Amendment AP8 AA1-SB2

SB2-AA1,6,11 3. Reduce noninstructional expenditures in the system and use, to the extent practicable, the moneys saved for instructional purposes.

SB2-AA1,6,12 4. Develop school-based budgeting.

SB2-AA1,6,14 5. Approve, reject or modify educational reform plans as provided under s. 119.94 (2) (b).

SB2-AA1,6,15 6. Appoint an executive director.

SB2-AA1,6,20 7. On July 1 of the year in which the commission is established, establish a body to govern each school in the system beginning in the following school year and determine the governing body's powers, composition and size, the process of selecting the members of the governing body and the terms of its members. The commission may establish different kinds of governing bodies for different schools in the system.

SB2-AA1,6,25 (3) In any action or proceeding in which the commission is a defendant, service of any summons, writ, pleading or other papers served in commencing the action or proceeding upon the chairperson of the commission and the executive director constitutes service upon the entire commission. It is sufficient to serve on one commissioner any notice required by law to be served upon the commission.

SB2-AA1,7,6 119.93 Executive director. (1) The executive director appointed under s. 119.92 (2) (b) 6. shall be a person of suitable learning and experience in the art of instruction and shall have practical familiarity with the most approved methods of organizing and conducting a system of schools. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to the superintendent of schools of a 1st class city school district, except s. 119.32, applies to the executive director.

SB2-AA1,7,8 (2) Under the direction of the commission, the executive director shall have general supervision of all of the following:

SB2-AA1,7,9 (a) The public schools and the manner of conducting and grading such schools.

SB2-AA1,7,11 (b) The supervisory and administrative employes appointed under sub. (3), principals, vice principals and teachers of the system.

SB2-AA1,7,13 (3) Subject to the commission's approval, the executive director shall appoint supervisory and administrative employes as determined by the commission.

SB2-AA1,7,16 (4) The executive director shall be an advisory member of every committee of the commission, except when an inquiry into his or her acts or an investigation of his or her official conduct is under consideration by the committee.

SB2-AA1,7,18 (5) The executive director shall assign all teachers and engage and assign substitute teachers at the per diem compensation fixed by the commission.

SB2-AA1,7,21 (6) The executive director shall collect such statistics and information relating to schools and the population entitled to school privileges in the city of Milwaukee as the commission directs.

SB2-AA1,7,24 (7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the commission may appoint an executive director and may employ a business manager who are not licensed by the department.

SB2-AA1,8,2 119.94 Educational reform plans. (1) This section applies if the commission is established under s. 119.92 (1).

SB2-AA1,8,6 (2) (a) By February 1 of the year following the establishment of the commission and annually thereafter, each school governing body in the system shall submit to the commission for its review the school's educational reform plan for the following school year that includes all of the following:

SB2-AA1,8,7 1. The educational goals and expectations of the school governing body.

SB2-AA1,8,9 2. A description of the educational program of the school, including the method to be followed to ensure parental involvement.

SB2-AA1,8,11 3. The methods that the school will use to enable pupils to achieve the educational goals and expectations under subd. 1.

SB2-AA1,8,13 4. The methods that the school will use to measure pupils' progress towards the educational goals and expectations under subd. 1.

SB2-AA1,8,14 5. An annual budget and operational plan.

SB2-AA1,8,15 6. A professional development plan.

SB2-AA1,8,17 (b) Within 60 days of submission of the educational reform plan, the commission shall either approve it, or, if any of the following are true, reject it:

SB2-AA1,8,19 1. The commission disapproves of the educational goals and expectations contained in the educational reform plan.

SB2-AA1,8,22 2. The commission determines that the educational program of the school will not allow the school's pupils to meet the educational goals and expectations contained in the educational reform plan.

SB2-AA1,8,24 3. The commission determines that a modification is necessary to ensure the proper management of the school or the system.

SB2-AA1,9,5 (c) If the commission rejects the educational reform plan, it shall notify the school governing body in writing of the reasons for the rejection. The school governing body shall submit a revised educational reform plan by May 1. By June 1, the commission shall either approve the revised educational reform plan or modify it for any of the reasons enumerated under par. (b).".

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SB2-AA1,9,14 "(2c) Educational certification. By December 15, 1999, the department of public instruction, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly determine and certify to the governor and the joint committee on finance the graduation, attendance and dropout rates for the Milwaukee Public Schools in the 1998-99 school year and the percentage of pupils enrolled in the 3rd grade in the Milwaukee Public Schools whose score on the reading test under section 121.02 (1) (r) of the statutes in the 1998-99 school year was at least at the basic level, as calculated and defined by the department of public instruction.

SB2-AA1,9,17 (2f) Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission. If the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission is established, on July 1 of the year in which the commission is established, all of the following shall occur:

SB2-AA1,9,20 (a) Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools become assets and liabilities of the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.

SB2-AA1,9,23 (b) Tangible personal property. All tangible personal property, including records, of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools is transferred to the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.

SB2-AA1,10,6 (c) Employe status. Except for the superintendent of schools and the appointees of the superintendent of schools under section 119.32 (3) of the statutes, all employes of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools become employes of the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission and have the same rights and status that they enjoyed as employes of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools.

SB2-AA1,10,12 (d) Contract. All contracts entered into by the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools remain in effect and are transferred to the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission. The Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB2-AA1,10,18 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools is transferred to the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission, and all materials submitted to or actions taken before the date on which the commission is established with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.

SB2-AA1,10,23 (f) Rules and orders. All rules and orders of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools that are in effect on the date on which the commission is established remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended, repealed, modified or rescinded by the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.".

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