SB77-SSA1,1305,108
119.78
(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec), the
department state
9superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan
10under s. 119.80 in each school year to fund the family resource center under sub. (1).
SB77-SSA1,1305,1412
119.82
(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec), the
department state
13superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan
14under s. 119.80 in each school year for the programs under sub. (1).
SB77-SSA1,1305,19
16119.84 Professional development. Annually, the
department state
17superintendent shall pay the amount appropriated in that fiscal year under s. 20.255
18(2) (dc) to the board. The board shall use the funds for professional staff development
19activities. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1996.
SB77-SSA1,1305,2221
120.12
(14) Course of study. Determine the school course of study, with the
22advice of the
department state superintendent .
SB77-SSA1,1306,324
120.12
(17) University of Wisconsin system tuition. Pay the tuition of any
25pupil enrolled in the school district and attending a center or institution within the
1university of Wisconsin system if the pupil is not participating in the program under
2s.
118.37 118.55, the course the pupil is attending at the university is not offered in
3the school district and the pupil will receive high school credit for the course.
SB77-SSA1,1306,205
120.13
(1) (c) 3. Prior to expelling a pupil, the school board shall hold a hearing.
6Upon request of the pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian,
7the hearing shall be closed. The pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent
8or guardian may be represented at the hearing by counsel. The school board shall
9keep written minutes of the hearing. Upon the ordering by the school board of the
10expulsion of a pupil, the school district clerk shall mail a copy of the order to the pupil
11and, if the pupil is a minor, to the pupil's parent or guardian. The expelled pupil or,
12if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian may appeal the expulsion to the
13department state superintendent. If the school board's decision is appealed to the
14department state superintendent, within 60 days after the date on which the
15department state superintendent receives the appeal, the
department state
16superintendent shall review the decision and shall, upon review, approve, reverse or
17modify the decision. The decision of the school board shall be enforced while the
18department state superintendent reviews the decision. An appeal from the decision
19of the
department state superintendent may be taken within 30 days to the circuit
20court of the county in which the school is located.
SB77-SSA1,1307,2122
120.13
(1) (e) 3. Prior to expelling a pupil, the hearing officer or panel shall hold
23a hearing. Upon request of the pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent
24or guardian, the hearing shall be closed. The pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the
25pupil's parent or guardian, may be represented at the hearing by counsel. The
1hearing officer or panel shall keep a full record of the hearing. The hearing officer
2or panel shall inform each party of the right to a complete record of the proceeding.
3Upon request, the hearing officer or panel shall direct that a transcript of the record
4be prepared and that a copy of the transcript be given to the pupil and, if the pupil
5is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian. Upon the ordering by the hearing officer
6or panel of the expulsion of a pupil, the school district shall mail a copy of the order
7to the school board, the pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or
8guardian. Within 30 days after the date on which the order is issued, the school board
9shall review the expulsion order and shall, upon review, approve, reverse or modify
10the order. The order of the hearing officer or panel shall be enforced while the school
11board reviews the order. The expelled pupil or, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's
12parent or guardian may appeal the school board's decision to the
department state
13superintendent. If the school board's decision is appealed to the
department state
14superintendent, within 60 days after the date on which the
department state
15superintendent receives the appeal, the
department
state superintendent shall
16review the decision and shall, upon review, approve, reverse or modify the decision.
17The decision of the school board shall be enforced while the
department state
18superintendent reviews the decision. An appeal from the decision of the
department 19state superintendent may be taken within 30 days to the circuit court of the county
20in which the school is located. This paragraph does not apply to a school district
21operating under ch. 119.
SB77-SSA1,1308,224
120.13
(2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss.
2549.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.745 (2), (3) and (5) (a) 2. and (b) 2.,
1632.747 (3), 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9)
and (10) to (12), 632.896, 767.25 (4m) (d)
2and 767.51 (3m) (d).
SB77-SSA1,1308,94
120.13
(26) Contracts with private education services. Upon the approval of
5the
department state superintendent, contract with private education services for
6pupils who need concurrent education and treatment services, the educational
7portion of which is not available in the schools in which the pupils are enrolled.
8Private education services provided under this subsection may not include religious
9or sectarian teachings or instruction.
SB77-SSA1,1308,1311
120.13
(26r) Contracts for outpatient mental health and developmental
12disabilities services. Contract with the department of health and family services for
13outpatient services under s. 51.07 (4).
