9,2107g
Section 2107g. 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.
9,2107n
Section 2107n. 118.55 (7t) of the statutes is created to read:
118.55 (7t) Limitations on participation and payment. (a) When a pupil gains 12th grade status, as determined by the school board of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled, the pupil may participate in the program under this section for no more than 2 consecutive semesters.
(b) If a school board is required to pay tuition on behalf of a pupil under sub. (5) (a) or (c) 1. or (7r) (d), the tuition charged may not exceed the amount that would be charged a pupil who is a resident of this state.
9,2107r
Section 2107r. 118.55 (7w) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2107t
Section 2107t. 118.55 (7w) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (7r) (f) and amended to read:
118.55 (7r) (f) A pupil taking a course at a technical college for high school credit under this section
subsection is not responsible for any portion of the tuition and fees for the course if the school board is required to pay the technical college for the course under sub. (7r)
par. (d).
9,2108m
Section 2108m. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38 (2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (25) (26), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34) and (35)
, 120.135 and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.
9,2108g
Section 2108g. 119.16 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.16 (3) (b) Schoolhouses Except as provided in par. (c), schoolhouses and the sites on which they are situated shall be the property of the city, but no. No site may be purchased or leased and no schoolhouse may be constructed unless a resolution therefor is duly adopted by the board. Deeds Except as provided in par. (c), deeds of conveyance and leases shall be made to the city.
9,2108r
Section 2108r. 119.16 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
119.16 (3) (c) If the redevelopment authority of the city issues bonds under s. 66.431 (5r), the board may lease buildings or sites from the redevelopment authority or borrow money from the redevelopment authority for the purposes of par. (a).
9,2108s
Section 2108s. 119.16 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
119.16 (10) Public hearings on school construction. The board shall hold a public hearing in each attendance district in which a new school that is financed with bond proceeds under s. 66.431 (5r) is to be constructed.
9,2109c
Section 2109c. 119.23 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
119.23 (1) (intro.) In this section, "membership":
(a) "Membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).
9,2109g
Section 2109g. 119.23 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
119.23 (1) (b) "Summer average daily membership equivalent" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (8).
(c) "Summer choice average daily membership equivalent" means the summer average daily membership equivalent of pupils who were attending a private school under this section on the 2nd Friday of January of the school term immediately preceding that summer or whose applications have been accepted under sub. (3) for attendance at the private school in the school term immediately following that summer.
9,2109m
Section 2109m. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (2) (a) 1. The pupil is a member of a family that has a an average total family income over a 4-year period that does not exceed an amount equal to 1.75 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget.
9,2109p
Section 2109p. 119.23 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (4) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
119.23 (4) (b) (intro.) Upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state superintendent shall pay to the parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the total amount to which the school district is entitled under s. 121.08 divided by the school district membership, or an lesser of the following:
1. The amount equal to the private school's operating and debt service cost per pupil that is related to educational programming, as determined by the department, whichever is less.
(c) The state superintendent shall pay 25% of the total amount under par. (b) in September, 25% in November, 25% in February and 25% in May. The state superintendent may include the entire amount under sub. (4m) in one of those instalments or apportion the entire amount among one or more of those instalments. The department shall send the check to the private school. The parent or guardian shall restrictively endorse the check for the use of the private school.
9,2109q
Section 2109q. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
119.23 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 15, a private school participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a report stating its summer average daily membership equivalent and its summer choice average daily membership equivalent for the purpose of sub. (4m).
9,2109s
Section 2109s. 119.23 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
119.23 (4) (b) 2. The sum of the amount paid per pupil under this subsection in the previous school year and the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under subch. VII of ch. 121 in the current school year.
9,2109t
Section 2109t. 119.23 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
119.23 (4m) Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, in addition to the payment under sub. (4) the state superintendent shall pay to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in a private school under this section, in the manner described in sub. (4) (c), an amount determined by multiplying the payment under sub. (4) by the quotient determined by dividing the summer choice average daily membership equivalent of the private school by the total number of pupils for whom payments are being made under sub. (4).
9,2110
Section
2110. 119.23 (5) (intro.) and (c) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 119.23 (5) and amended to read:
119.23 (5) The state superintendent shall: (c) Ensure ensure that pupils and parents and guardians of pupils who reside in the city are informed annually of the private schools participating in the program under this section.
9,2111
Section
2111. 119.23 (5) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2112
Section
2112. 119.23 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2113g
Section 2113g. 119.24 of the statutes is amended to read:
119.24 Admission of pupils.
Each school under the jurisdiction of the board shall be open to pupils residing within the attendance district established for that school under s. 119.16 (2). A pupil residing in any such district may attend a school in another an attendance district other than the one in which he or she resides with the written permission of the superintendent of schools. Beginning in the 2000-01 school year, the board shall provide spaces in each school for pupils who reside outside the attendance district for the school, but shall fill any unused spaces with pupils who reside in the attendance district. A pupil who attends a school may continue to attend that school until he or she graduates from the school and each sibling of that pupil shall be given priority over other pupils in the process of admission for that school.
9,2118g
Section 2118g. 119.71 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2118r
Section 2118r. 119.71 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.71
(3) (a)
The Annually, the board shall
use the funds received under sub. (2) spend at least $5,090,000 to expand its half-day 5-year-old kindergarten program to a full-day program, as provided under par. (b), and shall enroll in the expanded program only pupils who meet the income eligibility standards for a free lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b). The board shall select pupils for the expanded program based on the order in which the pupils register for the program.
(b) The board shall use the funds received specified under sub. (2) par. (a) to pay the costs of teachers, aides and other support staff, transportation of staff to pupils' homes, in-service programs, parental involvement programs and instructional materials. The board may not use the funds to supplant or replace funding otherwise available for full-day 5-year-old kindergarten or to provide facilities to house the program or to pay pupil transportation or indirect administrative costs associated with the program.
9,2119
Section
2119. 119.72 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.72 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 for the program under this section in each school year.
9,2119m
Section 2119m. 119.74 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.74 Extended-day elementary grade, 4-year-old kindergarten and alcohol and other drug abuse programs. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec), the state superintendent shall pay to the The board the amounts specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 shall spend at least $430,000 for the following programs in each school year:
9,2120d
Section 2120d. 119.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2120h
Section 2120h. 119.75 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 119.75 (2) and amended to read:
119.75 (2) The Annually, the board shall use the funds received under par. (a) spend at least $1,070,000 to pay the costs of teachers, aides and other support staff, transportation of staff to pupils' homes, in-service programs, parental involvement programs and instructional materials related to the programs under sub. (1). The board may not use the funds to supplant or replace funding otherwise available for first grade programs or to provide facilities to house the programs under sub. (1) or to pay pupil transportation or indirect administrative costs associated with the programs under sub. (1).
9,2120p
Section 2120p. 119.78 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 119.78.
9,2120t
Section 2120t. 119.78 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2121m
Section 2121m. 119.80 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.80 (1) The board shall submit to the governor a proposal for the expenditure of the funds in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp) in each school year.
9,2122m
Section 2122m. 119.80 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.80 (1m) Annually by June 1, the governor shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a proposal for the expenditure of the funds in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp) in the following school year. By June 15, each such standing committee may submit written recommendations on the proposal to the joint committee on finance.
9,2123
Section
2123. 119.80 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
119.80 (4) The department may not distribute any funds in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (kp) in any fiscal year until the spending plan for that fiscal year has been approved.
9,2124
Section
2124. 119.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.82 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 in each school year for the programs under sub. (1).
9,2124m
Section 2124m. 120.12 (26) of the statutes is created to read:
120.12 (26) School safety plans. Have in effect a school safety plan for each school in the school district.
9,2124t
Section 2124t. 120.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 (1) (b) The school district administrator or any principal or teacher designated by the school district administrator also may make rules, with the consent of the school board, and may suspend a pupil for not more than 5 school days or, if a notice of expulsion hearing has been sent under par. (c) 4 or (e) 4. or s. 119.25 (2) (c), for not more than a total of 15 consecutive school days for noncompliance with such rules or school board rules, or for knowingly conveying any threat or false information concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made to destroy any school property by means of explosives, for conduct by the pupil while at school or while under the supervision of a school authority which endangers the property, health or safety of others, or for conduct while not at school or while not under the supervision of a school authority which endangers the property, health or safety of others at school or under the supervision of a school authority or endangers the property, health or safety of any employe or school board member of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled. In this paragraph, conduct that endangers a person or property includes making a threat to the health or safety of a person or making a threat to damage property. Prior to any suspension, the pupil shall be advised of the reason for the proposed suspension. The pupil may be suspended if it is determined that the pupil is guilty of noncompliance with such rule, or of the conduct charged, and that the pupil's suspension is reasonably justified. The parent or guardian of a suspended minor pupil shall be given prompt notice of the suspension and the reason for the suspension. The suspended pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian may, within 5 school days following the commencement of the suspension, have a conference with the school district administrator or his or her designee who shall be someone other than a principal, administrator or teacher in the suspended pupil's school. If the school district administrator or his or her designee finds that the pupil was suspended unfairly or unjustly, or that the suspension was inappropriate, given the nature of the alleged offense, or that the pupil suffered undue consequences or penalties as a result of the suspension, reference to the suspension on the pupil's school record shall be expunged. Such finding shall be made within 15 days of the conference. A pupil suspended under this paragraph shall not be denied the opportunity to take any quarterly, semester or grading period examinations or to complete course work missed during the suspension period, as provided in the attendance policy established under s. 118.16 (4) (a).
9,2124u
Section 2124u. 120.13 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 (1) (c) 1. The school board may expel a pupil from school whenever it finds the pupil guilty of repeated refusal or neglect to obey the rules, or finds that a pupil knowingly conveyed or caused to be conveyed any threat or false information concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made to destroy any school property by means of explosives, or finds that the pupil engaged in conduct while at school or while under the supervision of a school authority which endangered the property, health or safety of others, or finds that a pupil while not at school or while not under the supervision of a school authority engaged in conduct which endangered the property, health or safety of others at school or under the supervision of a school authority or endangered the property, health or safety of any employe or school board member of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled, and is satisfied that the interest of the school demands the pupil's expulsion. In this subdivision, conduct that endangers a person or property includes making a threat to the health or safety of a person or making a threat to damage property.
9,2124vr
Section 2124vr. 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9) to (13), 632.896, and 767.25 (4m) (d), 767.51 (3m) (d) and 767.62 (4) (b) 4.
9,2124vm
Section 2124vm. 120.13 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 (14) Day care programs. Establish and provide or contract for the provision of day care programs for children. The school board may receive federal or state funds for this purpose. The school board may charge a fee for all or part of the cost of the service for participation in a day care program established under this subsection. Costs associated with a day care program under this subsection may not be included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6). Day care programs established under this subsection shall meet the standards for licensed day care centers established by the department of health and family services. If a school board proposes to contract for or renew a contract for the provision of a day care program under this subsection or if on July 1, 1996, a school board is a party to a contract for the provision of a day care program under this subsection, the school board shall refer the contractor or proposed contractor to the department of health and family services for the criminal history and child abuse record search required under s. 48.685. Each school board shall provide the department of health and family services with information about each person who is denied a contract for a reason specified in s. 48.685 (2) (4m) (a) 1. to 5.
9,2125
Section
2125. 120.13 (26r) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 (26r) Contracts for outpatient mental health and developmental disabilities services. Contract with the department of health and family services for outpatient services under s. 51.07 (4) 46.043.
9,2126
Section
2126. 120.13 (27m) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13
(27m) Transportation of indigent pupils. Provide transportation to and from school for indigent pupils who reside in the school district and who are not required to be transported under s. 121.54. In this subsection, "indigent pupils" means pupils
who are eligible for free lunches or reduced-price lunches under
42 USC 1758 or aid to 18-year-old students under s. 49.20 or for whom aid to families with dependent children is being received under s. 49.19 or who are members of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), with a member who is participating in Wisconsin works under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) or any combination thereof, as determined by the school board. If a school board determines to provide transportation under this subsection, there shall be reasonable uniformity in the transportation furnished such pupils whether they attend public or private schools. The cost of transporting pupils under this subsection may not be included in the school district's shared cost under s. 121.07 (6) (a).
9,2126m
Section 2126m. 120.135 of the statutes is created to read:
120.135 Capital improvement fund. (1) By the first day of the 6th month commencing after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], by a two-thirds vote of the members elect, a school board may adopt a resolution creating a capital improvement fund for the purpose of financing the cost of acquiring and improving sites, constructing school facilities and major maintenance of or remodeling, renovating and improving school facilities.
(2) If a tax incremental district that is located in whole or in part in the school district is terminated before the maximum number of years that the tax incremental district would have existed under s. 66.46 (7) (am) or (ar), in each year in which the school board adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members elect expressing its intention to do so until the year after the year in which the tax incremental district would have been required to terminate under s. 66.46 (7) (am) or (ar), the school board shall deposit into the capital improvement fund the percentage specified in the resolution of the school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district in that year, as determined by the department of revenue under s. 66.46. If the value increment is less than $300,000,000, the percentage specified in the resolution may not exceed 66.7%.
(3) The school board shall use the balance of the school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district to reduce the levy that otherwise would be imposed.
(4) Money in the capital improvement fund may not be used for any purpose or be transferred to any other fund without the approval of a majority of the electors of the school district voting on the question at a referendum.
(5) The school board shall submit a report by January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the governor and the joint committee on finance describing the use of the moneys deposited into the fund under sub. (1) and the effects of that use.
9,2127
Section
2127. 121.004 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.004 (7) (a) (intro.) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars. (b) to (e) (f). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.
9,2128
Section
2128. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
121.004 (7) (f) A pupil who transfers from one school district to another under s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as 0.75 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.75 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c), (cm) or (d).
9,2128n
Section 2128n. 121.004 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.004 (8) Summer average daily membership equivalent. "Summer average daily membership equivalent" is the sum of all total number of minutes in which pupils are enrolled in academic summer classroom classes or laboratory periods in which each pupil is enrolled as determined by multiplying the total number of periods in each day in which the pupil is enrolled by the total number of days for which the pupil is enrolled, as defined by the state superintendent under s. 121.14, divided by 1,080 48,600.
9,2128m
Section 2128m. 121.02 (1) (L) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
9,2129
Section
2129. 121.02 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (1) (r) Annually Except as provided in s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 2., annually administer a standardized reading test developed by the department to all pupils enrolled in the school district in grade 3, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district.
