Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,1869 Section 1869. 119.23 (4r) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (4r) (a) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1013,12 119.23 (4r) (a) In the 2010-11 school year and in any school year thereafter, multiply Multiply the amount determined under sub. (4) (b) or (bg) by 0.616.

AB40-ASA1,1871 Section 1871. 119.23 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1013,17 119.23 (5) The state superintendent shall ensure that pupils and parents and guardians of pupils who reside in the city are informed annually of the private schools participating in the program under this section and in the program under s. 118.60.

AB40-ASA1,1872m Section 1872m. 119.23 (7) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1014,5 119.23 (7) (ad) The governing body of a private school participating in the program under this section and accredited as required under sub. (2) (a) 7. shall ensure that the private school continuously maintains accreditation from Wisconsin North Central Association, Wisconsin Religious and Independent School Accreditation, Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, the diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located, by any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private Schools Accreditation, or, for a private school to which sub. (2) (a) 7. c. applies, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University, as long as the private school continues to participate in the program under this section.

AB40-ASA1,1873 Section 1873. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1014,21 119.23 (7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly presents pupil costs under sub. (4) (b) 1 (bg). The audit under this subdivision shall be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the department to make payments under subs. (4) and (4m). The auditor shall conduct his or her audit, including determining sample sizes and evaluating financial viability, in accordance with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The department may not require an auditor to comply with standards that exceed the scope of the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private school participating in the program under this section also accepts pupils under s. 118.60, the private school may submit one comprehensive financial audit to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision and s. 118.60 (7) (am) 1. The private school shall include in the comprehensive financial audit the information specified under s. 118.60 (7) (am) 1.

AB40-ASA1,1873m Section 1873m. 119.23 (7) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1015,3 119.23 (7) (b) 3. Ensure that any teacher's aide employed by the private school has graduated from high school, been granted a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation, or been issued a general educational development certificate of high school equivalency, or has obtained a degree or educational credential higher than a high school diploma, declaration of equivalency of high school graduation, or general educational development certificate of high school equivalency.

AB40-ASA1,1873p Section 1873p. 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1015,16 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. A copy of the school's current certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality within which the school is located. If the private school moves to a new location, the private school shall submit a copy of the new certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality within which the school is located to the department before the attendance of pupils at the new location and before the next succeeding date specified in s. 121.05 (1) (a). If the municipality within which the private school is located does not issue certificates of occupancy, the private school may submit a certificate of occupancy issued by the local or regional governmental unit with authority to issue certificates of occupancy or a letter or form from the municipality within which the private school is located that explains that the municipality does not issue certificates of occupancy. A temporary certificate of occupancy does not meet the requirement of this subdivision.

AB40-ASA1,1874 Section 1874. 119.23 (7) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 8, is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1016,2 119.23 (7) (e) In the 2009-10 school year, each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer a nationally normed standardized test in reading, mathematics, and science to pupils attending the school under the program in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Beginning in the 2010-11 school year and annually thereafter, each Each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1s) to pupils attending the school under the program. The private school may administer additional standardized tests to such pupils.

AB40-ASA1,1875d Section 1875d. 119.23 (7) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1016,17 119.23 (7) (em) 1. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under this section shall, subject to subd. 2., annually, by January 15, provide the department with evidence demonstrating that the private school remains accredited for the current school year as required under par. (ad). The governing body shall include as evidence of accreditation a letter prepared by Wisconsin North Central Association, Wisconsin Religious and Independent School Accreditation, Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, the diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located, by any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private Schools Accreditation, or, for a private school to which sub. (2) (a) 7. c. applies, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University, which confirms that the private school is accredited by that entity as of the date of the letter.

AB40-ASA1,1016,19 2. The governing body shall immediately notify the department if its accreditation status changes.

AB40-ASA1,1875t Section 1875t. 119.23 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1016,23 119.23 (10) (a) 2. Failed to provide the notice or pay the fee required under sub. (2) (a) 3. or 3m. b., or provide the information required under sub. (7) (am) or (d), by the date or within the period specified.

AB40-ASA1,1876 Section 1876. 119.23 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1017,3 119.23 (10) (a) 3. Failed to refund to the state any overpayment made under s. 119.23 (4) (b), 2011 stats., or s. 119.23 (4) (bg), 2011 stats., or under sub. (4) (b) or (bg) or (4m) by the date specified by department rule.

AB40-ASA1,1876db Section 1876db. 119.23 (10) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1017,6 119.23 (10) (am) 1. The private school has not complied with the requirement requirements under sub. (7) (f) or (em).

