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1(am) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 8th grade examination
2adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) to all pupils
3enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the
4operator of the charter school has not developed and adopted its own 8th grade
5examination, the operator of the charter school shall provide a pupil with at least 2
6opportunities to take the examination administered under this subdivision.
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2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed
8or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils
9enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade. The operator of the charter school
10shall provide a pupil with at least 2 opportunities to take the examination
11administered under this subdivision.
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(b) Administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter
13school in the 10th grade.
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14Section
2081. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
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118.30
(2) (b) 1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under
16subch. V of ch. 115, the school board
or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40
17(2r) shall comply with s. 115.77
(1) (1m) (bg).
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2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent by rule, the
19school board
or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may determine not
20to administer an examination under this section to a limited-English speaking
21pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the pupil to be examined in his or
22her native language or may modify the format and administration of an examination
23for such pupils.
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1118.30
(2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school
2board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under
this
3section sub. (1m) (a), (am) or (b).
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118.30
(2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator
6of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall excuse the pupil from taking an
7examination administered under sub. (1r) (a), (am) or (b).
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118.30
(6) A school board
and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
11(2r) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or
12approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1)
(a) if the school board
or the
13operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations,
14the school board
or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent
15with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or
16approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1)
(a), and the federal department
17of education approves.
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19118.33 (title)
High school graduation standards; criteria for promotion.
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118.33
(6) (a) 1. Each school board shall adopt a written policy specifying the
24criteria for promoting a pupil from the 4th grade to the 5th grade and from the 8th
25grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination
1administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (a) or (am), unless the pupil has been excused from
2taking the examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b), the pupil's academic performance and
3the recommendations of teachers, and may include any other criteria specified by the
4school board. Except as provided in par. (b) 1., the criteria apply to pupils enrolled
5in charter schools located in the school district.
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2. Except as provided in par. (b) 2., beginning on September 1, 2002, a school
7board may not promote a 4th grade pupil enrolled in the school district, including a
8pupil enrolled in a charter school located in the school district, to the 5th grade, and
9may not promote an 8th grade pupil enrolled in the school district, including a pupil
10enrolled in a charter school located in the school district, to the 9th grade, unless the
11pupil satisfies the criteria for promotion specified in the school board's policy adopted
12under subd. 1.
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(b) 1. Each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall adopt a written
14policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 4th grade to the 5th grade
15and from the 8th grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the pupil's score
16on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1r) (a) or (am), unless the pupil has
17been excused from taking the examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b), the pupil's
18academic performance and the recommendations of teachers, and may include any
19other criteria specified by the operator of the charter school.
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2. Beginning on September 1, 2002, an operator of a charter school under s.
21118.40 (2r) may not promote a 4th grade pupil to the 5th grade, and may not promote
22an 8th grade pupil to the 9th grade, unless the pupil satisfies the criteria for
23promotion specified in the charter school operator's policy under subd. 1.
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1118.34
(4) The governor's work-based learning board shall review the local
2technical preparation programs established under sub. (1) as operated during the
31999-2000 fiscal year, the organizational structure used to implement those
4programs during that fiscal year and the allocation of funding to those programs for
5that fiscal year to determine whether those programs, that organizational structure
6and that allocation of funding should continue in the manner in which they were
7provided during the 1999-2000 fiscal year beyond that fiscal year and shall submit
8a plan for the implementation of those programs beyond the 1999-2000 fiscal year
9to the joint committee on finance by June 15, 2000. If the cochairpersons of the
10committee do not notify the governor's work-based learning board within 14 working
11days after the date of submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a
12meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan,
13notwithstanding subs. (1), (2) and (3). If within 14 working days after the date of
14submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the governor's
15work-based learning board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
16purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan, notwithstanding
17subs. (1), (2) and (3), only as approved or modified by the committee.
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118.40
(2) (a) Within 30 days after receiving a petition under sub. (1m) the
20school board shall hold a public hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the school
21board shall consider the level of employe and parental support for the establishment
22of the charter school described in the petition and the fiscal impact of the
23establishment of the charter school on the school district.
After the hearing, the
24school board may grant the petition.
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1118.40
(2) (c) The school board
of the school district operating under ch. 119 2shall either grant or deny the petition within 30 days after the public hearing. If the
3school board
of the school district operating under ch. 119 denies a petition, the
4person seeking to establish the charter school may, within 30 days after the denial,
5appeal the denial to the department. The department shall issue a decision within
630 days after receiving the appeal. The department's decision is final and not subject
7to judicial review under ch. 227.
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118.40
(2r) (d) 2. Administer the examinations under ss. 118.30
(1m) (1r) and
10121.02 (1) (r) to pupils enrolled in charter schools under this subsection.
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118.40
(2r) (e) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department
13shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
shared cost per
14member in the previous school year of the school district operating under ch. 119 sum
15of the amount paid under this paragraph in the previous school year and the amount
16of revenue increase per pupil allowed under subch. VII of ch. 121 in the current school
17year, multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school. The
18department shall pay 25% of the total amount in September, 25% in December, 25%
19in February and 25% in June. The department shall send the check to the operator
20of the charter school.
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118.40
(7) (am) 1. Except as provided in
subds. subd. 2.
and 3., if a charter
25school is established under sub. (2m) and located in the school district operating
1under ch. 119, the school board of that school district shall determine whether or not
2the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district. If the school board
3determines that a charter school is an instrumentality of the school district, the
4school board shall employ all personnel for the charter school. If the school board
5determines that a charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district, the
6school board may not employ any personnel for the charter school.
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118.43
(2) (a) The school board of any school district in which a school in the
11previous school year had an enrollment that was at least 50% low-income is eligible
12to participate in the program under this section
, except that a school board is eligible
13to participate in the program under this section in the 2000-01 school year if in the
141998-99 school year a school in the school district had an enrollment that was at least
1550% low-income.
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16Section
2097. 118.43 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.43
(2) (b) (intro.) In the 1996-97
and 1998-99 school
years year, the school
18board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee
19contract with the department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the
20following apply:
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118.43
(2) (bg) In the 1998-99 school year, the school board of an eligible school
23district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the
24department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the following apply:
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11. In the previous school year, the school had an enrollment that was at least
230% low-income.
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2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5
4program on behalf of the school under s. 115.45.
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118.43
(2) (br) In the 2000-01 school year, the school board of an eligible school
7district other than the school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into a 5-year
8achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or more
9schools in the school district if all of the following apply:
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1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least
1165% low-income.
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2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5
13program on behalf of any of the schools under s. 115.45.
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3. The school board, if eligible to participate in the program under this section
15in the 1996-97 and 1998-99 school years, had participated in the program during
16either school year.
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4. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.
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118.43
(2) (bt) In the 2000-01 school year, the school board of the school district
20operating under ch. 119 may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract
21with the department on behalf of one or more schools in the school district if all of the
22following apply:
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1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least
2465% low-income.
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12. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5
2program under s. 115.45 on behalf of any of the schools.
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3. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.
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118.43
(2) (c) Notwithstanding
par.
pars. (b)
and (bg), the school board of the
6school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into an achievement guarantee
7contract on behalf of up to 10 schools
under par. (b) and up to 10 schools under par.
8(bg).
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118.43
(2) (e) 1. If the school board of an eligible school district does not enter
11into an achievement guarantee contract with the department, a school board that
12has entered into such a contract, other than the school board of the school district
13operating under ch. 119, may apply to the department to enter into such a contract
14on behalf of one
additional school or more schools that
meets meet the requirements
15under par. (b)
, (bg) or (br).
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118.43
(2) (f) The department may not enter into an achievement guarantee
18contract with a school board on behalf of a school after June 30,
1999 2001.
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19Section
2104. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.43
(3) Contract requirements. (intro.) Except as provided in
par. pars. 21(am)
and (ar), an achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to
22do all of the following in each participating school:
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118.43
(3) (ar)
Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the
252000-01 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:
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11. In the 2000-01 school year, in at least grades kindergarten and one.
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2. In the 2001-02 school year, in at least grades kindergarten to 2.
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3. In the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years, in at least grades kindergarten to
43.
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(5) (b)
At the end of the 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and
72001-02 school years Annually by June 30 through the 2003-04 school year, a
8committee consisting of the state superintendent, the chairpersons of the education
9committees in the senate and assembly and the individual chiefly responsible for the
10evaluation under sub. (7) shall review the progress made by each school for which
11an achievement guarantee contract has been entered into. The committee may
12recommend to the department that the department terminate a contract if the
13committee determines that the school board has violated the contract or if the school
14has made insufficient progress toward achieving its performance objectives under
15sub. (4) (c). The department may terminate the contract if it agrees with the
16committee's recommendation.
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18Section
2107. 118.43 (6) (b) 6., 7. and 8. of the statutes are created to read:
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118.43
(6) (b) 6. In the 2000-01 school year, divide the amount appropriated
20by the sum of the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to
213 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (a) and (am) and the
22number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten and one in each school
23in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and multiply the quotient by the
24number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered
25by contracts under this section.
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17. In the 2001-02 school year, divide the amount appropriated by the sum of
2the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school
3in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and the number of low-income
4pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 2 in each school in this state covered by
5contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils
6enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts
7under this section.
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8. In the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years, divide the amount appropriated by
9the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school
10in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and (ar) and multiply the
11quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school
12district covered by contracts under this section.
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13Section 2107f. 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are consolidated,
14renumbered 118.55 (7r) (d) 1. and amended to read:
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118.55
(7r) (d) 1. For each pupil attending a technical college under this
16subsection, the school board shall pay to the technical college district board, in 2
17instalments payable upon initial enrollment and at the end of the semester,
the
18following amount: a. If the pupil is attending the technical college for less than 7
19credits that are eligible for high school credit, for those courses taken for high school
20credit, an amount equal to the cost of tuition, course fees and books for the pupil at
21the technical college.
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(7t) Limitations on participation and payment. (a) When a pupil gains
2512th grade status, as determined by the school board of the school district in which
1the pupil is enrolled, the pupil may participate in the program under this section for
2no more than 2 consecutive semesters.
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(b) If a school board is required to pay tuition on behalf of a pupil under sub.
4(5) (a) or (c) 1. or (7r) (d), the tuition charged may not exceed the amount that would
5be charged a pupil who is a resident of this state.
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7Section 2107t. 118.55 (7w) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (7r) (f) and
8amended to read:
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118.55
(7r) (f) A pupil taking a course at a technical college for high school
10credit under this
section subsection is not responsible for any portion of the tuition
11and fees for the course if the school board is required to pay the technical college for
12the course under
sub. (7r) par. (d).
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119.23
(2) (a) 1. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income
15that does not exceed an amount equal to 1.75 times the poverty level determined in
16accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of
17management and budget.
The requirement under this subdivision does not apply
18after the pupil's first school year of attendance at the private school under this
19section.
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20Section 2109p. 119.23 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (4) (intro.) and
21amended to read: