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).
SB45, s. 2100
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.
SB45, s. 2106
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.
SB45, s. 2116
25Section
2116. 119.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1119.49
(1) (b) The communication shall state the amount of funds needed under
2par. (a) and the purposes for which the funds will be used and shall request the
3common council to submit to the voters of the city
at the next election held in the city 4the question of issuing school bonds in the amount and for the purposes stated in the
5communication.
SB45, s. 2117
6Section
2117. 119.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.49
(2) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall cause
8the question of issuing such school bonds in the stated amount and for the stated
9school purposes to be submitted to the voters of the city at the next
election held in
10the city regularly scheduled spring election or general election that occurs not sooner
11than 45 days after receipt of the communication or at a special election held on the
12Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year if that date
13occurs not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication. The question of
14issuing such school bonds shall be submitted upon a separate ballot or in some other
15manner so that the vote upon issuing such school bonds is taken separately from any
16other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the
17school bond question favors issuing such school bonds, the common council shall
18cause the school bonds to be issued immediately or within the period permitted by
19law, in the amount requested by the board and in the manner other bonds are issued.
SB45, s. 2118
20Section
2118. 119.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.71
(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(ec) (kp), the state
22superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan
23under s. 119.80 in each school year.
SB45, s. 2119
24Section
2119. 119.72 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1119.72
(5) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(ec) (kp), the state
2superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan
3under s. 119.80 for the program under this section in each school year.
SB45, s. 2120
4Section
2120. 119.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.75
(2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(ec) (kp), the state
6superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan
7under s. 119.80 in each school year.
SB45, s. 2121
8Section
2121. 119.80 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.80
(1) The board shall submit to the governor a proposal for the
10expenditure of the funds in the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ec)
11and (kp) in each school year.
SB45, s. 2122
12Section
2122. 119.80 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.80
(1m) Annually by June 1, the governor shall submit to the joint
14committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
15under s. 13.172 (3) a proposal for the expenditure of the funds in the
appropriation 16appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ec)
and (kp) in the following school year. By
17June 15, each such standing committee may submit written recommendations on
18the proposal to the joint committee on finance.
SB45, s. 2123
19Section
2123. 119.80 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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119.80
(4) The department may not distribute any funds in the appropriations
21under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) or (kp) in any fiscal year until the spending plan for that fiscal
22year has been approved.
SB45, s. 2124
23Section
2124. 119.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1119.82
(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(ec) (kp), the state
2superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan
3under s. 119.80 in each school year for the programs under sub. (1).
SB45, s. 2125
4Section
2125. 120.13 (26r) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.13
(26r) Contracts for outpatient mental health and developmental
6disabilities services. Contract with the department of health and family services for
7outpatient services under s.
51.07 (4) 46.043.
SB45, s. 2126
8Section
2126. 120.13 (27m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.13
(27m) Transportation of indigent pupils. Provide transportation to
10and from school for indigent pupils who reside in the school district and who are not
11required to be transported under s. 121.54. In this subsection, "indigent pupils"
12means pupils
who are eligible for free lunches or reduced-price lunches under
42
13USC 1758 or aid to 18-year-old students under s. 49.20 or for whom aid to families
14with dependent children is being received under s. 49.19 or who are members of a
15Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), with a member who is
16participating in Wisconsin works under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) or any combination
17thereof, as determined by the school board. If a school board determines to provide
18transportation under this subsection, there shall be reasonable uniformity in the
19transportation furnished such pupils whether they attend public or private schools.
20The cost of transporting pupils under this subsection may not be included in the
21school district's shared cost under s. 121.07 (6) (a).
SB45, s. 2127
22Section
2127. 121.004 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.004
(7) (a) (intro.) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as
24expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as
25provided in pars. (b) to
(e) (f). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed
1as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the
2number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.
SB45, s. 2128
3Section
2128. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
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121.004
(7) (f) A pupil
who transfers from one school district to another under
5s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as
60.5 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying
70.5 by the appropriate fraction under under par. (c), (cm) or (d).
SB45, s. 2129
8Section
2129. 121.02 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.02
(1) (r)
Annually Except as provided in s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 2., annually 10administer a standardized reading test developed by the department to all pupils
11enrolled in the school district in grade 3, including pupils enrolled in charter schools
12located in the school district.
SB45, s. 2130
13Section
2130. 121.02 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read: