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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 13,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 751
February 9, 2016 - Offered by Representative Pope.
AB751-AA13,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
AB751-AA13,1,4 21. Page 1, line 8: after "program" insert ", accountability provisions for private
3schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of
4rule-making authority, and making an appropriation".
AB751-AA13,1,5 52. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:
AB751-AA13,1,7 6" Section 1. 20.255 (1) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
7is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,1,128 20.255 (1) (f) Assessments of reading readiness. The amounts in the schedule
9to provide school districts and, independent charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and
10(2x), and the governing bodies of private schools participating in a parental choice
11program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
with the assessments of reading readiness under
12s. 118.016.
AB751-AA13,2 13Section 2. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,2,11
1115.28 (7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
2applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
3state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
4schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
5certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
6or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
7state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
8applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
9applicant's teaching therein. Private Except as provided in ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. and
10119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private
schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or
11certified teachers.".
AB751-AA13,2,12 123. Page 7, line 15: after that line insert:
AB751-AA13,2,13 13" Section 3. 118.016 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,2,2214 118.016 (1) (bm) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the governing body of
15each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
16119.23 shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy
17fundamentals selected by the governing body, annually assess each pupil enrolled in
184-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the private school for reading readiness.
19The governing body shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil
20possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. The governing body
21may administer computer adaptive assessments. This paragraph applies only to
22pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB751-AA13,4 23Section 4. 118.016 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
24is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,3,7
1118.016 (1) (c) The department shall pay to the school board or, operator, or
2governing body,
from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f), the per pupil cost of
3the selected assessment. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) in any fiscal year
4is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this paragraph, the state
5superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and,
6governing bodies of private schools, and
operators of charter schools entitled to the
7aid.
AB751-AA13,5 8Section 5. 118.016 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
9is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,3,1310 118.016 (1g) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch.
11V of ch. 115, the school board or, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
12or (2x), or governing body of the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall comply
13with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
AB751-AA13,6 14Section 6. 118.016 (1r) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
15is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,3,1816 118.016 (1r) The school board or , operator of the charter school, or governing
17body of the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23
shall report the results of a pupil's
18assessment under sub. (1) to the pupil's parent or guardian.
AB751-AA13,7 19Section 7. 118.016 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
20is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,3,2521 118.016 (2) The school board of the school district or, operator of the charter
22school, or governing body of the private school in which the pupil is enrolled shall
23provide a pupil whose assessment under sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk
24of reading difficulty with interventions or remedial reading services, as described
25under s. 121.02 (1) (c).
AB751-AA13,8
1Section 8. 118.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,4,62 118.19 (1) Except as provided in s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2., any person seeking to teach
3in a public school, including a charter school, in a private school participating in a
4parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23,
or in a school or institution
5operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the
6department.
AB751-AA13,9 7Section 9. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
8is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,4,159 118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the
10program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the
11examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the
12department shall consider only the pupils participating in the program under s.
13119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall

14not exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s.
15119.23 who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.
AB751-AA13,10 16Section 10. 118.305 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,4,1917 118.305 (1) (gm) "Pupil" excludes pupils who are attending a private school
18participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 but not under
19the parental choice program.
AB751-AA13,11 20Section 11. 118.305 (1) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
2155
, is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,4,2422 118.305 (1) (h) "School" means a public school, including a charter school, and
23a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 , and a private school
24participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
.
AB751-AA13,12 25Section 12. 118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,5,2
1118.305 (3) (e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s.
2118.31 (1) (a).
AB751-AA13,13 3Section 13. 118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.) and
4amended to read:
AB751-AA13,5,55 118.31 (1) (intro.) In this section, " corporal:
AB751-AA13,5,11 6(a) "Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain
7which is used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" includes, but is not
8limited to, paddling, slapping or prolonged maintenance of physically painful
9positions, when used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" does not
10include actions consistent with an individualized education program developed
11under s. 115.787 or reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training.
AB751-AA13,14 12Section 14. 118.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,5,1513 118.31 (1) (b) "Private school" means a private school, as defined in s. 115.001
14(3r), that is participating in any parental choice program under ss. 118.60 and
15119.23.
AB751-AA13,15 16Section 15. 118.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,5,1917 118.31 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no official, employee, or agent of a
18school board or of a private school may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district
19or in the private school to corporal punishment.
AB751-AA13,16 20Section 16. 118.31 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,5,2221 118.31 (3) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not prohibit an official, employee, or
22agent of a school board or of a private school from:
AB751-AA13,17 23Section 17. 118.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,6,524 118.31 (4) Each school board and each private school shall adopt a policy that
25allows any official, employee, or agent of the school board or private school to use

