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1. If the operator of the charter school does not administer its own 4th grade
5examination under sub. (1r) (a) 2., the pupil's score in each subject area on the
6examination administered under sub. (1r) (a) 1. is at the basic level or above, as
7determined by the state superintendent.
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2. If the operator of the charter school board administers its own 4th grade
9examination under sub. (1r) (a) 2., the pupil achieves a passing score on that
10examination, as determined by the operator of the charter school.
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(b) Except as provided in par. (c), beginning on July 1, 2002, the operator of a
12charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may not promote an 8th grade pupil to the 9th
13grade unless one of the following applies:
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1. If the operator of the charter school board does not administer its own 8th
15grade examination under sub. (1r) (am) 2., the pupil's score in each subject area on
16the examination administered under sub. (1r) (am) 1. is at the basic level or above,
17as determined by the state superintendent.
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2. If the operator of the charter school administers its own 8th grade
19examination under sub. (1r) (am) 2., the pupil achieves a passing score on that
20examination, as determined by the operator of the charter school.
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(c) The operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall develop
22alternative criteria for evaluating a pupil who did not take the 4th grade or the 8th
23grade examination that was required for promotion as a result of sub. (2) (b). The
24operator of the charter school may promote a pupil who did not take the examination
1that was required for promotion as a result of sub. (2) (b) if the pupil satisfies the
2alternative criteria.
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3Section
2084. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.30
(6) A school board
and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
5(2r) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or
6approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a) if the school board
or the
7operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations,
8the school board
or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent
9with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or
10approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) (a), and the federal department
11of education approves.
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12Section
2085. 118.33 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.33
(1) (cm) Except as provided in par. (e), beginning on September 1, 2002,
14neither a school board
nor an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may
15not grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has passed the high
16school graduation examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (d)
or (1r) (d). A
17school board
and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall provide a
18pupil with at least 4 opportunities to take the examination
in the high school grades.
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19Section
2086. 118.33 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.33
(1) (e) Each school board
and operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
21(2r) shall develop alternative criteria for evaluating a pupil who has been excused
22from the high school graduation examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b)
3. 1. or 2. A
23school board may grant a high school diploma to a pupil who has been excused from
24the high school graduation examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b)
3. 1. or 2. if the pupil
25satisfies all of the other requirements under this subsection and satisfies the
other
1alternative criteria.
The operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may grant
2a high school diploma to a pupil who has been excused from the high school
3graduation examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. or 2. if the pupil satisfies the
4alternative criteria.
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5Section
2087. 118.38 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.38
(1) (a) 7. Licensure or certification under s. 115.28
(7) or (7m)
other than
7the licensure of the school district administrator or business manager.
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8Section
2088. 118.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.40
(2) (a) Within 30 days after receiving a petition under sub. (1m) the
10school board shall hold a public hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the school
11board shall consider the level of employe and parental support for the establishment
12of the charter school described in the petition and the fiscal impact of the
13establishment of the charter school on the school district.
After the hearing, the
14school board may grant the petition.
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15Section
2089. 118.40 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.40
(2) (c) The school board
of the school district operating under ch. 119 17shall either grant or deny the petition within 30 days after the public hearing. If the
18school board
of the school district operating under ch. 119 denies a petition, the
19person seeking to establish the charter school may, within 30 days after the denial,
20appeal the denial to the department. The department shall issue a decision within
2130 days after receiving the appeal. The department's decision is final and not subject
22to judicial review under ch. 227.
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23Section
2090. 118.40 (2r) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.40
(2r) (d) 2. Administer the examinations under ss. 118.30
(1m) (1r) and
25121.02 (1) (r) to pupils enrolled in charter schools under this subsection.
SB45, s. 2091
1Section
2091. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
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2Section
2092. 118.40 (2r) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
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3Section
2093. 118.40 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.40
(7) (am) 1. Except as provided in
subds. subd. 2.
and 3., if a charter
5school is established under sub. (2m) and located in the school district operating
6under ch. 119, the school board of that school district shall determine whether or not
7the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district. If the school board
8determines that a charter school is an instrumentality of the school district, the
9school board shall employ all personnel for the charter school. If the school board
10determines that a charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district, the
11school board may not employ any personnel for the charter school.
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12Section
2094. 118.40 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
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13Section
2095. 118.42 of the statutes is repealed.
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14Section
2096. 118.43 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.43
(2) (a) The school board of any school district in which a school in the
16previous school year had an enrollment that was at least 50% low-income is eligible
17to participate in the program under this section
, except that a school board is eligible
18to participate in the program under this section in the 2000-01 school year if in the
191998-99 school year a school in the school district had an enrollment that was at least
2050% low-income.
SB45, s. 2097
21Section
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
23board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee
24contract with the department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the
25following apply:
SB45, s. 2098
1Section
2098. 118.43 (2) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.43
(2) (bg) In the 1998-99 school year, the school board of an eligible school
3district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the
4department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the following apply:
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1. In the previous school year, the school had an enrollment that was at least
630% low-income.
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2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5
8program on behalf of the school under s. 115.45.
SB45, s. 2099
9Section
2099. 118.43 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.43
(2) (br) In the 2000-01 school year, the school board of an eligible school
11district other than the school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into a 5-year
12achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or more
13schools 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
1562% low-income.
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2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5
17program 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
19in the 1996-97 and 1998-99 school years, had participated in the program during
20either school year.
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4. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.
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5. None of the schools is a school to which schools that are beneficiaries of
23contracts under this section are compared for the evaluation under sub. (7).
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24Section
2100. 118.43 (2) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:
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1118.43
(2) (bt) In the 2000-01 school year, the school board of the school district
2operating under ch. 119 may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract
3with the department on behalf of one or more schools in the school district if all of the
4following apply:
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1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least
680% low-income.
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2. The school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5
8program 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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4. None of the schools is a school to which schools that are beneficiaries of
11contracts under this section are compared for the evaluation under sub. (7).
SB45, s. 2101
12Section
2101. 118.43 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.43
(2) (c) Notwithstanding
par.
pars. (b)
and (bg), the school board of the
14school district operating under ch. 119 may enter into an achievement guarantee
15contract on behalf of up to 10 schools
under par. (b) and up to 10 schools under par.
16(bg).
SB45, s. 2102
17Section
2102. 118.43 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.43
(2) (e) 1. If the school board of an eligible school district does not enter
19into an achievement guarantee contract with the department, a school board that
20has entered into such a contract, other than the school board of the school district
21operating under ch. 119, may apply to the department to enter into such a contract
22on behalf of one
additional school or more schools that
meets meet the requirements
23under par. (b)
, (bg) or (br).
SB45, s. 2103
24Section
2103. 118.43 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.43
(2) (f) The department may not enter into an achievement guarantee
2contract with a school board on behalf of a school after June 30,
1999 2001.
SB45, s. 2104
3Section
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. 5(am)
and (ar), an achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to
6do all of the following in each participating school:
SB45, s. 2105
7Section
2105. 118.43 (3) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.43
(3) (ar)
Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the
92000-01 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:
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1. 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
133.
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14Section
2106. 118.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.43
(5) (b)
At the end of the 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and
162001-02 school years Annually by June 30 through the 2003-04 school year, a
17committee consisting of the state superintendent, the chairpersons of the education
18committees in the senate and assembly and the individual chiefly responsible for the
19evaluation under sub. (7) shall review the progress made by each school for which
20an achievement guarantee contract has been entered into. The committee may
21recommend to the department that the department terminate a contract if the
22committee determines that the school board has violated the contract or if the school
23has made insufficient progress toward achieving its performance objectives under
24sub. (4) (c). The department may terminate the contract if it agrees with the
25committee's recommendation.
SB45, s. 2107
1Section
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
3by the sum of the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to
43 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (a) and (am) and the
5number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten and one in each school
6in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and multiply the quotient by the
7number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered
8by contracts under this section.
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7. In the 2001-02 school year, divide the amount appropriated by the sum of
10the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school
11in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and the number of low-income
12pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 2 in each school in this state covered by
13contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils
14enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts
15under this section.
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8. In the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years, divide the amount appropriated by
17the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school
18in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and (ar) and multiply the
19quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school
20district covered by contracts under this section.