SB77-SSA1,1308,2315
120.14
(1) At the close of each fiscal year, the school board of each school district
16shall employ a licensed accountant to audit the school district accounts and certify
17the audit. The audit shall include information concerning the school district's
18self-insurance plan under s. 120.13 (2) (b), as specified by the commissioner of
19insurance. If required by the
department state superintendent under s. 115.28 (18),
20the audit shall include an audit of the number of pupils reported for membership
21purposes under s. 121.004 (5). The cost of the audit shall be paid from school district
22funds. Annually by September 15, the school district clerk shall file a financial audit
23statement with the
department state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1309,9
1120.17
(8) (bm) If the equalized valuation of that part of a municipality lying
2within a school district is reduced due to the removal of property from the tax roll
3because the imposition of the property tax on that property is found unconstitutional,
4the school district clerk shall notify the supervisor of equalization. The supervisor
5of equalization shall reduce the equalized valuation by the full value of the property
6so removed and certify the resulting equalized valuation to the
department state
7superintendent and the school district clerk for use in computing the tax levy
8certifications under this subsection. Corrections may be made under this paragraph
9only for the valuations used by the department for the last 2 school years.
SB77-SSA1,1309,2111
120.18
(1) (a)
Except in a union high school district, the The school census,
12showing the numbers and ages of children
between the ages of 4 and 20 residing in
13the school district who are at least 4 years old but not yet 14 years old and who reside
14in a school district operating only elementary grades, showing the number and ages
15of children between the ages of 14 and 20 residing in a union high school district and
16showing the number and ages of children between the ages of 4 and 20 residing in
17any other school district. The census may be estimated by using statistically
18significant sampling techniques that have been approved by the
department state
19superintendent. Children cared for at a charitable or penal institution of this state
20may not be included in the report. The school district clerk may employ a competent
21person to take the school census.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2863g
22Section 2863g. 120.18 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 120.18 (1) (s).
SB77-SSA1,1310,224
120.18
(1) (i) A description of the educational technology used by the school
25district, including the uses made of the technology, the cost of the technology and the
1number of persons using or served by the technology. In this paragraph, "educational
2technology" has the meaning given in s. 44.70 (3).
SB77-SSA1,1310,54
120.18
(3) The
department state superintendent may promulgate rules to
5implement and administer this section.
SB77-SSA1,1310,97
120.21
(1) (b) With flight operator schools, approved by the U.S. civil
8aeronautics administration, for courses in flight instruction approved by the
9department state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1310,1911
121.004
(2) Equalized valuation. The "equalized valuation" of a school district
12is the full value of the taxable property of the territory in the school district as
13certified for the prior year under s. 121.06 (2), excluding value adjustments made
14under s. 70.57 (1) resulting from appeals made under s. 70.995. The "equalized
15valuation" of any taxable property in a tax incremental district shall not exceed its
16equalized value determined for the purpose of obtaining the tax incremental base of
17that district under s. 66.46.
The "equalized valuation" of a school district shall be
18reduced by the amount of an environmental remediation value increment on a parcel
19of property that is certified under s. 66.462 during the period of certification.
SB77-SSA1,1310,2421
121.006
(1) (a) The
department state superintendent may withhold state aid
22from any school district in which the scope and character of the work are not
23maintained in such manner as to meet the
department's
state superintendent's 24approval.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2867m
1Section 2867m. 121.006 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended to
2read:
SB77-SSA1,1311,63
121.006
(2) (intro.) Unless the
department state superintendent is satisfied
4that the failure to meet the requirements of pars. (a) and (b) was occasioned by some
5extraordinary cause not arising from intention or neglect on the part of the
6responsible officers, every school district shall:
SB77-SSA1,1311,107
(a) Hold school for at least 180 days each year, less any days during which the
8department state superintendent determines that school is not held or educational
9standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school district employes, the
10days to be computed in accordance with s. 115.01 (10).
SB77-SSA1, s. 2868
11Section
2868. 121.02 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,1311,1312
121.02
(1) (intro.)
Each Except as provided in s. 118.40 (2r) (d), each school
13board shall:
SB77-SSA1,1311,1815
121.02
(1) (a) 2. Ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools located
16in the school district hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department. The
17department state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining "instructional
18staff" for purposes of this subdivision
and s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 1.
SB77-SSA1,1311,2320
121.02
(1) (f) 1. Schedule at least 180 school days annually, less any days
21during which the
department state superintendent determines that school is not
22held or educational standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school
23district employes.
SB77-SSA1,1312,6
1121.02
(1) (s) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year, administer the
2examinations required
by the department under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) and (b)
, and; 3beginning in the 1996-97 school year, administer the examination required
by the
4department under s. 118.30 (1m) (a)
; and beginning in the 1999-2000 school year,
5administer the high school graduation examination required under s. 118.30 (1m)
6(d).
SB77-SSA1,1312,188
121.02
(3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with
9the standards under sub. (1), the
department state superintendent shall, upon
10request of the school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum
11number of electors allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s.
