Amendment AP8 SSA2-SB2

SB2-SSA2,10,17 (f) Report to the board any information requested by the board.

SB2-SSA2,10,20 (3) Any pupil enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter may attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the board has contracted under sub. (1) if space is available in the private school or agency.

SB2-SSA2,10,24 (4) The board shall establish appropriate, quantifiable performance standards for pupils at each private school or agency with which it contracts in such areas as attendance, reading achievement, pupil retention, pupil promotion, parent surveys, credits earned and grade point average.

SB2-SSA2,11,4 (5) Annually, the board shall monitor the performance of the program under this section. The board may use the results of standardized basic educational skills tests to do so. The board shall include a summary of its findings in its annual report to the state superintendent under s. 119.44.

SB2-SSA2, s. 22 Section 22. 119.55 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-SSA2,11,11 119.55 (3) The board shall contract with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee to provide case managers at selected middle schools and high schools to work with school staff and pupils and their families to improve the attendance rate of pupils enrolled in the selected schools. The board shall use the funds appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ed) to pay the costs of the contracts. No contract under this subsection may extend beyond June 30, 2000.

SB2-SSA2, s. 23 Section 23. 119.76 of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-SSA2,11,15 119.76 After-school programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ec), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amounts specified in the spending plan under s. 119.80 for the following programs in the 1998-99 school year:

SB2-SSA2,11,16 (1) After-school educational programs.

SB2-SSA2,11,17 (2) After-school recreational programs.

SB2-SSA2,11,18 (3) After-school health programs.

SB2-SSA2, s. 24 Section 24. 119.90 of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-SSA2,11,22 119.90 Local reform councils. (1) (a) The board shall determine a method for identifying schools that are low in performance using the following measures, as applicable, and other measures the board shall adopt:

SB2-SSA2,11,24 1. The results of the statewide pupil assessments under s. 118.30 and any districtwide pupil assessments.

SB2-SSA2,11,25 2. The school's graduation rate.

SB2-SSA2,12,1 3. The school's attendance and truancy rates.

SB2-SSA2,12,2 4. The school's dropout rate.

SB2-SSA2,12,3 5. The results of the 3rd grade reading test under s. 121.02 (1) (r).

SB2-SSA2,12,4 6. Grade point averages of pupils enrolled in the school.

SB2-SSA2,12,7 (b) By January 1, 1999, the board shall certify the method determined under par. (a) to the department for its approval. By February 1, 1999, the department shall approve the method as certified by the board or as modified by the department.

SB2-SSA2,12,12 (2) By December 15, 2000, and biennially thereafter, using the method approved by the department under sub. (1) (b), the board shall certify to the department the performance of all schools as measured under sub. (1) and a list of the schools that are low in performance. The department shall approve the list as certified by the board or as modified by the department.

SB2-SSA2,12,16 (3) (a) A local reform council is created for each school on the list approved by the department under sub. (2). The local reform council shall consist of the following members appointed by March 1 following the certification under sub. (2) for 4-year terms beginning on July 1 following the certification under sub. (2):

SB2-SSA2,12,18 1. One person who resides in the city and who is not employed by the board, appointed by the board.

SB2-SSA2,12,21 2. Two persons who reside in the city, who are parents of pupils enrolled in the school, and who are not employed by the board, appointed by the board from recommendations made by the school's parent-teacher organization.

SB2-SSA2,12,23 3. One person who resides in the city and who is not employed by the board, appointed by the mayor of the city and confirmed by the common council.

SB2-SSA2,12,25 4. One teacher who is a resident of the city and who is employed in the school, elected by the teachers of the school subject to confirmation by the board.

SB2-SSA2,13,2 (b) A member of a local reform council who loses the status upon which his or her appointment was based does not cease to be a member of the council as a result.

SB2-SSA2,13,4 (4) Beginning on July 1 following the certification under sub. (2), the council appointed under sub. (3) shall determine all of the following:

SB2-SSA2,13,5 (a) The educational program of the school.

SB2-SSA2,13,7 (b) The methods the school will use to enable pupils to attain the educational goals under s. 118.01.

