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April 1998 Special Session
1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE BILL 2
May 19, 1998 - Offered by Representative Boyle.
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At the locations indicated, amend the
bill, as shown by senate substitute
2amendment 2, as follows:
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31. Page 2, line 3: delete the material beginning with "measuring" and ending
4with "Schools" on line 5 and substitute "requiring the Milwaukee Public Schools to
5meet certain educational criteria, abolishing the board of school directors of the
6Milwaukee Public Schools and creating the Milwaukee Public Schools governing
7commission".
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9"
Section 1m. 17.01 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
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17.01
(8m) By a commissioner appointed under s. 119.92 (1), to the appointing
11authority.
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12Section 1n. 17.125 of the statutes is created to read:
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117.125 Removal of Milwaukee Public Schools commissioners. 2Notwithstanding s. 17.12 (1), a commissioner appointed under s. 119.92 (1) may be
3removed at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
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4Section 1p. 17.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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17.26
(2) In a 1st class city school district
operating under subch. I of ch. 119,
6by special election as provided under s. 119.08 (4).
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7Section 1q. 17.27 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
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17.27
(3m) Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission. A vacancy in
9the membership of the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission shall be
10filled by the appointing authority.".
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13"
Section 7m. 118.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.01
(2) (e)
Applicability. This subsection does not apply to the school district
15operating under subch. II of ch. 119.
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16Section 7r. 118.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.40
(1m) (a)
1. A written petition requesting the school board to establish
18a charter school under this section may be filed with the school district clerk.
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192. The petition shall be signed by at least 10% of the teachers employed by the
20school district or by at least 50% of the teachers employed at one school of the school
21district.
This subdivision does not apply to the school district operating under subch.
22II of ch. 119.".
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24"
Section 8m. 118.40 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.40
(5) (b) The pupils enrolled in the charter school failed to make sufficient
2progress toward attaining the educational goals under s. 118.01
(2). This paragraph
3does not apply to a charter school under contract with the Milwaukee Public Schools
4governing commission.".
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6"
Section 9m. Chapter 119 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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CHAPTER 119
8
FIRST CLASS CITY SCHOOL
9SYSTEM systems
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10Section 9r. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 119 [precedes 119.01] of the statutes
11is created to read:
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CHAPTER 119
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SUBCHAPTER I
14
Board of school directors
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15Section 9s. 119.01 of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.01
Applicability. This
chapter
subchapter applies only to cities of the 1st
17class.
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18Section 9t 119.02 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19119.02 Definitions. (intro.) In this
chapter subchapter, unless the context
20clearly requires otherwise:".
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22"
Section 21m. 119.32 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
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1119.32
(8) This section does not apply to the Milwaukee Public Schools
2beginning on the date that the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public
3Schools is abolished under s. 119.92 (2).".
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48. Page 11, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
5with page 14, line 7, as affected by senate amendments 19 and 22, and substitute:
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6"
Section 24m. Subchapter II of chapter 119 [precedes 119.90] of the statutes
7is created to read:
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SUBCHAPTER II
10
Milwaukee public schools
11
governing commission
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12119.90 Definitions. In this subchapter:
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13(1) "Commission" means the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.
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14(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the system.
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15(3) "System" means the Milwaukee Public Schools.
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16119.91 Educational achievement criteria. (1) By December 15, 2000, the
17department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall
18jointly determine and certify to the governor and the joint committee on finance
19whether, in the preceding school year, all of the following were true, as calculated and
20defined by the department of public instruction:
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(a)
The system's graduation rate was at least 90%.
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(b)
The system's attendance rate was at least 91%.
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(c)
The system's dropout rate was no greater than 9%.
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1(d)
The percentage of pupils enrolled in the 3rd grade in the system whose score
2on the reading test under s. 121.02 (1) (r) in the preceding school year was at least
3at the basic level was equal to at least 90% of the percentage of all pupils enrolled
4in 3rd grade in the state whose score on the test in the preceding school year was at
5least at the basic level.
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6(2) If the department, the department of administration and the legislative
7fiscal bureau certify that the system meets all of the criteria under sub. (1), then the
8certification procedure shall be repeated biennially by December 15, unless the
9system does not meet the educational criteria under sub. (1).
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10(3) The department shall calculate the percentages under sub. (1) and (2)
11without the benefit of rounding.
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12119.92 Commission; creation, duties. (1) If the department, the
13department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau certify that the
14system does not meet all of the criteria under s. 119.91, on March 1 of the year
15following the certification, the commission is established. The commission shall
16consist of 3 members, all of whom shall reside in the city of Milwaukee. One member
17shall be appointed by the governor, one member shall be appointed by the state
18superintendent and one member shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of
19Milwaukee. The governor's appointee shall serve as the chairperson of the
20commission. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to
21the members of the board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies
22to the commissioners of the commission, and any law that applies to the president
23of the board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies to the
24chairperson of the commission. Members of the commission shall serve at the
25pleasure of the appointing authority.
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1(2) (a) If the commission is established under sub. (1), on July 1 of the year in
2which the commission is established, the board of school directors of the system, the
3position of superintendent of schools for the system and the positions under s. 119.32
4(3) are abolished, and the commission assumes management and control of the
5system. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to the
6board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies to the commission.
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(b)
The commission shall do all of the following: