SB77-SSA1,1310,54
120.18
(3) The
department state superintendent may promulgate rules to
5implement and administer this section.
SB77-SSA1,1310,97
120.21
(1) (b) With flight operator schools, approved by the U.S. civil
8aeronautics administration, for courses in flight instruction approved by the
9department state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1310,1911
121.004
(2) Equalized valuation. The "equalized valuation" of a school district
12is the full value of the taxable property of the territory in the school district as
13certified for the prior year under s. 121.06 (2), excluding value adjustments made
14under s. 70.57 (1) resulting from appeals made under s. 70.995. The "equalized
15valuation" of any taxable property in a tax incremental district shall not exceed its
16equalized value determined for the purpose of obtaining the tax incremental base of
17that district under s. 66.46.
The "equalized valuation" of a school district shall be
18reduced by the amount of an environmental remediation value increment on a parcel
19of property that is certified under s. 66.462 during the period of certification.
SB77-SSA1,1310,2421
121.006
(1) (a) The
department state superintendent may withhold state aid
22from any school district in which the scope and character of the work are not
23maintained in such manner as to meet the
department's
state superintendent's 24approval.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2867m
1Section 2867m. 121.006 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended to
2read:
SB77-SSA1,1311,63
121.006
(2) (intro.) Unless the
department state superintendent is satisfied
4that the failure to meet the requirements of pars. (a) and (b) was occasioned by some
5extraordinary cause not arising from intention or neglect on the part of the
6responsible officers, every school district shall:
SB77-SSA1,1311,107
(a) Hold school for at least 180 days each year, less any days during which the
8department state superintendent determines that school is not held or educational
9standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school district employes, the
10days to be computed in accordance with s. 115.01 (10).
SB77-SSA1, s. 2868
11Section
2868. 121.02 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,1311,1312
121.02
(1) (intro.)
Each Except as provided in s. 118.40 (2r) (d), each school
13board shall:
SB77-SSA1,1311,1815
121.02
(1) (a) 2. Ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools located
16in the school district hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department. The
17department state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining "instructional
18staff" for purposes of this subdivision
and s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 1.
SB77-SSA1,1311,2320
121.02
(1) (f) 1. Schedule at least 180 school days annually, less any days
21during which the
department state superintendent determines that school is not
22held or educational standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school
23district employes.
SB77-SSA1,1312,6
1121.02
(1) (s) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year, administer the
2examinations required
by the department under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) and (b)
, and; 3beginning in the 1996-97 school year, administer the examination required
by the
4department under s. 118.30 (1m) (a)
; and beginning in the 1999-2000 school year,
5administer the high school graduation examination required under s. 118.30 (1m)
6(d).
SB77-SSA1,1312,188
121.02
(3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with
9the standards under sub. (1), the
department state superintendent shall, upon
10request of the school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum
11number of electors allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s.
128.10 (3) (i), (km) or (ks), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the
13department state superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in
14compliance with the standards, the
department state superintendent may develop
15with the school board a plan which describes methods of achieving compliance. The
16plan shall specify the time within which compliance shall be achieved. The
17department state superintendent shall withhold up to 25% of state aid from any
18school district that fails to achieve compliance within the specified period.
SB77-SSA1,1312,25
19(4) Any school district which is completely surrounded by water may meet the
20requirements of this section by being in substantial compliance with the standards
21in sub. (1). Annually by August 15, the school district shall submit to the
department 22state superintendent for approval a report describing the methods by which the
23school district intends to substantially comply with the standards. The
department 24state superintendent shall allow any such school district maximum flexibility in the
25school district's substantial compliance plans.
SB77-SSA1,1313,3
1(5) The
department state superintendent shall promulgate rules to implement
2and administer this section, including rules defining "regular instruction" for the
3purpose of sub. (1) (L) 1. and 2.
SB77-SSA1,1313,75
121.05
(1) (a) 5. Pupils
attending a technical college under s. 118.15 (1) (b) and
6pupils attending an institution of higher education
or a technical college under s.
7118.37 118.55.
SB77-SSA1,1313,119
121.05
(3) If a school district is unable to hold school on either of the 2 dates
10specified in sub. (1) (a), the
department state superintendent shall designate
11alternative membership counting dates.
SB77-SSA1,1313,25
12(4) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, the school board of a school district
13in which a foster or group home that is not exempt under s. 70.11 is located may
14submit a report to the
department state superintendent. If the school board submits
15a report, it shall submit it by June 30. The report shall indicate, on a full-time
16equivalent basis, the number of pupils residing in such foster or group homes who
17were provided educational services by the school district during the current school
18year but were not included in the September or January membership count under
19sub. (1) (a). The
department state superintendent shall adjust the school district's
20membership based on the report. The
department state superintendent shall make
21proportional adjustments to the memberships of the school districts in which the
22pupil was previously enrolled during that school year. The
department state
23superintendent shall obtain from such school districts the information necessary to
24make such adjustments. The
department state superintendent shall promulgate
25rules to implement and administer this subsection.
SB77-SSA1,1314,62
121.06
(1) Annually on or before October 1, the full value of the taxable
3property in each part of each city, village and town in each school district shall be
4determined by the department of revenue according to its best judgment from all
5sources of information available to it and shall be certified by the department of
6revenue to the
department state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1314,108
121.06
(2) The
department state superintendent shall certify to each school
9district clerk the appropriate full values certified to the
department state
10superintendent under sub. (1).
SB77-SSA1,1314,1912
121.07
(1) (c) If an order of school district reorganization under ch. 117 is not
13effective due to litigation until after the 3rd Friday in September but takes effect
14before April 1 of the current school year, state aid for any affected school district for
15the first year of operation shall be computed after the order takes effect using
16calculations by the
department state superintendent of the number of pupils
17enrolled and teacher-pupil ratio for the territory in the affected school district, which
18shall be made as if the school district had been in existence on the 3rd Friday in
19September.
SB77-SSA1,1315,221
121.07
(7) (b) The "secondary guaranteed valuation per member" is an amount,
22rounded to the next lower dollar, that, after subtraction of payments under ss.
23121.09, 121.10, 121.105, 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. and (c) and 121.86, fully distributes
24an amount equal to the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
1(ac)
plus $50,000,000 in the 1997-98 school year and $100,000,000 in the 1998-99
2school year for payments under ss. 121.08 and 121.85 (6) (a) and (g).
SB77-SSA1,1315,22
4121.09 State aid adjustment; redetermination of assessment. (1) If, on
5or after July 1, 1980, the tax appeals commission or a court makes a final
6redetermination on the assessment of property subject to taxation under s. 70.995
7that is lower than the previous assessment, or if, on or after January 1, 1982, the
8state board of assessors makes a final redetermination on the assessment of property
9subject to taxation under s. 70.995 that is lower than the previous assessment, the
10school board of the school district in which the property is located may, within 4 years
11after the date of the determination, decision or judgment, file the determination of
12the state board of assessors, the decision of the tax appeals commission or the
13judgment of the court with the
department state superintendent, requesting an
14adjustment in state aid to the school district. If the
department state superintendent 15determines that the determination, decision or judgment is final and that it has been
16filed within the 4-year period, the state shall pay to the school district in the
17subsequent fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), an amount
18equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school
19year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the
20school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid
21computed under s. 121.08 for that school year using the school district's equalized
22valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).
SB77-SSA1,1316,9
23(2) If, on or after May 3, 1984, the state board of assessors, the tax appeals
24commission or a court makes a final redetermination on the assessment of property
25subject to taxation under s. 70.995 that is higher than the previous assessment, the
1department state superintendent shall notify the school district in which the
2property is located of the recertification by the department of revenue under s. 70.57
3(2). The
department state superintendent shall, in the subsequent fiscal year,
4withhold from the school district's state aid entitlement under s. 121.08 an amount
5equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school
6year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the
7school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid
8computed under s. 121.08 for that school year, using the school district's equalized
9valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).
SB77-SSA1,1316,1511
121.10
(4) If a school district is ineligible for a payment under sub. (2) or (3),
12the
department state superintendent shall pay to the school district in that school
13year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bm), an amount which, when added
14to the amount of state aid the school district will receive in that school year, is equal
15to an amount determined by multiplying $175 by the membership.
SB77-SSA1,1316,2317
121.135
(1) If, upon receipt of the report under s. 115.84, the
department state
18superintendent is satisfied that there are children participating in a special
19education program provided by a county handicapped children's education board,
20the
department state superintendent shall certify to the department of
21administration from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county
22handicapped children's education board the amount determined under sub. (2),
23except as provided under sub. (3).
SB77-SSA1,1317,7
1121.135
(3) This section does not apply beginning on the effective date of a
2resolution adopted under s. 115.86 (9) (c), except that in the school year beginning
3July 1 of the year prior to the effective date of the resolution, the
department state
4superintendent shall certify to the department of administration from the
5appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county handicapped children's
6education board an amount equal to one-half the amount specified under sub. (2) for
7each pupil enrolled.
SB77-SSA1,1317,179
121.14
(1) State aid shall be paid to each district or county handicapped
10children's education board only for those academic summer classes or laboratory
11periods for which the
department state superintendent has given prior review and
12approval as to the content of such classes or laboratory periods so as to assure that
13such classes and laboratory periods are only for necessary academic purposes.
14Recreational programs and team sports shall not be eligible for aid under this
15section, and pupils participating in such programs shall not be counted as pupils
16enrolled under s. 121.004 (5) nor shall costs associated with such programs be
17included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6).
SB77-SSA1,1318,219
121.15
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), beginning in the 1997-98 school year,
20each school district shall receive a portion of its total aid entitlement on the 4th
21Monday of July of the following school year. This portion shall be determined by
22adjusting the other payments under sub. (1) (a) so that a total of $50,000,000 is
23distributed under this subsection in July, 1998, and a total of $150,000,000 is
24distributed under this subsection in each July thereafter. School districts shall treat
1the payment under this subsection as if it had been received in the previous school
2year.
SB77-SSA1,1318,94
121.15
(2) (c) If the
department
state superintendent notifies a school district
5that a state aid payment may be withheld under par. (a) or (b), the
department state
6superintendent shall notify each member of the school board or the school district
7clerk. If the
department state superintendent notifies the school district clerk, the
8school district clerk shall promptly distribute a copy of the notice to each member of
9the school board.
SB77-SSA1,1318,1311
121.15
(3m) (a) 1. "Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids
,
12other than the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cv), and property taxes
13levied for school districts.
SB77-SSA1,1318,1915
121.15
(3m) (a) 2. "State school aids" means those aids appropriated under s.
1620.255 (2), other than s. 20.255 (2)
(fm), (fu), (k) and (m), and under
s. 20.505 (4) (er) 17ss. 20.275 (1) (d), (es), (et), (f), (fs) and (u) and 20.285 (1) (ee), (r) and (rc) and those
18aids appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (s) that are used to provide grants or
19educational telecommunications access to school districts under s. 196.218 (4r).
SB77-SSA1,1319,221
121.15
(3m) (b) By June 15, 1996, and annually by June 15 thereafter, the
22department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall
23jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary
24to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that the
1sum of state school aids and the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10 (4) equals
66.7% 2two-thirds of partial school revenues.
SB77-SSA1,1319,124
121.15
(4) On July 1 and October 15, using the most accurate data available,
5the
department state superintendent shall provide the department of revenue and
6each school district with an estimate of the total amount of state aid, as defined in
7s. 121.90 (2), the school district will receive in the current school year. On October
815, using the most accurate data available, the
department state superintendent 9shall calculate the total amount of state aid, as defined in s. 121.90 (2), that each
10school district will receive in the current school year. Any adjustments to that
11calculation shall be made by increasing or decreasing the payment made in
12September of the following school year.
SB77-SSA1, s. 2881
13Section
2881. 121.17 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB77-SSA1,1319,19
14121.17 Use of federal revenue sharing funds. It is the intent of the
15legislature that school districts receiving federal revenue sharing funds through the
16state under this subchapter shall utilize these funds in compliance with the federal
17revenue sharing requirements as defined in the state and local fiscal assistance act
18of 1972 (P.L.
