SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2715s 20Section 2715s. 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,802,2221 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. Only pupils who reside in the school district in which the
22charter school is located may attend the charter school, except that:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,803,223 a. If the charter school is established or operated by the board of control of a
24cooperative educational service agency, a pupil who resides in any school district

1served by the cooperative educational service agency may also attend the charter
2school.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,803,63 b. If the charter school is established or operated by a technical college district
4board other than the Milwaukee Area Technical College district board, a pupil who
5resides in any school district that has entered into a charter school agreement with
6the technical college district board may also attend the charter school.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,803,87 c. If the charter school is established or operated by a county, any pupil who
8resides in the county may attend the charter school.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2715t 9Section 2715t. 118.40 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,803,1410 118.40 (7) (am) 2. A charter school established under sub. (2r) or a private
11school located in the school district operating under ch. 119 that is converted to a
12charter school is not an instrumentality of the any school district operating under ch.
13119
and the no school board of that school district may not employ any personnel for
14the charter school.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,803,15 151438. Page 920, line 19: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,803,16 16" Section 2721e. 118.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,217 118.40 (2) (a) Within 30 days after receiving a petition under sub. (1m) the
18school board shall hold a public hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the school
19board shall consider the level of employee and parental support for the establishment
20of the charter school described in the petition and the fiscal impact of the
21establishment of the charter school on the school district. After Except as provided
22in par. (c), within 60 days after
the hearing, the school board may shall either grant
23or deny the petition. The school board's decision shall be in writing and shall include

1the reasons for its decision. The school board shall provide the petitioner with a copy
2of the decision.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2725g 3Section 2725g. 118.40 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (5) (a).
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2725h 4Section 2725h. 118.40 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,115 118.40 (5) (b) If a school board or other entity revokes a charter, its decision
6shall be in writing and include the reasons for its decision. The operator of the
7charter school may appeal the revocation to the circuit court for a county in which
8the school district is located. If the appeal if filed with in 60 days after the date on
9which the decision is issued, the court shall conduct a full trial on the merits. The
10court shall award reasonable attorney fees, damages, and other actual costs to the
11prevailing party.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,12 121439. Page 920, line 19: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,13 13" Section 2725m. 118.38 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,1414 118.38 (1) (a) 8. The commencement of the school term under s. 118.045.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,15 151440. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,16 16" Section 2745q. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,804,2417 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
18115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38
19(2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.115, 118.12,
20118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
21118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258,
22118.291, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (26), 120.125,
23120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (18), (19), (26), (34), (35) and (37), 120.14 and
24120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,805,1
11441. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,805,2 2" Section 2746g. 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,805,53 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (b) pars. (b) and (e), any pupil in grades
4kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend, at no charge, any private
5school located in the city Milwaukee County if all of the following apply:
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2747h 6Section 2747h. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,805,107 119.23 (2) (a) 1. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income
8that does not exceed an amount equal to 1.75 1.85 times the poverty level determined
9in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of
10management and budget.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2748i 11Section 2748i. 119.23 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,805,1512 119.23 (2) (a) 3. The private school notified the state superintendent of its
13intent to participate in the program under this section by May February 1 of the
14previous school year. The notice shall specify the number of pupils participating in
15the program under this section for which the school has space.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2748k 16Section 2748k. 119.23 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,805,2117 119.23 (2) (b) No more than 15% of the school district's membership may attend
18private schools under this section.
If in any school year there are more spaces
19available in the participating private schools than the maximum number of pupils
20allowed who wish to participate, the department shall prorate the number of spaces
21available at each participating private school.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2749m 22Section 2749m. 119.23 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,323 119.23 (2) (c) 1. If the department receives a notice from a private school under
24par. (a) 3., by March 1 the department shall notify the private school whether it is

1eligible to participate in the program under this section. If the department
2determines that the private school is ineligible, the notice shall include an
3explanation of that determination.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,74 2. If the department determines under subd. 1. that a private school is
5ineligible, the private school may appeal the decision to the department within 14
6days after the decision. The department shall approve, reverse, or modify its decision
7within 7 days of receiving an appeal.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,108 3. A private school may appeal the department's decision under subd. 2. to the
9circuit court for Milwaukee County. The court shall give preference to the action and
10shall conduct a full trial on the merits.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2751m 11Section 2751m. 119.23 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,1412 119.23 (2) (e) A pupil who attends a private school under this section is eligible
13to attend a private school under this section in succeeding school years even if the
14pupil no longer meets the criterion under par. (a) 1.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2753p 15Section 2753p. 119.23 (9) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,2216 119.23 (9) The legislative audit bureau shall administer a 12-year longitudinal
17study of the program under this section. The bureau shall seek private sources of
18funding for the study. The study shall use standardized examinations, and shall
19review graduation rates and other indicators of academic achievement. The results
20of the study shall be submitted to the legislature periodically over the 12-year period
21in the manner provided under s. 13. 172 (2), with the first report due by October 15,
222003.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,23 231442. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,806,24 24" Section 2749m. 119.23 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,807,2
1119.23 (4) (bm) A pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten may be counted
2under par. (b) only if the pupil is a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,807,4 31443. Page 923, line 12: after "special election" insert "an election authorized
4under s. 8.065
".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,807,5 51444. Page 923, line 12: delete "at the" and substitute "at the".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,807,7 61445. Page 923, line 14: delete the material beginning with that line and
7ending with page 924, line 22 and substitute:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,807,19 8"119.48 (4) (c) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall
9file the communication as provided in s. 8.37 and shall cause the question of
10exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) to be submitted to the voters
11of the city at the September election or at a special next election authorized under
12s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45
13days after receipt of the communication
. The question of exceeding the levy rate
14specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) shall be submitted so that the vote upon exceeding the
15levy rate specified in s. 65.07 (1) (f) is taken separately from any other question
16submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors
17exceeding the levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f), the common council shall
18approve the increase in the levy rate and shall levy and collect a tax equal to the
19amount of money approved by the electors.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2757ab 20Section 2757ab. 119.49 (1) (b) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,808,221 119.49 (1) (b) The communication shall state the amount of funds needed under
22par. (a) and the purposes for which the funds will be used and shall request the
23common council to submit to the voters of the city at the next election authorized
24under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be
held in the city

1not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication the question of issuing
2school bonds in the amount and for the purposes stated in the communication.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,808,14 3(2) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall file the
4communication as provided in s. 8.37 and shall cause the question of issuing such
5school bonds in the stated amount and for the stated school purposes to be submitted
6to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city authorized under s. 8.065
7(2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) that occurs not sooner than 45 days
8after the date of receipt of the communication
. The question of issuing such school
9bonds shall be submitted so that the vote upon issuing such school bonds is taken
10separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the
11electors voting on the school bond question favors issuing such school bonds, the
12common council shall cause the school bonds to be issued immediately or within the
13period permitted by law, in the amount requested by the board and in the manner
14other bonds are issued.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,808,15 151446. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,808,16 16" Section 2760g. 120.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,808,1917 120.14 (3) The annual meeting may authorize and direct an audit of the school
18district accounts by a licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified under
19ch. 442
.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2760r 20Section 2760r. 120.18 (1) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,809,1021 120.18 (1) (gm) Payroll and related benefit costs for all school district
22employees in the previous school year. Costs for represented employees shall be
23based upon the costs of any collective bargaining agreements covering such
24employees for the previous school year. If, as of the time specified by the department

1for filing the report, the school district has not entered into a collective bargaining
2agreement for any portion of the previous school year with the recognized or certified
3representative of any of its employees and the school district and the representative
4have been required to submit final offers under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6., increased costs
5limited to the lower of the school district's offer or the representative's offer shall be
6reflected in the report. The school district shall amend the annual report to reflect
7any change in such costs as a result of any award or settlement under s. 111.70 (4)
8(cm) 6. between the date of filing the report and October 1. Any such amendment
9shall be concurred in by the licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified
10under ch. 442
certifying the school district audit.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,809,11 111447. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,809,12 12" Section 2760e. 120.13 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,809,2213 120.13 (17) Temporary use of school property. Grant Subject to s. 66.0436,
14grant
the temporary use of school grounds, buildings, facilities or equipment, upon
15such conditions, including fees not to exceed actual costs, as determined by the school
16board, to any responsible person for any lawful nonschool purpose if such use does
17not interfere with use for school purposes or school-related functions. Fees received
18under this subsection shall be paid into the school district treasury and accounted
19for as prescribed under s. 115.28 (13). The user shall be primarily liable, and the
20school board secondarily liable, for any damage to property and for any expense
21incurred in consequence of any use of school grounds, buildings, facilities or
22equipment under this subsection.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,809,23 231448. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,809,24 24" Section 2758f. 119.70 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,810,2
1119.70 (5) Nothing in this section prohibits the board from granting the use of
2school property to religious organizations under s. 120.13 (17) 118.115.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2760m 3Section 2760m. 120.13 (17) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 118.115 (title).
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2760n 4Section 2760n. 120.13 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 118.115 (1) and
5amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,810,146 118.115 (1) Grant The school board may grant the temporary use of school
7grounds, buildings, facilities or equipment, upon such conditions, including fees not
8to exceed actual costs, as determined by the school board, to any responsible person
9for any lawful nonschool purpose if such use does not interfere with use for school
10purposes or school-related functions. Fees received under this subsection shall be
11paid into the school district treasury and accounted for as prescribed under s. 115.28
12(13). The user shall be primarily liable, and the school board secondarily liable, for
13any damage to property and for any expense incurred in consequence of any use of
14school grounds, buildings, facilities or equipment under this subsection.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,810,15 151449. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,810,16 16" Section 2759m. 120.06 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,417 120.06 (9) (a) The primary and spring elections for school board members shall
18be conducted by the election officials for state and municipal elections. In a school
19board election held in conjunction with a state, county, municipal or judicial election,
20the polling places for the state, county, municipal or judicial election shall be the
21polling places for the school board election and the municipal election hours shall
22apply. If no state, county, municipal or judicial election is held on the day of the school
23board election, the school board may set the election hours and select the polling
24places to be used. The election costs shall be charged as provided in ss. 5.68 and 7.03.

1Election hours set by the school board shall be the same as those provided by the
2municipal governing body in which the polling place is located, except that if the
3opening hour is later than 7 a.m., the school board may extend the opening hour to
4not earlier than 7 a.m.
".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,5 51450. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,6 6" Section 2759. 120.06 (5) of the statutes is repealed.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,7 71451. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,8 8" Section 2760h. 120.12 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,159 120.12 (15) School hours. Establish rules scheduling the hours of a normal
10school day. The school board may differentiate between the various elementary and
11high school grades in scheduling the school day. The equivalent of 180 such days, as
12defined in s. 115.01 (10), shall be held during the school term. This subsection shall
13not be construed to eliminate a school district's duty to bargain with the employee's
14collective bargaining representative over any calendaring proposal which is
15primarily related to wages, hours and conditions of employment.
".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,16 161452. Page 925, line 3: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,17 17" Section 2761g. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,811,2318 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that
19provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1)
20(f) 2. shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the pupil is a child with a disability and the
21program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities. A
22pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program who is not a child with a
23disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), shall not be counted.
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2761j 24Section 2761j. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,812,4
1121.004 (7) (f) A pupil who transfers from one school district to another under
2s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as
30.75 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying
40.75 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c), (cm) or (d).
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2761m 5Section 2761m. 121.004 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,812,116 121.004 (8) Summer average daily membership equivalent. "Summer average
7daily membership equivalent" is the total number of minutes in which pupils are
8enrolled in academic summer classes or laboratory periods, as defined by the state
9superintendent under s. 121.14, divided by 48,600. In this subsection, "pupils"
10excludes pupils enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program who are not children
11with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).
".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,812,12 121453. Page 925, line 14: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,812,13 13" Section 2765m. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,812,2314 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) "Shared Subject to par. (am), "shared cost" is the sum of
15the net cost of the general fund and the net cost of the debt service fund, except that
16"shared cost" excludes any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by a school district
17as a result of its participation in a lawsuit commenced against the state, beginning
18with such costs incurred in the fiscal year in which the lawsuit is commenced,
19excludes any expenditures from a capital improvement fund created under s.
20120.135, and excludes the costs of transporting those transfer pupils for whom the
21school district operating under ch. 119 does not receive intradistrict transfer aid
22under s. 121.85 (6) as a result of s. 121.85 (6) (am). In this paragraph, "net cost of
23the debt service fund" includes all of the following amounts:
SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2765p
1Section 2765p. 121.07 (6) (am) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
2read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,63 121.07 (6) (am) In par. (a), "debt service" excludes debt service on debt
4authorized by a referendum on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor
5inserts date], if the result of excluding such debt service is an increase in state aid
6to the school district under s. 121.08.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,7 71454. Page 925, line 14: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,8 8" Section 2764m. 121.05 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,159 121.05 (1) (a) 8. Pupils enrolled in the school operated by the Wisconsin School
10Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the school
11operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired under subch.
12III of ch. 115 for whom the school district is paying tuition under s. 115.53 (2)
13determined by multiplying the total number of periods in each day in which the
14pupils are enrolled in the local public school by the total number of days for which
15the pupils are enrolled in the local public school and dividing the product by 1,080.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,16 161455. Page 925, line 20: delete lines 20 to 24.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,17 171456. Page 926, line 1: delete lines 1 to 10.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,18 181457. Page 926, line 10: after that line insert:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,813,19 19" Section 2767k. 120.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,814,320 120.08 (1) (a) Common school districts shall hold an annual meeting on the 4th
21Monday in July at 8 p.m. and union high school districts shall hold an annual
22meeting on the 3rd Monday in July at 8 p.m. unless the electors at one annual
23meeting determine to thereafter hold the annual meeting on a different date or hour,
24or authorize the school board to establish a different date or hour. No annual meeting

1may be held before May 15 or after September 30 October 31. The first school district
2meeting in a common or union high school district created under s. 117.08, 117.09,
3or 117.27 shall be considered an annual meeting.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,814,4 41458. Page 926, line 10: after that line insert:
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