AB40-ASA1,1876dg Section 1876dg. 119.23 (10) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1017,21 119.23 (10) (ar) 1. If the state superintendent determines that a private school has failed to continuously maintain accreditation as required under sub. (7) (ad), that the governing body of the private school has withdrawn the private school from the accreditation process, or that the private school's accreditation has been revoked or terminated by Wisconsin North Central Association, Wisconsin Religious and Independent School Accreditation, Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, the diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located, by any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private Schools Accreditation, or, for a private school to which sub. (2) (a) 7. c. applies, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University, the state superintendent shall issue an order barring the private school's participation in the program under this section at the end of the current school year.

AB40-ASA1,1018,10 2. A private school whose participation in the program under this section is barred under subd. 1. may not participate in the program under this section or under s. 118.60 until the governing body of the private school demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that it has obtained accreditation from Wisconsin North Central Association, Wisconsin Religious and Independent School Accreditation, Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, the diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located, or by any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private Schools Accreditation, provided the accreditation is from an entity other than the entity with which the private school failed to continuously maintain accreditation or, if the private school's accreditation was revoked or terminated, other than the entity that revoked or terminated the private school's accreditation.

AB40-ASA1,1876dj Section 1876dj. 119.23 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1018,14 119.23 (10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par. (a), (am), (ar), or (b), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.

AB40-ASA1,1876dL Section 1876dL. 119.23 (11) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1018,18 119.23 (11) (c) Within 10 days after receiving the information submitted as required under sub. (7) (em), notify the participating private school of receipt and approval of accreditation status.

AB40-ASA1,1878 Section 1878. 121.004 (7) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1019,2 121.004 (7) (em) A pupil attending public school outside his or her school district of residence under s. 118.53 shall be counted as 0.25 pupil for each course the pupil attends at the public school during the school year. A pupil attending public school in his or her school district of residence under s. 118.53 shall be counted as the result obtained by dividing the number of hours of direct pupil instruction scheduled for the pupil at the public school during the school year by the number of hours of direct pupil instruction that the school district scheduled for a pupil in the same grade during the school year.

AB40-ASA1,1879 Section 1879. 121.02 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1019,10 121.02 (1) (a) 2. Subject to s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2. and 3., ensure that all instructional staff of charter schools located in the school district hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department. For purposes of this subdivision, a virtual charter school is located in the school district specified in s. 118.40 (8) (a) and a charter school established under s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. c. is located in the school district specified in s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. c. The state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining "instructional staff" for purposes of this subdivision.

AB40-ASA1,1881 Section 1881. 121.05 (1) (a) 12m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1019,12 121.05 (1) (a) 12m. Pupils attending a public school under s. 118.53.

AB40-ASA1,1882 Section 1882. 121.05 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1019,18 121.05 (3m) If pupils enrolled in a school will not be in attendance at the school on any of the dates specified in sub. (1) (a) or (2) because of a regularly scheduled holiday or for a reason approved by the school board, the state superintendent shall permit the membership counting date to occur on the 3rd weekday that follows the next school day on which school is in session.

AB40-ASA1,1883 Section 1883. 121.07 (6) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1020,3 121.07 (6) (e) 1. For a school district created by a consolidation under s. 117.08 or 117.09, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the amounts under pars. (b) and (d) shall be multiplied by 1.15 and rounded to the next lowest dollar. In the 5th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect, the amounts under pars. (b) and (d) shall be multiplied by 1.10 and rounded to the next lower dollar. In the 6th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect, the amounts under pars. (b) and (d) shall be multiplied by 1.05 and rounded to the next lower dollar.

AB40-ASA1,1884 Section 1884. 121.07 (7) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1020,13 121.07 (7) (e) 1. For a school district created by a consolidation under s. 117.08 or 117.09, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the amounts under pars. (a) to (bm) shall be multiplied by 1.15 and rounded to the next lower dollar. In the 5th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect, the amounts under pars. (a) to (bm) shall be multiplied by 1.10 and rounded to the next lower dollar. In the 6th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect, the amounts under pars. (a) to (bm) shall be multiplied by 1.05 and rounded to the next lower dollar.

AB40-ASA1,1884p Section 1884p. 121.08 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1020,17 121.08 (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. (b) or (br) had not occurred.

AB40-ASA1,1884r Section 1884r. 121.08 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1020,21 121.08 (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. (b) or (br) had not occurred, by the quotient under subd. 2.

AB40-ASA1,1885g Section 1885g. 121.08 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1021,5 121.08 (4) (b) 1. Multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2009-10 school year by 41.6 percent, and multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 to 2012-13 school year and in each school year thereafter years by 38.4 percent. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year by a percentage determined by subtracting 3.2 percentage points from the percentage that was applied under this subdivision in the previous school year. This subdivision does not apply after the 2024-25 school year.

AB40-ASA1,1886g Section 1886g. 121.08 (4) (br) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1887g Section 1887g. 121.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1021,9 121.08 (4) (d) The state superintendent shall ensure that the total amount of aid reduction under pars. (a), and (b), and (br) lapses to the general fund.

AB40-ASA1,1888 Section 1888. 121.105 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1021,24 121.105 (3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the consolidated school district's state aid shall be an amount that is not less than the aggregate state aid to which the consolidating school districts were eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect. In the 5th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect, the consolidated school district is entitled to a payment under this subsection in an amount that is equal to 66 percent of the payment that the consolidated school district received under this subsection in the prior school year. In the 6th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect, the consolidated school district is entitled to a payment under this subsection in an amount that is equal to 33 percent of the payment that the consolidated school district received in the 4th school year following the school year in which the consolidation took effect. The additional state aid shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac).

AB40-ASA1,1889 Section 1889. 121.54 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1022,13 121.54 (2) (c) An annual or special meeting of a common or union high school district, or the school board of a unified school district, may elect to provide transportation for pupils who are not required to be transported under this section, including pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4) or 118.53. Transportation may be provided for all or some of the pupils who reside in the school district to and from the public school they are entitled to attend or the private school, within or outside the school district, within whose attendance area they reside. If transportation is provided for less than all such pupils there shall be reasonable uniformity in the minimum distance that pupils attending public and private schools will be transported. Except for elementary school districts electing to furnish transportation under par. (b) 2., this paragraph does not permit a school district operating only elementary grades to provide transportation for pupils attending private schools.

AB40-ASA1,1891 Section 1891. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1022,18 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $180 per school year in the 2006-07 school year and $220 per school year in the 2012-13 school year and $275 per school year thereafter.

AB40-ASA1,1891m Section 1891m. 121.59 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1022,21 121.59 High cost transportation aid. (1) In this section, "transportation costs" means costs that are eligible for reimbursement under s. 121.58.

AB40-ASA1,1022,23 (2) Annually the department shall pay to each school district the amount determined as follows:

AB40-ASA1,1023,3 (a) Divide the statewide school district transportation costs in the previous school year by the statewide membership in the previous school year and multiply the quotient by 1.5.

AB40-ASA1,1023,5 (b) Divide the school district's transportation costs in the previous school year by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

AB40-ASA1,1023,6 (c) Subtract the product under par. (a) from the quotient under par. (b).

AB40-ASA1,1023,8 (d) If the remainder under par. (c) is a positive number, multiply it by the school district's membership.

AB40-ASA1,1023,10 (e) Divide the product under par. (d) for the school district by the product under par. (d) for all school districts.

AB40-ASA1,1023,12 (f) Multiply the quotient under par. (e) by the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cq).

AB40-ASA1,1023,14 (3) Aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq).

AB40-ASA1,1892 Section 1892. 121.83 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1023,18 121.83 (1) (a) 2. If the agency of service counts the pupil under s. 121.05 (1) (a) or (2), or on an alternate counting date under s. 121.05 (3) or (3m), state general aid shall be subtracted.

AB40-ASA1,1893 Section 1893. 121.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1024,2 121.90 (1) (intro.) "Number of pupils enrolled" means the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, including pupils identified in s. 121.05 (1) (a) 1. to 11. and 13. and pupils enrolled and counted on an alternate counting date under s. 121.05 (3) or (3m), and the number of pupils attending the Challenge Academy program under s. 321.03 (1) (c) in the previous spring session, except that "number of pupils enrolled" excludes the number of pupils attending public school under s. ss. 118.145 (4) and 118.53 and except as follows:

AB40-ASA1,1893sb Section 1893sb. 121.905 (3) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1024,5 121.905 (3) (c) 5. For the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any the 2014-15 school year thereafter, make no adjustment, add $75 to the result under par. (b).

AB40-ASA1,1893sd Section 1893sd. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1024,8 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for the 2015-16 school year or any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB40-ASA1,1893sf Section 1893sf. 121.91 (2m) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1024,12 121.91 (2m) (hm) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2013-14 school year or for the 2014-15 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB40-ASA1,1024,16 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB40-ASA1,1024,17 2. Add $75 to the result under subd. 1.

AB40-ASA1,1024,19 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB40-ASA1,1893sh Section 1893sh. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1024,23 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2013-14 2015-16 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB40-ASA1,1893sj Section 1893sj. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1025,4 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (c) to (h) (i), if a school district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):

AB40-ASA1,1893sL Section 1893sL. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1025,14 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2011-12 school year, multiply the result under subd. 1. a. by 0.945, in calculating the limit for the 2012-13 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $50 $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 2015-16 school year and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB40-ASA1,1893sn Section 1893sn. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1025,20 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (e) to (h) (i), if territory is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the revenue limit under this section of the school district from which territory is detached for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided in subs. (3) and (4):

AB40-ASA1,1893sp Section 1893sp. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: