AB669: Bill Text

AB669,10,9 119.06 (4) (b) The board members elected at the special election shall be nominated and elected to succeed the board members appointed for the terms expiring under sub. (3) (a) and (b) (2) and for the same terms. The terms of office of the board members appointed under sub. (2) shall expire on the 4th Monday following the special election. The terms of office of the board members elected at the special election shall begin on the 4th Monday following the special election.

AB669, s. 21 Section 21. 119.06 (4) (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB669,10,13 119.06 (4) (c) Candidates for the board at the special election shall be nominated in the same manner as for the spring general election, except that the nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply.

AB669,10,15 (d) The special election shall be held at the polling places and shall be conducted in the manner of and by the election officials for the spring general election.

AB669, s. 22 Section 22. 119.06 (5) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB669,10,21 119.06 (5) The board first appointed under sub. (2) or first elected at a special election under sub. (4) shall hold an organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) on the 4th Monday of the month following its appointment or election, or the next day if the 4th Monday is a legal holiday, following their appointment or election, and annually thereafter shall meet in accordance with s. 119.10 (2).

AB669,10,24 (6) Successors to board members appointed under sub. (3) (2) or elected under sub. (4) shall be elected at the spring general election immediately preceding the expiration of the terms of such board members and shall serve for 4-year terms.

AB669, s. 23 Section 23. 119.07 of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,11,8 119.07 Revised method of election of board; transitional provisions. (1) Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (1) to (3), in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], members of the board of school directors whose terms expire on the 4th Monday in April, 2013, shall serve for terms expiring on the first Monday in December, 2012, and members of the board of school directors of each such city who are elected at the spring election to be held in April 2011, to succeed those members whose terms expire on the 4th Monday in April, 2011, shall serve for terms expiring on the 1st Monday in December, 2014.

AB669,11,15 (2) At the general election to be held in November 2012, there shall be elected in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], 4 members of the board of school directors, who shall be elected from even-numbered election districts prescribed under s. 119.08 (1) (b). At the general election to be held in November 2014, there shall be elected in each such city 5 members of the board of school directors who shall be elected from odd-numbered election districts prescribed under s. 119.08 (1) (b).

AB669,11,21 (3) Notwithstanding s. 119.10 (1) and (2), the board of school directors of each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], shall hold an organizational meeting on the 4th Monday in April 2012. On that date, the board of school directors of each such city shall elect officers, who shall hold office until the board holds its next organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) in December of 2012.

AB669, s. 24 Section 24. 119.07 of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB669, s. 25 Section 25. 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB669,12,5 119.08 (1) (a) The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8 9 members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The election districts shall consist of whole contiguous wards and shall be substantially equal in population and the. The boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.

AB669,12,14 (b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance determining or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of the aldermanic districts wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) redetermining the aldermanic district adjusting the boundaries of its wards under s. 5.15 (1) and (2). The territory included within election district 9 shall encompass the southeasternnmost point in the school district.

AB669, s. 26 Section 26. 119.08 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB669,13,3 119.08 (2) The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member shall be elected by the electors of the city. Board members shall be electors of the city and shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring general election. The primary, when required, shall be held concurrently with the September primary. Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be filled, for unexpired terms. The format for the nomination papers shall be the same as prescribed in s. 8.10 (2) (b) except that the election referenced in the papers shall be the general election. The primary and spring elections election for board members shall be conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or other officers held on that date. The polling places for the state, municipal or judicial September primary and general election shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal election hours shall apply.

AB669,13,6 (3) The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years. The term of each member expires on the first Monday in December of the 4th year following the year in which the member's office is regularly filled.

AB669, s. 27 Section 27. 119.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB669,13,23 119.08 (4) A vacancy on in the membership of the board may be filled by temporary appointment of the mayor, subject to disapproval by the board. Upon making a temporary appointment under this subsection, the mayor shall file a letter of appointment with the president of the board. If, within 15 days of receipt of the letter by the board, the board, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the current membership, rejects the appointment, the appointment is not effective. In such case, the president of the board shall promptly notify the mayor and the mayor may appoint another person to fill the vacancy under this subsection. If an appointment is not rejected by the board, the appointment becomes effective on the 16th day beginning after receipt of notice of the appointment by the president of the board. A temporary appointee under this subsection may serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified. If a vacancy occurs on or before June 1 immediately preceding expiration of the member's term of office, the vacancy shall be filled on a permanent basis by a special election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.

AB669, s. 28 Section 28. 119.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB669,14,11 119.10 (1) The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been newly organized.

AB669, s. 29 Section 29. 119.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB669,14,19 119.10 (2) Annually, no earlier than the 4th first Monday in April December and no later than the first 3rd Monday in May December, the board shall hold its organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for one year 2 years and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing committees to serve for one year 2 years.

AB669, s. 30 Section 30. 119.11 of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,15,2 119.11 Partnership for success committee. (1) There is established a partnership for success committee. The committee shall consist of the mayor, the president of the common council, the board president, and the superintendent of schools. The mayor and the board president shall serve as cochairpersons of the committee. The committee shall meet quarterly and may meet at other times on the call of the cochairpersons.

AB669,15,4 (2) The committee shall foster collaboration between the school district and the city. The committee shall seek grants for education purposes.

AB669,15,6 (3) The common council and the board shall each pay one-half of the committee's costs.

AB669, s. 31 Section 31. 119.16 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,15,13 119.16 (1c) Standards for literacy and mathematics curricula. The board shall establish minimum standards for literacy and mathematics curricula employed in schools in the school district. The board shall require each school in the district to annually submit a report to the board regarding the literacy and mathematics curricula employed in the school and shall annually evaluate the efficacy of the curricula employed in schools in the district.

AB669, s. 32 Section 32. 119.16 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,15,22 119.16 (3m) Master facilities plan. (a) No later than December 1, 2010, the board shall evaluate all school buildings in the school district operating under this chapter according to the criteria established under par. (b), and shall develop a master plan governing the use, repair, renovation, and demolition of buildings in the school district. The master plan shall include procedures for notifying the partnership for success committee, created under s. 119.11, in the event that the board determines that one or more school buildings will be closed or demolished and the pupils in those buildings reassigned to other buildings in the school district.

AB669,16,2 (b) The board shall establish criteria to evaluate the safety, structural integrity, utility, and costs of maintenance and repair of school buildings in the school district. Subject to the requirements under sub. (10), the criteria shall include consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of repairing versus demolishing older buildings having high maintenance or operating costs.

AB669, s. 33 Section 33. 119.16 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,16,6 119.16 (7) Parent involvement committee. The board shall establish a parent involvement committee to handle parent issues and complaints and to foster parental involvement in the schools.

AB669, s. 34 Section 34. 119.16 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,16,10 119.16 (9) Financial reporting; budgeting; accountability. (a) The board shall submit quarterly financial reports to all of the following and shall make the financial reports available to the public on the school district's Internet Web site:

AB669,16,11 1. The state superintendent.

AB669,16,12 2. The mayor.

AB669,16,13 3. The city comptroller.

AB669,16,14 4. The personnel and finance committee of the common council.

AB669,16,15 5. The joint committee on finance.

AB669,16,17 (b) The board shall annually prepare a budget for each school in the school district operating under this chapter.

AB669,16,19 (c) The board shall maintain a chief accountability office to ensure financial accountability.

AB669, s. 35 Section 35. 119.16 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,16,23 119.16 (11) Board training. Each member of the board shall annually attend a professional training program related to the duties of their position on the board offered by a national or locally recognized association of school boards.

AB669, s. 36 Section 36. 119.16 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,17,4 119.16 (12) Professional development and training. (a) The board shall establish a professional development and training program for principals employed by the board and may require a principal employed by the board to attend the program.

AB669,17,8 (b) The board shall establish training programs related to teaching multicultural pupils and children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5). The board shall require all teachers, support staff, and administrators employed by the board to annually complete the training programs established under this paragraph.

AB669, s. 37 Section 37. 119.16 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,17,13 119.16 (13) Public transportation for middle school pupils. The board shall ensure that pupils enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter in the middle school grades are able to be transported to and from school by a mass transit system, as defined in s. 85.20 (1) (e), at a reduced fare.

AB669, s. 38 Section 38. 119.16 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,17,24 119.16 (14) Allocation of bonding authority under American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. The board shall send a communication to the common council of the city regarding any unsecured bonding authority allocated to the board under section 2, division B, title I, subtitle F, part III of P.L. 111-5, stating the amount of unsecured bonding authority allocated to the board under section 2, division B, title I, subtitle F, part III of P.L. 111-5, and directing that the unsecured bonding authority be assigned to the department for reallocation as provided under this subsection. The department shall reallocate the bonding authority under this subsection to school districts that meet the following criteria and shall collaborate with the board regarding the reallocation of that bonding authority:

AB669,18,3 (a) At least 50 percent of the school district's membership in the previous school year was eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b). In this paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).

AB669,18,5 (b) 1. The school board has identified school buildings requiring significant maintenance or improvements.

AB669,18,8 2. The school board proposes improvements to the buildings identified in subd. 1. that are cost effective, technically feasible, and meet nationally recognized green building performance standards.

AB669, s. 39 Section 39. 119.16 (15) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,18,15 119.16 (15) Parent survey. Annually, the board shall conduct a survey of parents of pupils enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter and use the results of the survey to develop or modify parent involvement and school improvement plans. The board shall provide the results of the survey to the partnership for success committee under s. 119.11 and the parent involvement committee under sub. (7).

