Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1-CA1,525,9 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) The common council of the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee area technical college district board All of the following entities may establish by charter and operate a charter school or, on behalf of their respective entities, may initiate a contract with an individual or group to operate a school as a charter school.:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,525,18 2. A charter shall include all of the provisions specified under sub. (1m) (b) 3. to 14. A contract shall include all of the provisions specified under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to 14. and shall specify the effect of the establishment of the charter school on the liability of the contracting entity under this paragraph. The contract may include other provisions agreed to by the parties. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee or of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may not establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school under this paragraph without the approval of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715qg Section 2715qg. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. a. to d. of the statutes are created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,525,20 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. a. The common council of the city of Milwaukee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,525,21 b. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,525,22 c. On a pilot basis, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,525,23 d. The Milwaukee area technical college district board.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715qL Section 2715qL. 118.40 (2r) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,526,7 118.40 (2r) (b) 3. If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside contracts for the establishment of a charter school, the contract shall also provide that the charter school must be operated by a governing board and that the chancellor or his or her designee must be a member of the governing board. In addition, if the contract provides that the instructional staff of the charter school shall consist of employees of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the contract shall also include provisions that do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,526,14 a. Delegate to the governing board of the charter school the board of regents' authority to establish and adjust all compensation and fringe benefits of instructional staff, subject to the terms of any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 that covers the instructional staff. In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement, the governing board may establish and adjust all compensation and fringe benefits of the instructional staff only with the approval of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,526,20 b. Authorize the governing board of the charter school to perform specified duties for the board of regents with respect to the instructional staff. This authorization may include duties related to supervising the instructional staff, taking disciplinary actions with respect to the instructional staff, recommending new hires or layoffs, collective bargaining, claims, complaints, or benefits and records administration.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715r Section 2715r. 118.40 (2r) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,527,4 118.40 (2r) (bm) The common council of the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee area technical college district board may only establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school located in the school district operating under ch. 119. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may only establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school located in a unified school district that is located in the county in which the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is situated or in an adjacent county.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715rg Section 2715rg. 118.40 (2r) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (c) 2., and 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,527,11 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. (intro.) An entity under par. (b) may not establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school located outside of the school district operating under ch. 119. A pupil residing within the school district operating under ch. 119 may attend a charter school established in the school district operating under ch. 119 under this subsection only if one of the following applies:

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715ri Section 2715ri. 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,527,14 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. Only pupils who reside in the school district in which a charter school established under this subsection is located may attend the charter school.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715sk Section 2715sk. 118.40 (2r) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,527,19 118.40 (2r) (cm) The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of only one charter school under this subsection, which may not operate high school grades and which may not accommodate more than 400 pupils.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715sm Section 2715sm. 118.40 (2r) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (e) 1. and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,528,4 118.40 (2r) (e) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph subdivision in the previous school year and the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under subch. VII of ch. 121 in the current school year, multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school. The department shall pay 25% of the total amount in September, 25% in December, 25% in February, and 25% in June. The department shall send the check to the operator of the charter school.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715sn Section 2715sn. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,528,12 118.40 (2r) (e) 2. If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside establishes or contracts for the establishment of a charter school under this subsection, in March the department shall pay to the unified school district in which the charter school is located, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), an amount equal to the amount of school aid per pupil to which the unified school district is eligible in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils attending the charter school who were previously enrolled in the unified school district.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715sp Section 2715sp. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,528,19 118.40 (2r) (f) If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside establishes or contracts for the establishment of a charter school under this subsection, biennially the chancellor shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). The report shall include information on the academic performance of the pupils who attend the charter school and on the success of the governance structure of the charter school.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2715t Section 2715t. 118.40 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,3 118.40 (7) (am) 2. A charter school established under sub. (2r) or a private school located in the school district operating under ch. 119 that is converted to a charter school is not an instrumentality of the any school district operating under ch. 119 and the no school board of that school district may not employ any personnel for the charter school. If the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside contracts for the establishment of a charter school under sub. (2r), the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may employ instructional staff for the charter school.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,4 1204. Page 920, line 19: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,5 " Section 2707m. 118.30 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,12 118.30 (1r) (d) If the charter school operates high school grades, beginning in the 2002-03 2004-05 school year, administer the high school graduation examination adopted by the operator of the charter school under sub. (1g) (b) to all pupils enrolled in the 11th and 12th grades in the charter school. The operator of the charter school shall administer the examination at least twice each school year and may administer the examination only to pupils enrolled in the 11th and 12th grades.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,13 1205. Page 920, line 19: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,14 " Section 2718m. 118.33 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,529,21 118.33 (1) (f) 1. By September 1, 2002 2004, each school board operating high school grades shall develop a written policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma that are in addition to the requirements under par. (a). The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (d), the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers. Except as provided in subd. 2., the criteria apply to pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,2 2. By September 1, 2002 2004, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that operates high school grades shall develop a policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1r) (d), the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,6 3. Beginning September 1, 2003 2005, neither a school board nor an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) may grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the school board's or charter school's policy under subd. 1. or 2.