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21"118.43
(2) (br) In the 2000-01 school year, a school board may enter into a
225-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or
23more schools in the school district if the school board is not receiving a grant under
1the preschool to grade 5 program on behalf of any of the schools under s. 115.45 and
2if none of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.".
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118.55
(3) (b) If the pupil specifies in the notice under par. (a) that he or she
6intends to take a course at an institution of higher education for high school credit,
7the school board shall determine
whether the course is comparable to a course offered
8in the school district, and whether the course satisfies any of the high school
9graduation requirements under s. 118.33 and the number of high school credits to
10award the pupil for the course, if any.
In cooperation with institutions of higher
11education, the state superintendent shall develop guidelines to assist school districts
12in making the determinations. The school board shall notify the pupil of its
13determinations determination, in writing, before the beginning of the semester in
14which the pupil will be enrolled.
If the pupil disagrees with the school board's
15decision regarding comparability of courses, satisfaction of high school graduation
16requirements or the number of high school credits to be awarded, the pupil may
17appeal the school board's decision to the state superintendent within 30 days after
18the decision. The
state superintendent's school board's decision shall be final and is
19not subject to review
under subch. III of ch. 227.
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118.55
(5) Payment. (intro.) Within 30 days after the end of the semester, the
22school board of the school district in which a pupil attending an institution of higher
23education under this section is enrolled shall pay the institution of higher education,
1on behalf of the pupil, the following amount for any course that is taken for high
2school credit
and that is not comparable to a course offered in the school district:
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118.55
(6) (a) A pupil taking a course at an institution of higher education for
5high school credit under this section is not responsible for any portion of the tuition
6and fees for the course
if the school board, or the state superintendent on appeal
7under sub. (3) (b), has determined that the course is not comparable to a course
8offered in the school district.
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118.55
(7r) (c) If a child attends a technical college under this subsection, the
12technical college shall ensure that the child's educational program meets the high
13school graduation requirements under s. 118.33. At least 30 days before the
14beginning of the technical college semester in which the pupil will be enrolled, the
15school board of the school district in which the pupil resides shall notify the pupil,
16in writing, if a course in which the pupil will be enrolled does not meet the high school
17graduation requirements
and whether the course is comparable to a course offered
18in the school district. If the pupil disagrees with the school board's decision regarding
19comparability of courses or satisfaction of high school graduation requirements, the
20pupil may appeal the school board's decision to the state superintendent within 30
21days after the decision and the number of high school credits to be awarded, if any,
22for each course in which the pupil will be enrolled. The
state superintendent's school
23board's decision is final and is not subject to review
under subch. III of ch. 227. The 24. For courses for which the school board has determined to award high school credit
25and which are successfully completed at the technical college, the pupil is eligible to
1receive both high school and technical college credit
for courses successfully
2completed at the technical college.".
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5118.435 Classroom facilities. (1) A school board that is eligible for state aid
6under s. 118.43 (6) may apply to the department for a grant under this section to
7assist in building additional classrooms. A school board shall submit its application
8before January 1 for a grant in that school year.
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9(2) The department shall review each application to determine whether the
10proposed addition is required and by April 1 notify each applicant whether the
11application is approved, rejected or modified and the amount of the grant, if any, to
12be awarded.
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13(3) The department shall determine the amount of the grant to be awarded as
14follows:
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(a) Determine the amount needed by the school district.
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(b) Determine the percentage of the school district's shared cost that the school
17district's state aid under s. 121.08 constitutes.
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(c) Multiply the amount under par. (a) by the percentage determined under par.
19(b).
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20(4) Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under
21s. 20.866 (2) (zhm). If the total amount of grants to be awarded in any school year
22exceeds the amount of bonding authority under s. 20.866 (2) (zhm), the department
23shall prorate the grants awarded in that school year.
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1(5) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
2section.".
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119.04
(1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c),
10115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38
11(2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14,
12118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19,
13118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30 to
118.43 14118.435, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (25), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b)
15to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34) and (35) and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st class
16city school district and board.".
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119.04
(1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c),
20115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38
21(2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14,
22118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19,
23118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30 to 118.43,
24118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to
(25)
(26), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to
1(g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34) and (35) and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st class
2city school district and board.".
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119.04
(1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c),
6115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38
7(2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14,
8118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19,
9118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30 to 118.43,
10118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (25), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g),
11(3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34)
and, (35)
and (37) and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st
12class city school district and board.".
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119.18
(24) Design-build construction. The board may let a public works
16contract, the estimated cost of which exceeds $3,000,000, using the design-build
17construction process, as defined in s. 59.52 (29) (c) 1. Section 59.52 (29) (d), (e) and
18(f), as it applies to counties with a population of at least 500,000, applies to the school
19district operating under this chapter.".
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119.23
(2) (a) 3. The private school notified the state superintendent of its
24intent to participate in the program under this section by
May February 1 of the
1previous school year. The notice shall specify the number of pupils participating in
2the program under this section for which the school has space.".
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120.12
(26) School safety plan. By July 1, 2000, implement a school safety
7plan in each school.".
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120.13
(2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss.
1149.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3),
12632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9) to (13), 632.896
, and 767.25
13(4m) (d)
, 767.51 (3m) (d) and 767.62 (4) (b) 4.".
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120.13
(37) Capital improvement fund. (a) A school board of a school district
17that has the largest membership, as defined in s. 121.004 (5), of any school district
18located in a county that was created in 1850 and borders one of the Great Lakes may
19adopt a resolution creating a capital improvement fund for the purpose of financing
20current and future capital improvements.
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(b) If a tax incremental district that was created in 1989 and that is located in
22whole or in part in the school district described under par. (a) has a value increment
23greater than $300,000,000 and is terminated before the maximum number of years
24that the tax incremental district would have existed under s. 66.46 (7) (am) or (ar),
1in each year until the year after the year in which the tax incremental district would
2have been required to terminate under s. 66.46 (7) (am) or (ar), the school district
3treasurer shall deposit in the capital improvement fund an amount equal to the
4school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district
5in the final year of the tax incremental district's existence, as determined by the
6department of revenue under s. 66.46.
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(c) Money in the capital improvement fund may not be used for any other
8purpose or be transferred to any other fund without the approval of a majority of the
9electors of the school district voting on the question at a referendum.
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(d) If par. (b) applies, the school board of the school district described under par.
11(a) shall submit a report by January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the governor
12and the joint committee on finance describing the use of the moneys deposited in the
13fund under par. (a) and the effects of that use.".
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15"
Section 2127c. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,274,1816
121.004
(7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a
5-year-old kindergarten program
17requiring full-day attendance for 5 days a week for an entire school year shall be
18counted as one pupil.
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b. A pupil enrolled in a
5-year-old kindergarten program requiring full-day
20attendance for less than 5 days a week for an entire school year shall be counted as
21the result obtained by multiplying the number of hours in each day in which the pupil
22is enrolled by the total number of days for which the pupil is enrolled, and dividing
23the result by the product of the number of hours of attendance per day required of
24first grade pupils in the school district multiplied by 180.
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121.004
(7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., "full-day" means the length of the school
3day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the
5-year-old 4kindergarten program.
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121.05
(1) (a) 8. Pupils enrolled in
a residential school operated by the state the
11Wisconsin School for the Deaf or the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the
12Blind and Visually Impaired under subch. III of ch. 115 for whom the school district
13is paying tuition under s. 115.53 (2) determined by multiplying the total number of
14periods in each day in which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school by the
15total number of days for which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school and
16dividing the product by 1,080.".
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6"(b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is
7eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also be reduced
8by 50% of the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year.
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(c) The amount of state aid that each school district other than the school
10district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under
11s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also be reduced by an amount calculated as follows:
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1. Add the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year
13and divide the sum by 2.
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2. Divide the result obtained under subd. 1. by the total amount of state aid that
15all school districts other than the school district operating under ch. 119 are eligible
16to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), calculated as if the
17reduction under par. (a) had not occurred.
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3. Multiply the amount of state aid that the school district is eligible to be paid
19from the appropriation under s. 20.225 (2) (ac), calculated as if the reduction under
20par. (a) had not occurred, by the quotient under subd. 2.".
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121.54
(3) Transportation for children with disabilities. Every school board
6shall provide transportation for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5),
7to any public or private elementary or high school, to the
Wisconsin school for the
8visually handicapped school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and
9Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin
school School for the
deaf Deaf or to any special
10education program for children with disabilities sponsored by a state tax-supported
11institution of higher education, including a technical college, regardless of distance,
12if the request for such transportation is approved by the state superintendent.
13Approval shall be based on whether or not the child can walk to school with safety
14and comfort. Section 121.53 shall apply to transportation provided under this
15subsection.".
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17"
Section 2146x. 121.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 121.90 (1) and
18amended to read:
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121.90
(1) "Number of pupils enrolled" means the number of pupils enrolled
20on the 3rd Friday of September, including pupils identified in s. 121.05 (1) (a) 1. to
2111., except that "number of pupils enrolled" excludes the number of pupils attending
22public school under s. 118.145 (4)
and except as follows:
. Beginning in the 2001-02
23school year "number of pupils" includes the summer enrollment. In determining a
24school district's revenue limit for the 2000-01 school year or for any school year
1thereafter, the department shall calculate the number of pupils enrolled in each
2school year prior to the 2000-01 school year as the number was calculated in that
3school year under s. 121.85 (6) (b) 1. and (f), 1997 stats.