92-512), as amended by P.L.
94-488. The department shall assure
19compliance with this section.
SB77-SSA1,1319,2421
121.23
(1) In the event that the
department state superintendent finds that
22school is not held, or educational standards are not maintained in accordance with
23s. 121.02 (1) (f) as the result of a strike by school district employes, make-up days
24are authorized to be scheduled but no make-up days are required.
SB77-SSA1,1320,6
1121.23
(2) (intro.) If a school district holds less than 180 days of school as the
2result of a strike by school district employes, for the purposes of computing general
3aid, the
department state superintendent shall compute the school district's primary
4and secondary ceiling costs per member in accordance with the procedure specified
5in pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation, the
department state superintendent 6shall:
SB77-SSA1,1320,7
7"
Section 2881m. 121.41 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,1320,188
121.41
(1) State aid. To promote a uniformly effective driver education
9program among high school and technical college pupils, each school district
10operating high school grades, each county handicapped children's education board
11which provides the substantial equivalent of a high school education and each
12technical college district shall receive $100 for each pupil of high school age who
13completes a course in driver education approved by the department under s. 115.28
14(11), but in no case may the state aid exceed the actual cost of instruction. If the
15appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(r) (em) is inadequate in any year to provide $100
16per pupil, the state aid shall be prorated after the appropriation for administration
17is deducted. Such state aid shall be paid at the same time as the state aid under s.
18121.08 is paid.
SB77-SSA1,1321,320
121.51
(1) "Attendance area" is the geographic area designated by the
21governing body of a private school as the area from which its pupils attend and
22approved by the school board of the district in which the private school is located.
23If the private school and the school board cannot agree on the attendance area, the
24department state superintendent shall, upon the request of the private school and
25the board, make a final determination of the attendance area. The attendance areas
1of private schools affiliated with the same religious denomination shall not overlap
2unless one school limits its enrollment to pupils of the same sex and the other school
3limits its enrollment to pupils of the opposite sex or admits pupils of both sexes.
SB77-SSA1,1321,85
121.52
(1) (b) The school board may adopt additional rules, not inconsistent
6with law or with rules of the secretary of transportation or the
department state
7superintendent, for the protection of the pupils or to govern the conduct of the person
8in charge of the motor vehicle used for transportation of pupils for compensation.
SB77-SSA1,1321,1410
121.52
(4) The use of any motor vehicle to transport pupils shall be
11discontinued upon receipt of an order signed by the
secretary state superintendent 12or the secretary of transportation ordering such discontinuance. Personnel under
13the
secretary state superintendent or the secretary of transportation may ride any
14school bus at any time for the purpose of inspection.
SB77-SSA1,1321,1916
121.53
(6) Within 10 days after its occurrence, every accident involving a motor
17vehicle while providing transportation under this subchapter shall be reported to the
18appropriate school board and promptly by the school board to the
department state
19superintendent on forms provided by the
department
state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1322,521
121.54
(3) Transportation for children with exceptional educational needs. 22Every school board shall provide transportation for children with exceptional
23educational needs, as defined in s. 115.76 (3), to any public or private elementary or
24high school, to the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped or the Wisconsin
25school for the deaf or to any special educational program for children with
1exceptional educational needs sponsored by a state tax-supported institution of
2higher education, regardless of distance, if the request for such transportation is
3approved by the
department state superintendent. Approval shall be based on
4whether or not the child can walk to school with safety and comfort. Section 121.53
5shall apply to transportation provided under this subsection.
SB77-SSA1,1322,137
121.54
(4) (b) A school board, a county handicapped children's education board
8or a cooperative educational service agency may provide transportation regardless
9of distance for children with exceptional educational needs who attend a summer
10special education program under s. 115.83 (4), if a request for such transportation
11is approved by the
department state superintendent. Approval shall be based on
12whether or not the child can walk to school with safety and comfort. Section 121.53
13shall apply to transportation provided under this paragraph.
SB77-SSA1,1323,1115
121.54
(9) Transportation in areas of unusual hazards. (a) In school districts
16in which unusual hazards exist for pupils in walking to and from the school where
17they are enrolled, the school board shall develop a plan which shall show by map and
18explanation the nature of the unusual hazards to pupil travel and propose a plan of
19transportation if such transportation is necessary, which will provide proper
20safeguards for the school attendance of such pupils. Copies of the plan shall be filed
21with the sheriff of the county in which the principal office of the school district is
22located. The sheriff shall review the plan and may make suggestions for revision
23deemed appropriate. The sheriff shall investigate the site and plan and make a
24determination as to whether unusual hazards exist which cannot be corrected by
25local government and shall report the findings in writing to the
department state
1superintendent and the school board concerned. Within 60, but not less than 30, days
2from the day on which the
department state superintendent receives the sheriff's
3report, the
department state superintendent shall determine whether unusual
4hazards to pupil travel exist and whether the plan provides proper safeguards for
5such pupils. If the
department state superintendent makes findings which support
6the plan and the determination that unusual hazards exist which seriously
7jeopardize the safety of the pupils in their travel to and from school, the school board
8shall put the plan into effect and state aid shall be paid under s. 121.58 (2) (c) for any
9transportation of pupils under this subsection. Any city, village or town may
10reimburse, in whole or in part, a school district for costs incurred in providing
11transportation under this subsection for pupils who reside in the city, village or town.
SB77-SSA1,1323,2212
(am) Any person aggrieved by the failure of a school board to file a plan with
13the sheriff as provided in par. (a) may notify the school board in writing that an area
14of unusual hazard exists. The school board shall reply to the aggrieved person in
15writing within 30 days of receipt of the aggrieved person's notice. The school board
16shall send a copy of the board's reply to the sheriff of the county in which the principal
17office of the school district is located and to the
department state superintendent.
18Upon receipt of the school board's reply, the aggrieved person may request a hearing
19before the
department state superintendent for a determination as to whether an
20area of unusual hazard exists. If the
department
state superintendent determines
21that an area of unusual hazard exists, the
department
state superintendent shall
22direct the school board to proceed as provided in par. (a).
SB77-SSA1,1324,223
(b) Within 30 days after the sheriff's report is received by the
department state
24superintendent, any aggrieved person may request a hearing before the
department
1state superintendent on the determination by the sheriff and on the plan. After such
2hearing, the
department state superintendent shall proceed as provided in par. (a).
SB77-SSA1,1324,63
(c) The
department state superintendent and the department of transportation
4shall establish a definition of "unusual hazards" and "area of unusual hazards" for
5the implementation of this subsection. Such definition shall be promulgated, as a
6rule, by the
department state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1324,17
8121.56 School bus routes. The school board of each district shall make and
9be responsible for all necessary provisions for the transportation of pupils, including
10establishment, administration and scheduling of school bus routes. Upon the
11request of any school board, the
department state superintendent shall provide
12advice and counsel on problems of school transportation. Any private school shall,
13upon the request of the public school officials, supply all necessary information and
14reports. The transportation of public and private school pupils shall be effectively
15coordinated to insure the safety and welfare of the pupils. Upon receipt of a signed
16order from the
secretary state superintendent, the school board shall discontinue
17any route specified by the
secretary state superintendent.
SB77-SSA1,1324,2319
121.57
(1) (b) This subsection also applies to handicapped children. The
20department state superintendent may grant permission for a handicapped child to
21be transported to a school in another school district if an acceptable form of
22transportation is provided and if such school offers equal or better educational
23opportunities for the child.
SB77-SSA1,1325,7
1121.58
(5) (title)
Department State superintendent approval. If the
2department state superintendent is satisfied that transportation or board and
3lodging was provided in compliance with law, the
department state superintendent 4shall certify to the department of administration the sum due the school district. In
5case of differences concerning the character and sufficiency of the transportation or
6board and lodging, the
department state superintendent may determine such matter
7and
its his or her decision is final.