AB100-engrossed,1501,44
121.05
(1) (a) 12. Pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4).
AB100-engrossed,1501,86
121.05
(3) If a school district is unable to hold school on either of the 2 dates
7specified in sub. (1) (a), the
department state superintendent shall designate
8alternative membership counting dates.
AB100-engrossed,1501,22
9(4) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, the school board of a school district
10in which a foster or group home that is not exempt under s. 70.11 is located may
11submit a report to the
department state superintendent. If the school board submits
12a report, it shall submit it by June 30. The report shall indicate, on a full-time
13equivalent basis, the number of pupils residing in such foster or group homes who
14were provided educational services by the school district during the current school
15year but were not included in the September or January membership count under
16sub. (1) (a). The
department state superintendent shall adjust the school district's
17membership based on the report. The
department state superintendent shall make
18proportional adjustments to the memberships of the school districts in which the
19pupil was previously enrolled during that school year. The
department state
20superintendent shall obtain from such school districts the information necessary to
21make such adjustments. The
department state superintendent shall promulgate
22rules to implement and administer this subsection.
AB100-engrossed,1502,324
121.06
(1) Annually on or before October 1, the full value of the taxable
25property in each part of each city, village and town in each school district shall be
1determined by the department of revenue according to its best judgment from all
2sources of information available to it and shall be certified by the department of
3revenue to the
department state superintendent.
AB100-engrossed,1502,75
121.06
(2) The
department state superintendent shall certify to each school
6district clerk the appropriate full values certified to the
department state
7superintendent under sub. (1).
AB100-engrossed,1502,169
121.07
(1) (c) If an order of school district reorganization under ch. 117 is not
10effective due to litigation until after the 3rd Friday in September but takes effect
11before April 1 of the current school year, state aid for any affected school district for
12the first year of operation shall be computed after the order takes effect using
13calculations by the
department state superintendent of the number of pupils
14enrolled and teacher-pupil ratio for the territory in the affected school district, which
15shall be made as if the school district had been in existence on the 3rd Friday in
16September.
AB100-engrossed,1502,2318
121.07
(7) (b) The "secondary guaranteed valuation per member" is an amount,
19rounded to the next lower dollar, that, after subtraction of payments under ss.
20121.09, 121.10, 121.105, 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. and (c) and 121.86, fully distributes
21an amount equal to the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
22(ac)
plus $45,000,000 in the 1997-98 school year and $100,000,000 in the 1998-99
23school year for payments under ss. 121.08 and 121.85 (6) (a) and (g).
AB100-engrossed,1503,19
1121.09 State aid adjustment; redetermination of assessment. (1) If, on
2or after July 1, 1980, the tax appeals commission or a court makes a final
3redetermination on the assessment of property subject to taxation under s. 70.995
4that is lower than the previous assessment, or if, on or after January 1, 1982, the
5state board of assessors makes a final redetermination on the assessment of property
6subject to taxation under s. 70.995 that is lower than the previous assessment, the
7school board of the school district in which the property is located may, within 4 years
8after the date of the determination, decision or judgment, file the determination of
9the state board of assessors, the decision of the tax appeals commission or the
10judgment of the court with the
department state superintendent, requesting an
11adjustment in state aid to the school district. If the
department state superintendent 12determines that the determination, decision or judgment is final and that it has been
13filed within the 4-year period, the state shall pay to the school district in the
14subsequent fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), an amount
15equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school
16year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the
17school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid
18computed under s. 121.08 for that school year using the school district's equalized
19valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).
AB100-engrossed,1504,6
20(2) If, on or after May 3, 1984, the state board of assessors, the tax appeals
21commission or a court makes a final redetermination on the assessment of property
22subject to taxation under s. 70.995 that is higher than the previous assessment, the
23department state superintendent shall notify the school district in which the
24property is located of the recertification by the department of revenue under s. 70.57
25(2). The
department state superintendent shall, in the subsequent fiscal year,
1withhold from the school district's state aid entitlement under s. 121.08 an amount
2equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school
3year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the
4school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid
5computed under s. 121.08 for that school year, using the school district's equalized
6valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).
