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Section 1477e. 115.436 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (2) (a)
2(intro.) and amended to read:
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115.436
(2) (a) (intro.) The school district's membership in the previous school
4year was no more than
745. one of the following:
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5Section 1477h. 115.436 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
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115.436
(2) (a) 1. No more than 1,000.
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7Section 1477k. 115.436 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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115.436
(2) (a) 2. No less 1,001 and no more than 2,700.
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9Section 1477o. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.436 (2) (c) 1.
10and amended to read:
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115.436
(2) (c) 1.
The For a school district with a membership under par. (a) 1.,
12the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school
13district's area in square miles is less than 10.
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14Section 1477r. 115.436 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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115.436
(2) (c) 2. For a school district with a membership under par. (a) 2., the
16school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school
17district's area in square miles is less than 7.
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18Section 1477u. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.436
(3) (a) Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, from the appropriation
20under s. 20.255 (2) (ae)
and subject to pars. (b) and (c), the department shall pay to
21each school district eligible for sparsity aid
$300
and with a membership under par.
22(a) 1. $400 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.
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23Section 1477x. 115.436 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.436
(3) (ag) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from the appropriation
25under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for
1sparsity aid and with a membership under par. (a) 2. $100 multiplied by the
2membership in the previous school year.”.
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Section 1480q. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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5Section 1480t. 115.436 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.”.
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Section 1505b. 118.016 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.016
(1) (bm) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, the governing body of
9each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
10119.23 shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy
11fundamentals selected by the governing body, annually assess each pupil enrolled in
124-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the private school for reading readiness.
13The governing body shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil
14possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. The governing body
15may administer computer adaptive assessments. This paragraph applies only to
16pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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17Section 1505c. 118.016 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.016
(1) (c) The department shall pay to the school board
or, operator,
or
19governing body, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f), the per pupil cost of
20the selected assessment. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) in any fiscal year
21is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this paragraph, the state
22superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards
and,
23governing bodies of private schools, and operators of charter schools entitled to the
24aid.
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1Section 1505d. 118.016 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.016
(1g) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch.
3V of ch. 115, the school board
or, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
4or (2x)
, or governing body of the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall comply
5with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
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6Section 1505e. 118.016 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.016
(1r) The school board
or
, operator of the charter school
, or governing
8body of the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall report the results of a pupil's
9assessment under sub. (1) to the pupil's parent or guardian.
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10Section 1505ef. 118.016 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.016
(2) The school board of the school district
or, operator of the charter
12school
, or governing body of the private school in which the pupil is enrolled shall
13provide a pupil whose assessment under sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk
14of reading difficulty with interventions or remedial reading services, as described
15under s. 121.02 (1) (c).”.
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1852. Page 783, line 9: after “charter school," insert “
in a private school
19participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23,".
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Section 1526b. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.30
(5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the
5program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the
6examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the
7department shall
consider only the pupils participating in the program under s.
8119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall 9not exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s.
10119.23 who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.
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11Section 1526c. 118.305 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.305
(1) (gm) “Pupil" excludes pupils who are attending a private school
13participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 but not under
14the parental choice program.
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15Section 1526d. 118.305 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.305
(1) (h) “School" means a public school, including a charter school,
and 17a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915
, and a private school
18participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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19Section 1526e. 118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.305
(3) (e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s.
21118.31 (1)
(a).
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22Section 1526f. 118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.) and
23amended to read:
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118.31
(1) (intro.) In this section
, “
corporal:
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1(a) “Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain
2which is used as a means of discipline. “Corporal punishment" includes, but is not
3limited to, paddling, slapping or prolonged maintenance of physically painful
4positions, when used as a means of discipline. “Corporal punishment" does not
5include actions consistent with an individualized education program developed
6under s. 115.787 or reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training.
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7Section 1526g. 118.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.31
(1) (b) “Private school" means a private school, as defined in s. 115.001
9(3r), that is participating in any parental choice program under ss. 118.60 and
10119.23.
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11Section 1526h. 118.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no official, employee
, or agent of a
13school board
or of a private school may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district
14or in the private school to corporal punishment.
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15Section 1526i. 118.31 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(3) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not prohibit an official, employee
, or
17agent of a school board
or of a private school from:
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18Section 1526j. 118.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(4) Each school board
and each private school shall adopt a policy that
20allows any official, employee
, or agent of the school board
or private school to use
21reasonable and necessary force for the purposes of sub. (3) (a) to (h). In determining
22whether or not
a person an official, employee, or agent of a school board or of a private
23school was acting within the exceptions in sub. (3), deference shall be given to
24reasonable, good faith judgments made by
an
the official, employee
, or agent
of a
25school board.
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1Section 1526k. 118.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(5) Except as provided in s. 939.61 (1), this section does not create a
3separate basis for civil liability of a school board
or of a private school or
their
4officials, employees or agents of an official, employee, or agent of the school board or
5private school for damages arising out of claims involving allegations of improper or
6unnecessary use of force by
a school
employees official, employee, or agent against
7students a pupil.
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8Section 1526L. 118.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(6) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, permit
, or otherwise affect any
10action taken by an official, employee
, or agent of a school board
or private school with
11regard to a person who is not a pupil enrolled in the school district
or in the private
12school.
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13Section 1526m. 118.33 (1) (f) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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118.33
(1) (f) 5. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, the governing body of
15each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
16119.23 shall include in its policy under subd. 2m. or 2r. the requirements for granting
17a high school diploma specified in pars. (a) and (b), with the exceptions provided in
18pars. (d) and (e).”.
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Section 1583b. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
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118.60
(2) (a) 6m. All instructional staff employed by the private school hold
22a license or permit to teach issued by the department. For purposes of this
23subdivision, “instructional staff" has the meaning given in the rules promulgated by
24the department under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2.
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1Section 1583c. 118.60 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
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118.60
(2) (a) 9. The private school has been in operation for the attendance of
3pupils for at least 2 school years.
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4Section 1583d. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
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118.60
(2) (a) 10. The private school is located in this state.”.
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Section 1585xe. 118.60 (2) (be) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.60
(2) (be) 1. a. “Applicable percentage" means, for the 2015-16 and
92016-17 school years, 1 percent, and for each school year beginning with the 2017-18
10school year and ending with the 2025-26 school year,
the applicable percentage for
11the previous school year plus one percentage point 2 percent.
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12Section 1585xm. 118.60 (2) (be) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.60
(2) (be) 2. Except as provided in subd. 2m., beginning with the
2015-16
14school year and ending with the 2025-26 2017-18 school year, the total number of
15pupils residing in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class
16city school district, who may attend a private school under this section during a
17school year may not exceed the school district's pupil participation limit for that
18school year.
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19Section 1585xs. 118.60 (2) (be) 3. of the statutes is repealed.”.
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Section 1598c. 118.60 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.60
(2) (c) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6.
and 6m., a teacher employed by a
23private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only
1courses in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree
or hold a
2license or permit to teach issued by the department.
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2. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6.
and 6m., an administrator of a private school
4participating in the program under this section that prepares and trains pupils
5attending the school in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree
6or hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.”.
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Section 1598bb. 118.60 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.60
(2) (e) No more than 49 percent of a private school's enrollment may
10consist of pupils attending the private school under this section and s. 119.23.
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11Section 1598bc. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.60
(4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 school year and in
each the 2016-17 school
13year
thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's
14enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5.,
15the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled
16on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
17(2) (fr), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state
18superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year
19for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue
20adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
21change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
22school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
23if positive.
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24Section 1598bf. 118.60 (4) (bg) 6. of the statutes is created to read: