SB21: Bill Text

SB21,1245,10 c. Add 3.35 to the result under subd. 3. b.

SB21,1245,15 4. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department shall determine the weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. by subtracting the weight given to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. as determined under subd. 3. from 100.

SB21,3208 Section 3208. 115.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1246,2 115.385 (2) Beginning one year after a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 begins using the student information system under s. 115.28 (12) (b), or begins using a system that is interoperable with that system, the with the accountability report published for the 2015-16 school year, the department shall include the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1) charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The department shall use the same criteria to measure the performance of all schools included in the annual school accountability report.

SB21,3209 Section 3209. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1246,7 115.385 (3) On an accountability report published for a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, the department shall specify the percentage of pupils attending the private school under the program and comply with one of the following:

SB21,1246,10 (a) For a private school that submits achievement data only for those pupils attending the private school under the program, identify the grade derived from data about those pupils as the choice pupil grade.

SB21,1246,17 (b) For a private school that submits achievement data for those pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 and achievement data for all other pupils attending the private school, identify the grade derived from data about pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 as the choice pupil grade. The department shall also identify a 2nd grade, derived from data about all pupils attending the private school including pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23, as the private school grade.

SB21,3210 Section 3210. 115.385 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1247,3 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time open enrollment, youth options, course options, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

SB21,3211 Section 3211. 115.385 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1247,8 115.385 (5) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and biennially thereafter, the appropriate standing committee of each house of the legislature shall conduct a review of school and school district accountability reports published under this section.

SB21,3212 Section 3212. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1247,13 115.42 (2) (c) The amount of each grant under par. (a) shall be $5,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

SB21,3213 Section 3213. 115.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1247,17 115.43 (1) Definition. In this section, " economically disadvantaged pupil" means a pupil who is eligible satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

SB21,3214 Section 3214. 115.43 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1247,25 115.43 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fz), award precollege scholarships, on a competitive basis, to economically disadvantaged pupils who enroll in a technical college or in college or university classes or programs designed to improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school education. The state superintendent shall give preference to economically disadvantaged pupils who are inadequately represented in the technical college colleges and the University of Wisconsin Systems System Authority.

SB21,3215 Section 3215. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3216 Section 3216. 115.437 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21,1248,8 115.437 (2) (intro.) Annually Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year and by $150 in each school year thereafter. determined as follows:

SB21,1248,10 (3) The department shall make the payments under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

SB21,3217 Section 3217. 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1248,14 115.437 (2) (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (aq) for the current fiscal year by the total number of pupils enrolled in all school districts in the current school year.

SB21,3218 Section 3218. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1248,17 115.437 (2) (b) Multiply the quotient under par. (a) by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current school year.

SB21,3219 Section 3219. 115.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1249,4 115.53 (4) Apply to the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority or the University of Wisconsin System Authority for admission to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics or the University of Wisconsin System Authority of any pupil at the school operated by the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The application shall be accompanied by the report of a physician appointed by the director of the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the director of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and shall be in the same form as reports of other physicians for admission of patients to such hospital.

SB21,3220 Section 3220. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1249,9 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b) 2., if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), "local educational agency" means the school district that the child is attending.

SB21,3221 Section 3221. 115.777 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1249,18 115.777 (1) (a) A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or administrator of a social agency who reasonably believes that a child brought to him or her for services has a disability shall refer the child to the local educational agency. If the local educational agency to whom the referral is made is the school district in which the child resides but the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district in which the child resides shall provide the name of the child and related information to the school board of the school district that the child is attending.

SB21,1250,2 (b) A person who is required to be licensed under s. 115.28 (7), who is employed by a local educational agency and who reasonably believes a child has a disability, shall refer the child to the local educational agency. If the local educational agency to whom the referral is made is the school district that the child is attending but the child is a nonresident attending a public school in that school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that the child is attending shall provide the name of the child and related information to the school board of the child's school district of residence.

SB21,1250,10 (c) Any person other than those specified under par. (a) or (b) who reasonably believes that a child is a child with a disability may refer the child to a local educational agency. If the local educational agency to whom the referral is made is the school district in which the child resides but the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district in which the child resides shall provide the name of the child and related information to the school board of the school district that the child is attending.