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,7 1206. Page 920, line 19: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,9 " Section 2712m. 118.30 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 118.30 (3) (a) and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,15 118.30 (3) (a) The state superintendent shall make available upon request, allow a person to view an examination required to be administered under this section if the person submits to the state superintendent a written request to do so within 90 days after the date of administration, any of the examination required to be administered under this section. This subsection paragraph does not apply while the an examination is being developed or validated.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2714m Section 2714m. 118.30 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,20 118.30 (3) (b) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing procedures to administer par. (a). To the extent feasible, the rules shall protect the security and confidentiality of the examinations required to be administered under this section.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,21 1207. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,530,22 " Section 2744m. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,6 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V, and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121, and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38 (2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (26) (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35) , and (37), 120.14, and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,7 1208. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,8 " Section 2752r. 119.23 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,15 119.23 (4m) Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, in In addition to the payment under sub. (4) the state superintendent shall pay to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in a private school under this section, in the manner described in sub. (4) (c), an amount determined by multiplying 40% of the payment under sub. (4) by the quotient determined by dividing the summer choice average daily membership equivalent of the private school by the total number of pupils for whom payments are being made under sub. (4).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,16 1209. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,17 " Section 2748i. 119.23 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,21 119.23 (2) (a) 3. The private school notified the state superintendent of its intent to participate in the program under this section by May February 1 of the previous school year. The notice shall specify the number of pupils participating in the program under this section for which the school has space.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,22 1210. Page 923, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,531,23 " Section 2749m. 119.23 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,2 119.23 (4) (bm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program shall be counted under par. (b) as provided in s. 121.004 (7) (c) and (cm).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,4 1211. Page 923, line 8: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 924, line 22.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,5 1212. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,6 " Section 2760m. 120.12 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,10 120.12 (27) Minority contracting. If the school board adopts a policy that authorizes preferences or set-asides to minority businesses in the awarding of a public contract, as defined in s. 60.47 (1) (a), ensure that the policy requires that the minority business be certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,11 1213. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,12 " Section 2760g. 120.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,532,15 120.14 (3) The annual meeting may authorize and direct an audit of the school district accounts by a licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2760r Section 2760r. 120.18 (1) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,6 120.18 (1) (gm) Payroll and related benefit costs for all school district employees in the previous school year. Costs for represented employees shall be based upon the costs of any collective bargaining agreements covering such employees for the previous school year. If, as of the time specified by the department for filing the report, the school district has not entered into a collective bargaining agreement for any portion of the previous school year with the recognized or certified representative of any of its employees and the school district and the representative have been required to submit final offers under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6., increased costs limited to the lower of the school district's offer or the representative's offer shall be reflected in the report. The school district shall amend the annual report to reflect any change in such costs as a result of any award or settlement under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. between the date of filing the report and October 1. Any such amendment shall be concurred in by the licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 certifying the school district audit.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,7 1214. Page 924, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,8 " Section 2760k. 120.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,16 120.08 (1) (a) Common school districts shall hold an annual meeting on the 4th Monday in July at 8 p.m. and union high school districts shall hold an annual meeting on the 3rd Monday in July at 8 p.m. unless the electors at one annual meeting determine to thereafter hold the annual meeting on a different date or hour, or authorize the school board to establish a different date or hour. No annual meeting may be held before May 15 or after September 30 October 31. The first school district meeting in a common or union high school district created under s. 117.08, 117.09, or 117.27 shall be considered an annual meeting.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,17 1215. Page 925, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,18 " Section 2761d. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,533,20 121.004 (7) (c) 1. c. A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program who is not a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), shall be counted as 0.3 pupil.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2761g Section 2761g. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,3 121.004 (7) (cm) A Notwithstanding par. (c) (intro.) and 1. c., a pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program and that annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities shall be counted as 0.4 pupil if the child is not a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), and as 0.6 pupil if the pupil is a child with a disability.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,4 1216. Page 925, line 10: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,5 " Section 2762d. 121.02 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,9 121.02 (1) (a) 2. Ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools located in the school district hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department. The state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining "instructional staff" for purposes of this subdivision and s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 1.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,10 1217. Page 925, line 14: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,11 " Section 2764m. 121.05 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,18 121.05 (1) (a) 8. Pupils enrolled in the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired under subch. III of ch. 115 for whom the school district is paying tuition under s. 115.53 (2) determined by multiplying the total number of periods in each day in which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school by the total number of days for which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school and dividing the product by 1,080.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,19 1218. Page 925, line 14: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,534,20 " Section 2764m. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,535,7 121.07 (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, excludes any expenditures from a capital improvement fund created under s. 120.135, excludes any expenditures made as a result of the revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (L), and excludes the costs of transporting those transfer pupils for whom the school district operating under ch. 119 does not receive intradistrict transfer aid under s. 121.85 (6) as a result of s. 121.85 (6) (am). In this paragraph, "net cost of the debt service fund" includes all of the following amounts:".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,535,8 1219. Page 926, line 2: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,535,9 " Section 2767h. 121.08 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,535,12 121.08 (4) (a) 2. Divide the sum under subd. 1. by the total amount of state aid that all school districts are eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), calculated as if the reduction under par. (c) (b) had not occurred.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2767j Section 2767j. 121.08 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,535,16 121.08 (4) (a) 3. Multiply the amount of state aid that the school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), calculated as if the reduction under par. (c) (b) had not occurred, by the quotient under subd. 2.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2767k Section 2767k. 121.08 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,535,21 121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also be reduced by 50% 45% of the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2767L Section 2767L. 121.08 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2767Lm Section 2767Lm. 121.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,2 121.08 (4) (d) The state superintendent shall ensure that the total amount of aid reduction under pars. (a) to (c) and (b) lapses to the general fund.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,3 1220. Page 928, line 7: delete "subd. 1. a." and substitute "subd. 4. a.".