SB45, s. 2108
21Section
2108. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.04
(1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c),
23115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38
24(2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04,
118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to
25118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
1118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30
2to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (25), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2)
3(b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34) and (35) and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st
4class city school district and board.
SB45, s. 2109
5Section
2109. 119.18 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 118.36 and amended
6to read:
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7118.36 School closings. The If a school board
may close closes any school that
8it determines is low in performance
by adopting, it shall adopt a resolution to that
9effect. If the
superintendent of schools school district administrator recommends to
10the
school board that a school be closed
for low performance, he or she shall state the
11reasons for the recommendation in writing. If the
school board closes
a the school,
12the
superintendent of schools school district administrator may reassign the school's
13staff members without regard to seniority in service and may reassign other
14employes of the
school board to the school without regard to seniority in service. If
15the
school board reopens the school, the
superintendent of schools school district
16administrator may reassign staff members to the school without regard to seniority
17in service.
SB45, s. 2110
18Section
2110. 119.23 (5) (intro.) and (c) of the statutes are consolidated,
19renumbered 119.23 (5) and amended to read:
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119.23
(5) The state superintendent shall
: (c) Ensure ensure that pupils and
21parents and guardians of pupils who reside in the city are informed annually of the
22private schools participating in the program under this section.
SB45, s. 2111
23Section
2111. 119.23 (5) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2112
24Section
2112. 119.23 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2113
1Section
2113. 119.235 of the statutes is renumbered 118.37, and 118.37 (1),
2(2) (intro.), (b), (d), (e) 2. and (f), and (3) to (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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118.37
(1) The A school board may contract with any nonsectarian private
4school located in the
city school district or any nonsectarian private agency located
5in the
city school district to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled in the
6school district
operating under this chapter. The
school board shall ensure that each
7private school or agency under contract with the board complies with ss. 118.125 and
8118.13,
20 USC 1232g,
20 USC 1681 to
1688,
20 USC 3171 to
3197,
29 USC 794,
42
9USC 2000d and
42 USC 6101 to
6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that
10apply to public schools.
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11(2) (intro.) Each private school or agency under contract with the
school board
12shall do all of the following:
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(b) Participate in the
school board's parent information program.
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(d) Meet insurance and financial requirements established by the
school board.
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(e) 2. A pupil selection process that gives preference to the siblings of enrolled
16pupils and that gives no other preferences except those approved by the
school board.
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(f) Report to the
school board any information requested by the
school board.
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18(3) Any pupil enrolled in the school district
operating under this chapter may
19attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the
school board has
20contracted under sub. (1) if space is available in the private school or agency.
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21(4) The
school board shall establish appropriate, quantifiable performance
22standards for pupils at each private school or agency with which it contracts in such
23areas as attendance, reading achievement, pupil retention, pupil promotion, parent
24surveys, credits earned and grade point average.
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1(5) Annually, the
school board shall monitor the performance of the program
2under this section. The
school board may use the results of standardized basic
3educational skills tests to do so. The
school board shall include a summary of its
4findings in its annual report to the state superintendent
under s. 119.44.
SB45, s. 2114
5Section
2114. 119.48 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.48
(4) (b) The communication shall state the purposes for which the funds
7from the increase in the levy rate will be used and shall request the common council
8to submit to the voters of the city the question of exceeding the levy rate specified in
9s. 65.07 (1) (f)
at the September election or a special election.
SB45, s. 2115
10Section
2115. 119.48 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.48
(4) (c) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall
12cause the question of exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) to be
13submitted to the voters of the city at the
September election or at a special election 14next regularly scheduled spring election or general election that occurs not sooner
15than 45 days after receipt of the communication or at a special election held on the
16Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year if that date
17occurs not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication. The question of
18exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) shall be submitted upon a
19separate ballot or in some other manner so that the vote upon exceeding the levy rate
20specified in s. 65.07 (1) (f) is taken separately from any other question submitted to
21the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors exceeding the
22levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f), the common council shall approve the
23increase in the levy rate and shall levy and collect a tax equal to the amount of money
24approved by the electors.
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25Section
2116. 119.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: