AB615: Bill Text

AB615, s. 56 Section 56. 119.24 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,27,23 119.24 Admission of pupils. A pupil may attend a school in an attendance district other than the one in which he or she resides with the written permission of the superintendent of schools. Beginning in the 2000-01 school year, the board The superintendent of schools shall provide spaces in each school for pupils who reside outside the attendance district for the school, but shall fill any unused spaces with pupils who reside in the attendance district. A pupil who attends a school may continue to attend that school until he or she graduates from the school and each sibling of that pupil shall be given priority over other pupils in the process of admission for that school.

AB615, s. 57 Section 57. 119.245 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 58, is amended to read:

AB615,28,12 119.245 (2) Beginning in the 2008-09 school year, the board superintendent of schools may apply to the department for an annual grant of up to $10,000,000 to implement initiatives to improve pupil academic achievement in all grades, such as employing licensed teachers to tutor pupils who are struggling academically, or employing persons to coordinate the district's instructional programs and provide ongoing professional development for teachers. The board superintendent of schools shall submit with its his or her application a plan for the department's approval describing the initiatives for which the grant will be used, describing the research showing that the initiatives have a positive effect on pupil academic achievement, and including criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the initiatives, such as high school graduation rates or the results of the statewide pupil assessments under s. 118.30.

AB615, s. 58 Section 58. 119.245 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 58, is amended to read:

AB615,28,19 119.245 (3) The department may approve the plan submitted under sub. (2) in whole or in part. If the department approves a plan in part, the board superintendent of schools may submit an additional plan for the same school year and the department may award the board school district operating under ch. 119 all or part of the balance of grant funds.

AB615, s. 59 Section 59. 119.245 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 58, is amended to read:

AB615,28,23 119.245 (4) The department shall award grants to the board school district operating under ch. 119 from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (df).

AB615, s. 60 Section 60. 119.25 (1) and (2) (a) (intro.), (b) and (d) 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB615,29,4 119.25 (1) The board superintendent of schools may adopt a resolution issue a directive, which is effective only during the school year in which it is adopted issued, authorizing any of the following to determine pupil expulsion from school under sub. (2) instead of using the procedure under s. 120.13 (1) (c):

AB615,29,6 (a) An independent hearing panel appointed by the board superintendent of schools.

AB615,29,8 (b) An independent hearing officer appointed by the board superintendent of schools.

AB615,29,11 (2) (a) (intro.) During any school year in which a resolution adopted directive issued under sub. (1) is effective, the independent hearing officer or independent hearing panel appointed by the board superintendent of schools:

AB615,30,13 (b) No administrator may be designated to participate in an expulsion hearing if he or she was involved in the incident that led to the expulsion proceeding. Prior to expelling a pupil, the hearing officer or panel shall hold a hearing. Upon request of the pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian, the hearing shall be closed. The pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian, may be represented at the hearing by counsel. The hearing officer or panel shall keep a full record of the hearing. The hearing officer or panel shall inform each party of the right to a complete record of the proceeding. Upon request, the hearing officer or panel shall direct that a transcript of the record be prepared and that a copy of the transcript be given to the pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian. Upon the ordering by the hearing officer or panel of the expulsion of a pupil, the school district shall mail a copy of the order to the board, the pupil and, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian. A school board, hearing officer or panel may disclose the transcript to the parent or guardian of an adult pupil, if the adult pupil is a dependent of his or her parent or guardian under section 152 of the internal revenue code. Within 30 days after the date on which the order is issued, the board shall review the expulsion order and shall, upon review, approve, reverse or modify the order. The order of the hearing officer or panel shall be enforced while the board reviews the order. The expelled pupil or, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian may appeal the board's decision to the state superintendent. If the board's decision is appealed to the state superintendent, within 60 days after the date on which the state superintendent receives the appeal, the state superintendent shall review the decision and shall, upon review, approve, reverse or modify the decision. The decision of the board shall be enforced while the state superintendent reviews the decision. An appeal from the decision of the state superintendent may be taken within 30 days to the circuit court for the county in which the school is located.

AB615,30,22 (d) 2. An independent hearing panel or independent hearing officer appointed by the board superintendent of schools may specify one or more early reinstatement conditions in the expulsion order under par. (b) if the early reinstatement conditions are related to the reasons for the pupil's expulsion. Within 15 days after the date on which the expulsion order is issued, the expelled pupil or, if the pupil is a minor, the pupil's parent or guardian may appeal the determination regarding whether an early reinstatement condition specified in the expulsion order is related to the reasons for the pupil's expulsion to the board. The decision of the board regarding that determination is final and not subject to appeal.

AB615, s. 61 Section 61. 119.26 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,31,5 119.26 Partial annexation of school district. When the city has annexed a portion of the territory of a school district and such annexation does not include the site of any school building of such school district, the school board of the district and the board superintendent of schools may enter into an agreement to permit pupils residing in the annexed territory to continue to attend school in the school district, and the board superintendent of schools shall pay tuition to the school district for the pupils in accordance with s. 121.78.

AB615, s. 62 Section 62. 119.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,31,11 119.28 (1) The board superintendent of schools shall establish and maintain such special schools for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), as are required to accommodate pupils of school age desiring to attend school. The board superintendent of schools shall prescribe the courses of study and the educational and other activities in special schools.

AB615, s. 63 Section 63. 119.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,31,14 119.28 (2) The board superintendent of schools may employ teachers to give instruction in homes or hospitals to pupils unable to attend special schools.

AB615, s. 64 Section 64. 119.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,31,18 119.28 (3) The board superintendent of schools may provide transportation for pupils attending special schools and provide school lunches for pupils under such terms as it he or she determines.

AB615, s. 65 Section 65. 119.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,31,22 119.28 (4) The superintendent of schools shall prescribe, with the approval of the committee on instruction, the periods of instruction at special schools subject to amendment, rejection or confirmation by the board.

AB615, s. 66 Section 66. 119.30 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,32,4 119.30 Trade schools. (1) The board superintendent of schools may establish, conduct and maintain one or more schools for the purpose of giving practical instruction in the useful trades and may purchase the proper machinery, tools and equipment and employ a sufficient number of teachers and other necessary employees in such schools. Such schools shall be known as senior trade schools and junior trade schools.

AB615,32,9 (2) Until otherwise determined by the board superintendent of schools, only pupils who have completed the 8th grade in an accredited school whose graduates are eligible for admission to a high school in the city shall be admitted to the senior trade schools. Only pupils who have attained the age of 14 years or have completed at least 6 grades in elementary school shall be admitted to the junior trade schools.

AB615,32,16 (3) The board superintendent of schools may require pupils in trade schools to pay the cost of all materials consumed in the course. In lieu of that requirement, the board superintendent of schools may establish a fixed sum to be paid by each pupil in a course which shall be sufficient to cover the cost of materials to be consumed by the pupil in the course. The board superintendent of schools may sell any articles made or manufactured in a trade school and determine the use of the proceeds from the sale.

AB615, s. 67 Section 67. 119.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,32,22 119.32 (1) The board mayor shall elect by roll call vote at a regular meeting appoint a superintendent of schools, to serve at his or her pleasure, whenever that office becomes vacant. The superintendent of schools shall be a person of suitable learning and experience in the art of instruction and shall have practical familiarity with the most approved methods of organizing and conducting a system of schools.

AB615, s. 68 Section 68. 119.32 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,32,25 119.32 (2) (intro.) Under the direction of the board, the The superintendent of schools shall have general supervision of:

AB615, s. 69 Section 69. 119.32 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,33,7 119.32 (3) Subject to confirmation by the board, the The superintendent of schools shall appoint the deputy superintendent of schools, associate superintendent of schools, executive assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, division director, department director and any other supervisory or administrative employees designated by the board.

AB615, s. 70 Section 70. 119.32 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,33,11 119.32 (4) The superintendent of schools shall be an advisory member of every committee of the board, except when an inquiry into his or her acts or an investigation of his or her official conduct is under consideration by such committee.

AB615, s. 71 Section 71. 119.32 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,33,15 119.32 (5) The superintendent of schools shall assign all teachers and engage and assign substitute teachers at the per diem compensation fixed by the board superintendent of schools.

AB615, s. 72 Section 72. 119.32 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,33,19 119.32 (6) The superintendent of schools shall collect such statistics and information relating to schools and the population entitled to school privileges in the city as the board directs he or she deems necessary.