1reasonable and necessary force for the purposes of sub. (3) (a) to (h). In determining
2whether or not a person an official, employee, or agent of a school board or of a private
3school
was acting within the exceptions in sub. (3), deference shall be given to
4reasonable, good faith judgments made by an the official, employee, or agent of a
5school board
.
AB751-AA13,18 6Section 18. 118.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,6,127 118.31 (5) Except as provided in s. 939.61 (1), this section does not create a
8separate basis for civil liability of a school board or of a private school or their
9officials, employees or agents
of an official, employee, or agent of the school board or
10private school
for damages arising out of claims involving allegations of improper or
11unnecessary use of force by a school employees official, employee, or agent against
12students a pupil.
AB751-AA13,19 13Section 19. 118.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,6,1714 118.31 (6) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, permit, or otherwise affect any
15action taken by an official, employee, or agent of a school board or private school with
16regard to a person who is not a pupil enrolled in the school district or in the private
17school
.
AB751-AA13,20 18Section 20. 118.33 (1) (f) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,6,2319 118.33 (1) (f) 5. Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the governing body of
20each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
21119.23 shall include in its policy under subd. 2m. or 2r. the requirements for granting
22a high school diploma specified in pars. (a) and (b), with the exceptions provided in
23pars. (d) and (e).
AB751-AA13,21 24Section 21. 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,7,6
1118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (ag) and (ar), any pupil in grades
2kindergarten to 12 who resides within an eligible school district may attend any
3private school under this section and, subject to pars. (ag), (ar), (be), (bm), and (bs),
4any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides in a school district, other than
5an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, may attend any private
6school under this section if all of the following apply:
AB751-AA13,22 7Section 22. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
8Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,7,179 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in par. (bm) subd. 1. am., the pupil is a
10member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount
11equal to 3.0 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria
12established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. In this
13subdivision and sub. (3m), family income includes income of the pupil's parents or
14legal guardians. Except as provided in subd. 1. c., the family income of the pupil shall
15be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a private school under this
16section whose family income increases above the income level in this subd. 1. a. may
17continue to attend a private school under this section.
AB751-AA13,23 18Section 23. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. am. of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,8,219 118.60 (2) (a) 1. am. Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the pupil is a
20member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount
21equal to 1.85 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria
22established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. The
23family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil
24attending a private school under this section whose family income increases above

1the income level in this subd. 1. am. may continue to attend a private school under
2this section.
AB751-AA13,24 3Section 24. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,8,74 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. All instructional staff employed by the private school hold
5a license or permit to teach issued by the department. For purposes of this
6subdivision, "instructional staff" has the meaning given in the rules promulgated by
7the department under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2.
AB751-AA13,25 8Section 25. 118.60 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,8,109 118.60 (2) (a) 9. The private school has been in operation for the attendance of
10pupils for at least 2 school years.
AB751-AA13,26 11Section 26. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,8,1212 118.60 (2) (a) 10. The private school is located in this state.
AB751-AA13,27 13Section 27. 118.60 (2) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB751-AA13,28 14Section 28. 118.60 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,8,1815 118.60 (2) (c) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6. and 6m., a teacher employed by a
16private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only
17courses in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree or hold a
18license or permit to teach issued by the department
.
AB751-AA13,8,2219 2. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6. and 6m., an administrator of a private school
20participating in the program under this section that prepares and trains pupils
21attending the school in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree
22or hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.
AB751-AA13,29 23Section 29. 118.60 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,8,2524 118.60 (2) (d) No more than 49 percent of a private school's enrollment may
25consist of pupils attending the private school under this section and s. 119.23.
AB751-AA13,30
1Section 30. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB751-AA13,9,82 118.60 (3) (c) If a participating private school rejects an applicant who resides
3in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school
4district, because the private school has too few available spaces, the applicant may
5transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space
6available. An applicant rejected under this paragraph may, subject to sub. (2) (a) 1.
7am. and
(be) and (bm), be admitted to a private school participating in the program
8under this section for the following school year.
AB751-AA13,31 9Section 31. 118.60 (4) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB751-AA13,9,1410 118.60 (4) (bd) Upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
11pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state
12superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
13of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an
14amount equal to the lesser of the following:
AB751-AA13,9,1615 1. The amount equal to the private school's eligible education expenses, as
16defined in sub. (7) (am) 1m., per pupil, as determined by the department.
AB751-AA13,9,1917 2. The average of the tuition paid by a pupil attending the private school, but
18not under the program under this section or the program under s. 119.23, in the
19current and 2 preceding school years.
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