SB2-SSA1,12,10 3(2) At the general election to be held in November, 2000, there shall be elected
4in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
5inserts date], 5 members of the board of school directors elected, one of whom shall
6be elected at large and 4 of whom shall be from even-numbered election districts
7prescribed under s. 119.08 (1) (b). At the general election to be held in November,
82002, there shall be elected in each such city 4 members of the board of school
9directors, who shall be elected from odd-numbered election districts prescribed
10under s. 119.08 (1) (b).
SB2-SSA1,12,17 11(3) Notwithstanding s. 119.10 (1) and (2), the board of school directors of each
121st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts
13date], shall hold an organizational meeting on the 4th Monday in April, 1999, and
14shall not hold any other organizational meeting in 1999. On the 4th Monday in April,
151999, the board of school directors of each such city shall elect officers, who shall hold
16office until the board holds its next organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) in
172000.
SB2-SSA1, s. 35 18Section 35. 119.07 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this
19act), is repealed.
SB2-SSA1, s. 36 20Section 36. 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,12,2521 119.08 (1) (a) The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8
22members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The
23election districts shall consist of whole contiguous wards and shall be substantially
24equal in population and the. The boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn
25so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.
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1(b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance
2determining or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of the aldermanic
3districts
wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 62.08 (1)
45.15 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt
5an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall
6be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1)
7redetermining the aldermanic district ward boundaries.
SB2-SSA1, s. 37 8Section 37. 119.08 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,13,199 119.08 (2) The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing
10within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member
11shall be elected by the electors of the city. Board members shall be electors of the city
12and shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring general election.
13Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be
14filled, for unexpired terms. The format for the nomination papers shall be as
15prescribed in s. 8.10 (2) (b).
The primary and spring elections election for board
16members shall be conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or
17other officers held on that date. The polling places for the state , municipal or judicial
18election
elections shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal
19election hours shall apply.
SB2-SSA1,13,22 20(3) The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years. The term of each
21member expires on the first Monday in December of the 4th year following the year
22in which the member's office is regularly filled.
SB2-SSA1, s. 38 23Section 38. 119.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,14,224 119.08 (4) A vacancy on in the membership of the board occurring on or before
25June 1 preceding expiration of the member's term of office
shall be filled by a special

1election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the
2unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.
SB2-SSA1, s. 39 3Section 39. 119.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,14,144 119.10 (1) The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the
5board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting
6under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on
7such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and
8the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business
9pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless
10otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had
11been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the
12board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by
13the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been
14newly organized.
SB2-SSA1, s. 40 15Section 40. 119.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,14,2216 119.10 (2) Annually, no earlier than the 4th first Monday in April December
17and no later than the first 3rd Monday in May December, the board shall hold its
18organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for
19one year and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve
20as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board
21shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing
22committees to serve for one year.
SB2-SSA1, s. 41 23Section 41. 119.18 (23) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB2-SSA1,15,524 119.18 (23) School reorganizations. The board may reorganize any school
25that it determines is low in performance by adopting a resolution to that effect. If

1the superintendent of schools recommends to the board that a school be reorganized,
2he or she shall state the reasons for the recommendation in writing. If the board
3reorganizes a school, the superintendent of schools may reassign the school's staff
4members without regard to seniority in service and may reassign other employes of
5the board to the school without regard to seniority in service.
SB2-SSA1, s. 42 6Section 42. 119.235 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB2-SSA1,15,14 7119.235 Contracts with private schools and agencies. (1) The board may
8contract with any nonsectarian private school located in the city or any nonsectarian
9private agency located in the city to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled
10in the school district operating under this chapter. The board shall ensure that each
11private school or agency under contract with the board complies with ss. 118.125 and
12118.13, 20 USC 1232g, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, 20 USC 3171 to 3197, 29 USC 794, 42
13USC 2000d
and 42 USC 6101 to 6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that
14apply to public schools.
SB2-SSA1,15,16 15(2) Each private school or agency under contract with the board shall do all of
16the following:
SB2-SSA1,15,1717 (a) Offer a full school year educational program.
SB2-SSA1,15,1818 (b) Participate in the board's parent information program.
SB2-SSA1,15,2019 (c) Offer diverse opportunities for parents to participate in the school's
20programs.
SB2-SSA1,15,2121 (d) Meet insurance and financial requirements established by the board.
SB2-SSA1,15,2322 (e) Develop a pupil recruitment and enrollment plan that incorporates all of the
23following:
SB2-SSA1,15,2424 1. A good faith effort to achieve racial balance.
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12. A pupil selection process that gives preference to the siblings of enrolled
2pupils and that gives no other preferences except those approved by the board.
SB2-SSA1,16,43 3. A statement describing how the plan will serve the needs of low-academic
4achievers and pupils from low-income families.
SB2-SSA1,16,55 (f) Report to the board any information requested by the board.
SB2-SSA1,16,8 6(3) Any pupil enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter may
7attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the board has
8contracted under sub. (1) if space is available in the private school or agency.
SB2-SSA1,16,12 9(4) The board shall establish appropriate, quantifiable performance standards
10for pupils at each private school or agency with which it contracts in such areas as
11attendance, reading achievement, pupil retention, pupil promotion, parent surveys,
12credits earned and grade point average.
SB2-SSA1,16,16 13(5) Annually, the board shall monitor the performance of the program under
14this section. The board may use the results of standardized basic educational skills
15tests to do so. The board shall include a summary of its findings in its annual report
16to the state superintendent under s. 119.44.
SB2-SSA1, s. 43 17Section 43. 119.32 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2-SSA1,16,2018 119.32 (8) This section does not apply to the Milwaukee Public Schools
19beginning on the date that the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public
20Schools is abolished under s. 119.92 (2).
SB2-SSA1, s. 44 21Section 44. 119.55 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2-SSA1,17,222 119.55 (3) The board shall contract with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater
23Milwaukee to provide case managers at selected middle schools and high schools to
24work with school staff and pupils and their families to improve the attendance rate
25of pupils enrolled in the selected schools. The board shall use the funds appropriated

1under s. 20.255 (2) (ed) to pay the costs of the contracts. No contract under this
2subsection may extend beyond June 30, 2000.
SB2-SSA1, s. 45 3Section 45. 119.76 of the statutes is created to read:
SB2-SSA1,17,6 4119.76 After-school programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
5(ec), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amounts specified in the
6spending plan under s. 119.80 for the following programs in each school year:
SB2-SSA1,17,7 7(1) After-school educational programs.
SB2-SSA1,17,8 8(2) After-school recreational programs.
SB2-SSA1,17,9 9(3) After-school health programs.
SB2-SSA1, s. 46 10Section 46. 119.83 of the statutes is created to read:
SB2-SSA1,17,14 11119.83 Summer school. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, the state
12superintendent shall pay to the board, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs),
1350% of the cost incurred by the board to operate summer school in the previous school
14year.
SB2-SSA1, s. 47 15Section 47. Subchapter II of chapter 119 [precedes 119.90] of the statutes is
16created to read:
SB2-SSA1,17,1717 Chapter 119
SB2-SSA1,17,2018 SUBCHAPTER II
19 Milwaukee public schools
20 governing commission
SB2-SSA1,17,21 21119.90 Definitions. In this subchapter:
SB2-SSA1,17,22 22(1) "Commission" means the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.
SB2-SSA1,17,23 23(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the system.
SB2-SSA1,17,24 24(3) "System" means the Milwaukee Public Schools.
SB2-SSA1,18,5
1119.91 Educational achievement criteria. (1) By December 15, 2000, the
2department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall
3jointly determine and certify to the governor and the joint committee on finance
4whether, in the preceding school year, all of the following were true, as calculated and
5defined by the department of public instruction:
SB2-SSA1,18,66 (a) The system's graduation rate was at least 90%.
SB2-SSA1,18,77 (b) The system's attendance rate was at least 91%.
SB2-SSA1,18,88 (c) The system's dropout rate was no greater than 9%.
SB2-SSA1,18,139 (d) The percentage of pupils enrolled in the 3rd grade in the system whose score
10on the reading test under s. 121.02 (1) (r) in the preceding school year was at least
11at the basic level was equal to at least 90% of the percentage of all pupils enrolled
12in 3rd grade in the state whose score on the test in the preceding school year was at
13least at the basic level.
SB2-SSA1,18,17 14(2) If the department, the department of administration and the legislative
15fiscal bureau certify that the system meets all of the criteria under sub. (1), then the
16certification procedure shall be repeated biennially by December 15, unless the
17system does not meet the educational criteria under sub. (1).
SB2-SSA1,18,19 18(3) The department shall calculate the percentages under sub. (1) and (2)
19without the benefit of rounding.
SB2-SSA1,19,9 20119.92 Commission; creation, duties. (1) If the department, the
21department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau certify that the
22system does not meet all of the criteria under s. 119.91, on March 1 of the year
23following the certification, the commission is established. The commission shall
24consist of 5 members, all of whom shall reside in the city of Milwaukee. One member
25shall be appointed by the governor, one member shall be appointed by the state

1superintendent, one member shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of
2Milwaukee and 2 members shall be appointed by the common council of the city of
3Milwaukee. The governor's appointee shall serve as the chairperson of the
4commission. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to
5the members of the board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies
6to the commissioners of the commission, and any law that applies to the president
7of the board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies to the
8chairperson of the commission. Members of the commission shall serve at the
9pleasure of the appointing authority.
SB2-SSA1,19,15 10(2) (a) If the commission is established under sub. (1), on July 1 of the year in
11which the commission is established, the board of school directors of the system, the
12position of superintendent of schools for the system and the positions under s. 119.32
13(3) are abolished, and the commission assumes management and control of the
14system. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to the
15board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies to the commission.
SB2-SSA1,19,1616 (b) The commission shall do all of the following:
SB2-SSA1,19,1717 1. Attempt to achieve all of the criteria in s. 119.91 (1).
SB2-SSA1,19,1818 2. Ensure continuing academic improvement of pupils.
SB2-SSA1,19,2019 3. Reduce noninstructional expenditures in the system and use, to the extent
20practicable, the moneys saved for instructional purposes.
SB2-SSA1,19,2121 4. Develop school-based budgeting.
SB2-SSA1,19,2322 5. Approve, reject or modify educational reform plans as provided under s.
23119.94 (2) (b).
SB2-SSA1,19,2424 6. Appoint an executive director.
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17. On July 1 of the year in which the commission is established, establish a body
2to govern each school in the system beginning in the following school year and
3determine the governing body's powers, composition and size, the process of selecting
4the members of the governing body and the terms of its members. The commission
5may establish different kinds of governing bodies for different schools in the system.
SB2-SSA1,20,10 6(3) In any action or proceeding in which the commission is a defendant, service
7of any summons, writ, pleading or other papers served in commencing the action or
8proceeding upon the chairperson of the commission and the executive director
9constitutes service upon the entire commission. It is sufficient to serve on one
10commissioner any notice required by law to be served upon the commission.
SB2-SSA1,20,16 11119.93 Executive director. (1) The executive director appointed under s.
12119.92 (2) (b) 6. shall be a person of suitable learning and experience in the art of
13instruction and shall have practical familiarity with the most approved methods of
14organizing and conducting a system of schools. Unless the context clearly dictates
15otherwise, any law that applies to the superintendent of schools of a 1st class city
16school district, except s. 119.32, applies to the executive director.
SB2-SSA1,20,18 17(2) Under the direction of the commission, the executive director shall have
18general supervision of all of the following:
SB2-SSA1,20,1919 (a) The public schools and the manner of conducting and grading such schools.
SB2-SSA1,20,2120 (b) The supervisory and administrative employes appointed under sub. (3),
21principals, vice principals and teachers of the system.
SB2-SSA1,20,23 22(3) Subject to the commission's approval, the executive director shall appoint
23supervisory and administrative employes as determined by the commission.
SB2-SSA1,21,3
1(4) The executive director shall be an advisory member of every committee of
2the commission, except when an inquiry into his or her acts or an investigation of his
3or her official conduct is under consideration by the committee.
SB2-SSA1,21,5 4(5) The executive director shall assign all teachers and engage and assign
5substitute teachers at the per diem compensation fixed by the commission.
SB2-SSA1,21,8 6(6) The executive director shall collect such statistics and information relating
7to schools and the population entitled to school privileges in the city of Milwaukee
8as the commission directs.
SB2-SSA1,21,11 9(7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the commission
10may appoint an executive director and may employ a business manager who are not
11licensed by the department.
SB2-SSA1,21,13 12119.94 Educational reform plans. (1) This section applies if the commission
13is established under s. 119.92 (1).
SB2-SSA1,21,17 14(2) (a) By February 1 of the year following the establishment of the commission
15and annually thereafter, each school governing body in the system shall submit to
16the commission for its review the school's educational reform plan for the following
17school year that includes all of the following:
SB2-SSA1,21,1818 1. The educational goals and expectations of the school governing body.
SB2-SSA1,21,2019 2. A description of the educational program of the school, including the method
20to be followed to ensure parental involvement.
SB2-SSA1,21,2221 3. The methods that the school will use to enable pupils to achieve the
22educational goals and expectations under subd. 1.
SB2-SSA1,21,2423 4. The methods that the school will use to measure pupils' progress towards the
24educational goals and expectations under subd. 1.
SB2-SSA1,21,2525 5. An annual budget and operational plan.
SB2-SSA1,22,1
16. A professional development plan.
SB2-SSA1,22,32 (b) Within 60 days of submission of the educational reform plan, the
3commission shall either approve it, or, if any of the following are true, reject it:
SB2-SSA1,22,54 1. The commission disapproves of the educational goals and expectations
5contained in the educational reform plan.
SB2-SSA1,22,86 2. The commission determines that the educational program of the school will
7not allow the school's pupils to meet the educational goals and expectations
8contained in the educational reform plan.
SB2-SSA1,22,109 3. The commission determines that a modification is necessary to ensure the
10proper management of the school or the system.
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