For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 1088, line 9: after that line insert:
"(3m) OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM. By March 1, 2006, the department of public instruction shall submit to the governor and the joint committee on finance a report on the feasibility and cost of developing and implementing a statewide Internet-based application and reporting system for the open enrollment program under section 118.51 of the statutes.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Kava - MPCP and charter schools; pupil eligibility, special ed reimbursement, teacher requirements
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 904, line 17: after "need." insert "A school board may contract with a charter school to provide special education services to pupils attending the charter school if the charter school is under contract with the school board under s. 118.40 (2m) and the charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district.".
2.
Page 904, line 17: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1877m. 115.88 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (1m) (a) If, upon receipt of the plan under s. 115.77 (4), the state superintendent is satisfied that the special education program has been maintained during the preceding school year in accordance with law, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each county, cooperative educational service agency, and school district maintaining such special education program a sum equal to the amount expended by the county, agency, and school district during the preceding year for salaries of personnel enumerated in sub. (1), including, the salary portion of any authorized contract for physical or occupational therapy services,; the salary portion of any contract to provide special education services to pupils attending a charter school, as authorized under sub. (1); and other expenses approved by the state superintendent, as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b).".
3.
Page 905, line 7: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1878c. 115.88 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (2m) OTHER TRANSPORTATION AID. If the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or established as a noninstrumentality charter school under s. 118.40 (2m) transports children with disabilities and the state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying with 20 USC 1400 to 1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school year for transportation under this subsection as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit costs under this subsection and adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible costs.".
4.
Page 906, line 21: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1883f. 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. subds. 3. and 4., only pupils who reside in the school district in which a charter school established under this subsection is located may attend the charter school.
SECTION 1883g. 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1883r. 118.40 (2r) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (c) 4. A pupil who resides outside the school district operating under ch. 119 may attend a charter school established under this subsection in the school district operating under ch. 119, but the charter school shall give preference in admissions to pupils who reside in the school district operating under ch. 119.".
5.
Page 910, line 2: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1895d. 119.23 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
119.23 (1) (d) "Teacher" means a person who has primary responsibility for the academic instruction of pupils.
SECTION 1895h. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (2) (a) 1. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 1.75 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. A pupil attending a private school under this section whose family income increases may continue to attend a private school under this section if the pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. For purposes of admission to a private school under this section, siblings of pupils attending a private school under this section are subject to the higher income limit. If a pupil attending a private school under this section ceases to attend a private school under this section, the lower income limit applies unless the pupil is a sibling of a pupil attending a private school under this section.
SECTION 1895p. 119.23 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1895t. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
119.23 (2) (a) 6. All of the private school's teachers have graduated from high school or been granted a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.".
6.
Page 1115, line 13: after that line insert:
"(6m) MILWAUKEE PARENTAL CHOICE PROGRAM. The treatment of section 119.23 (2) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes first applies to persons who apply to attend a private school under section 119.23 of the statutes in the 2005-06 school year.
(7m) CHARTER SCHOOLS.
(a) The treatment of section 115.88 (1m) (a) of the statutes first applies to state aid distributed in the 2005-06 school year.
(b) The treatment of section 118.40 (2r) (c) 1., 2., and 4. of the statutes first applies to persons who apply to attend a charter school in the 2005-06 school year.".
7.
Page 1127, line 25: after that line insert:
"(4m) MILWAUKEE PARENTAL CHOICE PROGRAM; TEACHER REQUIREMENTS. The treatment of section 119.23 (1) (d) and (2) (a) 6. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2006.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Kava - Milwaukee and Racine charter school program funding
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 911, line 2: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1897g. 121.05 (1) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.05 (1) (a) 9. Pupils enrolled in a charter school, other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r).
