27,4020g
Section 4020g. 119.80 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
119.80 (2) (a) The board shall submit to the governor a proposal for the expenditure of the funds in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) in the 1996-97 school year and in each school year thereafter.
27,4020r
Section 4020r. 119.80 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
119.80 (2) (b) By June 30, the joint committee on finance may schedule a meeting to act on the proposal. At the meeting, the committee may approve, modify and approve as modified, or reject the proposal. If the committee does not schedule a meeting by June 30, the proposal shall be considered approved by the committee.
27,4021
Section 4021
. 119.82 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.82 (1) (a) 3. Has been or is being sanctioned under s. 49.50 (7) (h) 49.26 (1) (h) or is subject to the monthly attendance requirement under s. HSS 201.195 (4) (b) 2., Wis. adm. code.
27,4022
Section 4022
. 119.84 of the statutes is amended to read:
119.84 Professional development. Annually, the state superintendent shall pay the amount appropriated in that fiscal year under s. 20.255 (2) (dc) to the board. The board shall use 67% of the funds to provide a mentor teacher program for inexperienced teachers and a peer coaching program for experienced teachers. The board shall use the balance of the funds for school administrator assessment and professional staff development
activities. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1996.
27,4022g
Section 4022g. 120.105 of the statutes is repealed.
27,4022r
Section 4022r. 120.12 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4023m
Section 4023m. 120.12 (24) of the statutes is created to read:
120.12 (24) Health care benefits. Prior to the selection of any group health care benefits provider for school district professional employes, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (ne), solicit sealed bids for the provision of such benefits.
27,4024
Section 4024. 120.13 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 School board powers. (intro.) The school board of a common or union high school district may do all things reasonable to promote the cause of education, including establishing, providing and improving school district programs, functions and activities for the benefit of pupils, and including all of the following:
27,4029
Section 4029
. 120.17 (8) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.17 (8) (bm) If the equalized valuation of that part of a municipality lying within a school district is reduced due to the removal of property from the tax roll because the imposition of the property tax on that property is found unconstitutional, the school district clerk shall notify the supervisor of equalization. The supervisor of equalization shall reduce the equalized valuation by the full value of the property so removed and certify the resulting equalized valuation to the state superintendent department and the school district clerk for use in computing the tax levy certifications under this subsection. Corrections may be made under this paragraph only for the valuations used by the department of public instruction for the last 2 school years.
27,4030m
Section 4030m. 120.44 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4031
Section 4031
. 121.006 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.006 (1) (a) The state superintendent department may withhold state aid from any school district in which the scope and character of the work are not maintained in such manner as to meet the state superintendent's
department's approval.
27,4036
Section 4036
. 121.02 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (1) (m) Provide access to an education for employment program approved by the state superintendent. Beginning in the 1997-98 school year, the program shall incorporate applied curricula; guidance and counseling services under par. (e); technical preparation under s. 118.34; college preparation; youth apprenticeship under s. 101.265 106.13 or other job training and work experience; and instruction in skills relating to employment. The state superintendent shall assist school boards in complying with this paragraph.
27,4037
Section 4037
. 121.02 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (1) (s) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year, administer the examinations required by the state superintendent under s. 118.30. A school board may administer additional examinations only if they are aligned with the school district's curriculum (1m) (am) and (b), and beginning in the 1996-97 school year, administer the examination required by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1m) (a).
27,4038
Section 4038
. 121.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (2) In order to ensure compliance with the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent
department shall annually conduct a general on-site audit of at least 10% of all school districts, selected by means of a stratified, random sample. The state superintendent shall audit each school district at least once every 10 years but may not audit a school district more than once every 6 years. The state superintendent shall ensure that the audit process involves school board members, school district administrators, teachers, pupils, parents of pupils and other residents of the school district. Nothing in this subsection prohibits the state superintendent from conducting an inquiry into compliance with the standards upon receipt of a complaint and may, on its own initiative, conduct an audit of a school district.
27,4040x
Section 4040x. 121.05 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.05 (1) (a) 4. Pupils enrolled in a private school under s. 119.23 who, in the school year prior to their initial enrollment in the private school, were enrolled in the school district operating under ch. 119 or were not enrolled in school.
27,4042
Section 4042
. 121.05 (1) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
121.05 (1) (a) 10. Pupils attending a private school or agency under contract with the board under s. 119.235.
27,4044
Section 4044
. 121.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.06 (1) Annually on or before October 1, the full value of the taxable property in each part of each city, village and town in each school district shall be determined by the department of revenue according to its best judgment from all sources of information available to it and shall be certified by the department of revenue to the state superintendent department.
27,4046m
Section 4046m. 121.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (1) (a) The membership of the school district in the previous school year and the shared cost for the previous school year shall be used in computing general aid, except that beginning with state aid paid in the 1995-96 school year the membership used to compute state aid to the school district operating under ch. 119 shall include those pupils who are attending a private school under s. 119.23 in the current school year and were enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in a private school located in the city of Milwaukee other than under s. 119.23 in the previous school year. If a school district has a state trust fund loan as a result of s. 24.61 (3) (c) 2., the school district's debt service costs shall be based upon current school year costs for the term of the loan and for one additional school year.
27,4048g
Section 4048g. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) “Shared cost" is the sum of the net cost of the general fund and the net cost of the debt service fund, except that “shared cost" excludes any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by a school district as a result of its participation in a lawsuit commenced against the state, beginning with such costs incurred in the fiscal year in which the lawsuit is commenced. In this paragraph, “net cost of the debt service fund" includes all of the following amounts:
27,4048r
Section 4048r. 121.07 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
121.07 (6) (am) 1. In calculating shared cost under par. (a) for the purpose of computing state aid paid under s. 121.08 in the 1997-98 to 2000-01 school years, if a school district's equalized valuation exceeds its tertiary guaranteed valuation, the department shall deduct an amount equal to the following percentages of the amount received by the school district under s. 121.85 (6) (b) 3. in the 1995-96 school year that is in addition to the amount received by the school district under s. 121.85 (6) (b) 2. in that school year:
a. In the 1997-98 school year, 100%.
b. In the 1998-99 school year, 75%.
c. In the 1999-2000 school year, 50%.
d. In the 2000-01 school year, 25%.
2. The amount deducted under subd. 1. may not exceed the amount by which the school district's shared cost, including the additional aid paid under s. 121.85 (6) (b) 3. in the 1995-96 school year, exceeds the school district's secondary ceiling cost per member multiplied by its membership.
27,4049
Section 4049
. 121.07 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
121.07 (6) (b) The “primary ceiling cost per member" is $1,000.
27,4050
Section 4050
. 121.07 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (6) (c) The “primary shared cost" is that portion of a district's shared cost which is less than or equal to the primary ceiling cost per member multiplied by its membership.
27,4051
Section 4051
. 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
121.07 (6) (d) 1. The “secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 1996-97 school year is an amount determined by multiplying the primary ceiling cost per member in the 1995-96 school year by 1.0 plus the rate certified under s. 73.03 (46) expressed as a decimal.
2. The “secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 1997-98 school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by multiplying the secondary ceiling cost per member in the previous school year by 1.0 plus the rate certified under s. 73.03 (46) expressed as a decimal.
27,4052
Section 4052
. 121.07 (6) (dg) of the statutes is created to read:
121.07 (6) (dg) The “secondary shared cost" is that portion of a school district's shared cost which is greater than the primary ceiling cost per member multiplied by its membership and less than or equal to the secondary ceiling cost per member multiplied by its membership.
27,4053
Section 4053
. 121.07 (6) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:
121.07 (6) (dr) The “tertiary shared cost" is that portion of a school district's shared cost which is greater than the secondary ceiling cost per member multiplied by its membership.
27,4054
Section 4054
. 121.07 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (6) (e) For a school district created by a consolidation under s. 117.08 or 117.09, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the amounts under par.
pars. (b) and (d) shall be multiplied by 1.1 and rounded to the next lowest dollar.
27,4056
Section 4056
. 121.07 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
121.07 (7) (a) The “primary guaranteed valuation per member" is $2,000,000.
27,4057
Section 4057
. 121.07 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
121.07 (7) (b) The “secondary guaranteed valuation per member" is an amount, rounded to the next lower dollar, that, after subtraction of payments under ss. 121.09, 121.10, 121.105, 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. and (c) and 121.86, fully distributes the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) for payments under ss. 121.08 and 121.85 (6) (a) and (g).
27,4058
Section 4058
. 121.07 (7) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
121.07 (7) (bm) The “tertiary guaranteed valuation per member" is the amount rounded to the next lower dollar determined by dividing the equalized valuation of the state by the state total membership.
27,4059
Section 4059
. 121.07 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (7) (c) For districts operating only high school grades, the amounts in pars. (a) and (b) to (bm) shall be multiplied by 3 and rounded to the next lowest
lower dollar.
27,4060
Section 4060
. 121.07 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (7) (d) For districts operating only elementary grades, the amounts in pars. (a) and (b) to (bm) shall be multiplied by 1.5 and rounded to the next lowest
lower dollar.
27,4061
Section 4061
. 121.07 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (7) (e) For a school district created by a consolidation under s. 117.08 or 117.09, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the amounts under pars. (a) and (b) to (bm) shall be multiplied by 1.1 and rounded to the next lowest lower dollar.
27,4062
Section 4062
. 121.07 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (8) Guaranteed valuation. A school district's primary and, secondary
and tertiary guaranteed valuations are determined by multiplying the amounts in sub. (7) by the district's membership.
27,4063
Section 4063
. 121.07 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (10) (a) The “required levy rate" is the sum of the rates derived in pars. (b) and (c) to (d).
27,4064
Section 4064
. 121.07 (10) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
121.07 (10) (d) The “tertiary required levy rate" is the tertiary shared cost divided by the tertiary guaranteed valuation.
27,4065
Section 4065
. 121.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.08 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
121.08 (1) (intro.) The state shall pay to the school district a the sum equal to of the following amounts:
(a) The amount by which the primary guaranteed valuation exceeds the school district equalized valuation, multiplied by the primary required levy rate and a sum equal to the.
(b) The amount by which the secondary guaranteed valuation exceeds the school district equalized valuation multiplied by the secondary required levy rate.
27,4066
Section 4066
. 121.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
121.08 (1) (c) The amount by which the tertiary guaranteed valuation exceeds the school district equalized valuation multiplied by the tertiary required levy rate.
27,4067
Section 4067
. 121.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.08 (2) The aid computed under sub. (1) shall be reduced by the sum of the amount by which the school district equalized valuation exceeds the secondary guaranteed valuation, multiplied by the secondary required levy rate, and the amount by which the school district equalized valuation exceeds the tertiary guaranteed valuation, multiplied by the tertiary required levy rate. In no case may the aid under this section be less than zero the amount under sub. (1) (a).
27,4069
Section 4069
. 121.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
121.10 (7) No aid may be paid under this section after the 1995-96 school year.
27,4072
Section 4072
. 121.135 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.135 (1) If, upon receipt of the report under s. 115.84, the state superintendent department is satisfied that there are children participating in a special education program provided by a county handicapped children's education board, the superintendent department shall certify to the department of administration from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county handicapped children's education board the amount determined under sub. (2), except as provided under sub. (3).
27,4073
Section 4073
. 121.15 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.15 (2) (c) If the state superintendent department notifies a school district that a state aid payment may be withheld under par. (a) or (b), he or she the department shall notify each member of the school board or the school district clerk. If the state superintendent
department notifies the school district clerk, the school district clerk shall promptly distribute a copy of the notice to each member of the school board.
27,4075
Section 4075
. 121.15 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4075m
Section 4075m. 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
