Amendment SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1,1106,14 118.30 (1r) Annually each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall do all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,1106,20 (a) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 4th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 4th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has not developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, the operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

AB133-SSA1,1106,25 2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 4th grade. The operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

AB133-SSA1,1107,6 (am) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 8th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has not developed and adopted its own 8th grade examination, the operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

AB133-SSA1,1107,11 2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade. The operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.

AB133-SSA1,1107,13 (b) Administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 10th grade.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2081 Section 2081. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1107,17 118.30 (2) (b) 1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115, the school board or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall comply with s. 115.77 (1) (1m) (bg).

AB133-SSA1,1107,23 2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent by rule, the school board or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a limited-English speaking pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the pupil to be examined in his or her native language or may modify the format and administration of an examination for such pupils.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2082 Section 2082. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1108,3 118.30 (2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under this section sub. (1m) (a), (am) or (b).

AB133-SSA1, s. 2082g Section 2082g. 118.30 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1108,7 118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1r) (a), (am) or (b).

AB133-SSA1, s. 2082r Section 2082r. 118.30 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2084 Section 2084. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1108,17 118.30 (6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) if the school board or the operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations, the school board or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a), and the federal department of education approves.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2084m Section 2084m. 118.33 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1108,19 118.33 (title) High school graduation standards; criteria for promotion.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2085m Section 2085m. 118.33 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2086f Section 2086f. 118.33 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2086m Section 2086m. 118.33 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1109,5 118.33 (6) (a) 1. Each school board shall adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 4th grade to the 5th grade and from the 8th grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (a) or (am), unless the pupil has been excused from taking the examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b), the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers, and may include any other criteria specified by the school board. Except as provided in par. (b) 1., the criteria apply to pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district.

AB133-SSA1,1109,12 2. Except as provided in par. (b) 2., beginning on September 1, 2002, a school board may not promote a 4th grade pupil enrolled in the school district, including a pupil enrolled in a charter school located in the school district, to the 5th grade, and may not promote an 8th grade pupil enrolled in the school district, including a pupil enrolled in a charter school located in the school district, to the 9th grade, unless the pupil satisfies the criteria for promotion specified in the school board's policy adopted under subd. 1.

AB133-SSA1,1109,19 (b) 1. Each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 4th grade to the 5th grade and from the 8th grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1r) (a) or (am), unless the pupil has been excused from taking the examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b), the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers, and may include any other criteria specified by the operator of the charter school.

AB133-SSA1,1109,23 2. Beginning on September 1, 2002, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may not promote a 4th grade pupil to the 5th grade, and may not promote an 8th grade pupil to the 9th grade, unless the pupil satisfies the criteria for promotion specified in the charter school operator's policy under subd. 1.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2086t Section 2086t. 118.34 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1110,17 118.34 (4) The governor's work-based learning board shall review the local technical preparation programs established under sub. (1) as operated during the 1999-2000 fiscal year, the organizational structure used to implement those programs during that fiscal year and the allocation of funding to those programs for that fiscal year to determine whether those programs, that organizational structure and that allocation of funding should continue in the manner in which they were provided during the 1999-2000 fiscal year beyond that fiscal year and shall submit a plan for the implementation of those programs beyond the 1999-2000 fiscal year to the joint committee on finance by June 15, 2000. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the governor's work-based learning board within 14 working days after the date of submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan, notwithstanding subs. (1), (2) and (3). If within 14 working days after the date of submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the governor's work-based learning board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan, notwithstanding subs. (1), (2) and (3), only as approved or modified by the committee.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2088 Section 2088. 118.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1110,24 118.40 (2) (a) Within 30 days after receiving a petition under sub. (1m) the school board shall hold a public hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the school board shall consider the level of employe and parental support for the establishment of the charter school described in the petition and the fiscal impact of the establishment of the charter school on the school district. After the hearing, the school board may grant the petition.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2089 Section 2089. 118.40 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1111,7 118.40 (2) (c) The school board of the school district operating under ch. 119 shall either grant or deny the petition within 30 days after the public hearing. If the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119 denies a petition, the person seeking to establish the charter school may, within 30 days after the denial, appeal the denial to the department. The department shall issue a decision within 30 days after receiving the appeal. The department's decision is final and not subject to judicial review under ch. 227.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2090 Section 2090. 118.40 (2r) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1111,10 118.40 (2r) (d) 2. Administer the examinations under ss. 118.30 (1m) (1r) and 121.02 (1) (r) to pupils enrolled in charter schools under this subsection.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2090m Section 2090m. 118.40 (2r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1111,20 118.40 (2r) (e) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the shared cost per member in the previous school year of the school district operating under ch. 119 sum of the amount paid under this paragraph 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, multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school. The department shall pay 25% of the total amount in September, 25% in December, 25% in February and 25% in June. The department shall send the check to the operator of the charter school.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2091 Section 2091. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2092 Section 2092. 118.40 (2r) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2093 Section 2093. 118.40 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1112,6 118.40 (7) (am) 1. Except as provided in subds. subd. 2. and 3., if a charter school is established under sub. (2m) and located in the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board of that school district shall determine whether or not the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district. If the school board determines that a charter school is an instrumentality of the school district, the school board shall employ all personnel for the charter school. If the school board determines that a charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district, the school board may not employ any personnel for the charter school.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2094 Section 2094. 118.40 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2095 Section 2095. 118.42 of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2096 Section 2096. 118.43 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1112,15 118.43 (2) (a) The school board of any school district in which a school in the previous school year had an enrollment that was at least 50% low-income is eligible to participate in the program under this section, except that a school board is eligible to participate in the program under this section in the 2000-01 school year if in the 1998-99 school year a school in the school district had an enrollment that was at least 50% low-income.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2097 Section 2097. 118.43 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1112,20 118.43 (2) (b) (intro.) In the 1996-97 and 1998-99 school years year, the school board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1, s. 2098 Section 2098. 118.43 (2) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1112,24 118.43 (2) (bg) In the 1998-99 school year, the school board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1,1113,2 1. In the previous school year, the school had an enrollment that was at least 30% low-income.

AB133-SSA1,1113,4 2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5 program on behalf of the school under s. 115.45.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2099 Section 2099. 118.43 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1113,9 118.43 (2) (br) In the 2000-01 school year, the school board of an eligible school district other than the school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or more schools in the school district if all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1,1113,11 1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least 65% low-income.

AB133-SSA1,1113,13 2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5 program on behalf of any of the schools under s. 115.45.

AB133-SSA1,1113,16 3. The school board, if eligible to participate in the program under this section in the 1996-97 and 1998-99 school years, had participated in the program during either school year.

AB133-SSA1,1113,17 4. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2100 Section 2100. 118.43 (2) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1113,22 118.43 (2) (bt) In the 2000-01 school year, the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or more schools in the school district if all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1,1113,24 1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least 65% low-income.

AB133-SSA1,1114,2 2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5 program under s. 115.45 on behalf of any of the schools.

AB133-SSA1,1114,3 3. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2101 Section 2101. 118.43 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1114,8 118.43 (2) (c) Notwithstanding par. pars. (b) and (bg), the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into an achievement guarantee contract on behalf of up to 10 schools under par. (b) and up to 10 schools under par. (bg).

AB133-SSA1, s. 2102 Section 2102. 118.43 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1114,15 118.43 (2) (e) 1. If the school board of an eligible school district does not enter into an achievement guarantee contract with the department, a school board that has entered into such a contract, other than the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119, may apply to the department to enter into such a contract on behalf of one additional school or more schools that meets meet the requirements under par. (b), (bg) or (br).

AB133-SSA1, s. 2103 Section 2103. 118.43 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1114,18 118.43 (2) (f) The department may not enter into an achievement guarantee contract with a school board on behalf of a school after June 30, 1999 2001.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2104 Section 2104. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1114,22 118.43 (3) Contract requirements. (intro.) Except as provided in par. pars. (am) and (ar), an achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to do all of the following in each participating school:

AB133-SSA1, s. 2105 Section 2105. 118.43 (3) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1114,25 118.43 (3) (ar) Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the 2000-01 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:

AB133-SSA1,1115,1 1. In the 2000-01 school year, in at least grades kindergarten and one.

AB133-SSA1,1115,2 2. In the 2001-02 school year, in at least grades kindergarten to 2.

AB133-SSA1,1115,4 3. In the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years, in at least grades kindergarten to 3.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2106 Section 2106. 118.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1115,16 118.43 (5) (b) At the end of the 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 school years Annually by June 30 through the 2003-04 school year, a committee consisting of the state superintendent, the chairpersons of the education committees in the senate and assembly and the individual chiefly responsible for the evaluation under sub. (7) shall review the progress made by each school for which an achievement guarantee contract has been entered into. The committee may recommend to the department that the department terminate a contract if the committee determines that the school board has violated the contract or if the school has made insufficient progress toward achieving its performance objectives under sub. (4) (c). The department may terminate the contract if it agrees with the committee's recommendation.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2106r Section 2106r. 118.43 (6) (b) 5. of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2107 Section 2107. 118.43 (6) (b) 6., 7. and 8. of the statutes are created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1115,25 118.43 (6) (b) 6. In the 2000-01 school year, divide the amount appropriated by the sum of the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (a) and (am) and the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten and one in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts under this section.

AB133-SSA1,1116,7 7. In the 2001-02 school year, divide the amount appropriated by the sum of the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 2 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts under this section.

AB133-SSA1,1116,12 8. In the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years, divide the amount appropriated by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and (ar) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts under this section.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2107f Section 2107f. 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. and amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1116,21 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. For each pupil attending a technical college under this subsection, the school board shall pay to the technical college district board, in 2 instalments payable upon initial enrollment and at the end of the semester, the following amount: a. If the pupil is attending the technical college for less than 7 credits that are eligible for high school credit, for those courses taken for high school credit, an amount equal to the cost of tuition, course fees and books for the pupil at the technical college.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2107g Section 2107g. 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2107n Section 2107n. 118.55 (7t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,1117,2 118.55 (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.

AB133-SSA1,1117,5 (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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2107r Section 2107r. 118.55 (7w) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 2107t Section 2107t. 118.55 (7w) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (7r) (f) and amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,1117,12 118.55 (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).