SECTION 1897r. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) "Shared cost" is the sum of the net cost of the general fund and the net cost of the debt service fund, except that "shared cost" excludes including the amount determined by multiplying the number of pupils who attended a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that is located in the school district by the amount paid by the state for each such pupil under s. 118.40 (2r), but excluding any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by a school district as a result of its participation in a lawsuit commenced against the state, beginning with such costs incurred in the fiscal year in which the lawsuit is commenced, excludes any expenditures from a capital improvement fund created under s. 120.135, and excludes the costs of transporting those transfer pupils for whom the school district operating under ch. 119 does not receive intradistrict transfer aid under s. 121.85 (6) as a result of s. 121.85 (6) (am). In this paragraph, "net cost of the debt service fund" includes all of the following amounts:".
2.
Page 911, line 3: delete lines 3 and 4 and substitute:
"SECTION 1898b. 121.08 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:".
3.
Page 911, line 5: after "district" insert "in which a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) is located".
4.
Page 911, line 8: delete lines 8 to 13 and substitute:
"SECTION 1898e. 121.08 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
121.08 (4) (a) 1. Divide the number of pupils who in the current school year are attending charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) that are located in the school district by the total number of pupils who in the current school year are attending charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r).
SECTION 1898m. 121.08 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
121.08 (4) (a) 2. Multiply the sum of the amounts paid under s. 118.40 (2r) in the current school year by the school district's quotient under subd. 1.
SECTION 1898s. 121.08 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.".
5.
Page 911, line 18: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1899m. 121.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.08 (4) (d) The state superintendent shall ensure that the total amount of aid reduction under pars. (a) and (b) lapses to the general fund and that the aid reduction under par. (a) does not affect the amount determined to be received by a school district under this section for any other purpose.".
6.
Page 917, line 7: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1912m. 121.90 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
121.90 (1) (f) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2005-06 school year or for any school year thereafter, the department shall include in the number of pupils enrolled in each school year prior to the 2005-06 school year all pupils attending charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) that are located in the school district.".
7.
Page 1088, line 9: after that line insert:
"(4px) REVENUE LIMIT COMPUTATION. Notwithstanding section 121.91 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the purpose of calculating the revenue limit for the 2005-06 school year of any school district in which a charter school established under section 118.40 (2r) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is located, the school district's base revenue from the 2004-05 school year is increased by an amount equal to the amount determined by multiplying the number of pupils who in the 2004-05 school year attended a charter school under section 118.40 (2r) of the statutes that was located in the school district by the amount paid by the state for each such pupil under section 118.40 (2r) of the statutes.".
8.
Page 1115, line 13: after that line insert:
"(9m) INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS; FUNDING. The treatment of sections 121.05 (1) (a) 9., 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.), 121.08 (4) (a) (intro.), 1., 2., and 3. and (d), and 121.90 (1) (f) of the statutes first applies to state aid distributed in, and the calculation of revenue limits for, the 2005-06 school year.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Merrifield - Grants for master educators
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 308, line 23: delete lines 23 to 25.
2.
Page 309, line 1: delete lines 1 and 2.
3.
Page 900, line 13: delete lines 13 to 25.
4.
Page 901, line 1: delete lines 1 to 25.
5.
Page 902, line 1: delete lines 1 to 5.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Merrifield - Adult literacy grants
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 308, line 20: delete the material beginning with "2005" and ending with "2006" on line 22 and substitute "s. 115.28 (52)".
2.
Page 896, line 17: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1856m. 115.28 (52) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (52) ADULT LITERACY GRANTS. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (b), award grants to nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to support programs that train community-based adult literacy staff and to establish new volunteer-based programs in areas of this state that have a demonstrated need for adult literacy services. No grant may exceed $10,000, and no organization may receive more than one grant in any fiscal year.".
3.
Page 1088, line 3: delete lines 3 to 9.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Stott - Undergraduate credit surcharge
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 423, line 2: after that line insert:
"SECTION 697g. 36.27 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (1) (cm) The board shall charge a student the full cost per credit for any credit taken that exceeds 125 percent of the graduation credit requirements accumulated in course work toward a first baccalaureate degree.".
