Amendment JR2 SA2-SSA1-AB1

AB1-SSA1-SA2,303,16 115.9995 Educational telecommunications access program. (1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the department shall promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program to provide educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,303,17 (2) The rules promulgated under sub. (1) shall do all of the following:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,303,24 (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to either one data line or one video link, except that any educational agency may request access to additional data lines if the agency shows to the satisfaction of the department that the additional data lines are more cost-effective than a single data line and except that a school district that operates more than one high school or a public library board that operates more than one library facility may request access to both a data line and a video link and access to more than one data line or video link.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,6 (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to participate in the program established under sub. (1), including a requirement that a charter school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of secured correctional facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,8 (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under sub. (1).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,13 (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more than $250 per month for each data line or video link that is provided to the educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line or video link that relies on a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits per second.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,14 (e) Include the protections specified in s. 196.209 (4) (a) and (b).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,16 (f) Ensure that secured correctional facilities that receive access under this section to data lines and video links use them only for educational purposes.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,18 (2g) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) may not do any of the following:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,20 (a) Provide access to the data line to any business entity, as defined in s. 13.62 (5).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,304,23 (b) Request access to an additional data line for purposes of providing access to bandwidth to a political subdivision under a shared service agreement under sub. (2r) (a).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,305,7 (2r) (a) A public library board that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) may enter into a shared service agreement with a political subdivision that provides the political subdivision with access to any excess bandwidth on the data line that is not used by the public library board, except that a public library board may not sell, resell, or transfer in consideration for money or anything of value to a political subdivision access to any excess bandwidth. A shared service agreement under this paragraph is not valid unless the agreement allows the public library board to cancel the agreement at any time after providing notice to the political subdivision.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,305,10 (b) A political subdivision that obtains access to bandwidth under a shared service agreement under par. (a) may not receive compensation for providing any other person with access to the bandwidth.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,305,13 (c) A public library board shall provide the department with written notice within 30 days after entering into or modifying a shared service agreement under par. (a).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,305,18 (4) If the federal communications commission promulgates or modifies rules that provide rate discounts for telecommunications services to educational agencies under 47 USC 254, the governor shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that includes any recommended changes to statutes or rules with respect to funding the program established under sub. (1).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,6 (6) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (4) (s) or (tm), the department may award an annual grant to a school district or private school that had in effect on October 14, 1997, a contract for access to a data line or video link, as documented by the department. The department shall determine the amount of the grant, which shall be equal to the cost incurred by the state to provide telecommunications access to a school district or private school under a contract entered into under s. 16.971 (13) or (15) less the amount that the school district or private school would be paying under sub. (2) (d) if the school district or private school were participating in the program established under sub. (1), except that the amount may not be greater than the cost that a school district or private school incurs under the contract in effect on October 14, 1997. A school district or private school receiving a grant under this subsection is not eligible to participate in the program under sub. (1). No grant may be awarded under this subsection after December 31, 2005.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,10 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may award a school district that operates more than one high school and that had in effect on October 14, 1997, a contract for access to more than one data line or video link an annual grant for each data line or video link serving each high school covered by that contract.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,11 365. Page 159, line 17: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,12 " Section 280m. 118.12 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,18 118.12 (4) If a school board enters into a contract that grants to one vendor the exclusive right to sell soft drinks in one or more schools of the school district, the contract may not prohibit the sale of milk in any school and, to the maximum extent possible, the school board shall ensure that milk is available to pupils in each school covered by the contract whenever and wherever the soft drinks are available to pupils.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,19 366. Page 159, line 17: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,306,20 " Section 280p. 118.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,307,6 118.15 (3) (d) Any child excused in writing by his or her parent or guardian and by the principal of the school that the child attends for the purpose of serving as an election official under s. 7.30 (2) (am). A principal may not excuse a child under this paragraph unless the child has at least a 3.0 grade point average or the equivalent. The principal shall allow the child to take examinations and complete course work missed during the child's absences under this paragraph. The principal shall promptly notify the municipal clerk or the board of election commissioners of the municipality that appointed the child as an election official if the child ceases to be enrolled in school or if the child no longer has at least a 3.0 grade point average or the equivalent.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,307,7 367. Page 160, line 3: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,307,8 " Section 281b. 118.30 (1g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,307,13 118.30 (1g) (a) 1. By August 1, 1998, each school board shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history. If the governor has issued The school board may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as an executive order under s. 14.23, the school board may adopt those standards no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 281d Section 281d. 118.30 (1g) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,307,21 118.30 (1g) (a) 3. By January 1, 2003, or by January 1 of the first school year in which the private school participates in the program under s. 119.23, whichever is later, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history. The governing body of the private school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 281f Section 281f. 118.30 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,308,13 118.30 (1g) (b) Each school board operating high school grades and, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that operates high school grades, and the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 that operates high school grades shall adopt a high school graduation examination that is designed to measure whether pupils meet the pupil academic standards adopted by the school board or, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school under par. (a). If the school board or, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school has adopted the pupil academic standards issued as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998, the school board or, operator of the charter school , or governing body of the private school may adopt the high school graduation examination developed by the department under sub. (1) (b). If a school board or, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school develops and adopts its own high school graduation examination, it shall notify the department annually by October 1 that it intends to administer the examination in the following school year.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 281h Section 281h. 118.30 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,308,23 118.30 (1g) (c) Each school board operating elementary grades and, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that operates elementary grades, and the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 that operates elementary grades may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th grade and may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 8th grade. If the school board or, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school develops or adopts an examination under this paragraph, it shall notify the department.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,308,24 368. Page 160, line 18: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,1 " Section 283c. 118.30 (1s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,3 118.30 (1s) Annually the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall do all of the following:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,6 (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 attending the 4th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,9 2. Beginning on July 1, 2003, if the governing body of the private school has developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils attending the 4th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,12 (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 attending the 8th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,15 2. Beginning on July 1, 2003, if the governing body of the private school has developed or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils attending the 8th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,17 (b) Administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils attending the 10th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,309,24 (d) If the private school operates high school grades, beginning in the 2004-05 school year administer the high school graduation examination adopted by the governing body of the private school under sub. (1g) (b) to all pupils attending the 11th and 12th grades at the private school under s. 119.23. The governing body of the private school shall administer the examination at least twice each school year and may administer the examination only to pupils attending the 11th and 12th grades.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 283g Section 283g. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,310,4 118.30 (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 a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), or governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 283n Section 283n. 118.30 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,310,12 118.30 (2) (b) 2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent by rule, the school board or, operator of the a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), or governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a limited-English proficient 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.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 283r Section 283r. 118.30 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,310,16 118.30 (2) (b) 5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 283w Section 283w. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,2 118.30 (6) A school board and, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), and the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) if the school board or, the operator of the charter school, or the governing body of the private school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations, the school board or , operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school provides the state superintendent with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), and the federal department of education approves.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,4 369. Page 160, line 19: delete "of the statutes is" and substitute "1. and 2. of the statutes are".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,5 370. Page 161, line 7: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,6 " Section 284d. 118.33 (1) (f) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,12 118.33 (1) (f) 2m. By September 1, 2004, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall develop a policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma to pupils attending the private school under s. 119.23. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1s) (d), the pupil's academic performance, and the recommendations of teachers.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,13 371. Page 161, line 8: delete lines 8 to 11 and substitute:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,14 " Section 284e. 118.33 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,311,22 118.33 (1) (f) 3. Beginning on September 1, 2003 2005, neither a school board nor an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the school board's or charter school's policy under subd. 1. or 2. Beginning on September 1, 2005, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil attending the private school under s. 119.23 unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the governing body's policy under subd. 2m.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284f Section 284f. 118.33 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,312,9 118.33 (6) (c) 1. The governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil who is attending the private school under s. 119.23 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 (1s) (a) or (am), unless the pupil has been excused from taking the examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b); the pupil's academic performance; the recommendations of teachers, which shall be based solely on the pupil's academic performance; and any other academic criteria specified by the governing body of the private school.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,312,15 2. Beginning on September 1, 2003, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 may not promote a 4th grade pupil who is attending the private school under s. 119.23 to the 5th grade, and may not promote an 8th grade pupil who is attending the private school under s. 119.23 to the 9th grade, unless the pupil satisfies the criteria for promotion specified in the governing body's policy under subd. 1.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284g Section 284g. 118.40 (4) (a) 3. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,312,20 118.40 (4) (a) 3. Permit public inspection and copying of any record, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), of the charter school to the same extent as is required of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, an authority under subch. II of ch. 19.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,312,23 4. Provide public access to meetings of the governing body of the charter school to the same extent as is required of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, a governmental body under subch. V of ch. 19.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284h Section 284h. 118.40 (4) (b) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 118.40 (4) (b) and amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,2 118.40 (4) (b) Restrictions. A charter school may not do any of the following: 1. Charge charge tuition.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284i Section 284i. 118.40 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284k Section 284k. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. and 7. of the statutes are created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,8 119.23 (2) (a) 6. The governing body of the private school permits public inspection and copying of any record, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), of the private school to the same extent as is required of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, an authority under subch. II of ch. 19.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,11 7. The governing body of the private school provides public access to its meetings to the same extent as is required of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, a governmental body under subch. V of ch. 19.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284L Section 284L. 119.23 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,15 119.23 (10) Each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer to the pupils attending the 3rd grade in the private school under this section a standardized reading test developed by the department.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,16 372. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,17 " Section 284d. 120.18 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,21 120.18 (1) (i) A description of the educational technology used by the school district, including the uses made of the technology, the cost of the technology and the number of persons using or served by the technology. In this paragraph, "educational technology" has the meaning given in s. 44.70 (3) 115.997 (3).".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,22 373. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,313,24 " Section 284g. 119.23 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,5 119.23 (4) (b) 2. In the 2002-03 school year, $2,000 for a pupil enrolled in the elementary grades and $3,000 for a pupil enrolled in the high school grades; and in the 2003-04 school year and in each school year thereafter, $1,000 for a pupil enrolled in the elementary grades and $1,500 for a pupil enrolled in the high school grades.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 284k Section 284k. 119.23 (4p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,9 119.23 (4p) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under subs. (4) and (4m), the state superintendent shall prorate the payments.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,10 374. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,11 " Section 284fc. 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,15 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.89, 632.895 (9) to (14) (15), 632.896 , and 767.25 (4m) (d).".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,16 375. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,314,17 " Section 284k. 118.51 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,315,2 118.51 (10) Pupil assignment. A nonresident school board may assign pupils accepted to attend public school in the school district under this section to a school or program within the school district, except that until July 1, 2004, a nonresident school board may not assign a pupil to a school or program in which the pupil will receive less than 50% of his or her instruction from a licensed teacher who is present in the same room as the pupil. The school board may give preference in attendance at a school, program, class or grade to residents of the school district who live outside the school's attendance area.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,315,3 376. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,315,4 " Section 284j. 119.85 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,315,6 119.85 Enhanced capacity and quality aid. Annually the state shall pay to the board the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ec).".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,315,7 377. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,315,8 " Section 284c. 119.32 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: