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Section 2825
. 118.37 (7g) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (7g) and amended to read:
118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section and is taking a course for high school credit that is not comparable to a course offered in the school district may apply to the department state superintendent for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of higher education or technical college that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The department state superintendent shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cw). The department state superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b).
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Section 2826
. 118.37 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (8).
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Section 2827m. 118.37 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (9) and amended to read:
118.55 (9) Rules. The department state superintendent shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section, including rules establishing criteria for determining reimbursement amounts under sub. (7g).
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Section 2828
. 118.38 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 2829
. 118.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.38 (3) A waiver is effective for 4 years. The secretary department shall renew the waiver for additional 4-year periods if the school board has evaluated the educational and financial effects of the waiver over the previous 4-year period, except that the secretary
department is not required to renew a waiver if the secretary
department determines that the school district is not making adequate progress toward improving pupil academic performance.
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Section 2830
. 118.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (1) Notice to department. Whenever a school board intends to establish a charter school, it shall notify the department state superintendent of its intention. The Whenever one of the entities under sub. (2r) (b) intends to establish a charter school, it shall notify the state superintendent of its intention by February 1 of the previous school year. A notice under this subsection shall include a description of the proposed school.
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Section 2832
. 118.40 (1m) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (1m) (b) 7. Subject to sub. (7) (a) and (am) and ss. 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a) 2., the qualifications that must be met by the individuals to be employed in the school.
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Section 2835
. 118.40 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) Other initiatives. (a) In this subsection:
1. “Membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).
2. “Shared cost per member" means the shared cost under s. 121.07 (6) (a) divided by the school district's membership.
(b) The common council of the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee area technical college district board may establish by charter and operate a charter school or, on behalf of their respective entities, may initiate a contract with an individual or group to operate a school as a charter school. A charter shall include all of the provisions specified under sub. (1m) (b) 3. to 14. A contract shall include all of the provisions specified under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to 14. and shall specify the effect of the establishment of the charter school on the liability of the contracting entity under this paragraph. The contract may include other provisions agreed to by the parties. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may not establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school under this paragraph without the approval of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
(c) An entity under par. (b) may not establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school located outside of the school district operating under ch. 119. A pupil residing within the school district operating under ch. 119 may attend a charter school established under this subsection only if one of the following applies:
1. In the previous school year, the pupil was enrolled in the school district operating under ch. 119.
2. In the previous school year, the pupil was attending a private school under s. 119.23.
3. In the previous school year, the pupil was enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in a private school located in the city of Milwaukee other than under s. 119.23.
4. In the previous school year, the pupil was not enrolled in school.
5. In the previous school year, the pupil was enrolled in a charter school under this subsection.
(d) The chartering or contracting entity under par. (b) shall do all of the following:
1. Ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools under this subsection hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.
2. Administer the examinations under ss. 118.30 (1m) and 121.02 (1) (r) to pupils enrolled in charter schools under this subsection.
(e) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the shared cost per member in the previous school year of the school district operating under ch. 119 multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school. The department shall pay 25% of the total amount in September, 25% in December, 25% in February and 25% in June. The department shall send the check to the operator of the charter school.
(f) The department shall annually reduce the aid paid under s. 121.08 to the board of a school district operating under ch. 119 by an amount equal to the shared cost per member in the previous school year of the school district operating under ch. 119 multiplied by the number of pupils attending charter schools under this subsection.
(g) The department shall ensure that aid paid to other school districts under s. 121.08 is neither reduced nor increased as a result of the payments under par. (e) or the reduction in aid to the board under par. (f) and that the amount of the aid reduction under par. (f) lapses to the general fund.
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Section 2836
. 118.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (3) (a) If the school board grants the petition under sub. (2) (a), the school board shall contract with the person named in the petition under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to operate the school as a charter school under this section. The contract shall include all of the provisions specified in the petition and may include other provisions agreed to by the parties.
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Section 2837
. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under
sub. subs. (2m) or (2r) may be for any term not exceeding 5 school years and may be renewed for one or more terms not exceeding 5 school years. The contract shall specify the amount to be paid by the school board to the charter school during each school year of the contract.
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Section 2839
. 118.40 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (3) (d) A school board or an entity under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) shall give preference in awarding contracts for the operation of charter schools to those charter schools that serve children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a).
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Section 2840
. 118.40 (5) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
118.40 (5) Charter revocation. (intro.) A charter may be revoked by the school board or the entity under sub. (2r) (b) that contracted with the charter school if the school board or, if applicable, the entity under sub. (2r) (b) finds that any of the following occurred:
(a) The charter school violated its contract with the school board or the entity under sub. (2r) (b).
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Section 2841
. 118.40 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (7) (a) A Except as provided in par. (am), a charter school is an instrumentality of the school district in which it is located and the school board of that school district shall employ all personnel for the charter school. This paragraph does not apply to charter schools located in the school district operating under ch. 119.
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Section 2842
. 118.40 (7) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (7) (am) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., if a charter school is established under sub. (2m) and located in the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board of that school district shall determine whether or not the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district. If the school board determines that a charter school is an instrumentality of the school district, the school board shall employ all personnel for the charter school. If the school board determines that a charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district, the school board may not employ any personnel for the charter school.
2. A charter school established under sub. (2r) or a private school located in the school district operating under ch. 119 that is converted to a charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district operating under ch. 119 and the school board of that school district may not employ any personnel for the charter school.
3. Notwithstanding subd. 2., if the city of Milwaukee contracts with an individual or group operating for profit to operate a school as a charter school, the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district operating under ch. 119 and the board of the school district operating under ch. 119 shall employ all personnel for the charter school.
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Section 2842b. 118.40 (7) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (7) (ar) Nothing in this subsection affects the rights of personnel of a charter school that is an instrumentality of the school district in which it is located to engage in collective bargaining pursuant to subch. IV of ch. 111.
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Section 2842g. 118.42 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.42 (1) (intro.) A nonprofit corporation may apply to the department state superintendent for a grant to partially fund the costs of planning, developing and operating a youth village program that complies with all of the following:
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Section 2842r. 118.42 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.42 (2) (a) The department
state superintendent shall review the applications and determine which of the applicants shall receive the grant.
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Section 2842s. 118.43 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (2) (b) In the 1996-97 and 1998-99 school year years, the school board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one school in the school district if all of the following apply:
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Section 2842t. 118.43 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (2) (f) The department may not enter into an achievement guarantee contract with a school board on behalf of a school after June 30, 1997 1999.
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Section 2842tm. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (3) Contract requirements. (intro.) An Except as provided in par. (am), an achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to do all of the following in each participating school:
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Section 2842tn. 118.43 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
118.43 (3) (am) Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the 1998-99 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:
1. In the 1998-99 school year, in at least grades kindergarten and one.
2. In the 1999-2000 school year, in at least grades kindergarten to 2.
3. In the 2000-01 to 2002-03 school years, in at least grades kindergarten to 3.
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Section 2842tr. 118.43 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (4) (a) A description of how the school will implement each of the elements under sub. (3), including any alternative class configurations for specific educational activities that may be used to meet the class size requirement under sub. (3) (a).
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Section 2842ts. 118.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (5) (b) At the end of the 1997-98, 1998-99 and, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 school years, a committee consisting of the state superintendent, the chairpersons of the education committees in the senate and assembly and the individual chiefly responsible for the evaluation under sub. (7) shall review the progress made by each school for which an achievement guarantee contract has been entered into. The committee may recommend to the department that the department terminate a contract if the committee determines that the school board has violated the contract or if the school has made insufficient progress toward achieving its performance objectives under sub. (4) (c). The department may terminate the contract if it agrees with the committee's recommendation.
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Section 2842w. 118.43 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (6) (a) In this subsection, “amount appropriated" means the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cu) in any fiscal year less $250,000, plus the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv).
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Section 2842x. 118.43 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (6) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (cu) and (cv), subject to par. (c), the department shall pay to each school district that has entered into a contract with the department under this section an amount determined as follows:
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Section 2842xm. 118.43 (6) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (6) (b) 3. In the 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 school years year, divide the amount appropriated by the sum of the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school in this state covered by contracts under this section
sub. (3) (a) and the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten and one in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts under this section.
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Section 2842y. 118.43 (6) (b) 4. and 5. of the statutes are created to read:
118.43 (6) (b) 4. In the 1999-2000 school year, divide the amount appropriated by the sum of the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (a) and the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 2 in each school in this state covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts the section.
5. In the 2000-01 to 2002-03 school years, divide the amount appropriated by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in each school in this state covered by contracts under this section and multiply the quotient by the number of pupils enrolled in those grades in each school in the school district covered by contracts under this section.
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Section 2842z. 118.43 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
118.43 (8) Departmental waiver of low-income percentage requirement. If a school district that is eligible to contract with the department under sub. (2) (a) chooses not to do so, the department may waive the eligibility requirements under sub. (2) (a) to include additional school districts that would otherwise be ineligible.
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Section 2843g. 118.51 of the statutes is created to read:
118.51 Full-time open enrollment. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Child with exceptional educational needs" has the meaning given in s. 115.76 (3).
(b) “Nonresident school board" means the school board of a nonresident school district.
(c) “Nonresident school district" means a school district, other than a pupil's resident school district, that the pupil is attending or has applied to attend under this section.
(d) “Parent" includes a guardian.
(e) “Resident school board" means the school board of a resident school district.
(f) “Resident school district" means the school district in which a pupil resides.
(2) Applicability. Beginning in the 1998-99 school year, a pupil may attend a public school, including a prekindergarten, early childhood or school-operated day care program, in a nonresident school district under this section, except that a pupil may attend a prekindergarten, early childhood or school-operated day care program in a nonresident school district only if the pupil's resident school district offers the same type of program that the pupil wishes to attend and the pupil is eligible to attend that program in his or her resident school district.
(3) Application procedures. (a) Submission and acceptance or rejection. 1. The parent of a pupil who wishes to attend a public school in a nonresident school district under this section shall submit an application, on a form provided by the department under sub. (15) (a), to the school board of the nonresident school district that the pupil wishes to attend, not earlier than the first Monday in February and not later than the 3rd Friday in February of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the pupil wishes to attend. On the 4th Monday in February, the nonresident school board shall send a copy of the application to the pupil's resident school board and the department. The application may include a request to attend a specific school or program offered by the nonresident school district.
2. A nonresident school board may not act on any application received under subd. 1. until after the 3rd Friday in February. If a nonresident school board receives more applications for a particular grade or program than there are spaces available in the grade or program, the nonresident school board shall determine which pupils to accept on a random basis.
3. On or before the first Friday following the first Monday in April following receipt of the application, the nonresident school board shall notify the applicant, in writing, whether it has accepted the application. If the nonresident school board rejects an application, it shall include in the notice the reason for the rejection.
4. On or before the first Friday following the first Monday in April following receipt of a copy of the application, if a resident school board denies a pupil's enrollment in a nonresident school district under sub. (6), (7) or (12) (b) 1., the resident school board shall notify the applicant and the nonresident school board, in writing, that the application has been denied and include in the notice the reason for the denial.
