SB2,13,9 8119.02 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter subchapter, unless the context
9clearly requires otherwise:
SB2, s. 28 10Section 28. 119.06 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are repealed.
SB2, s. 29 11Section 29. 119.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 119.06 (3) and
12amended to read:
SB2,13,2213 119.06 (3) Four of the combined aldermanic district Except as provided in sub.
14(4), the
members first appointed to the board by the commission shall serve for a term
15terms beginning on the 4th Monday of the month next following their appointment
16and. The at-large member and the 4 members representing the even-numbered
17election districts shall be appointed for terms
expiring on the 4th first Monday in
18April in December of the 4th first even-numbered year following the year in which
19a city becomes a 1st class city and the 4 members representing the odd-numbered
20election districts shall be appointed for terms expiring on the first Monday in
21December of the 2nd even-numbered
year following the year in which a city becomes
22a city of the 1st class city.
SB2, s. 30 23Section 30. 119.06 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,14,424 119.06 (4) (b) The board members elected at the special election shall be
25nominated and elected to succeed the board members appointed for the terms

1expiring
under sub. (3) (a) and (b) (2) and for the same terms. The terms of office of
2the board members appointed under sub. (2) shall expire on the 4th Monday
3following the special election.
The terms of office of the board members elected at the
4special election shall begin on the 4th Monday following the special election.
SB2, s. 31 5Section 31. 119.06 (4) (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,14,86 119.06 (4) (c) Candidates for the board at the special election shall be
7nominated in the same manner as for the spring general election, except that the
8nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply
.
SB2,14,109 (d) The special election shall be held at the polling places and shall be conducted
10in the manner of and by the election officials for the spring general election.
SB2, s. 32 11Section 32. 119.06 (5) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,14,1612 119.06 (5) The board first appointed under sub. (2) or first elected at a special
13election under sub. (4) shall hold an organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) on
14the 4th Monday of the month following its appointment or election, or the next day
15if the 4th Monday is a legal holiday, following their appointment or election, and
16annually thereafter shall meet in accordance with s. 119.10 (2).
SB2,14,19 17(6) Successors to board members appointed under sub. (3) (2) or elected under
18sub. (4) shall be elected at the spring general election immediately preceding the
19expiration of the terms of such board members and shall serve for 4-year terms.
SB2, s. 33 20Section 33. 119.07 of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,15,3 21119.07 Revised method of election of board; transitional provisions. (1)
22Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (1) (a) and (3), the terms of the members of the board of
23school directors of each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this
24subsection .... [revisor inserts date], whose terms expire on the 4th Monday in April,
251999, are extended until the 4th Monday in November, 2000, and the terms of office

1of the members of the board of school directors of each such city whose terms expire
2on the 4th Monday in April, 2001, are extended until the 4th Monday in November,
32002.
SB2,15,11 4(2) At the general election to be held in November, 2000, there shall be elected
5in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
6inserts date], 5 members of the board of school directors elected, one of whom shall
7be elected at large and 4 of whom shall be from even-numbered election districts
8prescribed under s. 119.08 (1) (b). At the general election to be held in November,
92002, there shall be elected in each such city 4 members of the board of school
10directors, who shall be elected from odd-numbered election districts prescribed
11under s. 119.08 (1) (b).
SB2,15,18 12(3) Notwithstanding s. 119.10 (1) and (2), the board of school directors of each
131st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts
14date], shall hold an organizational meeting on the 4th Monday in April, 1999, and
15shall not hold any other organizational meeting in 1999. On the 4th Monday in April,
161999, the board of school directors of each such city shall elect officers, who shall hold
17office until the board holds its next organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) in
182000.
SB2, s. 34 19Section 34. 119.07 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this
20act), is repealed.
SB2, s. 35 21Section 35. 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,16,222 119.08 (1) (a) The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8
23members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The
24election districts shall consist of whole contiguous wards and shall be substantially

1equal in population and the. The boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn
2so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.
SB2,16,93 (b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance
4determining or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of the aldermanic
5districts
wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 62.08 (1)
65.15 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt
7an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall
8be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1)
9redetermining the aldermanic district ward boundaries.
SB2, s. 36 10Section 36. 119.08 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB2,16,2111 119.08 (2) The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing
12within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member
13shall be elected by the electors of the city. Board members shall be electors of the city
14and shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring general election.
15Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be
16filled, for unexpired terms. The format for the nomination papers shall be as
17prescribed in s. 8.10 (2) (b).
The primary and spring elections election for board
18members shall be conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or
19other officers held on that date. The polling places for the state , municipal or judicial
20election
elections shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal
21election hours shall apply.
SB2,16,24 22(3) The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years. The term of each
23member expires on the first Monday in December of the 4th year following the year
24in which the member's office is regularly filled.
SB2, s. 37 25Section 37. 119.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1119.08 (4) A vacancy on in the membership of the board occurring on or before
2June 1 preceding expiration of the member's term of office
shall be filled by a special
3election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the
4unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.
SB2, s. 38 5Section 38. 119.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,17,166 119.10 (1) The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the
7board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting
8under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on
9such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and
10the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business
11pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless
12otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had
13been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the
14board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by
15the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been
16newly organized.
SB2, s. 39 17Section 39. 119.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,17,2418 119.10 (2) Annually, no earlier than the 4th first Monday in April December
19and no later than the first 3rd Monday in May December, the board shall hold its
20organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for
21one year and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve
22as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board
23shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing
24committees to serve for one year.
SB2, s. 40 25Section 40. 119.18 (23) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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1119.18 (23) School reorganizations. The board may reorganize any school
2that it determines is low in performance by adopting a resolution to that effect. If
3the superintendent of schools recommends to the board that a school be reorganized,
4he or she shall state the reasons for the recommendation in writing. If the board
5reorganizes a school, the superintendent of schools may reassign the school's staff
6members without regard to seniority in service and may reassign other employes of
7the board to the school without regard to seniority in service.
SB2, s. 41 8Section 41. 119.235 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB2,18,16 9119.235 Contracts with private schools and agencies. (1) The board may
10contract with any nonsectarian private school located in the city or any nonsectarian
11private agency located in the city to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled
12in the school district operating under this chapter. The board shall ensure that each
13private school or agency under contract with the board complies with ss. 118.125 and
14118.13, 20 USC 1232g, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, 20 USC 3171 to 3197, 29 USC 794, 42
15USC 2000d
and 42 USC 6101 to 6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that
16apply to public schools.
SB2,18,18 17(2) Each private school or agency under contract with the board shall do all of
18the following:
SB2,18,1919 (a) Offer a full school year educational program.
SB2,18,2020 (b) Participate in the board's parent information program.
SB2,18,2221 (c) Offer diverse opportunities for parents to participate in the school's
22programs.
SB2,18,2323 (d) Meet insurance and financial requirements established by the board.
SB2,18,2524 (e) Develop a pupil recruitment and enrollment plan that incorporates all of the
25following:
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11. A good faith effort to achieve racial balance.
SB2,19,32 2. A pupil selection process that gives preference to the siblings of enrolled
3pupils and that gives no other preferences except those approved by the board.
SB2,19,54 3. A statement describing how the plan will serve the needs of low-academic
5achievers and pupils from low-income families.
SB2,19,66 (f) Report to the board any information requested by the board.
SB2,19,9 7(3) Any pupil enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter may
8attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the board has
9contracted under sub. (1) if space is available in the private school or agency.
SB2,19,13 10(4) The board shall establish appropriate, quantifiable performance standards
11for pupils at each private school or agency with which it contracts in such areas as
12attendance, reading achievement, pupil retention, pupil promotion, parent surveys,
13credits earned and grade point average.
SB2,19,17 14(5) Annually, the board shall monitor the performance of the program under
15this section. The board may use the results of standardized basic educational skills
16tests to do so. The board shall include a summary of its findings in its annual report
17to the state superintendent under s. 119.44.
SB2, s. 42 18Section 42. 119.32 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,19,2119 119.32 (8) This section does not apply to the Milwaukee Public Schools
20beginning on the date that the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public
21Schools is abolished under s. 119.92 (2).
SB2, s. 43 22Section 43. 119.55 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,20,323 119.55 (3) The board shall contract with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater
24Milwaukee to provide case managers at selected middle schools and high schools to
25work with school staff and pupils and their families to improve the attendance rate

1of pupils enrolled in the selected schools. The board shall use the funds appropriated
2under s. 20.255 (2) (ed) to pay the costs of the contracts. No contract under this
3subsection may extend beyond June 30, 2000.
SB2, s. 44 4Section 44. 119.76 of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,20,7 5119.76 After-school programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
6(ec), the state superintendent shall pay to the board the amounts specified in the
7spending plan under s. 119.80 for the following programs in each school year:
SB2,20,8 8(1) After-school educational programs.
SB2,20,9 9(2) After-school recreational programs.
SB2,20,10 10(3) After-school health programs.
SB2, s. 45 11Section 45. Subchapter II of chapter 119 [precedes 119.90] of the statutes is
12created to read:
SB2,20,1313 Chapter 119
SB2,20,1614 SUBCHAPTER II
15 Milwaukee public schools
16 governing commission
SB2,20,17 17119.90 Definitions. In this subchapter:
SB2,20,18 18(1) "Commission" means the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.
SB2,20,19 19(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the system.
SB2,20,20 20(3) "System" means the Milwaukee Public Schools.
SB2,20,25 21119.91 Educational achievement criteria. (1) By December 15, 2000, the
22department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau shall
23jointly determine and certify to the governor and the joint committee on finance
24whether, in the preceding school year, all of the following were true, as calculated and
25defined by the department of public instruction:
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1(a) The system's graduation rate was at least 90%.
SB2,21,22 (b) The system's attendance rate was at least 91%.
SB2,21,33 (c) The system's dropout rate was no greater than 9%.
SB2,21,84 (d) The percentage of pupils enrolled in the 3rd grade in the system whose score
5on the reading test under s. 121.02 (1) (r) in the preceding school year was at least
6at the basic level was equal to at least 90% of the percentage of all pupils enrolled
7in 3rd grade in the state whose score on the test in the preceding school year was at
8least at the basic level.
SB2,21,12 9(2) If the department, the department of administration and the legislative
10fiscal bureau certify that the system meets all of the criteria under sub. (1), then the
11certification procedure shall be repeated biennially by December 15, unless the
12system does not meet the educational criteria under sub. (1).
SB2,21,14 13(3) The department shall calculate the percentages under sub. (1) and (2)
14without the benefit of rounding.
SB2,22,3 15119.92 Commission; creation, duties. (1) If the department, the
16department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau certify that the
17system does not meet all of the criteria under s. 119.91, on March 1 of the year
18following the certification, the commission is established. The commission shall
19consist of 3 members, all of whom shall reside in the city of Milwaukee. One member
20shall be appointed by the governor, one member shall be appointed by the state
21superintendent and one member shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of
22Milwaukee. The governor's appointee shall serve as the chairperson of the
23commission. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to
24the members of the board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies
25to the commissioners of the commission, and any law that applies to the president

1of the board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies to the
2chairperson of the commission. Members of the commission shall serve at the
3pleasure of the appointing authority.
SB2,22,9 4(2) (a) If the commission is established under sub. (1), on July 1 of the year in
5which the commission is established, the board of school directors of the system, the
6position of superintendent of schools for the system and the positions under s. 119.32
7(3) are abolished, and the commission assumes management and control of the
8system. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, any law that applies to the
9board of school directors of a 1st class city school district applies to the commission.
SB2,22,1010 (b) The commission shall do all of the following:
SB2,22,1111 1. Increase the quality of education in the system.
SB2,22,1212 2. Ensure continuing academic improvement of pupils.
SB2,22,1413 3. Reduce noninstructional expenditures in the system and use, to the extent
14practicable, the moneys saved for instructional purposes.
SB2,22,1515 4. Develop school-based budgeting.
SB2,22,1716 5. Approve, reject or modify educational reform plans as provided under s.
17119.94 (2) (b).
SB2,22,1818 6. Appoint an executive director.
SB2,22,2319 7. On July 1 of the year in which the commission is established, establish a body
20to govern each school in the system beginning in the following school year and
21determine the governing body's powers, composition and size, the process of selecting
22the members of the governing body and the terms of its members. The commission
23may establish different kinds of governing bodies for different schools in the system.
SB2,23,3 24(3) In any action or proceeding in which the commission is a defendant, service
25of any summons, writ, pleading or other papers served in commencing the action or

1proceeding upon the chairperson of the commission and the executive director
2constitutes service upon the entire commission. It is sufficient to serve on one
3commissioner any notice required by law to be served upon the commission.
SB2,23,9 4119.93 Executive director. (1) The executive director appointed under s.
5119.92 (2) (b) 6. shall be a person of suitable learning and experience in the art of
6instruction and shall have practical familiarity with the most approved methods of
7organizing and conducting a system of schools. Unless the context clearly dictates
8otherwise, any law that applies to the superintendent of schools of a 1st class city
9school district, except s. 119.32, applies to the executive director.
SB2,23,11 10(2) Under the direction of the commission, the executive director shall have
11general supervision of all of the following:
SB2,23,1212 (a) The public schools and the manner of conducting and grading such schools.
SB2,23,1413 (b) The supervisory and administrative employes appointed under sub. (3),
14principals, vice principals and teachers of the system.
SB2,23,16 15(3) Subject to the commission's approval, the executive director shall appoint
16supervisory and administrative employes as determined by the commission.
SB2,23,19 17(4) The executive director shall be an advisory member of every committee of
18the commission, except when an inquiry into his or her acts or an investigation of his
19or her official conduct is under consideration by the committee.
SB2,23,21 20(5) The executive director shall assign all teachers and engage and assign
21substitute teachers at the per diem compensation fixed by the commission.
SB2,23,24 22(6) The executive director shall collect such statistics and information relating
23to schools and the population entitled to school privileges in the city of Milwaukee
24as the commission directs.
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1(7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the commission
2may appoint an executive director and may employ a business manager who are not
3licensed by the department.
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