AB64: Bill Text

AB64,730,18 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. The private school or the pupil's parent or guardian submits to the department of public instruction the names, addresses, social security numbers, and other state and federal tax identification numbers, if any, of the pupil's parents or legal guardians that reside in the same household as the pupil, whether and to whom the parents or legal guardians are married, the names of all of the other members of the pupil's family residing in the same household as the pupil, and the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. The department of revenue shall review the information submitted under this subd. 1. b. and shall verify the eligibility or ineligibility of the pupil to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. In this subdivision, “family income" means federal adjusted gross income of the parents or legal guardians residing in the same household as the pupil for the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. or, if not available, for the tax year preceding the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. Family income for a family in which the pupil's parents are married or in which the pupil's legal guardians are married shall be reduced by $7,000 before the verification is made under this subd. 1. b. The department of revenue may take no other action on the basis of the information submitted under this subd. 1. b. If the department of revenue is unable to verify family income or to verify whether the pupil is eligible or ineligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income, the department of revenue shall notify the department of public instruction, the private school, and the pupil's parent or guardian of this fact and the department of public instruction shall utilize an alternative process, to be established by the department of public instruction, to determine whether the pupil is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public instruction may not request any additional verification of income from the family of a pupil once the department of revenue has verified that the pupil is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public instruction shall establish a procedure for determining family income eligibility for those pupils for whom no social security number or state or federal tax identification number has been provided.

AB64,1603 Section 1603 . 119.23 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1604 Section 1604 . 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,730,24 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. By August 1 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, submit to the department the information required under sub. (6m) (a) and (c) (6p) (a) and (b).

AB64,1605 Section 1605. 119.23 (2) (ag) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1606 Section 1606. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,731,5 119.23 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 1 September 15, a private school participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the purpose of sub. (4m).

AB64,1607 Section 1607. 119.23 (6m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,731,8 119.23 (6m) (b) (intro.) Annually, by August 1st, provide to the department the material specified in par. (a) and all of the following information:

AB64,1608 Section 1608. 119.23 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,731,11 119.23 (6m) (bm) Upon request of the department, provide a copy of any policy described in par. (a).

AB64,1609 Section 1609. 119.23 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,731,16 119.23 (6m) (c) Provide Upon an individual joining the private school's governing body, provide to the department a signed statement from each the individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing body.

AB64,1610 Section 1610 . 119.23 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,731,22 119.23 (6p) In addition to the requirements under sub. (6m), a private school that is not a new private school and that did not participate in program under this section in the previous school year shall submit to the department by January 10 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the private school intends to participate in the program under this section all of the following:

AB64,731,23 (a) The information required under sub. (6m) (a).

AB64,732,3 (b) A signed statement from each individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing body.

AB64,1611 Section 1611. 119.23 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1612 Section 1612. 119.23 (7) (am) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,732,19 119.23 (7) (am) 2m. b. Evidence of sound fiscal and internal control practices, as prescribed by the department by rule. The department may not require a private school that is not a new private school and that is in good standing with the department to submit to the department the private school's annual operating budget as evidence of its fiscal and internal control practices. An independent auditor engaged to evaluate the private school's fiscal and internal control practices shall conduct his or her evaluation, including determining sample sizes, in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The independent auditor engaged to evaluate the private school's fiscal and internal control practice shall also review any concerns raised in the private school's management letter submitted under subd. 2m. a. The fact that a private school reports a negative reserve balance alone is not evidence that the private school does not have the financial ability to continue operating or that the private school does not follow sound fiscal and internal control practices.

AB64,1613 Section 1613. 119.23 (7) (b) 3d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,732,24 119.23 (7) (b) 3d. a. Beginning on the effective date of this subd. 3d. a. .... [LRB inserts date], with the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background investigation of an individual before extending that individual an offer to teach or serve as an administrator at the private school.

AB64,733,3 b. With the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background investigation of all teachers and administrators employed by the private school on the effective date of this subd. 3d. b. .... [LRB inserts date].

AB64,733,8 c. At least once every 5 years after a teacher's or administrator's initial background investigation under this subdivision, with the assistance of the department of justice, conduct another additional background check on the teacher or administrator if the teacher or administrator remains employed by the private school.

AB64,1614 Section 1614. 119.23 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,733,13 119.23 (7) (d) 2. Evidence of financial viability, as prescribed by the department by rule. The department may not require a private school that is not a new private school and that is in good standing with the department to submit to the department the private school's annual operating budget as evidence of its financial viability.

