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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.
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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.
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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-AA1,808,1917
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-AA1,809,1021
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-AA1,809,2213
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-AA1,810,2
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. 2760n
4Section 2760n. 120.13 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 118.115 (1) and
5amended to read:
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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-AA1,811,417
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.".
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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-AA1,811,2318
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-AA1,812,4
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).
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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-AA1,812,2314
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-AA1,813,63
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-AA1,813,159
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-AA1,814,320
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.".
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6121.082 Milwaukee parental choice program; hold harmless. (1) 7Annually the department shall calculate all of the following for each school district
8other than the school district operating under ch. 119:
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(a) The amount by which the school district's state aid is reduced under s.
10121.08 (4) (c).
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(b) The amount of state aid the school district receives as a result of the
12increased levy relating to the aid reductions under s. 121.08 (4) (b) and (c).
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13(2) If the amount calculated under sub. (1) (a) is greater than the amount
14calculated under sub. (1) (b), the department shall pay the difference to the school
15district from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fw). The department shall
16identify the payment as the "Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Hold Harmless
17Payment."
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18(3) Annually by October 15, the department shall notify each school district of
19the amounts calculated under sub. (1) (a) and (b) for that school district and the
20amount of the payment under sub. (2).".
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120.12
(24) Health care benefits. Prior to the selection of any group health
24care benefits provider for school district professional employees, as defined in s.
1111.70 (1) (ne), solicit sealed bids for the provision of such benefits
and consider the
2state insurance plan under subch. IV of ch. 40.".
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61463. Page 928, line 17: after "(4)" insert "
; less the amount of school districts'
7allowable revenue under s. 121.91 that is attributable to including in the number of
8pupils enrolled those pupils who are enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten and are not
9children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5)".
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121.54
(3) Transportation for children with disabilities. Every school board
23shall provide transportation for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5),
1to any public or private elementary or high school, to the school operated by the
2Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the
school operated by the 3Wisconsin
School Educational Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing 4or to any special education program for children with disabilities sponsored by a state
5tax-supported institution of higher education, including a technical college,
6regardless of distance, if the request for such transportation is approved by the state
7superintendent. Approval shall be based on whether or not the child can walk to
8school with safety and comfort. Section 121.53 shall apply to transportation provided
9under this subsection.".
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121.54
(2) (e) If a pupil attending a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that is
13located in the school district operating under ch. 119 would be eligible to be
14transported under this subsection were the pupil attending a public or private school
15located in the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board of the school
16district operating under ch. 119 shall provide transportation to and from the charter
17school for the pupil.".
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121.90
(2) (intro.) "State aid" means aid under ss. 121.08,
121.082, 121.09 and
21121.105 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under
22s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4), and amounts under
23s. 79.095 (4) for the current school year, except that "state aid" excludes all of the
24following:".
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121.86
(3) State aid exception. Pupils under sub. (2) (b) and (c) who are
4enrolled in a kindergarten program or in a preschool program under subch. V of ch.
5115 shall be multiplied under sub. (2) (a) 2. by a number equal to the result obtained
6by multiplying 0.25 by the appropriate fraction under s. 121.004 (7) (c)
, (cm) or (d).
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121.90
(1) (f) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2002-03
9school year or for any school year thereafter, the department shall calculate the
10number of pupils enrolled in each school year prior to the 2002-03 school year by
11excluding pupils enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program who are not
12children with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (3).".
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121.91
(3) (a) If a school board wishes to exceed the limit under sub. (2m)
16otherwise applicable to the school district in any school year, it shall promptly adopt
17a resolution supporting inclusion in the final school district budget of an amount
18equal to the proposed excess revenue. The resolution shall specify whether the
19proposed excess revenue is for a recurring or nonrecurring purpose, or, if the
20proposed excess revenue is for both recurring and nonrecurring purposes, the
21amount of the proposed excess revenue for each purpose. The resolution shall be filed
22as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the school board
23shall notify the department of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a
24copy of the resolution to the department. The school board shall call a
special
1referendum
in accordance with s. 8.065 for the purpose of submitting the resolution
2to the electors of the school district for approval or rejection
. In lieu of a special
3referendum, the school board may specify that the referendum be held at the next
4succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election, if
5such election is, to be held not sooner than 42 days after the filing of the resolution
6of the school board. The school district clerk shall certify the results of the
7referendum to the department within 10 days after the referendum is held.".