SB2-SSA2,13,9 (c) The method by which pupil progress in attaining the educational goals under s. 118.01 will be measured.

SB2-SSA2,13,10 (d) The method to be followed by the school to ensure parental involvement.

SB2-SSA2,13,12 (e) The procedures that the school will follow to ensure the health and safety of the pupils.

SB2-SSA2,13,16 (5) (a) If a local reform council requests, the board may reassign the school's staff members who are licensed by the state superintendent without regard to seniority in service and may reassign other employes of the board who are licensed by the state superintendent to the school without regard to seniority in service.

SB2-SSA2,13,18 (b) The local reform council may veto assignment of staff to the school or reassignment of staff from the school under par. (a).

SB2-SSA2,13,24 (6) If a local reform council is appointed for a school, annually the board shall allocate for operation of the school an amount equal to the average cost per pupil for that type and level of public school in the city, as determined by the department, multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the school, calculated on a full-time equivalent basis. All costs incurred by the board and the council for operation of the school shall be funded from the allocation under this subsection.

SB2-SSA2,14,3 (7) (a) If the 2nd certification under sub. (2) after the appointment of a local reform council shows that the school is low in performance, the local reform council is abolished on the following July 1.

SB2-SSA2,14,7 (b) A local reform council may dissolve itself by adopting a resolution to that effect. A resolution adopted under this paragraph may not take effect until the July 1 following the 4th certification under sub. (2) after the appointment of the local reform council.

SB2-SSA2, s. 25 Section 25. 121.85 (6) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-SSA2,14,11 121.85 (6) (h) Neighborhood schools. Beginning in the 1998-99 school year, the school district operating under ch. 119 shall allocate a portion of the amount received under par. (a) in each school year to build or lease neighborhood schools.

SB2-SSA2, s. 9139 Section 9139.0 Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.

SB2-SSA2,14,18 (1) Aid to Milwaukee Public Schools. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 1999-2001 biennial budget bill, the department of public instruction shall submit information concerning the appropriation account under section 20.255 (2) (ec) of the statutes, as affected by this act, as though the increase in the dollar amount of that appropriation by Section 9239 (1) of this act had not been made.

SB2-SSA2,14,22 (2) Educational certification. By December 15, 1999, the school board of the school district operating under chapter 119 of the statutes shall report to the state superintendent of public instruction the performance under section 119.90 (2) of the statutes of all schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools in the 1998-99 school year.

SB2-SSA2, s. 9239 Section 9239. Appropriation changes; public instruction.

SB2-SSA2,15,3 (1) Aid to Milwaukee public schools. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (ec) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

SB2-SSA2,15,8 (2) Truancy abatement and burglary suppression. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (ed) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $325,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB2-SSA2, s. 9356 Section 9356. Initial applicability; other.

SB2-SSA2,15,12 (1) Open meetings. The treatment of section 111.70 (4) (cm) 2m. of the statutes first applies to contract negotiation meetings for proposed collective bargaining agreements that apply to the period beginning on July 1, 1999.

SB2-SSA2,15,17 (2) Collective bargaining. The treatment of section 111.70 (4) (m) (intro.), 1., 2., 4. and 5. of the statutes first applies to employes who are affected by a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions inconsistent with that treatment on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified or renewed, whichever occurs first.

SB2-SSA2,15,20 (3) Redistricting. The treatment of section 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes first applies with respect to election district apportionment plans adopted following adjustment of ward boundaries in response to the 2000 federal decennial census.

SB2-SSA2, s. 9400 Section 9400. Effective dates; general. Except as provided in Sections 9401 to 9456, this act takes effect on the day after publication.

SB2-SSA2, s. 9456 Section 9456. Effective dates; other.

SB2-SSA2,16,2 (1) Method of election of 1st class city school directors. The treatment of sections 119.06 (3) (intro.), (a) and (b), (4) (b), (5) and (6), 119.08 (1) (a) and (b), (2), (3) and (4) and 119.10 (1) of the statutes and the creation of section 119.07 of the statutes take effect on January 1, 1999.

SB2-SSA2,16,4 (2) First class city school election transitional provisions. The repeal of section 119.07 of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2000.

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