AB64,1615 Section 1615. 119.23 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,733,16 119.23 (10) (a) 1. Misrepresented information required under sub. (7) (d) this section or any rule promulgated under this section.

AB64,1616 Section 1616. 119.23 (10) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1617 Section 1617 . 119.23 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,733,20 119.23 (10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m) or (6p).

AB64,1618 Section 1618. 119.23 (10) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,733,23 119.23 (10) (am) 4. Misrepresented any information required under this section or under any rule promulgated under this section.

AB64,1619 Section 1619 . 119.61 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,734,3 119.61 (1) (c) 3. The number of hours of pupil instruction offered in the school building in the previous school year was less than 80 percent of the number of hours of pupil instruction required to be scheduled under s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2., 2015 stats.

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

AB64,734,5 119.83 School performance incentive program. (1) In this section:

AB64,734,7 (a) “Accountability report” means the school and school district accountability report published under s. 115.385.

AB64,734,9 (b) “Eligible school” means any of the following that is located within the geographical boundaries of a city school district:

AB64,734,11 1. A public school that is under the control of the board, including a charter school under contract with the board.

AB64,734,12 2. A charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).

AB64,734,13 3. A private school participating in the program under s. 119.23.

AB64,734,17 (2) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, subject to sub. (4), the department shall award an amount determined as follows to each eligible school that is placed in a performance category of “significantly exceeds expectations" or “exceeds expectations" on the accountability report for the immediately preceding school year:

AB64,734,20 (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (df) by the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in each school eligible to receive an award under this subsection.

AB64,734,22 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils enrolled in the school.

AB64,735,3 (3) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, subject to sub. (4), the department shall award an amount determined as follows to each eligible school that increases by at least 3 points the numeric score that was the basis for the eligible school's performance category on the accountability report in the preceding school year over the eligible school's numeric score on the immediately preceding accountability report:

AB64,735,6 (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.

AB64,735,8 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils enrolled in the school.

AB64,735,11 (4) In each school year, the department may not make an award under sub. (2) or (3) before the department of administration approves the per pupil amount calculated under subs. (2) and (3).

AB64,735,13 (5) 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) or (3).

AB64,1621 Section 1621. 120.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,735,23 120.08 (1) (a) Common school School districts shall hold an annual meeting on the 4th Monday in July at 8 p.m. and union high school districts shall hold an annual meeting on the 3rd Monday in July at 8 p.m. on a date and hour determined by the school board unless the electors at one annual meeting determine to thereafter hold the annual meeting on a different date or hour, or authorize the school board to establish a different date or hour. No annual meeting may be held before May 15 or after October 31. The first school district meeting in a common or union high school district created under s. 117.08, 117.09, or 117.27 shall be considered an annual meeting.

AB64,1622 Section 1622. 120.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,736,10 120.11 (1) The school board in a common or union high school district shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at a time and place determined by the school board and may hold special school board meetings under sub. (2). A majority of the school board members constitute a quorum at a regular or special school board meeting. The school district president shall preside at school board meetings. In the president's absence, the school district vice president shall preside or, in the case of a 3-member board, the school board may select another school board member to preside. The school district clerk shall record the minutes of school board meetings and, in his or her absence, the school board may select another school board member to act as the clerk of the meeting.

AB64,1623 Section 1623. 120.12 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,736,17 120.12 (2r) Educator background investigation. (a) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], with the assistance of the department of justice, at least once every 5 years after the initial background investigation conducted under s. 118.19 (10) (b), conduct a background investigation of each individual who holds a teaching license or administrator's license issued under s. 118.19 and who is employed by the school board.

AB64,736,19 (b) In lieu of conducting the background investigation required under par. (a), contract with the department to conduct the background investigation.

AB64,1624 Section 1624. 120.13 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,736,22 120.13 (7m) Student teachers. Provide compensation to a student teacher for time spent in a classroom that involves direct interaction with pupils.

AB64,1625 Section 1625. 120.13 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,737,17 120.13 (14) (a) Establish and provide or contract for the provision of child care programs for children. The school board may receive federal or state funds for this purpose. The school board may charge a fee for all or part of the cost of the service for participation in a child care program established under this subsection. Costs associated with a child care program under this subsection may not be included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6). Child care programs established under this subsection shall meet the standards for licensed child care centers established by the department of children and families. Pursuant to ss. 48.66 (1) (a), 48.73, and 48.74, the department of children and families may visit and inspect the premises of, inspect the records of, and investigate and prosecute any alleged violations occurring at any child care program established or contracted for under this subsection that receives payment under s. 49.155 for the child care provided. If a school board proposes to contract for the provision of a child care program under this subsection or if on July 1, 1996, a school board is a party to a contract for the provision of a child care program under this subsection, the school board shall refer the proposed contractor to the department of children and families for the criminal history and child abuse record search required under s. 48.685. Each school board shall provide the department of health services with information about each person who is denied a contract for a reason specified in s. 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. to 5.

AB64,1626 Section 1626 . 120.13 (14) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB64,738,13 120.13 (14) (a) Establish and provide or contract for the provision of child care programs for children. The school board may receive federal or state funds for this purpose. The school board may charge a fee for all or part of the cost of the service for participation in a child care program established under this subsection. Costs associated with a child care program under this subsection may not be included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6). Child care programs established under this subsection shall meet the standards for licensed child care centers established by the department of children and families. Pursuant to ss. 48.66 (1) (a), 48.73, and 48.74, the department of children and families may visit and inspect the premises of, inspect the records of, and investigate and prosecute any alleged violations occurring at any child care program established or contracted for under this subsection that receives payment under s. 49.155 for the child care provided. If a school board proposes to contract for the provision of a child care program under this subsection or if on July 1, 1996, a school board is a party to a contract for the provision of a child care program under this subsection, the school board shall refer the proposed contractor to the department of children and families for the criminal history and child abuse record search required under s. 48.685. Each school board shall provide the department of health services with information about each person who is denied a contract for a reason specified in s. 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. to 5 48.686.

AB64,1627 Section 1627. 120.13 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,738,22 120.13 (14) (b) 1. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.685 48.686 (1) (c) 3m., or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 48.686 (1) (bm), of the child care program is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 12th 10th birthday, the school board shall rescind the contract of the contractor immediately upon providing written notice of the rescission and the grounds for the rescission and an explanation of the process for appealing the rescission.

AB64,1628 Section 1628. 120.13 (14) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,739,8 120.13 (14) (b) 2. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.685 48.686 (1) (c) 3m., or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 48.686 (1) (bm), of the child care program is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 12th 10th birthday, the school board shall immediately suspend the contract of the contractor until the school board obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to provide a child care program under this subsection.

AB64,1629 Section 1629. 120.13 (39) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,739,11 120.13 (39) Shared services. Contract with one or more school boards to do any of the following:

AB64,739,13 (a) Establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under subch. VII of ch. 115.

AB64,739,15 (b) If the school board operates any grade from 7 to 12, provide the instruction required under s. 118.076 (3).

AB64,739,16 (c) Provide emergency nursing services, as required under s. 121.02 (1) (g).

AB64,739,18 (d) Designate an employee of one of the school boards that is subject to the contract to deal with matters relating to school attendance and truancy.

AB64,739,20 (e) Provide guidance and counseling services, as required under s. 121.02 (1) (e).

AB64,739,22 (f) Establish a technical preparation program in each public high school located in the school district, as required under s. 118.34.

AB64,739,24 (g) Ensure that gifted and talented pupils enrolled in the school district have access to a program for gifted and talented pupils, as required under s. 118.35.

AB64,1630 Section 1630. 120.43 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,740,4 120.43 (2) The school board shall meet at least once each month times fixed and published by the board in its rule and at other times upon the call of the school district president or upon the filing of a request with the school district clerk signed by a majority of the school board members.

AB64,1631 Section 1631 . 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,740,10 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program, including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b), that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities.

AB64,1632 Section 1632 . 121.006 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,740,15 121.006 (2) (intro.) Unless the state superintendent is satisfied that the failure to meet the requirements of pars. (a) and par. (b) was occasioned by some extraordinary cause not arising from intention or neglect on the part of the responsible officers, every school district shall:

AB64,1633 Section 1633 . 121.006 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1634 Section 1634 . 121.02 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1635 Section 1635 . 121.05 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,740,21 121.05 (1) (a) 5. Pupils attending a technical college under s. 118.15 (1) (b) and pupils attending an institution of higher education or a technical college under s. 118.55.

AB64,1636 Section 1636 . 121.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,741,2 121.23 (1) In the event that the state superintendent finds that school is not held, or educational standards are not maintained in accordance with s. 121.02 (1) (f) as the result of a strike by school district employees, make-up days are authorized to be scheduled but no make-up days are required.