SB21,3222 Section 3222. 115.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1250,15 115.78 (1) Definition. In this section, for a child who is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), "local educational agency" means the school board of the school district that the child is attending.

SB21,3223 Section 3223. 115.78 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1250,20 115.78 (1m) (h) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), at least one person designated by the school board of the child's school district of residence who has knowledge or special expertise about the child.

SB21,3224 Section 3224. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1251,3 115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child's individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b) 2., if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the child and shall pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child resides if required by the placement.

SB21,3225 Section 3225. 115.792 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1251,11 115.792 (1) (b) The local educational agency shall establish and maintain procedures to ensure that a child's parents are provided prior written notice whenever the local educational agency proposes to initiate or change, or refuses to initiate or change, the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education to the child. In this paragraph, "local educational agency" includes the nonresident school district that a child is attending under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4).

SB21,3226 Section 3226. 115.792 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1251,15 115.792 (3) (a) In this subsection, "local educational agency" includes the nonresident school district that a child is attending under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4).

SB21,3227 Section 3227. 115.80 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1251,24 115.80 (8) Except as provided in 20 USC 1415 (k), during the pendency of any proceedings under this section, the local educational agency may not change the educational placement of a child unless the child's parents agree to the change. If the child is applying for initial admission to a public school, the child shall, with the consent of the child's parents, be placed in the public school program until all proceedings under this section have been completed. In this subsection, "local educational agency" includes the nonresident school district that a child is attending under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4).

SB21,3228 Section 3228. 115.82 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1252,3 115.82 (2) (c) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, the school district specified to do so in the whole grade sharing agreement shall provide transportation.

SB21,3229 Section 3229. 115.88 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1252,13 115.88 (8) Enrollment out of state. If a child with a disability is enrolled in a public special education program located in another state and the state superintendent is satisfied that the program in which the child is enrolled complies with this subchapter, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the school district in which the child resides or the school district attended by the child under s. 118.50, 118.51 , or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4) a sum equal to the amount expended by the school district during the preceding year for the additional costs associated with the child's special education program as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b).

SB21,3230 Section 3230. 116.01 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1252,24 116.01 Purpose. The organization of school districts in Wisconsin is such that the legislature recognizes the need for benefit of a service unit between the school district and the state superintendent. The cooperative educational service agencies are designed to serve educational needs in all areas of Wisconsin by serving as a link both between school districts and between school districts and the state. Cooperative educational service agencies may provide leadership, coordination, and education services to school districts, University of Wisconsin System institutions, and technical colleges. Cooperative educational service agencies may facilitate communication and cooperation among all public, private, and tribal schools, and all public and private agencies and organizations, that provide services to pupils.

SB21,3231 Section 3231. 116.03 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3232 Section 3232. 116.03 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1253,7 116.03 (5) Determine each school district's proportional share of the cost of the maintenance and operation of the office of the board of control and agency administrator and to match any federal funds received by the agency for vocational education administration less any amount received under s. 116.08 (1). No cost may be assessed against a school district that has withdrawn under s. 116.065 for expenses incurred while the school district is not in the agency.

SB21,3233 Section 3233. 116.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1253,13 116.03 (11) Establish the salaries of the agency administrator and other professional and nonprofessional employees. State reimbursement for the cost of the salary of the agency administrator shall be equal to the actual salary paid or the maximum of the salary range for public instruction supervisors under the state superintendent, whichever is less.

SB21,3234 Section 3234. 116.065 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1253,19 116.065 (1) The school board of a school district in cooperative educational service agency no. 1, as designated on April 1, 1985, may adopt a resolution to withdraw from the an agency. The school board shall immediately notify the board of control and the state superintendent of its intention that the school board has adopted a resolution under this subsection.

SB21,3235 Section 3235. 116.065 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1253,24 116.065 (2) A resolution adopted under sub. (1) or (3) prior to January 15 in any school year shall be effective the next succeeding July 1. A resolution adopted under sub. (1) or (3) on or after January 15 in any school year shall be effective on the 2nd succeeding July 1.

SB21,3236 Section 3236. 116.065 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1254,4 116.065 (3) A school district that has withdrawn from the an agency described under sub. (1) may rejoin the agency. The procedures under subs. (1) and (2) apply to readmissions by adopting a resolution and immediately notifying the board of control and state superintendent of the resolution to rejoin.

SB21,3237 Section 3237. 116.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1254,8 116.07 (4) No such plan is valid if it permits any territory of this state to be outside an agency area, unless the territory is part of a school district that has withdrawn from an agency under s. 116.065.

SB21,3238 Section 3238. 116.08 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1254,10 116.08 (title) State Loans and local aid.

SB21,3239 Section 3239. 116.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1254,20 116.08 (1) An amount not to exceed $25,000 annually shall be paid to each agency for the maintenance and operation of the office of the board of control and agency administrator and to match any federal funds received by the agency for vocational education administration. No state aid may be paid unless the agency submits by August 1 an annual report which includes a detailed certified statement of its expenses for the prior year to the state superintendent, and such statement reveals that the state aid was expended as provided by this section. In no case may the state aid exceed the actual expenditures for the prior year as certified in such statement.

SB21,3240 Section 3240. 116.08 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 116.065 (4) and amended to read:

SB21,1255,2 116.065 (4) The school board of a school district that has withdrawn from cooperative educational service an agency no. 1 under s. 116.065 under this section and is not in any other agency may contract with the department for other programs and services the school district would be receiving if it were in an agency.

SB21,3241 Section 3241. 116.08 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1255,9 116.08 (4m) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, each school board of a school district in an agency shall pay to the board of control the school district's proportional share of the cost of the maintenance and operation of the office of the board of control and agency administrator and to match any federal funds received by the agency for vocational education administration, as determined by the board of control under s. 116.03 (5).

SB21,3242 Section 3242. 116.08 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3243 Section 3243. 117.05 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1255,21 117.05 (5) (a) Territory in district. All territory within this state shall be included in a school district operating elementary school grades and a school district operating high school grades or in a school district operating both elementary and high school grades, except for territory located in a school district that is not operating certain grades as a result of entering into a whole grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50. No territory may be detached from a school district unless by the same order it is attached to another school district or included in a new school district created by the order. No territory may be detached from a school district that operates high school grades unless by the same order it is attached to or included in another school district that operates high school grades.

SB21,3244 Section 3244. 117.30 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1256,15 117.30 (1) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c) to (d), if a school district for 2 or more successive years has failed to operate sufficient classes at each grade level to provide all pupils who reside in the school district an opportunity to attend class at the appropriate grade level, the board shall attach the territory of the school district to one or more school districts that do so. Within 60 days of the date on which a school district becomes subject to this section, the state superintendent shall so notify the school district clerk and the clerk of each municipality in which part of the school district lies. Prior to August 30 of the year in which the school district becomes subject to this section, the board shall issue an order of school district reorganization attaching the school district to one or more operating school districts. Orders issued under this section take effect upon being filed as provided in s. 117.17 (2). The school board of each district to which any territory is attached under this section shall levy and collect a special tax against the property in the territory so attached for such amount as is payable for tuition and transportation, at the time of the attachment, by the school district in which the attached territory was located prior thereto, in the proportion that the equalized valuation of the attached territory bears to the total equalized valuation of the school district in which such territory was located prior to such attachment.

SB21,3245 Section 3245. 117.30 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1256,19 117.30 (1) (d) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the school district fails to operate one or more grades but provides for their operation by another school district pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50.

SB21,3246 Section 3246. 118.134 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1256,24 118.134 (3m) A pupil attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50 or 118.51 may not file a complaint under sub. (1) in which the pupil objects to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by the school board of the nonresident school district.

SB21,3247 Section 3247. 118.153 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1257,5 118.153 (1) (a) 5. Eighth grade pupils whose score in each subject area on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) 1. or 118.301 (3) was below the basic level, 8th grade pupils who failed the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) 2. or 118.301 (3), and 8th grade pupils who failed to be promoted to the 9th grade.

SB21,3248 Section 3248. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1257,11 118.30 (1) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent may not adopt or approve assessments developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

SB21,3249 Section 3249. 118.30 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1257,18 118.30 (1m) (ar) Except as provided in sub. (7), beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the spring session of 9th grade. The school board shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.