AB669, s. 40 Section 40. 119.16 (16) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,19,2 119.16 (16) Transition campuses. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, the board shall designate at least 2 schools as transition campuses and provide for the assignment to a transition campus of disruptive pupils enrolled in the high school grades. The transition campuses shall provide the pupils with additional services and academic assistance in order to address their problems and facilitate their return to their previous schools. The board shall seek to establish partnerships between the transition campuses and local civic organizations or nonprofit corporations in order to provide comprehensive services to pupils attending a transition campus for the purpose of improving their stability, education, health, and economic opportunities.

AB669, s. 41 Section 41. 119.185 of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,19,5 119.185 School governance councils. (1) In this section, "parent" has the meaning given in s. 115.76 (12) (a).

AB669,19,12 (2) The board shall ensure that each school in the school district operating under this chapter establishes a school governance council to provide a forum in which pupils enrolled in the school, the parents of pupils enrolled in the school, teachers, administrators, and other employees at the school, and members of the community may work together to analyze and make recommendations for the improvement of school policies, curricula, and educational plans at the school and the well-being of pupils enrolled in the school.

AB669,19,16 (3) (a) Members of a school governance council shall be elected in the manner provided under sub. (5) (a). Except as provided in par. (b), the number of members of a school governance council shall be determined by multiplying 0.01 by the number of pupils enrolled in the school. Each council shall consist of the following members:

AB669,19,20 1. Parents of pupils enrolled in the school, except that no parent elected to the council under this subdivision may be a paid employee of the school. At least 51 percent of the members of a school governance council shall be elected under this subdivision.

AB669,19,21 2. The principal of the school or his or her designee.

AB669,19,23 3. If the school has pupils enrolled in the middle school, junior high school, or high school grades, one pupil who is enrolled in the school in grade 6 or higher.

AB669,19,25 4. At least one person who is employed at the school as a teacher or support staff.

AB669,20,2 5. At least one person who is a resident of the city and who does not qualify for membership on the council under subds. 1. to 4.

AB669,20,6 (b) 1. Subject to the requirement under par. (a) 1., if the number of members determined under par. (a) is an even number, the board shall increase the membership of the council by one member in any one category, to be determined by the board.

AB669,20,7 2. No school governance council may have fewer than 9 members.

AB669,20,10 3. A school governance council may vote to increase the number of members on the council, but the number of members on the council shall always be an odd number.

AB669,20,14 (4) A school governance council may, on its own initiative or upon the written petition of a majority of the teachers of the school for which the council is established, direct the principal of the school to attend a professional development and training program established under s. 119.16 (12).

AB669,20,16 (5) The board shall establish policies and procedures governing all of the following:

AB669,20,19 (a) The nomination and election of initial members to a school governance council and for the transfer of the nomination and election process to the council following the first election.

AB669,20,24 (b) The manner of filling vacancies in the membership of the council that occur prior to the expiration of a term. The board shall permit the partnership for success committee, created under s. 119.11, to nominate persons to fill vacancies on the council. A person nominated by the partnership for success committee may fill a vacancy only upon the approval of a majority of the members serving on the council.

AB669,20,25 (c) The terms of office of council members.

AB669,21,1 (d) The selection of officers.

AB669,21,2 (e) The location and frequency of meetings.

AB669,21,4 (f) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of councils and the powers and duties of individual council members.

AB669,21,6 (g) The reimbursement of expenses incurred by council members in connection with their powers and duties.

AB669, s. 42 Section 42. 119.23 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (11) (a).

AB669, s. 43 Section 43. 119.23 (11) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,21,15 119.23 (11) (b) 1. The department and the board shall jointly develop a survey to be taken by a parent who moves his or her child from a private school participating in the program under this section to a public school in the city or from a public school in the city to a private school participating in the program under this section. The survey shall include questions related to the decision of the parent to enroll the child in the private or public school and move the child from one educational setting to the other and shall be taken during the enrollment process.

AB669,21,20 2. a. Beginning in the 2010-11 school year, the board shall annually administer the survey developed under subd. 1. to the parent of a pupil who was enrolled in the program under this section after the effective date of this subd. 2. a. .... [LRB inserts date], if the parent withdraws the pupil from the program under this section and enrolls the pupil instead in a public school in the city.

AB669,22,2 b. Beginning in the 2010-11 school year, each private school participating in the program under this section shall annually administer the survey developed under subd. 1. to the parent of a pupil who was enrolled in a public school in the city after the effective date of this subd. 2. b. .... [LRB inserts date], if the parent withdraws the pupil from a public school in the city and enrolls the pupil instead in the private school.

AB669,22,7 3. Annually, by July 1, the board shall submit to the department, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) the results of the surveys administered under subd. 2., and shall, subject to s. 118.125, upon request by any person, make information obtained from the surveys available for review.

AB669, s. 44 Section 44. 119.31 of the statutes is created to read:

AB669,22,11 119.31 Achievement guarantee contracts for 9th grade pupils. (1) In this section, "class" means a core curriculum course, as determined by the department.