AB150-engrossed,1420,2119
(b) Any contract with an entity specified under sub. (1) other than a school
20district shall require payment for at least the full cost of the service or program
21provided.
AB150-engrossed,1420,25
22(4) A board of control may contract with a school district that is not in the
23agency to provide a service or program to that school district only if the agency in
24which the school district participates does not offer the service or program or the
25latter agency authorizes the school district to do so.
AB150-engrossed,1421,1
1(5) No contract may be for a term that is longer than 20 years.
AB150-engrossed,1421,8
4116.04 Agency administrator. The board of control shall appoint an
5individual who is licensed by the department as a school administrator or is eligible
6to be licensed by the department as a school administrator to serve as agency
7administrator. The agency administrator shall implement the policies of the board
8of control.
AB150-engrossed,1421,15
10116.05 (title)
Professional advisory committee Advisory committees. 11In each agency there shall be a professional advisory committee
, composed of the
12school district administrator of each school district in the agency, which shall meet
13at the request of the board of control or the agency administrator to advise them.
The
14board of control may appoint additional advisory committees that are representative
15of the users of the agency's services and programs.
AB150-engrossed,1422,2
17116.055 Real property. The board of control may purchase, hold, encumber
18and dispose of real property, in the name of the agency, for use as its office or for any
19educational service provided by the agency if a resolution to do so is adopted by a
20two-thirds vote of the members of the board of control
majority of the delegates at
21the annual convention or at a special meeting and then approved
, within 60 days
22after the convention or special meeting, by
three-fourths two-thirds of the school
23boards in the agency by majority vote of each school board. Aid received under s.
24116.08 may be used for the acquisition and maintenance of real property under this
1section.
In addition, the board of control may assess the costs of acquisition and
2maintenance against each school district in the agency.
AB150-engrossed, s. 3924r
3Section 3924r. 116.08 (3m) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
4renumbered 116.08 (3m) and amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,1422,85
116.08
(3m) The school board of a school district that has withdrawn from
6cooperative educational service agency no. 1 under s. 116.065 and is not in any other
7agency may
: (b) Contract contract with the department for other programs and
8services the school district would be receiving if it were in an agency.
AB150-engrossed,1422,13
11116.09 State and federal grants. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), the
12board of control is eligible for and may apply for any state or federal grant for which
13a school district is eligible.
AB150-engrossed,1422,15
14(2) If a school district in the agency applies for a grant the board of control is
15eligible for that grant only on behalf of one or more school districts in the agency.
AB150-engrossed,1422,1817
117.03
(2) "Appeal panel" means a panel appointed by the
state superintendent 18secretary under s. 117.05 (1).
AB150-engrossed,1422,2420
117.05
(1) Appeal panels. The
state superintendent secretary shall appoint 3
21members of the board to hear appeals filed under ss. 117.12 (4) and 117.13 (3). No
222 members of the appeal panel may be board members from any of the following kinds
23of school districts: those with small enrollments, those with medium enrollments or
24those with large enrollments.
AB150-engrossed,1423,4
1117.05
(1m) Board and appeal panel meetings. The
state superintendent 2secretary shall set the time and place for meetings of the board under ss. 117.10,
3117.12 (5) and 117.132 and for meetings of appeal panels under ss. 117.12 (4) and
4117.13.
AB150-engrossed,1423,136
117.05
(2) (a)
Board. The
state superintendent secretary shall appoint 7
7members of the board to perform any review under ss. 117.10, 117.12 (5) and 117.132.
8The 7 members shall include the
state superintendent
secretary or his or her
9designee on the board, 2 board members from school districts with small
10enrollments, 2 board members from school districts with medium enrollments and
112 board members from school districts with large enrollments. Any action of the
12board under this chapter requires the affirmative vote of at least 4 of the 7 members
13appointed under this paragraph.
AB150-engrossed,1423,1915
117.05
(10) (title)
State superintendent Secretary to advise. The
state
16superintendent secretary shall advise and consult with school boards regarding
17school district organization and reorganization. If, in the
state superintendent's 18secretary's opinion, one or more school districts should be altered, consolidated or
19dissolved, he or she may make recommendations to the school boards.
AB150-engrossed,1423,25
21118.001 Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes. 22The statutory duties and powers of school boards shall be broadly construed to
23authorize any school board action that is within the comprehensive meaning of the
24terms of the duties and powers, if the action is not prohibited by the laws of the
25federal government or of this state.
AB150-engrossed,1424,122
118.01
(1) Purpose. Public education is a fundamental responsibility of the
3state. The constitution
vests in the state superintendent the supervision of public
4instruction and directs the legislature to provide for the establishment of district
5schools. The effective operation of the public schools is dependent upon a common
6understanding of what public schools should be and do. Establishing such goals and
7expectations is a necessary and proper complement to the state's financial
8contribution to education. Each school board should provide curriculum, course
9requirements and instruction consistent with the goals and expectations established
10under sub. (2). Parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district share
11with the state and school board the responsibility for pupils meeting the goals and
12expectations under sub. (2).
AB150-engrossed,1425,514
118.013
(3) (a) A school board on its own initiative or upon receipt of an
15application from the principal of a school located in the school district may apply to
16the
state superintendent department for a grant to assist in developing or
17implementing a management restructuring program.
The state superintendent At
18the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office, the secretary shall appoint
19a 12-member council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to review the applications and make
20recommendations to the
state superintendent department. The council shall consist
21of the governor or his or her designee and at least one member representing school
22boards, one member representing school administrators, one member representing
23parents of pupils enrolled in the school district and one member representing
24teachers. The
state superintendent secretary may also appoint members
25representing other groups. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under
1s. 20.255 (2) (ds). The
state superintendent department shall give preference in
2awarding grants under this paragraph to applications submitted by school boards in
3collaboration with an organization of professional educators or persons concerned
4with educational administration. To the extent possible, the
state superintendent 5department shall ensure that grants are equally distributed on a statewide basis.
AB150-engrossed,1425,179
118.019
(5) Advisory committee. Each In any school district that offers a
10human growth and development curriculum, the school board shall appoint an
11advisory committee composed of parents, teachers, school administrators, pupils,
12health care professionals, members of the clergy and other residents of the school
13district. The advisory committee shall develop
a
the human growth and
14development curriculum and advise the school board on the design, review and
15implementation of the advisory committee's human growth and development
16curriculum. The advisory committee shall review the curriculum at least every 3
17years
and shall file a written report with the department indicating it has done so.
AB150-engrossed,1426,220
118.07
(2) (b) Annually the person having direct charge of any public or private
21school shall file a report pertaining to such drills on forms furnished by the
22department of
industry, labor and human relations
development. Such reports shall
23be made to the department of
industry, labor and human relations development and,
24in each community having a recognized fire department, to the chief of the fire
1department. When no fire drill is held during any month, the person having direct
2charge of the school shall state the reasons therefor in the report.
AB150-engrossed,1426,124
118.125
(2) (i)
The technical college district board in which the public school
5is located, or the department of health and social services or a county department
6under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for verification of eligibility for public assistance
7under ch. 49, shall, upon Upon request,
be provided by the school district clerk
with 8shall provide the names of pupils who have withdrawn from the public school prior
9to graduation under s. 118.15 (1) (c)
to the technical college district board in which
10the public school is located or, for verification of eligibility for public assistance under
11ch. 49, to the department of health and social services, the department of industry,
12labor and human relations or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23.
AB150-engrossed,1426,2514
118.125
(3) Maintenance of records. Each school board shall adopt rules in
15writing specifying the content of pupil records and the time during which pupil
16records shall be maintained. No behavioral records may be maintained for more than
17one year after the pupil ceases to be enrolled in the school, unless the pupil specifies
18in writing that his or her behavioral records may be maintained for a longer period.
19A pupil's progress records shall be maintained for at least 5 years after the pupil
20ceases to be enrolled in the school. A school board may maintain the records on
21microfilm
, or optical disk
or in electronic format if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c),
22or in such other form as the school board deems appropriate. A school board shall
23maintain peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 (1m) separately from a
24pupil's other pupil records. Rules adopted under this subsection shall be published
25by the school board as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.
AB150-engrossed,1427,82
118.15
(1) (bm) Upon the child's request and with the written approval of the
3child's parent or guardian, any child who is 16 years of age or over shall be excused
4by the school board from regular school attendance if the child presents evidence
5satisfactory to the school board that he or she is employed full-time or is
6participating in an apprenticeship program under ch. 106. The excuse applies only
7while the child is employed full-time or is participating in an apprenticeship
8program under ch. 106.
AB150-engrossed,1427,1110
118.15
(5) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person who has under his or
11her control a child who has been sanctioned under s.
49.50 (7) (h) 49.26 (1) (h).
AB150-engrossed,1427,1613
118.16
(4) (e)
A Except as provided under s. 119.55, a school board may
14establish one or more youth service centers for the counseling of children who are
15taken into custody under s. 48.19 (1) (d) 9. or 10. for being absent from school without
16an acceptable excuse under s. 118.15.
AB150-engrossed,1427,2118
118.165
(2) An institution may request the
state superintendent department 19to approve the institution's educational program as a private school. The
state
20superintendent department shall base
his or her its approval solely on the criteria
21under sub. (1).
AB150-engrossed,1428,7
23118.167 (title)
Private school determination by state superintendent
24department. If an association that regulates or accredits private educational
25institutions in this state submits an affidavit to the
state superintendent
1department attesting that the institution meets or exceeds all of the criteria under
2s. 118.165 and the
state superintendent department finds that the institution does
3meet or exceed all of the criteria under s. 118.165, the
state superintendent 4department shall determine that the institution is a private school. If at any time
5the
state superintendent department finds that an institution determined to be a
6private school under this section no longer meets the criteria under s. 118.165,
he or
7she the department may withdraw the determination.
AB150-engrossed,1428,14
9118.17 Indigent children. The principal or teacher in charge of any public
10school shall report to the
authority administering general relief county department
11under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for the county wherein the school is situated the name
12and address of any child in the school whose parent, guardian or other person having
13control, charge or custody of the child is without sufficient means to furnish the child
14with food or clothing necessary to enable the child to attend school.
AB150-engrossed,1428,1816
118.19
(11) The department may promulgate rules establishing requirements
17for licensure as a school principal. A school principal license shall authorize the
18individual to serve as a school principal for any grade level.
AB150-engrossed,1429,220
118.19
(12) Beginning on July 1, 1998, the department may not issue or renew
21a license that authorizes the holder to teach reading or language arts to pupils in any
22prekindergarten class or in any of the grades from kindergarten to 8 unless the
23applicant has successfully completed instruction preparing the applicant to teach
24reading and language arts using intensive systematic phonics. In this subsection,
25"intensive systematic phonics" means a method of teaching beginners to read and
1pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups and
2syllables.
AB150-engrossed,1429,95
118.195
(1) No person otherwise qualified may be denied a certificate or license
6from the state superintendent under s. 118.19 (1) because the person is totally or
7partially blind, deaf or physically handicapped nor may any school district refuse to
8employ
or contract with a teacher on such grounds, if such handicapped teacher is
9able to carry out the duties of the position which the person seeks.
AB150-engrossed,1429,1911
118.20
(1) No discrimination because of sex, except where sex is a bona fide
12occupational qualification as defined in s. 111.36 (2), race, nationality or political or
13religious affiliation may be practiced in the employment of
or contracting with 14teachers or administrative personnel in public schools or in their assignment or
15reassignment. No questions of any nature or form relative to sex, except where sex
16is a bona fide occupational qualification as defined in s. 111.36 (2), race, nationality
17or political or religious affiliation may be asked applicants for teaching or
18administrative positions in the public schools either by public school officials or
19employes or by teachers agencies or placement bureaus.
AB150-engrossed,1429,25
20(2) The
state superintendent or a person designated by the superintendent 21department may receive and investigate complaints charging discrimination in
22employment, assignment or reassignment of
or contracting with teachers or
23administrative personnel in the public schools and the
superintendent or designee 24department may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and take testimony to effectuate
25the purposes of this section.
AB150-engrossed,1430,132
118.20
(4) After hearing, if the
state superintendent department finds that the
3respondent has engaged in discrimination prohibited by this section the
state
4superintendent department shall make written findings and recommend such action
5by the respondent as shall satisfy the purposes of this section and shall serve a
6certified copy of the findings and recommendations on the respondent together with
7an order requiring the respondent to comply with the recommendations. Any person
8aggrieved by noncompliance with the order shall be entitled to have the order
9enforced specifically by suit in equity. If the
state superintendent department finds
10that the respondent has not engaged in the alleged discrimination, the
state
11superintendent department shall serve a certified copy of the
state superintendent's 12department's findings on the complainant together with an order dismissing the
13complaint.
AB150-engrossed,1430,22
14(5) If any public school official, employe, teachers agency or placement bureau
15violates sub. (1) or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the
16superintendent department pursuant to this section, such person shall forfeit and
17pay into the state treasury not less than $25 nor more than $50, or be imprisoned not
18less than 5 nor more than 30 days. Such violation or failure or refusal to obey an order
19shall be grounds for the removal of any school district administrator, member of a
20school board or other public school official. Findings and orders of the
21superintendent department under this section shall be subject to judicial review
22under ch. 227
AB150-engrossed,1431,2
23(6) Upon request of the
superintendent
department, the attorney general or
24district attorney of the county in which any investigation, hearing or trial under this
25section is pending, shall aid and prosecute under supervision of the
superintendent
1department, all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of this section
2and for the punishment of all violations thereof.
AB150-engrossed,1431,5
3(7) In administering this section the
superintendent department shall have
4authority to make, amend and rescind rules necessary to carry out the purposes of
5this section.
AB150-engrossed,1431,107
118.24
(1) A school board may employ a school district administrator, a
8business manager and school principals and assistants to such persons. The
term
9of each initial employment contract shall
expire on June 30 of an odd-numbered year
10and may not exceed be for a term of at least 2 years.
