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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.
AB64-SA5,1585xm
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.
AB64-SA5,1598bc
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:
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1118.60
(4) (bg) 6. Except as provided in subd. 7., in the 2017-18 school year and
2in each school year thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of
3proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state
4superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
5of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), the
6lesser of an amount equal to the private school's operating and debt service cost per
7pupil that is related to educational programming, as determined by the department,
8or an amount either of $7,323, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten
9to 8, or of $7,969, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12.
AB64-SA5,1598bh
10Section 1598bh. 118.60 (4) (bg) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
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118.60
(4) (bg) 7. If the pupil described in subd. 6. is enrolled in a private school
12that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and
13also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall pay to the private
14school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from
15the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an amount determined as follows:
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a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program under this
17section who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to
188 by $7,323.
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b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program under this
20section who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by $7,969.
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c. Add the amounts determined under subd. 7. a. and b.
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d. Divide the amount determined under subd. 7. c. by the total number of pupils
23participating in the program under this section who are enrolled at the private
24school.
AB64-SA5,1598bi
25Section 1598bi. 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.60
(4d) (b) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, subject to
sub.
2(4e) and s. 121.085 (1), the department shall decrease a school district's state aid
3payment under s. 121.08 by an amount calculated as follows:
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4Section 1598br. 118.60 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.60
(4e) (a) In this subsection:
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1. “Circulator" has the meaning given for “qualified circulator" under s. 5.02
7(16g).
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2. “Commission” means the elections commission.
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(b) The department may not decrease a school district's state aid payment
10under s. 121.08 as provided in sub. (4d) (b) until the school district qualifies as
11provided under this subsection. A school district may not qualify under this
12subsection until a petition is certified as provided in this paragraph and the petition
13is approved at a referendum as provided in par. (d). A petition may not be certified
14unless all of the following occur:
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1. An individual, committee, or group files a registration statement with the
16commission to initiate a petition to have the state aid paid to the school district under
17s. 121.08 reduced as provided in sub. (4d) (b). The registration statement shall
18include the name and mailing address of the individual, committee, or group
19initiating the petition.
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2. The individual, committee, or group circulates the petition and files the
21petition with the commission no later than 60 days after the date on which the
22registration statement is filed under subd. 1. The certification of a circulator shall
23appear at the bottom of each petition filed with the commission. The certification of
24the circulator shall include the name and mailing address of the individual,
25committee, or group initiating the petition and a statement that he or she personally
1circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures; he or she
2knows the signatures are of qualified electors, as described in s. 6.02, of the school
3district that is the subject of the petition as the petition requires; he or she knows the
4signers signed the petition with full knowledge of its content; he or she knows the
5respective residences given for each signer; and he or she knows each signer signed
6on the date stated opposite his or her signature. The certification shall also include
7a statement that the circulator is a qualified elector of this state or, if not a qualified
8elector of this state, is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident
9of this state, would not be disqualified from voting under s. 6.03; that he or she
10intends to support the implementation of the program under this section in the
11school district that is the subject of the petition; and that he or she is aware that
12falsifying the certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a). The circulator shall
13indicate the date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature.
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3. The commission, within 31 days after a petition is filed under subd. 2.,
15reviews the signatures to determine whether any signatures or petition sheets may
16not be counted for the reasons provided in par. (c). If, after review, the commission
17determines that the petition contains a number of signatures of qualified electors in
18the school district that is the subject of the petition equal to not less than 20 percent
19of the number of electors voting in the last election of school board members in the
20school district, the commission shall certify that result to the school district clerk.
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(c) 1. An individual signature on a petition sheet may not be counted if:
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a. The signature is not dated.
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b. The signature is dated outside the circulation period.
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c. The signature is dated after the date of the certification contained on the
25petition sheet.
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1d. The residency of the signer of the petition sheet cannot be determined by the
2address given.
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e. The signature is that of an individual who is not a resident of the school
4district that is the subject of the petition.
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f. The signer has been adjudicated not to be a qualified elector on grounds of
6incompetency or limited incompetency as provided in s. 6.03 (3).
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g. The signer is not a qualified elector by reason of age.
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h. The circulator knew or should have known that the signer, for any other
9reason, was not a qualified elector.
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2. No signature on the petition sheet may be counted if:
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a. The circulator fails to sign his or her certification.
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b. The circulator is not a qualified circulator.