LRB-0960/1
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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hynek, BB0329 - Independent charter school per pupil payment amount
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
Under current law, beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the state pays an operator of a charter school that is operated by or under contract with the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Milwaukee, UW-Parkside, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, or the city of Milwaukee (an independent charter school) a per pupil amount in each school year that is based on the per pupil amount the state paid in the previous school year and the revenue limit adjustment for public schools.
Under this bill, in the 2013-14 school year, the state pays an operator of an independent charter school a per pupil amount of $7,852 and, beginning in the 2014-15 school year, the state pays an operator of an independent charter school a per pupil amount in each school year of $7,931.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 20.255 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.255 (2) (fm) Charter schools. A sum sufficient to make the payments to charter schools and to the unified school district under s. 118.40 (2r) (e).
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2. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 1m. or 2m. or 2n. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.
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3. 118.40 (2r) (e) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
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4. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 2m. In the 2013-14 school year and in each school year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year and the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) in the current school year,
$7,852 multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school.
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5. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2n. of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 2n. In the 2014-15 school year and in each school year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to $7,931 multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school.
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6. 118.40 (2r) (e) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 3m. The amount paid per pupil under this paragraph may not be less than the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year. The department shall pay 25% of the total amount in September, 25% in December, 25% in February, and 25% in June. The department shall send the check to the operator of the charter school.
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7. 118.40 (2r) (e) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
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