AB100, s. 2809
7Section
2809. 118.30 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1193,138
118.30
(1m) (d) If the school board operates high school grades, beginning in
9the 1999-2000 school year administer the high school graduation examination
10adopted by the school board under sub. (1g) (b). The school board shall administer
11the examination at least twice each school year. The school board shall determine
12the high school grades in which the examination will be administered each school
13year.
AB100, s. 2810
14Section
2810. 118.33 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1193,1915
118.33
(1) (cm) Beginning on September 1, 2001, a school board may not grant
16a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has passed the high school
17graduation examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (d). A school board shall
18provide a pupil with at least 4 opportunities to take the examination in the high
19school grades.
AB100, s. 2811
20Section
2811. 118.33 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1193,2321
118.33
(2) (c) Establish course requirements under sub. (1)
(a) and approve any
22school board's high school graduation standards policy that is equivalent to the
23requirements under sub. (1)
(a).
AB100, s. 2812
24Section
2812. 118.33 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1194,8
1118.33
(3m) A course taken at a technical college by a child attending the school
2part-time or in lieu of high school under s. 118.15 (1) (b), or attending the school
3under s. 118.15 (1) (cm), does not fulfill any of the high school graduation
4requirements under sub. (1) (a) unless the department has approved the course for
5that purpose.
If a pupil satisfies all of the high school graduation requirements
6under sub. (1), the school board shall grant a high school diploma to the pupil
7regardless of whether the pupil satisfied all or a portion of the requirements while
8attending an institution of higher education under s. 118.55 or a technical college.
AB100, s. 2813
9Section
2813. 118.34 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1194,1810
118.34
(1) In cooperation with a technical college district board, each school
11board shall establish a technical preparation program in each public high school
12located in the school district. The program shall consist of a
coherent sequence of
13courses, approved by the technical college system board under s. 38.04 (26),
that
14integrate applied academic and technical competency-based curricula and that are 15designed to
allow provide high school
pupils to gain juniors and seniors with both
16high school and technical college credit or with advanced standing in
the technical
17college district's associate degree program a postsecondary institution upon
18graduation from high school.
AB100, s. 2814
19Section
2814. 118.34 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2815
20Section
2815. 118.34 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1195,221
118.34
(3) The
department state superintendent, the department of industry,
22labor and job development and the technical college system board shall provide
23technical assistance to school boards to develop technical preparation programs in
24each high school. Annually, the school board shall evaluate its program and report
1the results to the
department state superintendent, the department of industry,
2labor and job development and the technical college system board.
AB100, s. 2816
3Section
2816. 118.37 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (title) and
4amended to read:
AB100,1195,5
5118.55 (title)
Postsecondary enrollment Youth options program.
AB100, s. 2817
6Section
2817. 118.37 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2818
7Section
2818. 118.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.50 (2) and amended
8to read:
AB100,1195,119
118.50
(2) In this section, "institution "Institution of higher education" means
10a center or institution within the university of Wisconsin system
, a technical college 11or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state.
AB100, s. 2819
12Section
2819. 118.37 (2) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 118.55 (2) and
13(3), and 118.55 (2) (a) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100,1195,2414
118.55
(2) (a) Beginning in the 1992-93 school year, any public school pupil
15enrolled in the 11th or 12th grade who is not attending a technical college under
sub.
16(7r) or s. 118.15 (1) (b) may enroll in an institution of higher education for the purpose
17of taking one or more nonsectarian courses at the institution of higher education,
18subject to par. (b). The pupil shall submit an application to the institution of higher
19education in the previous school semester. The pupil shall indicate on the application
20whether he or she will be taking the course or courses for high school credit or
21postsecondary credit. The pupil shall also specify on the application that if he or she
22is admitted the institution of higher education may disclose the pupil's grades, the
23courses that he or she is taking and his or her attendance record to the public school
24in which the pupil is enrolled.
AB100,1196,9
1(3) Notification of school board; determination of high school credit. (a)
2A pupil who intends to enroll in an institution of higher education under this section
3shall notify the school board of the school district in which he or she is enrolled of that
4intention
no later than March 1 if the pupil intends to enroll in the fall semester, and
5no later than October 1 if the pupil intends to enroll in the spring at least 90 days
6before the start of the technical college semester. The notice shall include the titles
7of the courses in which the pupil intends to enroll and the number of credits of each
8course, and shall specify whether the pupil will be taking the courses for high school
9or postsecondary credit.
AB100,1196,2510
(b) If the pupil specifies in the notice under par. (a) that he or she intends to
11take a course at an institution of higher education for high school credit, the school
12board shall determine
whether the course is comparable to a course offered in the
13school district, and whether the course satisfies any of the high school graduation
14requirements under s. 118.33 and the number of high school credits to award the
15pupil for the course, if any.
The department In cooperation with institutions of higher
16education, the state superintendent shall develop guidelines to assist school districts
17in making the determinations. The school board shall notify the pupil of its
18determinations, in writing, before the
end beginning of the semester in which
it
19received the notice under par. (a) the pupil will be enrolled. If the pupil disagrees
20with the school board's decision regarding
comparability of courses, satisfaction of
21high school graduation requirements or the number of high school credits to be
22awarded, the pupil may appeal the school board's decision to the
department state
23superintendent within 30 days after the decision. The
department's state
24superintendent's decision shall be final and is not subject to review under subch. III
25of ch. 227.
AB100, s. 2820
1Section
2820. 118.37 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2821
2Section
2821. 118.37 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (4), and 118.55
3(4) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100,1197,64
118.55
(4) (a) An institution of higher education may admit a pupil under this
5section only if it has space available.
A pupil may attend a technical college under
6this section only if he or she is a resident of this state.
AB100, s. 2822
7Section
2822. 118.37 (5) (intro.), (a) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered
8118.55 (5) (intro.), (a) and (c), and 118.55 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to
9read:
AB100,1197,1510
118.55
(5) Payment. (intro.) Within 30 days after the end of the semester, the
11school board of the school district in which a pupil attending an institution of higher
12education under this section is enrolled shall pay the institution of higher education,
13on behalf of the pupil, the following amount for any course that is taken
for high
14school credit and that is not comparable to a course offered in the school district at
15the institution:
AB100, s. 2823
16Section
2823. 118.37 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2824
17Section
2824. 118.37 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2825
18Section
2825. 118.37 (7g) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (7g) and
19amended to read:
AB100,1198,520
118.55
(7g) Transportation. The parent
or guardian of a pupil who is
21attending an institution of higher education under this section and is taking a course
22for high school credit
that is not comparable to a course offered in the school district 23may apply to the department for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil
24between the high school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of higher
25education that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the pupil's parent
or guardian
1are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The department shall determine
2the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under
3s. 20.255 (2) (cw). The department shall give preference under this subsection to
4those pupils who are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 5(b).
AB100, s. 2826
6Section
2826. 118.37 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (8).
AB100, s. 2828
8Section
2828. 118.38 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2829
9Section
2829. 118.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1198,1510
118.38
(3) A waiver is effective for 4 years. The
secretary department shall
11renew the waiver for additional 4-year periods if the school board has evaluated the
12educational and financial effects of the waiver over the previous 4-year period,
13except that the
secretary department is not required to renew a waiver if the
14secretary department determines that the school district is not making adequate
15progress toward improving pupil academic performance.
AB100, s. 2830
16Section
2830. 118.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1198,2117
118.40
(1) Notice to department. Whenever a school board intends to establish
18a charter school, it shall notify the department of its intention.
The Whenever one
19of the entities under sub. (2r) (b) intends to establish a charter school, it shall notify
20the department of its intention by February 1 of the previous school year. A notice
21under this subsection shall include a description of the proposed school.
AB100, s. 2831
22Section
2831. 118.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1199,223
118.40
(1m) (a) A written petition requesting
the a school board to establish
24a charter school under this section may be filed with the school district clerk.
The 25If the proposed charter school would replace a public school in whole or in part, the
1petition shall be signed by at least 10% of the teachers employed by the school district
2or by at least 50% of the teachers employed at one school of the school district.
AB100, s. 2832
3Section
2832. 118.40 (1m) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1199,64
118.40
(1m) (b) 7. Subject to sub. (7) (a)
and (am) and ss. 118.19 (1) and 121.02
5(1) (a) 2., the qualifications that must be met by the individuals to be employed in the
6school.
AB100, s. 2833
7Section
2833. 118.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1199,128
118.40
(2) (a) Within 30 days after receiving a petition under sub. (1m) the
9school board shall hold a public hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the school
10board shall consider the level of employe and parental support for the establishment
11of the charter school described in the petition.
After the hearing, the school board
12may grant the petition.
AB100, s. 2834
13Section
2834. 118.40 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1199,2014
118.40
(2) (c) The school board
of the school district operating under ch. 119 15shall either grant or deny the petition within 30 days after the public hearing. If the
16school board
of the school district operating under ch. 119 denies a petition, the
17person seeking to establish the charter school may, within 30 days after the denial,
18appeal the denial to the department. The department shall issue a decision within
1930 days after receiving the appeal. The department's decision is final and not subject
20to judicial review under ch. 227.
AB100, s. 2835
21Section
2835. 118.40 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1199,2222
118.40
(2r) Other initiatives. (a) In this subsection:
AB100,1199,2323
1. "Membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).
AB100,1199,2524
2. "Shared cost per member" means the shared cost under s. 121.07 (6) (a)
25divided by the school district's membership.
AB100,1200,12
1(b)
The common council of the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the
2University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee area technical college
3district board may establish by charter and operate a charter school or, on behalf of
4their respective entities, may initiate a contract with an individual or group to
5operate a school as a charter school. A charter shall include all of the provisions
6specified under sub. (1m) (b) 3. to 14. A contract shall include all of the provisions
7specified under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to 14. and shall specify the effect of the establishment
8of the charter school on the liability of the contracting entity under this paragraph.
9The contract may include other provisions agreed to by the parties. The chancellor
10of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may not contract for the establishment
11of a charter school under this paragraph without the approval of the board of regents
12of the University of Wisconsin System.
AB100,1200,1613
(c) An entity under par. (b) may not establish or enter into a contract for the
14establishment of a charter school located outside of the school district operating
15under ch. 119. Only pupils residing within the school district operating under ch. 119
16may attend a charter school established under this subsection.
AB100,1200,1817
(d) The chartering or contracting entity under par. (b) shall do all of the
18following:
AB100,1200,2019
1. Ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools under this subsection
20hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.
AB100,1200,2221
2. Administer the examinations under s. 118.30 (1m) to pupils enrolled in
22charter schools under this subsection.
AB100,1201,323
(e) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay
24to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the shared cost per member
25in the previous school year of the school district operating under ch. 119. The
1department shall pay 25% of the total amount in September, 25% in December, 25%
2in February and 25% in June. The department shall send the check to the operator
3of the charter school.
AB100,1201,84
(f) The department shall annually reduce the aid paid under s. 121.08 to the
5board of a school district operating under ch. 119 by an amount equal to the shared
6cost per member in the previous school year of the school district operating under ch.
7119 multiplied by the number of pupils attending charter schools under this
8subsection.
AB100,1201,129
(g) The department shall ensure that aid paid to other school districts under
10s. 121.08 is neither reduced nor increased as a result of the payments under par. (e)
11or the reduction in aid to the board under par. (f) and that the amount of the aid
12reduction under par. (f) lapses to the general fund.
AB100, s. 2836
13Section
2836. 118.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1201,1814
118.40
(3) (a) If the school board grants the petition under sub. (2)
(a), the school
15board shall contract with the person named in the petition under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to
16operate the school as a charter school under this section. The contract shall include
17all of the provisions specified in the petition and may include other provisions agreed
18to by the parties.
AB100, s. 2837
19Section
2837
. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1201,2320
118.40
(3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under sub. (2m) may be for any term
21not exceeding 5 school years and may be renewed for
one or more terms not exceeding
225 school years any term. The contract shall specify the amount to be paid by the
23school board to the charter school during each school year of the contract.
AB100, s. 2838
24Section
2838
. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
25.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100,1202,4
1118.40
(3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under
sub. subs. (2m)
and (2r) may
2be for any term and may be renewed for any term. The contract shall specify the
3amount to be paid
by the school board to the charter school during each school year
4of the contract.
AB100, s. 2839
5Section
2839. 118.40 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1202,86
118.40
(3) (d) A school board
or an entity under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) shall give
7preference in awarding contracts for the operation of charter schools to those charter
8schools that serve children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a).
AB100, s. 2840
9Section
2840. 118.40 (5) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB100,1202,1310
118.40
(5) Charter revocation. (intro.) A charter may be revoked by the school
11board
or the entity under sub. (2r) (b) that contracted with the charter school if the
12school board
or, if applicable, the entity under sub. (2r) (b) finds that any of the
13following occurred:
AB100,1202,1514
(a) The charter school violated its contract with the school board
or the entity
15under sub. (2r) (b).
AB100, s. 2841
16Section
2841. 118.40 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1202,2117
118.40
(7) (a)
A Except as provided in par. (am), a charter school is an
18instrumentality of the school district in which it is located and the school board of
19that school district shall employ all personnel for the charter school.
This paragraph
20does not apply to charter schools located in the school district operating under ch.
21119.
AB100, s. 2842
22Section
2842. 118.40 (7) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1203,523
118.40
(7) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a charter school is located
24in the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board of that school district
25shall determine whether or not the charter school is an instrumentality of the school
1district. If the school board determines that a charter school is an instrumentality
2of the school district, the school board shall employ all personnel for the charter
3school. If the school board determines that a charter school is not an instrumentality
4of the school district, the school board may not employ any personnel for the charter
5school.
AB100,1203,86
2. A charter school established under sub. (2r) is not an instrumentality of the
7school district operating under ch. 119 and the school board of that school district
8may not employ any personnel for the charter school.
AB100, s. 2843
9Section
2843. Subchapter II of chapter 118 [precedes 118.50] of the statutes
10is created to read:
AB100,1203,1111
Chapter 118
AB100,1203,1312
Subchapter II
13
Enrollment options programs
AB100,1203,14
14118.50 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB100,1203,15
15(1) "Attendance area" has the meaning given in s. 121.845 (1).
AB100,1203,16
16(3) "Membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).