AB150-engrossed,1431,1912
118.24
(2) (e) The school district administrator shall attend annually one
13convention called by the
state superintendent department for the purpose of
14consultation upon matters pertaining to the supervision and management of the
15schools. The administrator shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
16incurred for travel, board and lodging because of attendance at such convention.
17Bills for such expenses shall be audited and allowed by the school board upon
18presentation of an itemized statement of expense accompanied by a certificate of
19attendance signed by the
state superintendent secretary.
AB150-engrossed,1432,1021
118.24
(6) The employment contract of any person described under sub. (1)
22shall be in writing and filed with the school district clerk. At least 4 months prior
23to the expiration of the employment contract, the employing school board shall give
24notice in writing of either renewal of the contract or of refusal to renew such person's
25contract. If no such notice is given, the contract then in force shall continue in force
1for
a term that expires on June 30 of an odd-numbered year and that does not exceed
22 years. Any such person who receives notice of renewal or who does not receive
3notice of renewal or refusal to renew the person's contract at least 4 months before
4the contract expiration shall accept or reject the contract in writing on or before a
5date 3 months prior to the contract expiration. No such person may be employed or
6dismissed except by a majority vote of the full membership of the school board.
7Nothing in this section prevents the modification or termination of an employment
8contract by mutual agreement of the parties. No school board may enter into a
9contract of employment with any such person for a period of time as to which such
10person is then under a contract of employment with another school board.
AB150-engrossed,1432,1812
118.24
(8) Personnel administrators and supervisors, curriculum
13administrators and assistants to such administrative personnel, when employed by
14the school board of any
school district to perform administrative duties only, may be
15initially employed for a term
that expires on June 30 of an odd-numbered year and
16that does not exceed of at least 2 years.
The term shall coincide with the state fiscal
17biennium. Subsections (5) to (7) are applicable to such persons when they are
18employed to perform administrative duties only.
AB150-engrossed,1433,1921
118.245
(3) No school district may
grant provide to its professional employes
22for any 12-month period ending on June 30 an average increase for all such employes
23in
the total cost to the school district of compensation
during the period beginning
24on August 12, 1993, and ending on June 30, 1996, and fringe benefits for such
25employes having an average cost per employe exceeding
2.1% 3.8% of the average
1total cost per employe of compensation and fringe benefits provided by the school
2district to its professional employes for
any the preceding 12-month period ending
3on June 30
, including. In this subsection, the cost of compensation includes the cost
4of any increase
in compensation due to a promotion or the attainment of increased
5professional qualifications
, unless the increased cost required to maintain the
6percentage contribution by the school district to the employes' existing fringe benefit
7costs and to maintain all fringe benefits provided to the employes under sub. (2)
8exceeds 1.7% of the average total cost per employe of compensation and fringe
9benefits provided by the school district to its professional employes for any such
1012-month period, in which case the school district shall not grant to its professional
11employes an average increase for all such employes in compensation during that
12period having a total cost per employe exceeding an average of that percentage, if
13any, for each 12-month period ending on June 30, of the prorated portion of 2.1% of
14the average total cost per employe of compensation and fringe benefits provided by
15the school district to its professional employes that remains, if any, after the average
16increased cost of such maintenance exceeding 1.7% of the average total cost per
17employe of compensation and fringe benefits provided by the school district to its
18professional employes for each 12-month period is subtracted from the average
19increased cost of such a compensation increase.
AB150-engrossed,1433,2521
118.245
(4) For purposes of determination of the increased cost of any fringe
22benefits or compensation provided to a professional employe, any cost increase that
23is incurred on any day other than the beginning of a 12-month period under sub.
(2)
24or (3) shall be calculated as if the cost increase were incurred as of the beginning of
25the 12-month period.
AB150-engrossed,1434,52
118.25
(1) In this section
, "school employe" means a person employed by a
3school board
, or under contract to a school board under s. 120.13 (26), who comes in
4contact with children or who handles or prepares food for children while they are
5under the supervision of school authorities.
AB150-engrossed,1434,107
118.255
(3) The school board, cooperative educational service agency or county
8handicapped children's education board maintaining health treatment services shall
9report annually to the department
of public instruction, and at such other times as
10the department directs, such information as the department requires.
AB150-engrossed,1434,2312
118.255
(4) If the
state superintendent department is satisfied that the health
13treatment services program has been maintained during the preceding school year
14in accordance with law
he or she, the department shall certify to the department of
15administration in favor of each school board, cooperative educational service agency
16and county handicapped children's education board maintaining such health
17treatment services, an amount equal to 63% of the amount expended for items listed
18in s. 115.88 (1) by the school board, cooperative educational service agency and
19county handicapped children's education board during the preceding year for these
20health treatment services. The department of administration, upon such
21certification shall distribute the amounts to the appropriate school board,
22cooperative educational service agency and county handicapped children's education
23board.