SB45: Bill Text

SB45,1001,6 1. In the previous school year, the school had an enrollment that was at least 30% low-income.

SB45,1001,8 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.

SB45, s. 2099 Section 2099. 118.43 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1001,13 118.43 (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:

SB45,1001,15 1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least 62% low-income.

SB45,1001,17 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.

SB45,1001,20 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.

SB45,1001,21 4. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.

SB45,1001,23 5. None of the schools is a school to which schools that are beneficiaries of contracts under this section are compared for the evaluation under sub. (7).

SB45, s. 2100 Section 2100. 118.43 (2) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1002,4 118.43 (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:

SB45,1002,6 1. In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least 80% low-income.

SB45,1002,8 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.

SB45,1002,9 3. None of the schools is a beneficiary of a contract under this section.

SB45,1002,11 4. None of the schools is a school to which schools that are beneficiaries of contracts under this section are compared for the evaluation under sub. (7).

SB45, s. 2101 Section 2101. 118.43 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1002,16 118.43 (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).

SB45, s. 2102 Section 2102. 118.43 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1002,23 118.43 (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).

SB45, s. 2103 Section 2103. 118.43 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1003,2 118.43 (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.

SB45, s. 2104 Section 2104. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1003,6 118.43 (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:

SB45, s. 2105 Section 2105. 118.43 (3) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1003,9 118.43 (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:

SB45,1003,10 1. In the 2000-01 school year, in at least grades kindergarten and one.

SB45,1003,11 2. In the 2001-02 school year, in at least grades kindergarten to 2.

SB45,1003,13 3. In the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years, in at least grades kindergarten to 3.

SB45, s. 2106 Section 2106. 118.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1003,25 118.43 (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.

SB45, s. 2107 Section 2107. 118.43 (6) (b) 6., 7. and 8. of the statutes are created to read:

SB45,1004,8 118.43 (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.

SB45,1004,15 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.

SB45,1004,20 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.

SB45, s. 2108 Section 2108. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1005,4 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38 (2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (25), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34) and (35) and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.

SB45, s. 2109 Section 2109. 119.18 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 118.36 and amended to read:

SB45,1005,17 118.36 School closings. The If a school board may close closes any school that it determines is low in performance by adopting, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect. If the superintendent of schools school district administrator recommends to the school board that a school be closed for low performance, he or she shall state the reasons for the recommendation in writing. If the school board closes a the school, the superintendent of schools school district administrator may reassign the school's staff members without regard to seniority in service and may reassign other employes of the school board to the school without regard to seniority in service. If the school board reopens the school, the superintendent of schools school district administrator may reassign staff members to the school without regard to seniority in service.

SB45, s. 2110 Section 2110. 119.23 (5) (intro.) and (c) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 119.23 (5) and amended to read:

SB45,1005,22 119.23 (5) The state superintendent shall: (c) Ensure ensure that pupils and parents and guardians of pupils who reside in the city are informed annually of the private schools participating in the program under this section.

SB45, s. 2111 Section 2111. 119.23 (5) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 2112 Section 2112. 119.23 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 2113 Section 2113. 119.235 of the statutes is renumbered 118.37, and 118.37 (1), (2) (intro.), (b), (d), (e) 2. and (f), and (3) to (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45,1006,10 118.37 (1) The A school board may contract with any nonsectarian private school located in the city school district or any nonsectarian private agency located in the city school district to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter. The school board shall ensure that each private school or agency under contract with the board complies with ss. 118.125 and 118.13, 20 USC 1232g, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, 20 USC 3171 to 3197, 29 USC 794, 42 USC 2000d and 42 USC 6101 to 6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that apply to public schools.

SB45,1006,12 (2) (intro.) Each private school or agency under contract with the school board shall do all of the following:

SB45,1006,13 (b) Participate in the school board's parent information program.

SB45,1006,14 (d) Meet insurance and financial requirements established by the school board.

SB45,1006,16 (e) 2. A pupil selection process that gives preference to the siblings of enrolled pupils and that gives no other preferences except those approved by the school board.

SB45,1006,17 (f) Report to the school board any information requested by the school board.

SB45,1006,20 (3) Any pupil enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter may attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the school board has contracted under sub. (1) if space is available in the private school or agency.

SB45,1006,24 (4) The school board shall establish appropriate, quantifiable performance standards for pupils at each private school or agency with which it contracts in such areas as attendance, reading achievement, pupil retention, pupil promotion, parent surveys, credits earned and grade point average.

SB45,1007,4 (5) Annually, the school board shall monitor the performance of the program under this section. The school board may use the results of standardized basic educational skills tests to do so. The school board shall include a summary of its findings in its annual report to the state superintendent under s. 119.44.

