Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

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.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,5 1221. Page 928, line 17: after "(4)" insert "; less the amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (L)".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,6 1222. Page 928, line 22: delete "and".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,8 1223. Page 928, line 21: after "and," insert "less the amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (j)".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,10 1224. Page 928, line 23: after "120.13 (19)" insert " , and less an amount equal to 45% of the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m)".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,11 1225. Page 929, line 1: delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,16 "121.15 (3m) (a) 2. "State school aids" means those aids appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (am), (fm), (fu), (k), (kn), and (m), and under ss. 20.275 (1) (d), (es), (et) and (f) and 20.285 (1) (ee), (r) and (rc) and those aids appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (s) that are used to provide grants or educational telecommunications access to school districts under s. 44.73.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,17 1226. Page 929, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,536,18 " Section 2779s. 121.54 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,5 121.54 (3) Transportation for children with disabilities. Every school board shall provide transportation for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), to any public or private elementary or high school, to the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or to any special education program for children with disabilities sponsored by a state tax-supported institution of higher education, including a technical college, regardless of distance, if the request for such transportation is approved by the state superintendent. Approval shall be based on whether or not the child can walk to school with safety and comfort. Section 121.53 shall apply to transportation provided under this subsection.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,6 1227. Page 930, line 8: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,7 " Section 2788m. 121.90 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,12 121.90 (1) (f) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2002-03 school year or for any school year thereafter, the department shall calculate the number of pupils enrolled in each school year prior to the 2002-03 school year under s. 121.004 (7) (c) (intro.), s. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. c., as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), and s. 121.004 (7) (cm), as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,13 1228. Page 931, line 3: delete lines 3 to 22.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,14 1229. Page 932, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,15 " Section 2798w. 121.91 (4) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,19 121.91 (4) (k) The limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2m) to a school district that is at least 275 square miles in area and in which the number of pupils enrolled in the 2000-01 school year was less than 450 is increased for the 2001-02 school year by the following amount:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,22 1. If the number of pupils enrolled in the school district declined between the 1996-97 school year and the 2000-01 school year, but the decline was less than 10%, $100,000.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,537,24 2. If the decline in the number of pupils enrolled between the 1996-97 school year and the 2000-01 school year was at least 10% but not more than 20%, $175,000.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,2 3. If the decline in the number of pupils enrolled between the 1996-97 school year and the 2000-01 school year was more than 20%, $250,000.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,3 1230. Page 932, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,4 " Section 2798g. 121.91 (4) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,11 121.91 (4) (j) If a school board implemented an intradistrict pupil transfer program to reduce racial imbalance in the school district after June 30, 1993, but before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the limit otherwise applicable to the school district under sub. (2m) in the 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2003-04 school years is increased by an amount equal to one-third of the amount received in the 1994-95 school year under s. 121.85 as a result of implementing the program.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,12 1231. Page 932, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,13 " Section 2798s. 121.91 (4) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,15 121.91 (4) (m) 1. In this paragraph, "equalized valuation per member" means equalized valuation divided by membership, except as follows:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,538,18 a. For a school district operating only high school grades, "equalized valuation per member" means equalized valuation divided by the result obtained by multiplying membership by 3.