Amendment SA13-AB64

AB64-SA13,25,24 119.23 (7) (b) 3m. Annually, schedule two meetings at least one meeting each month at which members of the governing body of the private school will be present and at which pupils, and the parents or guardians of pupils, applying to attend the private school or attending the private school may meet and communicate with the members of the governing body. The meetings shall be open to the public. The private school shall, within 30 days after the start of the school term, notify the department in writing of the scheduled meeting dates and shall, at least 30 days before the scheduled meeting date, notify in writing each pupil, or the parent or guardian of each minor pupil, applying to attend the private school or attending the private school of the meeting date, time, and place. The private school shall provide notice of the meetings in the manner provided in s. 19.84.

AB64-SA13,1602dm Section 1602dm. 119.23 (7) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,26,5 119.23 (7) (b) 9. Permit public inspection and copying of any record, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), of the private school to the same extent as required of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, a school board under subch. II of ch. 19. This subdivision applies only to records that relate to pupils attending the private school under this section.

AB64-SA13,1602dn Section 1602dn. 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA13,26,12 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. A Except as provided in subd. 1. c., 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).

AB64-SA13,26,20 c. 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 private school to which this subd. 1. c. applies shall annually obtain a building inspection of the school building.

AB64-SA13,1602do Section 1602do. 119.23 (7) (d) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,26,23 119.23 (7) (d) 1. d. A temporary certificate of occupancy does not satisfy the requirements of this subdivision.

AB64-SA13,1602dom Section 1602dom. 119.23 (7) (h) of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 36, is amended to read:

AB64-SA13,27,7 119.23 (7) (h) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, each private school participating in the program under this section shall conduct criminal background investigations of its employees and any independent contractors and volunteers who have access to children, and exclude from employment or independent contracting or volunteer service any person not permitted to hold a teaching license as the result of an offense and any person who might reasonably be believed to pose a threat to the safety of others.

AB64-SA13,1602dp Section 1602dp. 119.23 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA13,27,11 119.23 (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) (bg) (bd) or (4m) by the date specified by department rule.

AB64-SA13,1602dq Section 1602dq. 119.23 (10) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA13,27,13 119.23 (10) (a) 7. Violated sub. (7) (b) 3m., 4., 5., or 6., or 9.

AB64-SA13,1602dr Section 1602dr. 119.23 (10) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,27,16 119.23 (10) (a) 9. Violated or employed a person who violated s. 118.016, 118.19 (1), 118.305, 118.31, or 118.33 (1) (f) 5.

AB64-SA13,1602ds Section 1602ds. 119.23 (10) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,27,18 119.23 (10) (a) 10. Violated the rules promulgated under s. 120.13 (1) (i).

AB64-SA13,1602dt Section 1602dt. 119.23 (10) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,27,24 119.23 (10) (bg) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he or she determines that the owner of the private school would not be eligible or permitted to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.

AB64-SA13,1602du Section 1602du. 119.23 (10) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,28,5 119.23 (10) (br) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he or she determines that the private school has failed to comply with the requirements under sub. (7) (h) or if the private school employs or accepts volunteer services from an individual in contravention of the prohibitions under sub. (7) (h).

AB64-SA13,1602dv Section 1602dv. 119.23 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA13,28,9 119.23 (10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par. (a), (am), (ar), or (b), (bg), or (br), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.

AB64-SA13,1602dw Section 1602dw. 119.23 (11) (d) of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB64-SA13,28,11 18. Page 831, line 3: after that line insert:

AB64-SA13,28,12 “ Section 1623t. 120.13 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA13,28,16 120.13 (1) (i) The department shall promulgate rules establishing a procedure for the expulsion of pupils attending a private school under s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23 by the governing body of the private school. The rules shall adhere as closely as feasible to the provisions applicable to public school pupils under this subsection.”.

AB64-SA13,28,17 19. Page 834, line 17: after that line insert:

AB64-SA13,28,18 “ Section 1635dm. 121.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA13,28,22 121.07 (2) (b) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the previous school year who were incoming choice pupils, as defined in s. 118.60 (4d) (a), and for whom a payment was made under s. 118.60 (4) (bg) (bd) in the previous school year.”.

AB64-SA13,28,24 20. Page 1068, line 20: delete that line and substitute “sections 118.60 (4m) and 119.23 (4m)”.

AB64-SA13,29,1 21. Page 1083, line 7: after that line insert:

AB64-SA13,29,7 “(1y) Miscellaneous provisions affecting the Special Needs Scholarship Program, the statewide parental choice program, the Racine Parental Choice Program, and the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. If Senate Amendment [LRBb0830/1] .... (this amendment) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 64 is adopted, the treatment of the provisions in this amendment takes effect on July 1, 2018.”.

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