AB150,1376,84 117.05 (1) Appeal panels. The state superintendent secretary shall appoint 3
5members of the board to hear appeals filed under ss. 117.12 (4) and 117.13 (3). No
62 members of the appeal panel may be board members from any of the following kinds
7of school districts: those with small enrollments, those with medium enrollments or
8those with large enrollments.
AB150, s. 3928 9Section 3928. 117.05 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1376,1310 117.05 (1m) Board and appeal panel meetings. The state superintendent
11secretary shall set the time and place for meetings of the board under ss. 117.10,
12117.12 (5) and 117.132 and for meetings of appeal panels under ss. 117.12 (4) and
13117.13.
AB150, s. 3929 14Section 3929. 117.05 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1376,2215 117.05 (2) (a) Board. The state superintendent secretary shall appoint 7
16members of the board to perform any review under ss. 117.10, 117.12 (5) and 117.132.
17The 7 members shall include the state superintendent secretary or his or her
18designee on the board, 2 board members from school districts with small
19enrollments, 2 board members from school districts with medium enrollments and
202 board members from school districts with large enrollments. Any action of the
21board under this chapter requires the affirmative vote of at least 4 of the 7 members
22appointed under this paragraph.
AB150, s. 3930 23Section 3930. 117.05 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1377,324 117.05 (10) (title) State superintendent Secretary to advise. The state
25superintendent
secretary shall advise and consult with school boards regarding

1school district organization and reorganization. If, in the state superintendent's
2secretary's opinion, one or more school districts should be altered, consolidated or
3dissolved, he or she may make recommendations to the school boards.
AB150, s. 3931 4Section 3931. 118.001 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1377,9 5118.001 Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes.
6The statutory duties and powers of school boards shall be broadly construed to
7authorize any school board action that is within the comprehensive meaning of the
8terms of the duties and powers, if the action is not prohibited by the laws of the
9federal government or of this state.
AB150, s. 3932 10Section 3932. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 118 [precedes 118.01] of the
11statutes is created to read:
AB150,1377,1212 Chapter 118
AB150,1377,1413 Subchapter I
14 General school operations
AB150, s. 3933 15Section 3933. 118.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1378,216 118.01 (1) Purpose. Public education is a fundamental responsibility of the
17state. The constitution vests in the state superintendent the supervision of public
18instruction and
directs the legislature to provide for the establishment of district
19schools. The effective operation of the public schools is dependent upon a common
20understanding of what public schools should be and do. Establishing such goals and
21expectations is a necessary and proper complement to the state's financial
22contribution to education. Each school board should provide curriculum, course
23requirements and instruction consistent with the goals and expectations established
24under sub. (2). Parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district share

1with the state and school board the responsibility for pupils meeting the goals and
2expectations under sub. (2).
AB150, s. 3934 3Section 3934. 118.013 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1378,204 118.013 (3) (a) A school board on its own initiative or upon receipt of an
5application from the principal of a school located in the school district may apply to
6the state superintendent department for a grant to assist in developing or
7implementing a management restructuring program. The state superintendent
8secretary shall appoint a 12-member council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to review the
9applications and make recommendations to the state superintendent department.
10The council shall consist of the governor or his or her designee and at least one
11member representing school boards, one member representing school
12administrators, one member representing parents of pupils enrolled in the school
13district and one member representing teachers. The state superintendent secretary
14may also appoint members representing other groups. Grants shall be awarded from
15the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ds). The state superintendent department
16shall give preference in awarding grants under this paragraph to applications
17submitted by school boards in collaboration with an organization of professional
18educators or persons concerned with educational administration. To the extent
19possible, the state superintendent department shall ensure that grants are equally
20distributed on a statewide basis.
AB150, s. 3935 21Section 3935. 118.015 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3936 22Section 3936. 118.015 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3937 23Section 3937. 118.019 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3938 24Section 3938. 118.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1379,7
1118.07 (2) (b) Annually the person having direct charge of any public or private
2school shall file a report pertaining to such drills on forms furnished by the
3department of industry, labor and human relations development. Such reports shall
4be made to the department of industry, labor and human relations development and,
5in each community having a recognized fire department, to the chief of the fire
6department. When no fire drill is held during any month, the person having direct
7charge of the school shall state the reasons therefor in the report.
AB150, s. 3939 8Section 3939. 118.125 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1379,179 118.125 (2) (i) The technical college district board in which the public school
10is located, or the department of health and social services or a county department
11under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for verification of eligibility for public assistance
12under ch. 49, shall, upon
Upon request, be provided by the school district clerk with
13shall provide the names of pupils who have withdrawn from the public school prior
14to graduation under s. 118.15 (1) (c) to the technical college district board in which
15the public school is located or, for verification of eligibility for public assistance under
16ch. 49, to the department of health and social services, the department of industry,
17labor and human relations or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
.
AB150, s. 3940 18Section 3940. 118.125 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1380,519 118.125 (3) Maintenance of records. Each school board shall adopt rules in
20writing specifying the content of pupil records and the time during which pupil
21records shall be maintained. No behavioral records may be maintained for more than
22one year after the pupil ceases to be enrolled in the school, unless the pupil specifies
23in writing that his or her behavioral records may be maintained for a longer period.
24A pupil's progress records shall be maintained for at least 5 years after the pupil
25ceases to be enrolled in the school. A school board may maintain the records on

