Amendment SA5-AB64

AB64-SA5,31,4 119.23 (7) (i) 1. Each private school participating in the program under this section shall annually conduct state and federal background checks of all teachers and administrators employed by the private school on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

AB64-SA5,31,11 2. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], each private school participating in the program under this section shall conduct state and federal background checks of each individual who applies to teach in or serve as an administrator of the private school prior to extending an offer of employment to that individual. The private school shall annually conduct state and federal background checks of each teacher or administrator investigated under this subdivision who is employed by the private school.

AB64-SA5,31,15 3. A participating private school may not employ a person as a teacher or administrator or contract with the person to serve as a teacher or administrator if the person would not be eligible to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.

AB64-SA5,1619y Section 1619y. 119.23 (10) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,31,17 119.23 (10) (a) 7. Violated sub. (7) (b) 3m., 4., 5., or 6., or 9.

AB64-SA5,1620b Section 1620b. 119.23 (10) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,31,20 119.23 (10) (a) 9. Violated or employed a person who violated s. 118.016, 118.19 (1), 118.305, 118.31, or 118.33 (1) (f) 5.

AB64-SA5,1620c Section 1620c. 119.23 (10) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,31,22 119.23 (10) (a) 10. Violated the rules promulgated under s. 120.13 (1) (i).

AB64-SA5,1620d Section 1620d. 119.23 (10) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,32,3 119.23 (10) (bg) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he or she determines that the owner of the private school would not be eligible or permitted to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.

AB64-SA5,1620e Section 1620e. 119.23 (10) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,32,9 119.23 (10) (br) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he or she determines that the private school has failed to comply with the requirements under sub. (7) (i) 1. or 2. or if the private school employs an individual in contravention of the prohibitions under sub. (7) (i) 3.

AB64-SA5,1620f Section 1620f. 119.23 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,32,13 119.23 (10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par. (a), (am), (ar), or (b), (bg), or (br), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.

AB64-SA5,1620m Section 1620m. 119.83 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,32,15 119.83 School performance improvement grants. (1) In this section:

AB64-SA5,32,17 (a) “Accountability report” means the school and school district accountability report published under s. 115.385.

AB64-SA5,32,22 (b) “Eligible school” means any of the following that is located within the geographical boundaries of a city school district if at least 70 percent of the school's enrollment on the 3rd Friday of September, as rounded to the nearest whole percentage point, satisfied the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1):

AB64-SA5,32,24 1. A public school that is under the control of the board, including a charter school under contract with the board.

AB64-SA5,32,25 2. A charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).

AB64-SA5,33,1 3. A private school participating in the program under s. 119.23.

AB64-SA5,33,5 (2) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, the department shall award an amount determined as follows to each eligible school that is placed in a performance category of “fails to meet expectations" on the accountability report for the immediately preceding school year:

AB64-SA5,33,8 (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dg) by the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in each school eligible to receive an award under this subsection.

AB64-SA5,33,10 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils enrolled in the school.

AB64-SA5,33,12 (3) The board shall distribute funds it receives under this section to the school administrator of the eligible school that earned the award under sub. (2).”.

AB64-SA5,33,14 65. Page 830, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending on page 831, line 3.

AB64-SA5,33,15 66. Page 831, line 3: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,33,16 “ Section 1624e. 120.13 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,33,20 120.13 (1) (i) The department shall promulgate rules establishing a procedure for the expulsion of pupils attending a private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 by the governing body of the private school. The rules shall adhere as closely as feasible to the provisions applicable to public school pupils under this subsection.” .

AB64-SA5,33,21 67. Page 833, line 20: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,33,22 “ Section 1630g. 121.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,34,3 121.004 (7) (a) “Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars. (b) to (f) (g). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.

AB64-SA5,1630h Section 1630h. 121.004 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,34,8 121.004 (7) (g) A pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) shall be counted as the number specified in this subsection for the pupil plus an additional 20 percent of that number.”.

AB64-SA5,34,9 68. Page 834, line 22: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,34,10 “ Section 1635ef. 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,34,14 121.07 (6) (d) The “secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 2001-02 2017-18 school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by dividing the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership in the previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.”.

AB64-SA5,34,15 69. Page 835, line 9: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,34,16 “ Section 1635g. 121.10 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,34,18 121.10 Hold harmless aid. (1) In this section, “state aid" means the sum of the following:

AB64-SA5,34,20 (a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and subch. VI.

AB64-SA5,34,22 (b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if s. 121.136 were still applicable.

AB64-SA5,34,24 (c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) if s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) were still applicable.

AB64-SA5,35,5 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the 2018-19 school year, if a school district would receive less in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than it would have received in state aid in the current school year, the department shall pay to the school district the amount equal to the difference.

AB64-SA5,35,11 (b) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than the amount determined as follows, the department shall pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the amount determined as follows:

AB64-SA5,35,13 1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.

AB64-SA5,35,16 2. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.

AB64-SA5,35,22 (3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the difference to the consolidated school district.

AB64-SA5,35,24 (4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bq). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2018-19 school year.

AB64-SA5,1635gf Section 1635gf. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,36,6 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount of state aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school year.

AB64-SA5,1635gk Section 1635gk. 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,36,14 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows:

AB64-SA5,1635gm Section 1635gm. 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,36,17 121.105 (5) A school district's state aid in any school year may not be less than an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.

AB64-SA5,1635gp Section 1635gp. 121.136 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,36,19 121.136 (3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2018.”.

AB64-SA5,36,20 70. Page 836, line 18: delete lines 18 to 21.

AB64-SA5,36,21 71. Page 836, line 23: delete “(a)".

AB64-SA5,36,22 72. Page 837, line 2: delete “, subject to par. (b),".

AB64-SA5,36,23 73. Page 837, line 4: delete “1." and substitute “(a)".

AB64-SA5,36,24 74. Page 837, line 6: delete “2." and substitute “(b)".

AB64-SA5,37,1 75. Page 837, line 6: delete “subd. 1." and substitute “par. (a)".

AB64-SA5,37,2 76. Page 837, line 7: delete lines 7 to 10.

AB64-SA5,37,3 77. Page 837, line 16: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,37,4 “ Section 1640cp. 121.90 (1) (dr) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,37,12 121.90 (1) (dr) In determining a school district's revenue limit in the 2003-04 school year and in each school year thereafter through the 2017-18 school year, a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September of each appropriate school year. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, in determining a school district's revenue limit in the 2018-19 school year and in each school year thereafter, a number equal to 100 percent of the summer enrollment shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September of each appropriate school year.

AB64-SA5,1640cw Section 1640cw. 121.90 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,37,16 121.90 (2) (am) 1. Aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.10, 121.105, and 121.136 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).”.

AB64-SA5,37,17 78. Page 837, line 21: delete lines 21 to 25 and substitute:

AB64-SA5,37,20 “121.905 (1) In this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,000 $9,500 in the 2011-12 2017-18 school year and in the 2012-13 school year and $9,100 $9,900 in the 2013-14 2018-19 school year and in any subsequent school year.”.

AB64-SA5,37,21 79. Page 837, line 25: after that line insert:

AB64-SA5,37,22 “ Section 1640h. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,37,24 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for the 2015-16 school year or any and the 2016-17 school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB64-SA5,1640hc Section 1640hc. 121.905 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,38,3 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2017-18 school year, add $200 to the result under par. (b).

AB64-SA5,1640hf Section 1640hf. 121.905 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,38,6 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2018-19 school year, add $204 to the result under par. (b).

AB64-SA5,1640hj Section 1640hj. 121.905 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,38,10 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2019-20 school year and any school year thereafter, add the amount determined under s. 121.91 (2m) (L) to the result under par. (b).

AB64-SA5,1640hk Section 1640hk. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA5,38,14 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2015-16 school year or for any the 2016-17 school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB64-SA5,1640hm Section 1640hm. 121.91 (2m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA5,38,18 121.91 (2m) (j) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2017-18 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB64-SA5,38,22 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB64-SA5,38,23 2. Add $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB64-SA5,38,25 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB64-SA5,1640hn Section 1640hn. 121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read: