118.30 (3) (b) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing procedures to administer par. (a). To the extent feasible, the rules shall protect the security and confidentiality of the examinations required to be administered under this section.
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Section 2718m. 118.33 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.33 (1) (f) 1. By September 1, 2002
2004, each school board operating high school grades shall develop a written policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma that are in addition to the requirements under par. (a). The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (d), the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers. Except as provided in subd. 2., the criteria apply to pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district.
2. By September 1, 2002 2004, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that operates high school grades shall develop a policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1r) (d), the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers.
3. Beginning September 1, 2003 2005, neither a school board nor an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the school board's or charter school's policy under subd. 1. or 2.
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Section 2725m. 118.38 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
118.38 (1) (a) 8. The commencement of the school term under s. 118.045.
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Section 2725mb. 118.40 (2r) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
118.40 (2r) (a) In this subsection, "instructional staff" has the meaning given in the rules promulgated by the department under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2.
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Section 2725md. 118.40 (2r) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) The common council of the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee area technical college district board All of the following entities 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.:
2. 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 or of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside 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.
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Section 2725mf. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. a. to d. of the statutes are created to read:
118.40 (2r) (b) 1. a. The common council of the city of Milwaukee.
b. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
c. On a pilot basis, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
d. The Milwaukee area technical college district board.
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Section 2725mg. 118.40 (2r) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (b) 3. If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside contracts for the establishment of a charter school, the contract shall also provide that the charter school must be operated by a governing board and that the chancellor or his or her designee must be a member of the governing board. In addition, if the contract provides that the instructional staff of the charter school shall consist of employees of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the contract shall also include provisions that do all of the following:
a. Delegate to the governing board of the charter school the board of regents' authority to establish and adjust all compensation and fringe benefits of instructional staff, subject to the terms of any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 that covers the instructional staff. In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement, the governing board may establish and adjust all compensation and fringe benefits of the instructional staff only with the approval of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
b. Authorize the governing board of the charter school to perform specified duties for the board of regents with respect to the instructional staff. This authorization may include duties related to supervising the instructional staff, taking disciplinary actions with respect to the instructional staff, recommending new hires or layoffs, collective bargaining, claims, complaints, or benefits and records administration.
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Section 2725mh. 118.40 (2r) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (bm) 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 only establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school located in the school district operating under ch. 119. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may only establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school located in a unified school district that is located in the county in which the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is situated or in an adjacent county.
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Section 2725mi. 118.40 (2r) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (c) 2., and 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (c) 2. (intro.) 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 in the school district operating under ch. 119 under this subsection only if one of the following applies:
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Section 2725mk. 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (c) 1. Only pupils who reside in the school district in which a charter school established under this subsection is located may attend the charter school.
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Section 2725mL. 118.40 (2r) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (cm) The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of only one charter school under this subsection, which may not operate high school grades and which may not accommodate more than 400 pupils.
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Section 2725mn. 118.40 (2r) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (e) 1. and amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 1. 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 sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph subdivision in the previous school year and the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under subch. VII of ch. 121 in the current school year, 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.
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Section 2725mp. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 2. If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside establishes or contracts for the establishment of a charter school under this subsection, in March the department shall pay to the unified school district in which the charter school is located, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), an amount equal to the amount of school aid per pupil to which the unified school district is eligible in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school who were previously enrolled in the unified school district.
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Section 2725mq. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
118.40 (2r) (f) If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside establishes or contracts for the establishment of a charter school under this subsection, biennially the chancellor shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). The report shall include information on the academic performance of the pupils who attend the charter school and on the success of the governance structure of the charter school.
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Section 2725t. 118.40 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (7) (am) 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 any school district operating under ch. 119 and the
no school board of that school district may not employ any personnel for the charter school. If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside contracts for the establishment of a charter school under sub. (2r), the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may employ instructional staff for the charter school.
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Section 2729. 118.43 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 2730. 118.43 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
118.43 (2) (g) The department may renew an achievement guarantee contract under pars. (b), (bg), and (br) for one or more terms of 5 school years. As a condition of receiving payments under a renewal of an achievement guarantee contract, a school board shall maintain the reduction of class size achieved during the last school year of the original achievement guarantee contract for the grades specified for the last school year of the contract.
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Section 2734. 118.43 (6) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (6) (b) 7. In the 2001-02 and 2002-03 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (am) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g). After making these payments, the department shall pay school districts on behalf of schools that are covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar), an amount equal to $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar).
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Section 2735. 118.43 (6) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (6) (b) 8. In the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g).
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Section 2738. 118.51 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.51 (3) (a) 2. A nonresident school board may not act on any application received under subd. 1. until after the 3rd Friday following the first Monday 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, after giving preference to pupils and to siblings of pupils who are already attending public school in the nonresident school district. If a nonresident school board determines that space is not otherwise available for open enrollment pupils in the grade or program to which an individual has applied, the school board may nevertheless accept an applicant who is already attending school in the nonresident school district or a sibling of the applicant.
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Section 2739. 118.51 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.51 (4) (a) 3. A statement of the preference required under sub. (5) (c) (3) (a) 2.
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Section 2740. 118.51 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.51 (5) (a) Permissible criteria. (intro.) Except as provided in par. (c) sub. (3) (a) 2., the criteria for accepting and rejecting applications from nonresident pupils under sub. (3) (a) may include only the following:
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Section 2741. 118.51 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.51 (5) (a) 1. The availability of space in the schools, programs, classes, or grades within the nonresident school district, including any. In determining the availability of space, the nonresident school board may consider criteria such as class size limits, pupil-teacher ratios, pupils attending the school district for whom tuition is paid under s. 121.78 (1) (a) or enrollment projections established by the nonresident school board and may include in its count of occupied spaces pupils attending the school district for whom tuition is paid under s. 121.78 (1) (a) and pupils and siblings of pupils who have applied under sub. (3) (a) and are already attending public school in the nonresident school district.