1microfilm, or optical disk or in electronic format if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c),
2or in such other form as the school board deems appropriate. A school board shall
3maintain peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 (1m) separately from a
4pupil's other pupil records. Rules adopted under this subsection shall be published
5by the school board as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.
AB150, s. 3941 6Section 3941. 118.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1380,137 118.15 (1) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) to (d) and sub. (4), unless the
8child is excused under sub. (3) or has graduated from high school, any person having
9under control a child who is between the ages of 6 and 18 17 years shall cause the
10child to attend school regularly during the full period and hours, religious holidays
11excepted, that the public or private school in which the child should be enrolled is in
12session until the end of the school term, quarter or semester of the school year in
13which the child becomes 18 17 years of age.
AB150, s. 3942 14Section 3942. 118.15 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1380,2015 118.15 (1) (c) 2. Upon the child's request and with the written approval of the
16child's parent or guardian,
of any child who is 17 years of age or over may be excused
17by
, the school board from regular school attendance if the child and his or her parent
18or guardian agree, in writing, that the child will
may allow the child to participate
19in a program or curriculum modification under par. (d) leading to the child's high
20school graduation or leading to a high school equivalency diploma under s. 115.29 (4).
AB150, s. 3943 21Section 3943. 118.15 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1381,1222 118.15 (1) (c) 3. Prior to a child's admission to a program leading to the child's
23high school graduation or a high school equivalency program under par. (b) or subd.
241. or 2., the child, his or her parent or guardian, the school board and a representative
25of the high school equivalency program or program leading to the child's high school

1graduation shall enter into a written agreement. If the child is 16 years of age, his
2or her parent or guardian shall also enter into the agreement.
The written
3agreement shall state the services to be provided, the time period needed to complete
4the high school equivalency program or program leading to the child's high school
5graduation and how the performance of the pupil will be monitored. The agreement
6shall be monitored by the school board on a regular basis, but in no case shall the
7agreement be monitored less frequently than once per semester. If the school board
8determines that a child is not complying with the agreement, the school board shall
9notify the child, his or her parent or guardian and the high school equivalency
10program or program leading to the child's high school graduation that the agreement
11may be modified or suspended in 30 days. If the child is 16 years of age, the school
12board shall also notify the child's parent or guardian.
AB150, s. 3944 13Section 3944. 118.15 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3945 14Section 3945. 118.15 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1381,1615 118.15 (5) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person who has under his or
16her control a child who has been sanctioned under s. 49.50 (7) (h) 49.26 (1) (h).
AB150, s. 3946 17Section 3946. 118.153 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1381,2418 118.153 (4) (b) Upon receipt of a school board's annual report under par. (a) the
19state superintendent shall pay to the school district from the appropriation under s.
2020.255 (2) (bc), for each pupil enrolled in a program for children at risk who achieved
21at least 3 of the objectives under par. (c) in the previous school year, additional state
22aid in an amount equal to 10% of the school district's average per pupil aids provided
23under s. 20.835 (7) (a), 1991 stats., and s. ss. 20.255 (2) (ac) and 20.835 (7) (ac) in the
24previous school year.
AB150, s. 3947 25Section 3947. 118.16 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1382,6
1118.16 (4) (e) A school board may establish one or more youth service centers
2for the counseling of children who are taken into custody under s. 48.19 (1) (d) 9. or
310. for being absent from school without an acceptable excuse under s. 118.15. If the
4board of school directors operating a school district under ch. 119 establishes one or
5more youth service centers, the board shall contract with the Boys and Girls Clubs
6of Greater Milwaukee for the operation of the centers.
AB150, s. 3948 7Section 3948. 118.163 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1382,158 118.163 (2m) A county, city, village or town may enact an ordinance permitting
9a court to suspend the operating privilege, as defined in s. 340.01 (40), of a child who
10is at least 16 years of age but less than 18 years of age and is a dropout. The ordinance
11shall provide that the court may suspend the child's operating privilege, as defined
12in s. 340.01 (40), until the child reaches the age of 18 17. The court shall immediately
13take possession of any suspended license and forward it to the department of
14transportation together with a notice stating the reason for and the duration of the
15suspension.
AB150, s. 3949 16Section 3949. 118.165 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1382,2017 118.165 (2) An institution may request the state superintendent department
18to approve the institution's educational program as a private school. The state
19superintendent
department shall base his or her its approval solely on the criteria
20under sub. (1).
AB150, s. 3950 21Section 3950. 118.167 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1383,6 22118.167 (title) Private school determination by state superintendent
23department. If an association that regulates or accredits private educational
24institutions in this state submits an affidavit to the state superintendent
25department attesting that the institution meets or exceeds all of the criteria under

1s. 118.165 and the state superintendent department finds that the institution does
2meet or exceed all of the criteria under s. 118.165, the state superintendent
3department shall determine that the institution is a private school. If at any time
4the state superintendent department finds that an institution determined to be a
5private school under this section no longer meets the criteria under s. 118.165, he or
6she
the department may withdraw the determination.
AB150, s. 3951 7Section 3951. 118.17 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1383,13 8118.17 Indigent children. The principal or teacher in charge of any public
9school shall report to the authority administering general relief county department
10under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
for the county wherein the school is situated the name
11and address of any child in the school whose parent, guardian or other person having
12control, charge or custody of the child is without sufficient means to furnish the child
13with food or clothing necessary to enable the child to attend school.
AB150, s. 3952 14Section 3952 . 118.192 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3953 15Section 3953. 118.195 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1383,2016 118.195 (1) No person otherwise qualified may be denied a certificate or license
17from the state superintendent under s. 118.19 (1) because the person is totally or
18partially blind, deaf or physically handicapped nor may any school district refuse to
19employ or contract with a teacher on such grounds, if such handicapped teacher is
20able to carry out the duties of the position which the person seeks.
AB150, s. 3954 21Section 3954. 118.20 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB150,1384,522 118.20 (1) No discrimination because of sex, except where sex is a bona fide
23occupational qualification as defined in s. 111.36 (2), race, nationality or political or
24religious affiliation may be practiced in the employment of or contracting with
25teachers or administrative personnel in public schools or in their assignment or

1reassignment. No questions of any nature or form relative to sex, except where sex
2is a bona fide occupational qualification as defined in s. 111.36 (2), race, nationality
3or political or religious affiliation may be asked applicants for teaching or
4administrative positions in the public schools either by public school officials or
5employes or by teachers agencies or placement bureaus.
AB150,1384,11 6(2) The state superintendent or a person designated by the superintendent
7department may receive and investigate complaints charging discrimination in
8employment, assignment or reassignment of or contracting with teachers or
9administrative personnel in the public schools and the superintendent or designee
10department may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and take testimony to effectuate
11the purposes of this section.
AB150, s. 3955 12Section 3955. 118.20 (4) to (7) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB150,1384,2413 118.20 (4) After hearing, if the state superintendent department finds that the
14respondent has engaged in discrimination prohibited by this section the state
15superintendent
department shall make written findings and recommend such action
16by the respondent as shall satisfy the purposes of this section and shall serve a
17certified copy of the findings and recommendations on the respondent together with
18an order requiring the respondent to comply with the recommendations. Any person
19aggrieved by noncompliance with the order shall be entitled to have the order
20enforced specifically by suit in equity. If the state superintendent department finds
21that the respondent has not engaged in the alleged discrimination, the state
22superintendent
department shall serve a certified copy of the state superintendent's
23department's findings on the complainant together with an order dismissing the
24complaint.
AB150,1385,9
1(5) If any public school official, employe, teachers agency or placement bureau
2violates sub. (1) or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the
3superintendent department pursuant to this section, such person shall forfeit and
4pay into the state treasury not less than $25 nor more than $50, or be imprisoned not
5less than 5 nor more than 30 days. Such violation or failure or refusal to obey an order
6shall be grounds for the removal of any school district administrator, member of a
7school board or other public school official. Findings and orders of the
8superintendent department under this section shall be subject to judicial review
9under ch. 227
AB150,1385,14 10(6) Upon request of the superintendent department, the attorney general or
11district attorney of the county in which any investigation, hearing or trial under this
12section is pending, shall aid and prosecute under supervision of the superintendent
13department, all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of this section
14and for the punishment of all violations thereof.
AB150,1385,17 15(7) In administering this section the superintendent department shall have
16authority to make, amend and rescind rules necessary to carry out the purposes of
17this section.
AB150, s. 3956 18Section 3956. 118.23 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1385,2219 118.23 (6) This section does not apply after the effective date of this subsection
20.... [revisor inserts date]. Any person whose employment is permanent under sub.
21(3) on that date, shall retain all of the rights and privileges of such permanent
22employment after that date.
AB150, s. 3957 23Section 3957. 118.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1386,224 118.24 (1) A school board may employ a school district administrator, a
25business manager and school principals and assistants to such persons. The term

1of each
initial employment contract shall expire on June 30 of an odd-numbered year
2and may not exceed
be for a term of at least 2 years.
AB150, s. 3958 3Section 3958. 118.24 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1386,114 118.24 (2) (e) The school district administrator shall attend annually one
5convention called by the state superintendent department for the purpose of
6consultation upon matters pertaining to the supervision and management of the
7schools. The administrator shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
8incurred for travel, board and lodging because of attendance at such convention.
9Bills for such expenses shall be audited and allowed by the school board upon
10presentation of an itemized statement of expense accompanied by a certificate of
11attendance signed by the state superintendent secretary.
AB150, s. 3959 12Section 3959. 118.24 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1387,213 118.24 (6) The employment contract of any person described under sub. (1)
14shall be in writing and filed with the school district clerk. At least 4 months prior
15to the expiration of the employment contract, the employing school board shall give
16notice in writing of either renewal of the contract or of refusal to renew such person's
17contract. If no such notice is given, the contract then in force shall continue in force
18for a term that expires on June 30 of an odd-numbered year and that does not exceed
192 years. Any such person who receives notice of renewal or who does not receive
20notice of renewal or refusal to renew the person's contract at least 4 months before
21the contract expiration shall accept or reject the contract in writing on or before a
22date 3 months prior to the contract expiration. No such person may be employed or
23dismissed except by a majority vote of the full membership of the school board.
24Nothing in this section prevents the modification or termination of an employment
25contract by mutual agreement of the parties. No school board may enter into a

1contract of employment with any such person for a period of time as to which such
2person is then under a contract of employment with another school board.
AB150, s. 3960 3Section 3960. 118.24 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1387,104 118.24 (8) Personnel administrators and supervisors, curriculum
5administrators and assistants to such administrative personnel, when employed by
6the school board of any school district to perform administrative duties only, may be
7initially employed for a term that expires on June 30 of an odd-numbered year and
8that does not exceed
of at least 2 years. The term shall coincide with the state fiscal
9biennium.
Subsections (5) to (7) are applicable to such persons when they are
10employed to perform administrative duties only.
AB150, s. 3961 11Section 3961. 118.245 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1387,1212 118.245 (1) In this section, "professional:
AB150,1387,16 13(a) "Nonrepresented professional employe" means a school district employe
14who holds a license issued by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (7), whose
15employment requires that license, and who is not included in a collective bargaining
16unit for which a representative is recognized or certified under subch. IV of ch. 111.
AB150, s. 3962 17Section 3962. 118.245 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1387,1918 118.245 (1) (b) "Represented professional employe" has the meaning given for
19"school district professional employe" in s. 111.70 (1) (ne).
AB150, s. 3963 20Section 3963. 118.245 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1388,221 118.245 (2) Each school district shall maintain for each of its nonrepresented
22professional employes during the period beginning on August 12, 1993, and ending
23on June 30, 1996, at least the same percentage contribution provided by the school
24district to the employes' existing fringe benefit costs, and shall maintain all existing
25fringe benefits provided to the employes during each 12-month period ending on

1June 30, as such contributions and benefits existed on March 31 preceding that
212-month period.
AB150, s. 3964 3Section 3964. 118.245 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 118.245 (3) (a) and
4amended to read:
AB150,1388,155 118.245 (3) (a) No Except as provided in par. (b), no school district may grant
6to its nonrepresented professional employes for any 12-month period ending on June
730
an average increase for all such employes in compensation during the period
8beginning on August 12, 1993 the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts
9date]
, and ending on June 30, 1996, having an average cost per employe exceeding
102.1% of the highest average total percentage increased cost per employe of
11compensation and fringe benefits provided by the school district to its represented
12professional employes for any 12-month period ending on June 30 in any collective
13bargaining unit during either of the 2 most recent 12-month periods ending on June
1430 preceding the date that the increase becomes effective
, including any increase due
15to a promotion or the attainment of increased professional qualifications, unless.
AB150,1389,8 16(b) If the increased cost required to maintain the percentage contribution by
17the school district
to the nonrepresented professional employes' existing fringe
18benefit costs and to maintain all existing fringe benefits provided to the employes
19under sub. (2) exceeds 1.7% of the average total cost per employe of compensation and
20fringe benefits provided by the school district to its nonrepresented professional
21employes for any such 12-month period, in which case the school district shall not
22grant to its professional those employes for any 12-month period ending on June 30
23an average increase for all such employes in compensation during that the period
24beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], and ending
25on June 30, 1996,
having a total cost per employe exceeding an average of that

1percentage, if any, for each 12-month period ending on June 30, of the prorated
2portion of 2.1% of the that highest average total percentage increased cost per
3employe of compensation and fringe benefits provided by the school district to its
4represented professional employes under par. (a) that remains, if any, after the
5average increased cost of such maintenance exceeding 1.7% of the average total cost
6per employe of compensation and fringe benefits provided by the school district to its
7nonrepresented professional employes for each 12-month period is subtracted from
8the average increased cost of such a compensation increase.
AB150, s. 3965 9Section 3965. 118.245 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1389,1410 118.245 (3) (c) For purposes of this subsection, the average total percentage
11increased cost per employe of the compensation provided by a school district to its
12represented professional employes in any collective bargaining unit shall be
13determined in accordance with the method prescribed by the employment relations
14commission under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 8s.
AB150, s. 3966 15Section 3966. 118.245 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1389,2016 118.245 (4) For purposes of determination of the increased cost of any fringe
17benefits or compensation provided to a nonrepresented professional employe or
18represented professional employe
, any cost increase that is incurred on any day other
19than the beginning of a 12-month period under sub. (2) or (3) shall be calculated as
20if the cost increase were incurred as of the beginning of the 12-month period.
AB150, s. 3967 21Section 3967. 118.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1389,2522 118.25 (1) In this section, "school employe" means a person employed by a
23school board, or under contract to a school board under s. 120.13 (26), who comes in
24contact with children or who handles or prepares food for children while they are
25under the supervision of school authorities.
AB150, s. 3968
1Section 3968. 118.255 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1390,52 118.255 (3) The school board, cooperative educational service agency or county
3handicapped children's education board maintaining health treatment services shall
4report annually to the department of public instruction, and at such other times as
5the department directs, such information as the department requires.
AB150, s. 3969 6Section 3969. 118.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1390,197 118.255 (4) If the state superintendent department is satisfied that the health
8treatment services program has been maintained during the preceding school year
9in accordance with law he or she, the department shall certify to the department of
10administration in favor of each school board, cooperative educational service agency
11and county handicapped children's education board maintaining such health
12treatment services, an amount equal to 63% of the amount expended for items listed
13in s. 115.88 (1) by the school board, cooperative educational service agency and
14county handicapped children's education board during the preceding year for these
15health treatment services. The department of administration, upon such
16certification shall distribute the amounts to the appropriate school board,
17cooperative educational service agency and county handicapped children's education
18board
as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
19(b)
.
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