128.10 (3) (i), (km) or (ks), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the
13department state superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in
14compliance with the standards, the
department state superintendent may develop
15with the school board a plan which describes methods of achieving compliance. The
16plan shall specify the time within which compliance shall be achieved. The
17department state superintendent shall withhold up to 25% of state aid from any
18school district that fails to achieve compliance within the specified period.
SB77-SSA1,1312,25
19(4) Any school district which is completely surrounded by water may meet the
20requirements of this section by being in substantial compliance with the standards
21in sub. (1). Annually by August 15, the school district shall submit to the
department 22state superintendent for approval a report describing the methods by which the
23school district intends to substantially comply with the standards. The
department 24state superintendent shall allow any such school district maximum flexibility in the
25school district's substantial compliance plans.
SB77-SSA1,1313,3
1(5) The
department state superintendent shall promulgate rules to implement
2and administer this section, including rules defining "regular instruction" for the
3purpose of sub. (1) (L) 1. and 2.
SB77-SSA1,1313,75
121.05
(1) (a) 5. Pupils
attending a technical college under s. 118.15 (1) (b) and
6pupils attending an institution of higher education
or a technical college under s.
7118.37 118.55.
SB77-SSA1,1313,119
121.05
(3) If a school district is unable to hold school on either of the 2 dates
10specified in sub. (1) (a), the
department state superintendent shall designate
11alternative membership counting dates.
SB77-SSA1,1313,25
12(4) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, the school board of a school district
13in which a foster or group home that is not exempt under s. 70.11 is located may
14submit a report to the
department state superintendent. If the school board submits
15a report, it shall submit it by June 30. The report shall indicate, on a full-time
16equivalent basis, the number of pupils residing in such foster or group homes who
17were provided educational services by the school district during the current school
18year but were not included in the September or January membership count under
19sub. (1) (a). The
department state superintendent shall adjust the school district's
20membership based on the report. The
department state superintendent shall make
21proportional adjustments to the memberships of the school districts in which the
22pupil was previously enrolled during that school year. The
department state
23superintendent shall obtain from such school districts the information necessary to
24make such adjustments. The
department state superintendent shall promulgate
25rules to implement and administer this subsection.
SB77-SSA1,1314,62
121.06
(1) Annually on or before October 1, the full value of the taxable
3property in each part of each city, village and town in each school district shall be
4determined by the department of revenue according to its best judgment from all
5sources of information available to it and shall be certified by the department of
6revenue to the
department state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1314,108
121.06
(2) The
department state superintendent shall certify to each school
9district clerk the appropriate full values certified to the
department state
10superintendent under sub. (1).
SB77-SSA1,1314,1912
121.07
(1) (c) If an order of school district reorganization under ch. 117 is not
13effective due to litigation until after the 3rd Friday in September but takes effect
14before April 1 of the current school year, state aid for any affected school district for
15the first year of operation shall be computed after the order takes effect using
16calculations by the
department state superintendent of the number of pupils
17enrolled and teacher-pupil ratio for the territory in the affected school district, which
18shall be made as if the school district had been in existence on the 3rd Friday in
19September.
SB77-SSA1,1315,221
121.07
(7) (b) The "secondary guaranteed valuation per member" is an amount,
22rounded to the next lower dollar, that, after subtraction of payments under ss.
23121.09, 121.10, 121.105, 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. and (c) and 121.86, fully distributes
24an amount equal to the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
1(ac)
plus $50,000,000 in the 1997-98 school year and $100,000,000 in the 1998-99
2school year for payments under ss. 121.08 and 121.85 (6) (a) and (g).
SB77-SSA1,1315,22
4121.09 State aid adjustment; redetermination of assessment. (1) If, on
5or after July 1, 1980, the tax appeals commission or a court makes a final
6redetermination on the assessment of property subject to taxation under s. 70.995
7that is lower than the previous assessment, or if, on or after January 1, 1982, the
8state board of assessors makes a final redetermination on the assessment of property
9subject to taxation under s. 70.995 that is lower than the previous assessment, the
10school board of the school district in which the property is located may, within 4 years
11after the date of the determination, decision or judgment, file the determination of
12the state board of assessors, the decision of the tax appeals commission or the
13judgment of the court with the
department state superintendent, requesting an
14adjustment in state aid to the school district. If the
department state superintendent 15determines that the determination, decision or judgment is final and that it has been
16filed within the 4-year period, the state shall pay to the school district in the
17subsequent fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), an amount
18equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school
19year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the
20school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid
21computed under s. 121.08 for that school year using the school district's equalized
22valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).