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Section 2742. 118.51 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 2744. 118.52 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.52
(11) (b)
Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is attending a course in a public school in a nonresident school district under this section may apply to the department for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the parent for the transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's residence or school in which the pupil is enrolled and the school at which the pupil is attending the course if the pupil and parent are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The department shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(cw) (cy). The department shall give preference under this paragraph to those pupils who are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b).
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Section 2744m. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V, and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121, and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38 (2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (26) (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), and (37), 120.14, and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.
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Section 2748i. 119.23 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (2) (a) 3. The private school notified the state superintendent of its intent to participate in the program under this section by May February 1 of the previous school year. The notice shall specify the number of pupils participating in the program under this section for which the school has space.
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Section 2749m. 119.23 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
119.23 (4) (bm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program shall be counted under par. (b) as provided in s. 121.004 (7) (c) and (cm).
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Section 2752r. 119.23 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (4m) Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, in In addition to the payment under sub. (4) the state superintendent shall pay to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in a private school under this section, in the manner described in sub. (4) (c), an amount determined by multiplying 40% of the payment under sub. (4) by the quotient determined by dividing the summer choice average daily membership equivalent of the private school by the total number of pupils for whom payments are being made under sub. (4).
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Section 2760k. 120.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.08 (1) (a) Common 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. 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 September 30 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.
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Section 2760m. 120.12 (27) of the statutes is created to read:
120.12 (27) Minority contracting. If the school board adopts a policy that authorizes preferences or set-asides to minority businesses in the awarding of a public contract, as defined in s. 60.47 (1) (a), ensure that the policy requires that the minority business be certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2).
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Section 2760p. 120.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.14 (3) The annual meeting may authorize and direct an audit of the school district accounts by a licensed certified public accountant
licensed or certified under ch. 442.
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Section 2760r. 120.18 (1) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.18 (1) (gm) Payroll and related benefit costs for all school district employees in the previous school year. Costs for represented employees shall be based upon the costs of any collective bargaining agreements covering such employees for the previous school year. If, as of the time specified by the department for filing the report, the school district has not entered into a collective bargaining agreement for any portion of the previous school year with the recognized or certified representative of any of its employees and the school district and the representative have been required to submit final offers under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6., increased costs limited to the lower of the school district's offer or the representative's offer shall be reflected in the report. The school district shall amend the annual report to reflect any change in such costs as a result of any award or settlement under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. between the date of filing the report and October 1. Any such amendment shall be concurred in by the licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 certifying the school district audit.
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Section 2761. 121.004 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.004
(6) Net cost. The "net cost" of a fund means the gross cost of that fund minus all nonduplicative revenues and other financing sources of that fund except property taxes
and, general aid
, and aid received under s. 79.095 (4). In this subsection, "nonduplicative revenues" includes federal financial assistance under
20 USC 236 to
245, to the extent permitted under federal law and regulations.
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Section 2761d. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
121.004 (7) (c) 1. c. A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program who is not a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), shall be counted as 0.3 pupil.
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Section 2761g. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.004 (7) (cm) A Notwithstanding par. (c) (intro.) and 1. c., a pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program and that annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities shall be counted as 0.4 pupil if the child is not a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), and as 0.6 pupil if the pupil is a child with a disability.
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Section 2762. 121.007 of the statutes is amended to read:
121.007 Use of state aid; exemption from execution. All moneys paid to a school district under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (cg), and (cr) and (q) shall be used by the school district solely for the purposes for which paid. Such moneys are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process in favor of creditors, except as to claims for salaries or wages of teachers and other school employees and as to claims for school materials, supplies, fuel, and current repairs.
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Section 2762d. 121.02 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (1) (a) 2. Ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools located in the school district hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department. The state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining "instructional staff" for purposes of this subdivision and s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 1.
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Section 2763m. 121.02 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.02 (1) (o) Annually distribute the performance disclosure report under comply with the requirements of s. 115.38 (2). The school board may include additional information in the report under s. 115.38 (2).
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Section 2764c. 121.05 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.05 (1) (a) 8. Pupils enrolled in the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired under subch. III of ch. 115 for whom the school district is paying tuition under s. 115.53 (2) determined by multiplying the total number of periods in each day in which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school by the total number of days for which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school and dividing the product by 1,080.
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Section 2764L. 121.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.06 (4) For purposes of computing state aid under s. 121.08, equalized valuations calculated under sub. (1) and certified under sub. (2) shall include the full value of computers property that are is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) as determined under s. 79.095 (3).
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Section 2764m. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) "Shared cost" is the sum of the net cost of the general fund and the net cost of the debt service fund, except that "shared cost" excludes any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by a school district as a result of its participation in a lawsuit commenced against the state, beginning with such costs incurred in the fiscal year in which the lawsuit is commenced, excludes any expenditures from a capital improvement fund created under s. 120.135, excludes any expenditures made as a result of the revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (L), and excludes the costs of transporting those transfer pupils for whom the school district operating under ch. 119 does not receive intradistrict transfer aid under s. 121.85 (6) as a result of s. 121.85 (6) (am). In this paragraph, "net cost of the debt service fund" includes all of the following amounts:
