Amendment AA1-ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1-AA1,262,22 118.47 Contracts with private schools and agencies. (1) In this section, "dropout" has the meaning given in s. 118.153 (1) (b).

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,9 (2) In a school district in which the number of dropouts from high school in the previous school year exceeded 1,000 and the number of pupils who failed to score above the state minimum performance standard on the 3rd grade reading test in the previous school year exceeded 300, the school board may contract with any nonsectarian private school located in the school district or any nonsectarian private agency located in the school district to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled in the school district. The school board shall ensure that each private school or agency under contract with the school board complies with ss. 118.125 and 118.13, 20 USC 1232g, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, 20 USC 3171 to 3197, 29 USC 794, 42 USC 2000d and 42 USC 6101 to 6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that apply to public schools.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,11 (3) Each private school or agency under contract with the school board shall do all of the following:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,12 (a) Offer a full school year educational program.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,13 (b) Participate in the school board's parent information program.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,15 (c) Offer diverse opportunities for parents to participate in the school's programs.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,16 (d) Meet insurance and financial requirements established by the school board.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,18 (e) Develop a pupil recruitment and enrollment plan that incorporates all of the following:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,19 1. A good faith effort to achieve racial balance.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,21 2. A pupil selection process that gives preference to the siblings of enrolled pupils and that gives no other preferences except those approved by the school board.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,23 3. A statement describing how the plan will serve the needs of low-academic achievers and pupils from low-income families.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,263,24 (f) Report to the school board any information requested by the school board.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,3 (4) Any pupil enrolled in the school district may attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the school board has contracted under sub. (2) if space is available in the private school or agency.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,7 (5) The school 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.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,11 (6) Annually, the school board shall monitor the performance of the program under this section. The school board may use the results of standardized basic educational skills tests to do so. The school board shall include a summary of its findings in its annual report to the state superintendent under s. 120.18.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,12 (7) No contract under this section may extend beyond June 30, 2002.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,14 833. Page 1297, line 4: delete "For" and substitute "Except as provided in par. (dg), for".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,15 834. Page 1297, line 21: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,264,23 "(dg) 1. If, by September 15, 1997, or within 30 days after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is later, the technical college system board, the Wisconsin Association of School Boards and the School Administrators Alliance agree on a different method than the method under par. (d) for determining the amount that a school board must pay a technical college district board for each pupil attending a technical college under this subsection, they shall submit it to the department by September 15, 1997, or within 30 days after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is later.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,10 2. Within 30 days after receiving the recommended method under subd. 1., the department shall approve or reject it. If the department approves the method it shall immediately submit the method to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the method within 14 working days after the date that the method was submitted, the method is approved. If, within 14 working days after the date that the method was submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the method, the method is not approved until the committee approves it.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,14 3. If the method is approved by the department and by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2., the department shall promulgate rules implementing the method beginning with pupils attending a technical college in the 1998 spring semester.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,15 835. Page 1298, line 15: after "118.14," insert "118.145 (4),".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,16 836. Page 1298, line 16: before "118.55" insert "118.51, 118.52,".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,17 837. Page 1298, line 16: after "118.43," insert "118.47,".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,18 838. Page 1300, line 3: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,19 " Section 2848d. 119.235 of the statutes is repealed.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,20 839. Page 1301, line 25: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,265,21 " Section 2850b. 119.48 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,266,2 119.48 (4) (b) The communication shall state the purposes for which the funds from the increase in the levy rate will be used and shall request the common council to submit to the voters of the city the question of exceeding the levy rate specified in s. 65.07 (1) (f) at the September election or a special an election authorized under s. 8.065.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 2851b Section 2851b. 119.48 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,266,15 119.48 (4) (c) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall cause the question of exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) to be submitted to the voters of the city at the September election or at a special next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication. The question of exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) shall be submitted upon a separate ballot or in some other manner so that the vote upon exceeding the levy rate specified in s. 65.07 (1) (f) is taken separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f), the common council shall approve the increase in the levy rate and shall levy and collect a tax equal to the amount of money approved by the electors.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,266,16 840. Page 1302, line 13: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,266,17 " Section 2852b. 119.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,266,23 119.49 (1) (b) The communication shall state the amount of funds needed under par. (a) and the purposes for which the funds will be used and shall request the common council to submit to the voters of the city at the next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held in the city not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication the question of issuing school bonds in the amount and for the purposes stated in the communication.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 2853b Section 2853b. 119.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,267,12 119.49 (2) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall cause the question of issuing such school bonds in the stated amount and for the stated school purposes to be submitted to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) that occurs not sooner than 45 days after the date of receipt of the communication. The question of issuing such school bonds shall be submitted upon a separate ballot or in some other manner so that the vote upon issuing such school bonds is taken separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the school bond question favors issuing such school bonds, the common council shall cause the school bonds to be issued immediately or within the period permitted by law, in the amount requested by the board and in the manner other bonds are issued.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,267,13 841. Page 1304, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,267,14 " Section 2854y. 120.115 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,267,19 120.115 Report on debt service. (1) Within 10 days after holding a referendum that would authorize the school district to incur debt or that would authorize the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board shall notify the department of the approval or rejection of the referendum.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,267,21 (2) (a) Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service, the school board shall submit the schedule to the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,267,24 (b) Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service on debt issued on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the common council of a 1st class city shall submit the schedule to the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,3 (3) Monthly, the department shall submit to the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau a report that aggregates all debt service payment schedules submitted under sub. (2).".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,4 842. Page 1304, line 22: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,5 " Section 2855m. 120.12 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,12 120.12 (15) School hours. Establish rules scheduling the hours of a normal school day. The school board may differentiate between the various elementary and high school grades in scheduling the school day. The equivalent of 180 such days, as defined in s. 115.01 (10), shall be held during the school term. This subsection shall not be construed to eliminate a school district's duty to bargain with the employe's collective bargaining representative over any calendaring proposal which is primarily related to wages, hours and conditions of employment.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,14 843. Page 1306, line 22: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1307, line 2, and substitute:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,16 " Section 2860c. 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 289, is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,268,20 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.745 (2), (3) and (5) 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9) and (10), 632.896, 767.25 (4m) (d) and 767.51 (3m) (d).

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 2860f Section 2860f. 120.13 (2) (g), as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,2 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9) and (10) to (13), 632.896, 767.25 (4m) (d) and 767.51 (3m) (d).".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,3 844. Page 1309, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,4 " Section 2865m. 121.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,9 121.004 (7) (a) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars. (b) to (d) (e). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 2865r Section 2865r. 121.004 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,15 121.004 (7) (e) A pupil attending public school under s. 118.145 (4) shall be counted as the result obtained by dividing the number of hours of direct pupil instruction scheduled for the pupil at the public school during the school year by the number of hours of direct pupil instruction that the school district scheduled for a pupil in the same grade during the school year.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,16 845. Page 1310, line 23: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,17 " Section 2870d. 121.02 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,269,24 121.02 (1) (m) Provide access to an education for employment program approved by the department state superintendent. Beginning in the 1997-98 school year, the program shall incorporate applied curricula; guidance and counseling services under par. (e); technical preparation under s. 118.34; college preparation; youth apprenticeship under s. 106.13 or other job training and work experience; and instruction in skills relating to employment. The department state superintendent shall assist school boards in complying with this paragraph.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,1 846. Page 1312, line 7: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,2 " Section 2872gd. 121.05 (1) (a) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,4 121.05 (1) (a) 11. Pupils residing in the school district but attending a public school in another school district under s. 118.51.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,5 847. Page 1312, line 7: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,6 " Section 2872g. 121.05 (1) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,8 121.05 (1) (a) 10. Pupils attending a private school or agency under contract with the school board under s. 119.235 118.47.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,9 848. Page 1312, line 7: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,10 " Section 2872gm. 121.05 (1) (a) 12. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,11 121.05 (1) (a) 12. Pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4).".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,12 849. Page 1313, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,13 " Section 2873k. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,20 121.07 (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. In this paragraph, "net cost of the debt service fund" includes all of the following the amounts under subds. 1. and 2. and excludes the amount determined under subd. 3.:

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 2873L Section 2873L. 121.07 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,22 121.07 (6) (a) 3. The amount determined as follows:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,23 a. Divide the school district's equalized valuation by its membership.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,270,24 b. Divide the quotient under subd. 3. a. by $1,100,000.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,271,3 c. Multiply the quotient under subd. 3. b. or 1.0, whichever is less, by the amount necessary to pay debt service on debt authorized by a referendum after July 1, 1997.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,271,5 850. Page 1317, line 12: delete "amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv)" and substitute "amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (bi) and (cv)".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,271,10 851. Page 1317, line 13: after "districts" insert ", less the amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another school board and less the amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,271,11 852. Page 1320, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,271,12 " Section 2882g. 121.54 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,272,2 121.54 (2) (c) An annual or special meeting of a common or union high school district, or the school board of a unified school district, may elect to provide transportation for pupils who are not required to be transported under this section, including pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4). Transportation may be provided for all or some of the pupils who reside in the school district to and from the public school they are entitled to attend or the private school, within or outside the school district, within whose attendance area they reside. If transportation is provided for less than all such pupils there shall be reasonable uniformity in the minimum distance that pupils attending public and private schools will be transported. Except for elementary school districts electing to furnish transportation under par. (b) 2., this paragraph does not permit a school district operating only elementary grades to provide transportation for pupils attending private schools.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,272,3 853. Page 1323, line 6: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,272,4 " Section 2883m. 121.54 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,272,11 121.54 (10) Full-time open enrollment. Subject to s. 118.51 (14) (a) 2., a school board may elect to provide transportation, including transportation to and from summer classes, for nonresident pupils who are attending public school in the school district under s. 118.51, or its resident pupils who are attending public school in another school district under s. 118.51, or both, except that a school board may not provide transportation under this subsection for a nonresident pupil to or from a location within the boundaries of the school district in which the pupil resides.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,272,12 854. Page 1323, line 23: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,272,13 " Section 2885g. 121.58 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,273,10 121.58 (2) (a) A school district which provides transportation to and from a school under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 121.57, and the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 which elects to provide transportation under s. 121.54 (10), shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $30 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles from the school attended, $45 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 5 miles and not more than 8 miles from the school attended, $60 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 8 miles and not more than 12 miles from the school attended, $68 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 12 miles and not more than 15 miles from the school attended, $75 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is at least 15 miles and not more than 18 miles from the school attended, and $85 per school year per pupil so transported whose residence is more than 18 miles from the school attended. Such state aid shall be reduced proportionately in the case of a pupil transported for less than a full school year because of nonenrollment. State aid for transportation shall not exceed the actual cost thereof. No state aid of any kind may be paid to a school district which charges the pupil transported or his or her parent or guardian any part of the cost of transportation provided under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5) and, (6) and (10) and 121.57 or which wilfully or negligently fails to transport all pupils for whom transportation is required under s. 121.54.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 2885r Section 2885r. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,274,2 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51, the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1), state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $4 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $6 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.".