Comparison with rules in adjacent states: N/A
Summary of factual data and analytical methodologies:
Analysis and supporting documents used to determine effect on small business or in preparation of economic impact report: N/A
Anticipated costs incurred by private sector: N/A
Effect on small business:
The proposed rules will have no significant economic impact on small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1) (a), Stats. Agency contact person: (including email and telephone)
Carl Bryan
Budget and Policy Analyst
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
(608) 267-9127
Place where comments are to be submitted and deadline for submission:
Comments should be submitted to Carl Bryan, Department of Public Instruction, 125 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 or at Carl.Bryan@dpi.wi.gov. The Department will publish a hearing notice in the Administrative Register which will provide information on the deadline for the submission of comments. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
SECTION 1. Chapter PI 17 (title) is amended to read: SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMSAND INTERIM SESSION CLASSES
SECTION 2. PI 17.01 is amended to read:
PI 17.01 Applicability and purpose. This chapter establishes criteria for summer school programsand interim session classes receiving state aid, as authorized under s. 121.14, Stats. SECTION 3. PI 17.02 (1) is renumbered PI 17.02 (1m).
SECTION 4. PI 17.02 (1), (2m) and (6) are created to read:
(1) “Academic purposes” means summer or interim session learning experiences that are related or similar to instruction that is offered during the rest of the school year or for which credit toward graduation is given.
(2m) “Interim session” has the meaning given in s. 115.001(3m), Stats., for school districts or county children with disabilities education boards that provide year-round school. Interim sessions are not an extension of the regular school day or school week. (6) “Year-round school” means a school that does not have more than 45 calendar days between consecutive sessions during which hours of direct pupil instruction are counted to meet the requirement in s. 121.02 (1) (f), Stats. SECTION 5. PI 17.03 (title), (1), (2) (intro.) and (c) are amended to read:
PI 17.03 Summer school programsand interim session classes. (1) Under s. 121.14, Stats., a school district or county children with disabilities education board may count pupils for aid membership for those academic summer classes or laboratory periods that are necessary for academic purposes, as specified under this chapter. A school district may operate a summer schoolUnder s. 121.14, Stats., a school district or county children with disabilities education board that provides year-round school may count pupils for aid membership for those interim session classes or laboratory periods that are necessary for academic purposes. A school district may operate a summer or interim session program in cooperation with a CESA or another school district under an agreement as provided in s. 66.0301, Stats. In this section, “academic purposes” means summer school learning experiences are related or similar to instruction that is offered during the rest of the school year or for which credit toward graduation is given. (2) Summer school coursesand interim session classes necessary for academic purposes may include all any of the following:
(c) Up to 270 minutes of instructional time, including field trips, per student, per day, if accompanied by a department-licensed teacher, and if all pupils have equal access to field trips, regardless of their ability to pay.
SECTION 6. PI 17.03 (2) (d) is created to read:
(d) Online classes offered to high school pupils and pupils in grades 7 and 8 that meet the requirements of s. 121.004 (8) (b), Stats., and s. PI 36.11 (1) and in which at least 8,100 minutes of direct instruction are required to earn one credit and the lesser hours are to be prorated accordingly. SECTION 7. PI 17.03 (3) (intro.) and (e), (4), and (5) are amended to read:
17.03 (3) Summer school and interim session activities not necessary for academic purposes include all of the following:
(e) Any offering not provided by or directed on site by a department-licensed teacher.
(4) A school district under sub.(1) shall annually submit to the department a summer school or interim session membership report. (5) A school district under sub. (1) shall document and retain the calculation of summer school or interim session membership on a form provided by the department. SECTION 8. PI 17.04 (intro.), (1) and (2) are amended to read:
PI 17.04 Summer schoolor interim session classes aid calculation. (1) Summer school average daily membership equivalent shall be included as a full-time equivalency in the school district's September official enrollment of the school district required under s. 121.05 (1) (a), Stats. (2) The summer school average daily membership equivalent reported under sub. (1) shall be calculated using the school district's total summer school residentor interim session pupil membership minutes, up to 270 minutes per pupil per day, divided by 48,600, and rounding to the nearest whole number. SECTION 9. PI 17.05 (title), (1) (intro.), (2) (intro.) and (b), and (4) are amended to read:
PI 17.05 Fees charged for summer school coursesand interim session classes. (1) A school district or county children with disabilities education board offering a summer school programor interim session classes may charge reasonable fees for the following:
(2) A school district or county children with disabilities education board offering a summer schoolor interim session classes program may not charge fees for any of the following:
(b) Books for indigent children residing in the school district.
(4) A school district or county children with disabilities education board offering a summer school programor interim session classes may not prohibit an eligible pupil from attending summer schoolor interim session classes, expel or otherwise discipline the pupil, or withhold or reduce the pupil's grades because the pupil or the pupil's family cannot pay or has not paid fees charged under sub. (1). SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE:
The proposed rules contained in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month commencing after the date of publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats.
