AB150, s. 3912 20Section 3912. 115.995 of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (1).
AB150, s. 3913 21Section 3913. 115.995 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1371,222 115.995 (2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), beginning in the 1996-97 school year the
23department shall certify to the department of revenue and the percentage shall be
24determined by dividing the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.835 (7) (cc) in

1the current school year by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school
2year.
AB150, s. 3914 3Section 3914. 116.01 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1371,15 4116.01 Purpose. The organization of school districts in Wisconsin is such that
5the legislature recognizes the need for a service unit between the school district and
6the state superintendent. The cooperative educational service agencies are designed
7to serve educational needs in all areas of Wisconsin by serving as a link both between
8school districts and, between school districts and the state, and between school
9districts and technical college districts
. Cooperative educational service agencies
10may provide leadership and coordination services for school districts and other
11agencies
, including but not limited to such programs as curriculum development
12assistance, school district management development, coordination of vocational
13education and exceptional education, research, special student classes, human
14growth and development, data collection, processing and dissemination and
15in-service programs.
AB150, s. 3915 16Section 3915. 116.02 (1) (a) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB150,1372,1417 116.02 (1) (a) Each agency shall be governed by a board of control composed of
18members of school boards of school districts within the agency, one member of the
19district board of each technical college district that is located in the agency and a
20representative of each University of Wisconsin System institution and center that
21is located in the agency
. There shall be no more than one member from the same
22school board. There shall be no more than one member from the territory comprising
23a union high school district and its underlying elementary school districts. Annually
24on or after the 4th Monday in April, the school board of each school district in the
25agency shall appoint one of its members as its representative for the purpose of

1determining selecting the composition school board members of the board of control.
2For the purpose of determining membership on the board of control, a school district
3operating elementary grades only and lying in more than one union high school
4district shall be considered part of the union high school district territory in which
5the major portion of its equalized valuation lies. The board of control shall hold an
6annual organizational meeting on the 2nd Monday in August, unless, at the direction
7of the convention under par. (c), the board of control at the annual organizational
8meeting in any year determines to thereafter hold the annual organizational
9meeting on an earlier date. No annual organizational meeting may be held prior to
10the 2nd Monday in May. If the board of control at the annual organizational meeting
11determines to thereafter hold the annual organizational meeting prior to the 2nd
12Monday in August, it shall within 30 days of that decision give notice in writing of
13the decision to the clerk of each school district within the agency and the state
14superintendent.
AB150,1373,715 (c) The state superintendent shall cause to convene annually on the day that
16the board of control holds its annual organizational meeting under par. (a) a
17convention composed of the representative from each school board in the agency. The
18secretary to the board of control of the agency shall act as nonvoting secretary to the
19convention. In the secretary's absence the convention shall appoint an acting
20secretary from among the representatives to the convention. Upon the convening of
21the convention the representatives from all school boards within each union high
22school district territory, meeting separately, shall elect a single representative to
23represent the territory in the election of members of the board of control. After the
24meeting for election of a single representative from each union high school district
25territory, the convention shall elect the school board members of the board of control,

1not to exceed 11 in number, in accordance with the plan of representation for the
2agency adopted under par. (d). The school board members of the board of control shall
3be elected for staggered 3-year terms and shall be chosen from among the
4representatives elected to represent each union high school district territory and the
5representatives appointed by the school boards of school districts operating both
6elementary and high school grades. The convention may direct the board of control
7to determine a different date for the annual organizational meeting.
AB150, s. 3916 8Section 3916. 116.02 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1373,119 116.02 (1) (cm) 1. The district board of each technical college district that is
10located in the agency shall appoint one of its members to the board of control for a
113-year term whenever a vacancy in that position on the board of control occurs.
AB150,1373,1512 2. The chancellor of each University of Wisconsin System institution located
13in the agency shall appoint one member to represent that institution on the board
14of control for a 3-year term whenever a vacancy in that position on the board of
15control occurs.
AB150,1373,1916 3. For each University of Wisconsin System center located in the agency, the
17chancellor of the centers shall appoint a member to represent that center on the
18board of control for a 3-year term whenever a vacancy in that position on the board
19of control occurs.
AB150, s. 3917 20Section 3917. 116.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1374,921 116.03 (3) Approve service contracts with school districts, counties, other
22cooperative educational service agencies, school districts outside the agency,
23university of Wisconsin system institutions and centers and , technical college
24districts and other public and private entities, but the contracts shall not extend
25beyond 3 years. If the service covered by the contract is offered by the agency within

1which the recipient of service is located the contract shall be subject to approval by
2the board of control of the agency. If the contract is for instructional
3telecommunications services, the board of control shall report to the educational
4communications board the terms and conditions of the contract. The board of control
5of an agency which borders another state may contract to provide services to an
6educational agency in the other state, but no aid received under s. 116.08 may be used
7to provide such services. No board of control may use federal funds for any program
8which provides services outside this state without the approval of the state
9superintendent.
AB150, s. 3918 10Section 3918. 116.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1374,1811 116.03 (4) Determine each participating local unit's school district's prorated
12share of the cost of cooperative programs and assess the costs of each program
13against each unit school district participating in the program including, without
14limitation because of enumeration, unemployment compensation, litigation
15expense, collective bargaining and monetary awards by courts and agencies, but no
16board of control may levy any taxes. No cost may be assessed against a unit school
17district
for a cooperative program unless the unit school district enters into a contract
18for the service.
AB150, s. 3919 19Section 3919. 116.03 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1374,2420 116.03 (10) Authorize the expenditure of money for the purposes set forth in
21this chapter and for the actual and necessary expenses of the board of control and
22agency administrator and for the acquisition of equipment, space and personnel. All
23accounts of the agency shall be paid by check, share draft or other draft signed by the
24chairperson and secretary to the board of control.
AB150, s. 3920 25Section 3920. 116.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1375,5
1116.03 (11) Establish the salaries of the agency administrator and other
2professional and nonprofessional employes. State reimbursement for the cost of the
3salary of the agency administrator shall be equal to the actual salary paid or the
4maximum of the salary range for public instruction supervisors under the state
5superintendent
in the department, whichever is less.
AB150, s. 3921 6Section 3921. 116.03 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1375,97 116.03 (13) Every 3rd year, as scheduled by the state superintendent
8department, submit to the state superintendent department for his or her its
9approval an evaluation of agency programs and services.
AB150, s. 3922 10Section 3922. 116.06 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3923 11Section 3923. 116.065 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1375,1412 116.065 (3) A school district that has withdrawn from the agency described
13under sub. (1) may rejoin the join any agency in which it is located. The procedures
14under subs. (1) and (2) apply to readmissions.
AB150, s. 3924 15Section 3924. 116.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1375,2016 116.07 (2) Upon completion of a plan of consolidation, the affected boards of
17control shall give 30 days' notice in writing to those school boards and technical
18college district boards
affected of a public hearing on the proposed consolidation.
19Notice of such hearing also shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, the
20last insertion to be at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing.
AB150, s. 3925 21Section 3925. 116.09 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1375,23 22116.09 State and federal grants. The board of control may apply for state
23and federal grants for the agency and on behalf of school districts.
AB150, s. 3926 24Section 3926. 117.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1376,2
1117.03 (2) "Appeal panel" means a panel appointed by the state superintendent
2secretary under s. 117.05 (1).
AB150, s. 3927 3Section 3927. 117.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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
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