AB615, s. 73 Section 73. 119.32 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,33,23 119.32 (7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the board mayor may elect appoint a superintendent of schools, and the superintendent of schools may employ a business manager, who are not licensed by the department.

AB615, s. 74 Section 74. 119.36 of the statutes is repealed.

AB615, s. 75 Section 75. 119.40 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,34,3 119.40 (1) (a) Annually, the board superintendent of schools shall establish a schedule of salaries for all classroom teachers, not including principals and vice principals, in the schools of the city.

AB615,34,5 (b) Annually, the board superintendent of schools may establish one or more schedules of salaries for all its employees not covered under par. (a).

AB615,34,8 (2) All schedules of salaries annually fixed by the board superintendent of schools shall be adopted for the same period and on the same year basis as the annual school budget is adopted by the board superintendent of schools.

AB615, s. 76 Section 76. 119.42 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,34,17 119.42 (1m) The appointment of a teacher in a 1st class city school district shall be probationary. After successful probation by completing 3 years of continuous service, the appointment shall be permanent during efficiency and good behavior. A teacher who has a permanent appointment shall not be discharged, except for cause upon written charges. After 10 days' written notice to the teacher of the charges and upon the teacher's written request, the charges shall be investigated, heard and determined by the board superintendent of schools. The action of the board superintendent of schools on the matter shall be final.

AB615, s. 77 Section 77. 119.42 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,35,2 119.42 (2) Any teacher employed in a public school in territory annexed to the city, who at the time of the annexation possesses the qualifications required by law and by the rules of the board superintendent of schools for probationary or permanent appointment to a teaching position in the city, shall have the status of a regularly appointed teacher in the schools of the city and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of regularly appointed teachers in the city. Time spent in teaching in the annexed territory prior to annexation shall be credited to each such teacher as time spent in teaching in the city.

AB615, s. 78 Section 78. 119.44 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,35,5 119.44 (title) Board Superintendent of schools report; meetings with mayor.

AB615, s. 79 Section 79. 119.44 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,35,9 119.44 (1) The board superintendent of schools shall file its the annual financial report with the city clerk and shall send a copy of the report to the state superintendent.

AB615, s. 80 Section 80. 119.44 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,35,14 119.44 (2) (intro.) Annually at such times as the department prescribes but on or before September 1, the board superintendent of schools shall file a verified annual report with the department, on forms supplied by the department. The annual report shall contain all of the following:

AB615, s. 81 Section 81. 119.44 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,35,17 119.44 (2) (a) 3. The number of pupils transferred by the school board superintendent of schools to a different school in the same school district.

AB615, s. 82 Section 82. 119.44 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB615,35,22 119.44 (4) At least annually, the mayor shall meet with the superintendent of schools and other persons, as determined by the mayor, who are leaders in elementary and secondary education in the city and elsewhere, to evaluate and discuss the status of education in the city's public schools.

AB615, s. 83 Section 83. 119.46 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, is amended to read:

AB615,36,17 119.46 (1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board superintendent of schools shall report the amount of money required for the ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter, to repair and keep in order school buildings and equipment, to make material improvements to school property and to purchase necessary additions to school sites. The amount included in the report for the purpose of supporting the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s. 119.23 shall be reduced by the amount of aid received by the board school district under s. 121.136 and by the amount specified in the notice received by the board superintendent of schools under s. 121.137 (2). The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all the property subject to taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the amount of money required by the board superintendent of schools for the purposes set forth in this subsection, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city is authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected, any other funds provided by law and placed at the disposal of the city for the same purposes, and the moneys deposited in the school operations fund under s. 119.60 (1), shall constitute the school operations fund.

AB615, s. 84 Section 84. 119.47 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,36,23 119.47 Taxes for school extension fund. (1) If activities are being conducted under s. 119.70 (1), the board superintendent of schools as part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) shall specify the amount of money required for the ensuing school year under s. 119.70 (3). The taxes so levied and collected shall constitute the school extension fund.

AB615,37,3 (2) The board school district may receive and expend, in addition to the tax levied and collected under s. 119.70 (3), any sums of money appropriated by the common council of the city for community services. The common council may appropriate from the city general fund or a similar fund to the school district such sums of money as the common council deems expedient.

AB615, s. 85 Section 85. 119.48 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,37,21 119.48 (1) If the board adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members-elect superintendent of schools determines to provide funds, in addition to receipts from the sale of bonds, to purchase school sites, to construct school buildings and additions thereto or to remodel existing buildings, the board he or she may include, as part of the budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b), a communication stating the amount of funds needed for such purposes. Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all property subject to taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the amount of money required by the board superintendent of schools for the purposes set forth in the communication, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city is authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected and the moneys under s. 119.60 (1) that are deposited in the school construction fund shall constitute the school construction fund. If moneys under s. 119.60 (1) are deposited in the school construction fund, the moneys shall be used for the purchase of real property for school purposes. The board superintendent of schools may allow the school construction fund to accumulate from year to year.

AB615, s. 86 Section 86. 119.48 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,37,24 119.48 (2) (intro.) The common council shall have the following options on the board's superintendent's communication under sub. (1):

AB615, s. 87 Section 87. 119.48 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,38,2 119.48 (2) (a) To levy and collect a tax equal to the amount of money specified by the board superintendent of schools under sub. (1).

AB615, s. 88 Section 88. 119.48 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,38,7 119.48 (4) (a) If the board superintendent of schools deems it necessary to exceed the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f), it he or she may by a two-thirds vote of the members-elect include a communication to the common council as part of the budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b).

AB615, s. 89 Section 89. 119.485 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,38,17 119.485 Taxes for state trust fund loans. (1) If the board school district is awarded a state trust fund loan under subch. II of ch. 24, the board superintendent of schools shall include in its his or her budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) a written notice specifying the amount of money necessary to pay the principal and interest on the loan as they become due. The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all property subject to taxation in the city, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, equal to the amount of money required to make such payments. The taxes are in addition to all other taxes that the city is authorized to levy.

AB615,38,21 (2) Annually by December 31, the board superintendent of schools shall transfer to the city an amount which, when added to the interest that will accrue on the amount, is sufficient to meet the anticipated costs of debt service on the loan in the ensuing year.

AB615, s. 90 Section 90. 119.49 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,39,2 119.49 (1) (a) If the board superintendent of schools deems it necessary to construct buildings or additions to buildings, to remodel buildings or to purchase school sites or to provide funds for any such purpose as a participant in a contract under s. 120.25, it may by a two-thirds vote of the members-elect he or she shall send a written communication to the common council of the city and issue a public notice.

AB615, s. 91 Section 91. 119.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,39,13 119.49 (2) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall file the communication as provided in s. 8.37 and 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. The question of issuing such school bonds shall be submitted 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 superintendent of schools and in the manner other bonds are issued.

AB615, s. 92 Section 92. 119.49 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,39,19 119.49 (3) The proper city officials shall sell or dispose of the bonds in the same manner as other bonds are disposed of. The entire proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the city treasury, subject to the order of the board superintendent of schools for the purposes named in the communication under sub. (1). Such school bonds shall be payable within 20 years from the date of their issue.

AB615, s. 93 Section 93. 119.495 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,40,4 119.495 (2) The board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b), 2007 stats., a written notice specifying the amount of borrowing to be authorized in the budget for the ensuing year. The common council shall issue the notes and levy a direct annual irrepealable tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the notes as they become due. The common council may issue the notes by private sale. The common council shall make every effort to involve a minority investment firm certified under s. 560.036 as managing underwriter of the notes or to engage a minority financial adviser certified under s. 560.036 to advise the city regarding any public sale of the notes.

AB615, s. 94 Section 94. 119.496 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB615,40,15 119.496 (2) The board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b), 2007 stats., a written notice specifying the amount of borrowing to be authorized in the budget for the ensuing year. The common council shall issue the notes and levy a direct annual irrepealable tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the notes as they become due. The common council may issue the notes by private sale. The common council shall establish goals of involving minority investment firms certified under s. 560.036 as managing underwriters for at least 50% of the total amount financed by the notes and of engaging a minority financial adviser certified under s. 560.036 to advise the city regarding any public sale of the notes.

AB615, s. 95 Section 95. 119.496 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: