2 Section 2. 115.33 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This Section deletes a requirement for the State Superintendent to conduct a study of the physical condition, capacity, and suitability of the public schools and submit a report to the appropriate legislative standing committees.

AB843,3 Section 3. 118.035 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This Section deletes a requirement for DPI to submit a report to the appropriate legislative standing committees by July 1, 2005, regarding school board imposition of school uniforms.

AB843,4 Section 4. 118.38 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This Section deletes a requirement for DPI to submit a report to the appropriate legislative standing committees and the Governor by July 1, 2000, regarding school board requests for waivers from statutory or administrative rule requirements.

AB843,5 Section 5 . 118.51 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB843,3,8 118.51 (3) (a) 4. On or before the 2nd Friday following the first Monday in June following receipt of a copy of the application, if a resident school board denies a pupil's enrollment in a nonresident school district under sub. (6) or (7), the resident school board shall notify the applicant and the nonresident school board, in writing, that the application has been denied and include in the notice the reason for the denial.

Note: Sections 5, 6 , and 10 remove cross-references to statutory subsections deleted in Sections 7 and 8.

AB843,6 Section 6 . 118.51 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB843,7 Section 7 . 118.51 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This Section repeals an expired provision granting school boards authority to limit the number of students open enrolling into other districts during the school years from 1998-99 to 2005-06.

AB843,8 Section 8 . 118.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This Section repeals the authority for a school board eligible for special transfer aid under subch. VI of ch. 121, Stats., (commonly known as “Chapter 220 Aid”) to reject an open enrollment application if the transfer into or out of the school district would increase racial imbalance in the district. The Wisconsin Attorney General opined in 2007 that this provision is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (2007).

AB843,9 Section 9. 118.51 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (7).

AB843,10 Section 10 . 118.51 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB843,4,11 118.51 (9) Appeal of rejection. If the nonresident school board rejects an application under sub. (3) (a) or (7), the resident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (3m) (d), (6), or (7), or the nonresident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in the nonresident school district under sub. (11), the pupil's parent may appeal the decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. If the nonresident school board provides notice that the special education or related service is not available under sub. (12) (b), the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The department shall affirm the school board's decision unless the department finds that the decision was arbitrary or unreasonable.

AB843,11 Section 11. 118.57 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB843,4,19 118.57 (2) The school board shall include in the notice under sub. (1) the most recent performance category assigned under s. 115.385 (2) (1) (b) to each school within the school district boundaries, including charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The notice published by the school board shall inform parents that the full school and school district accountability report is available on the school board's Internet site.

Note: This Section updates an incorrect cross-reference.

AB843,12 Section 12. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB843,5,10 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), (38), and (39), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.

Note: This Section inserts a cross-reference to required health examinations for school employees into ch. 119, First Class City School System, the chapter governing the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). This gives effect to a change made by 2017 Wisconsin Act 107 to require all school districts to condition employment of school district employees on a physical exam, including a tuberculosis screening questionnaire, by eliminating an exception that previously existed for MPS.

AB843,13 Section 13. 121.91 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.91 (5).

AB843,14 Section 14. 121.91 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This Section deletes a requirement for the State Superintendent to submit a report to the Governor and the appropriate legislative standings committees regarding requests by school boards and requests granted by the State Superintendent for increases to a school district's revenue limit made under a previous statutory provision.

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