SB45, s. 2114 Section 2114. 119.48 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1007,9 119.48 (4) (b) The communication shall state the purposes for which the funds from the increase in the levy rate will be used and shall request the common council to submit to the voters of the city the question of exceeding the levy rate specified in s. 65.07 (1) (f) at the September election or a special election.

SB45, s. 2115 Section 2115. 119.48 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1007,24 119.48 (4) (c) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall cause the question of exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) to be submitted to the voters of the city at the September election or at a special election next regularly scheduled spring election or general election that occurs not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication or at a special election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year if that date occurs not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication. The question of exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) shall be submitted upon a separate ballot or in some other manner so that the vote upon exceeding the levy rate specified in s. 65.07 (1) (f) is taken separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f), the common council shall approve the increase in the levy rate and shall levy and collect a tax equal to the amount of money approved by the electors.

SB45, s. 2116 Section 2116. 119.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1008,5 119.49 (1) (b) The communication shall state the amount of funds needed under par. (a) and the purposes for which the funds will be used and shall request the common council to submit to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city the question of issuing school bonds in the amount and for the purposes stated in the communication.

SB45, s. 2117 Section 2117. 119.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1008,19 119.49 (2) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall cause the question of issuing such school bonds in the stated amount and for the stated school purposes to be submitted to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city regularly scheduled spring election or general election that occurs not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication or at a special election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year if that date occurs not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication. The question of issuing such school bonds shall be submitted upon a separate ballot or in some other manner so that the vote upon issuing such school bonds is taken separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the school bond question favors issuing such school bonds, the common council shall cause the school bonds to be issued immediately or within the period permitted by law, in the amount requested by the board and in the manner other bonds are issued.

SB45, s. 2118 Section 2118. 119.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1008,23 119.71 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 in each school year.

SB45, s. 2119 Section 2119. 119.72 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1009,3 119.72 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 for the program under this section in each school year.

SB45, s. 2120 Section 2120. 119.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1009,7 119.75 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 in each school year.

SB45, s. 2121 Section 2121. 119.80 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1009,11 119.80 (1) The board shall submit to the governor a proposal for the expenditure of the funds in the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) and (kp) in each school year.

SB45, s. 2122 Section 2122. 119.80 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1009,18 119.80 (1m) Annually by June 1, the governor shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a proposal for the expenditure of the funds in the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) and (kp) in the following school year. By June 15, each such standing committee may submit written recommendations on the proposal to the joint committee on finance.

SB45, s. 2123 Section 2123. 119.80 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1009,22 119.80 (4) The department may not distribute any funds in the appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) or (kp) in any fiscal year until the spending plan for that fiscal year has been approved.

SB45, s. 2124 Section 2124. 119.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1010,3 119.82 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec) (kp), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amount specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 in each school year for the programs under sub. (1).

SB45, s. 2125 Section 2125. 120.13 (26r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1010,7 120.13 (26r) Contracts for outpatient mental health and developmental disabilities services. Contract with the department of health and family services for outpatient services under s. 51.07 (4) 46.043.

SB45, s. 2126 Section 2126. 120.13 (27m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1010,21 120.13 (27m) Transportation of indigent pupils. Provide transportation to and from school for indigent pupils who reside in the school district and who are not required to be transported under s. 121.54. In this subsection, "indigent pupils" means pupils who are eligible for free lunches or reduced-price lunches under 42 USC 1758 or aid to 18-year-old students under s. 49.20 or for whom aid to families with dependent children is being received under s. 49.19 or who are members of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), with a member who is participating in Wisconsin works under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) or any combination thereof, as determined by the school board. If a school board determines to provide transportation under this subsection, there shall be reasonable uniformity in the transportation furnished such pupils whether they attend public or private schools. The cost of transporting pupils under this subsection may not be included in the school district's shared cost under s. 121.07 (6) (a).

SB45, s. 2127 Section 2127. 121.004 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1011,2 121.004 (7) (a) (intro.) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars. (b) to (e) (f). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.

SB45, s. 2128 Section 2128. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1011,7 121.004 (7) (f) A pupil who transfers from one school district to another under s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as 0.5 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.5 by the appropriate fraction under under par. (c), (cm) or (d).

SB45, s. 2129 Section 2129. 121.02 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1011,12 121.02 (1) (r) Annually Except as provided in s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 2., annually administer a standardized reading test developed by the department to all pupils enrolled in the school district in grade 3, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district.

SB45, s. 2130 Section 2130. 121.02 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1011,16 121.02 (1) (s) Administer the examinations as required under s. 118.30 (1m) (a), (am) and (b) and, beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, administer the high school graduation examination required under s. 118.30 (1m) (d).

SB45, s. 2131 Section 2131. 121.05 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 2132 Section 2132. 121.05 (1) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1011,20 121.05 (1) (a) 9. Pupils enrolled in a charter school , other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r).