AB100-engrossed,1504,128
121.10
(4) If a school district is ineligible for a payment under sub. (2) or (3),
9the
department state superintendent shall pay to the school district in that school
10year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bm), an amount which, when added
11to the amount of state aid the school district will receive in that school year, is equal
12to an amount determined by multiplying $175 by the membership.
AB100-engrossed,1504,2014
121.135
(1) If, upon receipt of the report under s. 115.84, the
department state
15superintendent is satisfied that there are children participating in a special
16education program provided by a county handicapped children's education board,
17the
department state superintendent shall certify to the department of
18administration from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county
19handicapped children's education board the amount determined under sub. (2),
20except as provided under sub. (3).
AB100-engrossed,1505,322
121.135
(3) This section does not apply beginning on the effective date of a
23resolution adopted under s. 115.86 (9) (c), except that in the school year beginning
24July 1 of the year prior to the effective date of the resolution, the
department state
25superintendent shall certify to the department of administration from the
1appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county handicapped children's
2education board an amount equal to one-half the amount specified under sub. (2) for
3each pupil enrolled.
AB100-engrossed,1505,135
121.14
(1) State aid shall be paid to each district or county handicapped
6children's education board only for those academic summer classes or laboratory
7periods for which the
department state superintendent has given prior review and
8approval as to the content of such classes or laboratory periods so as to assure that
9such classes and laboratory periods are only for necessary academic purposes.
10Recreational programs and team sports shall not be eligible for aid under this
11section, and pupils participating in such programs shall not be counted as pupils
12enrolled under s. 121.004 (5) nor shall costs associated with such programs be
13included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6).
AB100-engrossed,1505,2215
121.15
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), beginning in the 1997-98 school year,
16each school district shall receive a portion of its total aid entitlement on the 4th
17Monday of July of the following school year. This portion shall be determined by
18adjusting the other payments under sub. (1) (a) so that a total of $45,000,000 is
19distributed under this subsection in July, 1998, and a total of $145,000,000 is
20distributed under this subsection in each July thereafter. School districts shall treat
21the payment under this subsection as if it had been received in the previous school
22year.
AB100-engrossed,1506,424
121.15
(2) (c) If the
department
state superintendent notifies a school district
25that a state aid payment may be withheld under par. (a) or (b), the
department state
1superintendent shall notify each member of the school board or the school district
2clerk. If the
department state superintendent notifies the school district clerk, the
3school district clerk shall promptly distribute a copy of the notice to each member of
4the school board.
AB100-engrossed,1506,116
121.15
(3m) (a) 1. "Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids
,
7other than the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (bi) and (cv), and property
8taxes levied for school districts
, less the amount of any revenue limit increase under
9s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a school board's increasing the services that it provides by
10adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another school
11board and less the amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.
AB100-engrossed,1506,1713
121.15
(3m) (a) 2. "State school aids" means those aids appropriated under s.
1420.255 (2), other than s. 20.255 (2)
(fm), (fu), (k) and (m), and under
s. 20.505 (4) (er) 15ss. 20.275 (1) (d), (es), (et), (f), (fs) and (u) and 20.285 (1) (ee), (r) and (rc) and those
16aids appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (s) that are used to provide grants or
17educational telecommunications access to school districts under s. 196.218 (4r).
AB100-engrossed,1506,2419
121.15
(3m) (b) By June 15, 1996, and annually by June 15 thereafter, the
20department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall
21jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary
22to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that the
23sum of state school aids and the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10 (4) equals
66.7% 24two-thirds of partial school revenues.
AB100-engrossed,1507,3
1121.15
(3m) (c) By June 30,
1996 1998, and annually by June 30 thereafter, the
2joint committee on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255
3(2) (ac) in the following school year.
AB100-engrossed,1507,135
121.15
(4) On July 1 and October 15, using the most accurate data available,
6the
department state superintendent shall provide the department of revenue and
7each school district with an estimate of the total amount of state aid, as defined in
8s. 121.90 (2), the school district will receive in the current school year. On October
915, using the most accurate data available, the
department state superintendent 10shall calculate the total amount of state aid, as defined in s. 121.90 (2), that each
11school district will receive in the current school year. Any adjustments to that
12calculation shall be made by increasing or decreasing the payment made in
13September of the following school year.
AB100-engrossed,1507,20
15121.17 Use of federal revenue sharing funds. It is the intent of the
16legislature that school districts receiving federal revenue sharing funds through the
17state under this subchapter shall utilize these funds in compliance with the federal
18revenue sharing requirements as defined in the state and local fiscal assistance act
19of 1972 (P.L.
92-512), as amended by P.L.
94-488. The department shall assure
20compliance with this section.
AB100-engrossed,1507,2522
121.23
(1) In the event that the
department state superintendent finds that
23school is not held, or educational standards are not maintained in accordance with
24s. 121.02 (1) (f) as the result of a strike by school district employes, make-up days
25are authorized to be scheduled but no make-up days are required.
AB100-engrossed,1508,72
121.23
(2) (intro.) If a school district holds less than 180 days of school as the
3result of a strike by school district employes, for the purposes of computing general
4aid, the
department state superintendent shall compute the school district's primary
5and secondary ceiling costs per member in accordance with the procedure specified
6in pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation, the
department state superintendent 7shall:
AB100-engrossed,1508,199
121.41
(1) State aid. To promote a uniformly effective driver education
10program among high school and technical college pupils, each school district
11operating high school grades, each county handicapped children's education board
12which provides the substantial equivalent of a high school education and each
13technical college district shall receive $100 for each pupil of high school age who
14completes a course in driver education approved by the department under s. 115.28
15(11), but in no case may the state aid exceed the actual cost of instruction. If the
16appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(r) (em) is inadequate in any year to provide $100
17per pupil, the state aid shall be prorated after the appropriation for administration
18is deducted. Such state aid shall be paid at the same time as the state aid under s.
19121.08 is paid.
AB100-engrossed,1509,421
121.51
(1) "Attendance area" is the geographic area designated by the
22governing body of a private school as the area from which its pupils attend and
23approved by the school board of the district in which the private school is located.
24If the private school and the school board cannot agree on the attendance area, the
25department state superintendent shall, upon the request of the private school and
1the board, make a final determination of the attendance area. The attendance areas
2of private schools affiliated with the same religious denomination shall not overlap
3unless one school limits its enrollment to pupils of the same sex and the other school
4limits its enrollment to pupils of the opposite sex or admits pupils of both sexes.
AB100-engrossed,1509,96
121.52
(1) (b) The school board may adopt additional rules, not inconsistent
7with law or with rules of the secretary of transportation or the
department state
8superintendent, for the protection of the pupils or to govern the conduct of the person
9in charge of the motor vehicle used for transportation of pupils for compensation.
AB100-engrossed,1509,1511
121.52
(4) The use of any motor vehicle to transport pupils shall be
12discontinued upon receipt of an order signed by the
secretary state superintendent 13or the secretary of transportation ordering such discontinuance. Personnel under
14the
secretary state superintendent or the secretary of transportation may ride any
15school bus at any time for the purpose of inspection.
AB100-engrossed,1509,2017
121.53
(6) Within 10 days after its occurrence, every accident involving a motor
18vehicle while providing transportation under this subchapter shall be reported to the
19appropriate school board and promptly by the school board to the
department state
20superintendent on forms provided by the
department
state superintendent.
AB100-engrossed,1510,922
121.54
(2) (c) An annual or special meeting of a common or union high school
23district, or the school board of a unified school district, may elect to provide
24transportation for pupils who are not required to be transported under this section
,
25including pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4). Transportation may
1be provided for all or some of the pupils who reside in the school district to and from
2the public school they are entitled to attend or the private school, within or outside
3the school district, within whose attendance area they reside. If transportation is
4provided for less than all such pupils there shall be reasonable uniformity in the
5minimum distance that pupils attending public and private schools will be
6transported. Except for elementary school districts electing to furnish
7transportation under par. (b) 2., this paragraph does not permit a school district
8operating only elementary grades to provide transportation for pupils attending
9private schools.
AB100-engrossed,1510,2011
121.54
(3) Transportation for children with exceptional educational needs. 12Every school board shall provide transportation for children with exceptional
13educational needs, as defined in s. 115.76 (3), to any public or private elementary or
14high school, to the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped or the Wisconsin
15school for the deaf or to any special educational program for children with
16exceptional educational needs sponsored by a state tax-supported institution of
17higher education, regardless of distance, if the request for such transportation is
18approved by the
department state superintendent. Approval shall be based on
19whether or not the child can walk to school with safety and comfort. Section 121.53
20shall apply to transportation provided under this subsection.
AB100-engrossed,1511,322
121.54
(4) (b) A school board, a county handicapped children's education board
23or a cooperative educational service agency may provide transportation regardless
24of distance for children with exceptional educational needs who attend a summer
25special education program under s. 115.83 (4), if a request for such transportation
1is approved by the
department state superintendent. Approval shall be based on
2whether or not the child can walk to school with safety and comfort. Section 121.53
3shall apply to transportation provided under this paragraph.
AB100-engrossed,1512,25
121.54
(9) Transportation in areas of unusual hazards. (a) In school districts
6in which unusual hazards exist for pupils in walking to and from the school where
7they are enrolled, the school board shall develop a plan which shall show by map and
8explanation the nature of the unusual hazards to pupil travel and propose a plan of
9transportation if such transportation is necessary, which will provide proper
10safeguards for the school attendance of such pupils. Copies of the plan shall be filed
11with the sheriff of the county in which the principal office of the school district is
12located. The sheriff shall review the plan and may make suggestions for revision
13deemed appropriate. The sheriff shall investigate the site and plan and make a
14determination as to whether unusual hazards exist which cannot be corrected by
15local government and shall report the findings in writing to the
department state
16superintendent and the school board concerned. Within 60, but not less than 30, days
17from the day on which the
department state superintendent receives the sheriff's
18report, the
department state superintendent shall determine whether unusual
19hazards to pupil travel exist and whether the plan provides proper safeguards for
20such pupils. If the
department state superintendent makes findings which support
21the plan and the determination that unusual hazards exist which seriously
22jeopardize the safety of the pupils in their travel to and from school, the school board
23shall put the plan into effect and state aid shall be paid under s. 121.58 (2) (c) for any
24transportation of pupils under this subsection. Any city, village or town may
1reimburse, in whole or in part, a school district for costs incurred in providing
2transportation under this subsection for pupils who reside in the city, village or town.
AB100-engrossed,1512,133
(am) Any person aggrieved by the failure of a school board to file a plan with
4the sheriff as provided in par. (a) may notify the school board in writing that an area
5of unusual hazard exists. The school board shall reply to the aggrieved person in
6writing within 30 days of receipt of the aggrieved person's notice. The school board
7shall send a copy of the board's reply to the sheriff of the county in which the principal
8office of the school district is located and to the
department state superintendent.
9Upon receipt of the school board's reply, the aggrieved person may request a hearing
10before the
department state superintendent for a determination as to whether an
11area of unusual hazard exists. If the
department
state superintendent determines
12that an area of unusual hazard exists, the
department
state superintendent shall
13direct the school board to proceed as provided in par. (a).
AB100-engrossed,1512,1714
(b) Within 30 days after the sheriff's report is received by the
department state
15superintendent, any aggrieved person may request a hearing before the
department 16state superintendent on the determination by the sheriff and on the plan. After such
17hearing, the
department state superintendent shall proceed as provided in par. (a).
AB100-engrossed,1512,2118
(c) The
department state superintendent and the department of transportation
19shall establish a definition of "unusual hazards" and "area of unusual hazards" for
20the implementation of this subsection. Such definition shall be promulgated, as a
21rule, by the
department state superintendent.
AB100-engrossed,1513,423
121.54
(10) Full-time open enrollment. Subject to s. 118.51 (14) (a) 2., a school
24board may elect to provide transportation, including transportation to and from
25summer classes, for nonresident pupils who are attending public school in the school
1district under s. 118.51, or its resident pupils who are attending public school in
2another school district under s. 118.51, or both, except that a school board may not
3provide transportation under this subsection for a nonresident pupil to or from a
4location within the boundaries of the school district in which the pupil resides.
AB100-engrossed,1513,15
6121.56 School bus routes. The school board of each district shall make and
7be responsible for all necessary provisions for the transportation of pupils, including
8establishment, administration and scheduling of school bus routes. Upon the
9request of any school board, the
department state superintendent shall provide
10advice and counsel on problems of school transportation. Any private school shall,
11upon the request of the public school officials, supply all necessary information and
12reports. The transportation of public and private school pupils shall be effectively
13coordinated to insure the safety and welfare of the pupils. Upon receipt of a signed
14order from the
secretary state superintendent, the school board shall discontinue
15any route specified by the
secretary state superintendent.
AB100-engrossed,1513,2117
121.57
(1) (b) This subsection also applies to handicapped children. The
18department state superintendent may grant permission for a handicapped child to
19be transported to a school in another school district if an acceptable form of
20transportation is provided and if such school offers equal or better educational
21opportunities for the child.
AB100-engrossed,1514,1823
121.58
(2) (a) A school district which provides transportation to and from a
24school under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 121.57
, and the nonresident school
25district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 which elects to provide transportation
1under s. 121.54 (10), shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $30
2per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 2 miles and not
3more than 5 miles from the school attended, $45 per school year per pupil so
4transported whose residence is at least 5 miles and not more than 8 miles from the
5school attended, $60 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at
6least 8 miles and not more than 12 miles from the school attended, $68 per school year
7per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 12 miles and not more than 15
8miles from the school attended, $75 per school year per pupil so transported whose
9residence is at least 15 miles and not more than 18 miles from the school attended,
10and $85 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is more than 18
11miles from the school attended. Such state aid shall be reduced proportionately in
12the case of a pupil transported for less than a full school year because of
13nonenrollment. State aid for transportation shall not exceed the actual cost thereof.
14No state aid of any kind may be paid to a school district which charges the pupil
15transported or his or her parent or guardian any part of the cost of transportation
16provided under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5)
and, (6)
and (10) and 121.57 or which wilfully
17or negligently fails to transport all pupils for whom transportation is required under
18s. 121.54.
AB100-engrossed,1515,920
121.58
(4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before
21October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 121.54 (4),
or under
22s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that
23a pupil attends under s. 118.51, the school district clerk shall file with the
24department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on
25transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon
1receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14
2(1), state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which provides
3such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $4
4per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles
5and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school
6attended, and $6 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is
7more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if
8the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced
9proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.
AB100-engrossed,1515,1711
121.58
(5) (title)
Department State superintendent approval. If the
12department state superintendent is satisfied that transportation or board and
13lodging was provided in compliance with law, the
department state superintendent 14shall certify to the department of administration the sum due the school district. In
15case of differences concerning the character and sufficiency of the transportation or
16board and lodging, the
department state superintendent may determine such matter
17and
its his or her decision is final.
AB100-engrossed,1515,2119
121.76
(2) (a) All tuition shall be calculated under s. 121.83 unless the
20department state superintendent approves an alternative procedure consistent with
21s. 121.75.
AB100-engrossed,1515,2423
121.77
(1) (a) Every elementary school and high school shall be free to all pupils
24who reside in the school district.
AB100-engrossed,1516,6
1(b) If facilities are adequate, a school board, board of control of a cooperative
2educational service agency or county handicapped children's education board may
3admit nonresident pupils who meet its entrance requirements. Nonresident pupils
4shall have all
of the rights and privileges of resident pupils and shall be subject to
5the same rules and regulations as resident pupils. The agency of service shall charge
6tuition for each nonresident pupil.
AB100-engrossed,1516,138
121.77
(2) (a) A tuition claim for each nonresident pupil or adult for whom
9services were provided under this subchapter during the preceding school year. The
10claim shall be filed with the school district clerk under s. 121.78, the
department 11state superintendent under s. 121.79, the county clerk under s. 121.80, the pupil's
12parent or guardian under s. 121.81 or the adult under s. 121.82. Credit shall be given
13for prepayments.
AB100-engrossed,1516,1514
(b) A certified copy of each tuition claim under par. (a) with the
department 15state superintendent.
AB100-engrossed,1516,1817
121.77
(3) Subsections (1) (b) and (2) do not apply to a pupil attending a public
18school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51.
AB100-engrossed,1517,220
121.78
(1) (a) Upon the approval of the
department state superintendent, the
21school board of the district of residence and the school board of the district of
22attendance may make a written agreement to permit an elementary or high school
23pupil to attend a public school, including an out-of-state school, outside the school
24district of residence, and the school district of residence shall pay the tuition. The
1school district of residence shall be paid state aid as though the pupil were enrolled
2in the school district of residence.