SB77-SSA1,1316,9
23(2) If, on or after May 3, 1984, the state board of assessors, the tax appeals
24commission or a court makes a final redetermination on the assessment of property
25subject to taxation under s. 70.995 that is higher than the previous assessment, the
1department state superintendent shall notify the school district in which the
2property is located of the recertification by the department of revenue under s. 70.57
3(2). The
department state superintendent shall, in the subsequent fiscal year,
4withhold from the school district's state aid entitlement under s. 121.08 an amount
5equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school
6year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the
7school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid
8computed under s. 121.08 for that school year, using the school district's equalized
9valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).
SB77-SSA1,1316,1511
121.10
(4) If a school district is ineligible for a payment under sub. (2) or (3),
12the
department state superintendent shall pay to the school district in that school
13year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bm), an amount which, when added
14to the amount of state aid the school district will receive in that school year, is equal
15to an amount determined by multiplying $175 by the membership.
SB77-SSA1,1316,2317
121.135
(1) If, upon receipt of the report under s. 115.84, the
department state
18superintendent is satisfied that there are children participating in a special
19education program provided by a county handicapped children's education board,
20the
department state superintendent shall certify to the department of
21administration from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county
22handicapped children's education board the amount determined under sub. (2),
23except as provided under sub. (3).
SB77-SSA1,1317,7
1121.135
(3) This section does not apply beginning on the effective date of a
2resolution adopted under s. 115.86 (9) (c), except that in the school year beginning
3July 1 of the year prior to the effective date of the resolution, the
department state
4superintendent shall certify to the department of administration from the
5appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county handicapped children's
6education board an amount equal to one-half the amount specified under sub. (2) for
7each pupil enrolled.
SB77-SSA1,1317,179
121.14
(1) State aid shall be paid to each district or county handicapped
10children's education board only for those academic summer classes or laboratory
11periods for which the
department state superintendent has given prior review and
12approval as to the content of such classes or laboratory periods so as to assure that
13such classes and laboratory periods are only for necessary academic purposes.
14Recreational programs and team sports shall not be eligible for aid under this
15section, and pupils participating in such programs shall not be counted as pupils
16enrolled under s. 121.004 (5) nor shall costs associated with such programs be
17included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6).
SB77-SSA1,1318,219
121.15
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), beginning in the 1997-98 school year,
20each school district shall receive a portion of its total aid entitlement on the 4th
21Monday of July of the following school year. This portion shall be determined by
22adjusting the other payments under sub. (1) (a) so that a total of $50,000,000 is
23distributed under this subsection in July, 1998, and a total of $150,000,000 is
24distributed under this subsection in each July thereafter. School districts shall treat
1the payment under this subsection as if it had been received in the previous school
2year.
SB77-SSA1,1318,94
121.15
(2) (c) If the
department
state superintendent notifies a school district
5that a state aid payment may be withheld under par. (a) or (b), the
department state
6superintendent shall notify each member of the school board or the school district
7clerk. If the
department state superintendent notifies the school district clerk, the
8school district clerk shall promptly distribute a copy of the notice to each member of
9the school board.
SB77-SSA1,1318,1311
121.15
(3m) (a) 1. "Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids
,
12other than the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv), and property taxes
13levied for school districts.
SB77-SSA1,1318,1915
121.15
(3m) (a) 2. "State school aids" means those aids appropriated under s.
1620.255 (2), other than s. 20.255 (2)
(fm), (fu), (k) and (m), and under
s. 20.505 (4) (er) 17ss. 20.275 (1) (d), (es), (et), (f), (fs) and (u) and 20.285 (1) (ee), (r) and (rc) and those
18aids appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (s) that are used to provide grants or
19educational telecommunications access to school districts under s. 196.218 (4r).
SB77-SSA1,1319,221
121.15
(3m) (b) By June 15, 1996, and annually by June 15 thereafter, the
22department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall
23jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary
24to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that the
1sum of state school aids and the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10 (4) equals
66.7% 2two-thirds of partial school revenues.
SB77-SSA1,1319,124
121.15
(4) On July 1 and October 15, using the most accurate data available,
5the
department state superintendent shall provide the department of revenue and
6each school district with an estimate of the total amount of state aid, as defined in
7s. 121.90 (2), the school district will receive in the current school year. On October
815, using the most accurate data available, the
department state superintendent 9shall calculate the total amount of state aid, as defined in s. 121.90 (2), that each
10school district will receive in the current school year. Any adjustments to that
11calculation shall be made by increasing or decreasing the payment made in
12September of the following school year.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2881
13Section
2881. 121.17 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB77-SSA1,1319,19
14121.17 Use of federal revenue sharing funds. It is the intent of the
15legislature that school districts receiving federal revenue sharing funds through the
16state under this subchapter shall utilize these funds in compliance with the federal
17revenue sharing requirements as defined in the state and local fiscal assistance act
18of 1972 (P.L.
92-512), as amended by P.L.
94-488. The department shall assure
19compliance with this section.