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.
SB2,24,3
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.
SB2,24,5 4119.94 Educational reform plans. (1) This section applies if the commission
5is established under s. 119.92 (1).
SB2,24,9 6(2) (a) By February 1 of the year following the establishment of the commission
7and annually thereafter, each school governing body in the system shall submit to
8the commission for its review the school's educational reform plan for the following
9school year that includes all of the following:
SB2,24,1010 1. The educational goals and expectations of the school governing body.
SB2,24,1211 2. A description of the educational program of the school, including the method
12to be followed to ensure parental involvement.
SB2,24,1413 3. The methods that the school will use to enable pupils to achieve the
14educational goals and expectations under subd. 1.
SB2,24,1615 4. The methods that the school will use to measure pupils' progress towards the
16educational goals and expectations under subd. 1.
SB2,24,1717 5. An annual budget and operational plan.
SB2,24,1818 6. A professional development plan.
SB2,24,2019 (b) Within 60 days of submission of the educational reform plan, the
20commission shall either approve it, or, if any of the following are true, reject it:
SB2,24,2221 1. The commission disapproves of the educational goals and expectations
22contained in the educational reform plan.
SB2,24,2523 2. The commission determines that the educational program of the school will
24not allow the school's pupils to meet the educational goals and expectations
25contained in the educational reform plan.
SB2,25,2
13. The commission determines that a modification is necessary to ensure the
2proper management of the school or the system.
SB2,25,73 (c) If the commission rejects the educational reform plan, it shall notify the
4school governing body in writing of the reasons for the rejection. The school
5governing body shall submit a revised educational reform plan by May 1. By June
61, the commission shall either approve the revised educational reform plan or modify
7it for any of the reasons enumerated under par. (b).
SB2, s. 46 8Section 46. 121.02 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
9is amended to read:
SB2,25,2010 121.02 (3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with
11the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall, upon request of the
12school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum number of electors
13allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s. 8.10 (3) (i), (km) or
14(ks) or 8.15 (6) (f), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the state
15superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in compliance with
16the standards, the state superintendent may develop with the school board a plan
17which describes methods of achieving compliance. The plan shall specify the time
18within which compliance shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall withhold
19up to 25% of state aid from any school district that fails to achieve compliance within
20the specified period.
SB2, s. 47 21Section 47. 121.15 (3m) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
2227
, is amended to read:
SB2,26,323 121.15 (3m) (b) By June 15, 1996 1999, and annually by June 15 thereafter,
24the department, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau
25shall jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount

1necessary to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure
2that the sum of state school aids and the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10 (4)
3equals two-thirds of partial school revenues.
SB2, s. 48 4Section 48. 121.15 (3m) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
527
, is amended to read:
SB2,26,86 121.15 (3m) (c) By June 30, 1998 1999, and annually by June 30 thereafter, the
7joint committee on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255
8(2) (ac) in the following school year.
SB2, s. 49 9Section 49. 121.85 (6) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,26,1210 121.85 (6) (h) Neighborhood schools. Beginning in the 1998-99 school year, the
11school district operating under ch. 119 shall use at least 10% of the amount received
12under par. (a) in each school year to build or lease neighborhood schools.
SB2, s. 9156 13Section 9156. Nonstatutory provisions; other.
SB2,26,2114 (1) Educational certification. By December 15, 1999, the department of
15public instruction, the department of administration and the legislative fiscal
16bureau shall jointly determine and certify to the governor and the joint committee
17on finance the graduation, attendance and dropout rates for the Milwaukee Public
18Schools in the 1998-99 school year and the percentage of pupils enrolled in the 3rd
19grade in the Milwaukee Public Schools whose score on the reading test under section
20121.02 (1) (r) of the statutes in the 1998-99 school year was at least at the basic level,
21as calculated and defined by the department of public instruction.
SB2,26,2422 (2) Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission. If the Milwaukee Public
23Schools governing commission is established, on July 1 of the year in which the
24commission is established, all of the following shall occur:
SB2,27,3
1(a) Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the board of school
2directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools become assets and liabilities of the
3Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.
SB2,27,64 (b) Tangible personal property. All tangible personal property, including
5records, of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools is
6transferred to the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission.
SB2,27,127 (c) Employe status. Except for the superintendent of schools and the appointees
8of the superintendent of schools under section 119.32 (3) of the statutes, all employes
9of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools become employes of
10the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission and have the same rights and
11status that they enjoyed as employes of the board of school directors of the Milwaukee
12Public Schools.
SB2,27,1813 (d) Contract. All contracts entered into by the board of school directors of the
14Milwaukee Public Schools remain in effect and are transferred to the Milwaukee
15Public Schools governing commission. The Milwaukee Public Schools governing
16commission shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or
17rescinded by the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission to the extent
18allowed under the contract.
SB2,27,2419 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the board of school directors of
20the Milwaukee Public Schools is transferred to the Milwaukee Public Schools
21governing commission, and all materials submitted to or actions taken before the
22date on which the commission is established with respect to the pending matter are
23considered as having been submitted to or taken by the Milwaukee Public Schools
24governing commission.
SB2,28,5
1(f) Rules and orders. All rules and orders of the board of school directors of the
2Milwaukee Public Schools that are in effect on the date on which the commission is
3established remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended,
4repealed, modified or rescinded by the Milwaukee Public Schools governing
5commission.
SB2, s. 9239 6Section 9239. Appropriation changes; public instruction.
SB2,28,117 (1) Aid to Milwaukee public schools. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3)
8of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under
9section 20.255 (2) (ec) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar
10amount is increased by $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase funding for the
11purposes for which the appropriation is made.
SB2,28,1612 (2) Truancy abatement and burglary suppression. In the schedule under
13section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public
14instruction under section 20.255 (2) (ed) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of
151997, the dollar amount is increased by $325,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase
16funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
SB2, s. 9356 17Section 9356. Initial applicability; other
SB2,28,2018 (1) Open meetings. The treatment of section 111.70 (4) (cm) 2m. of the statutes
19first applies to contract negotiation meetings for proposed collective bargaining
20agreements that apply to the period beginning on July 1, 1999.
SB2,28,2521 (2) Collective bargaining. The treatment of section 111.70 (4) (m) (intro.), 1.,
222. and 4. of the statutes first applies to employes who are affected by a collective
23bargaining agreement that contains provisions inconsistent with that treatment on
24the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended,
25modified or renewed, whichever occurs first.
SB2, s. 9400
1Section 9400. Effective dates; general. Except as provided in Sections
29401 to 9456, this act takes effect on the day after publication.
SB2, s. 9456 3Section 9456. Effective dates; other.
SB2,29,94 (1) Method of election of 1st class city school directors. The treatment of
5sections 5.58 (1g) (b) and (c), (2) (a) and (3), 5.60 (4) (b), 5.62 (4m), 5.64 (4) (title), 8.10
6(3) (i), 8.15 (5) (a) and (6) (f), 119.06 (3) (intro.), (a) and (b), (4) (b), (c) and (d), (5) and
7(6), 119.08 (1) (a) and (b), (2), (3) and (4), 119.10 (1) and (2) and 121.02 (3) of the
8statutes and the creation of section 119.07 of the statutes take effect on January 1,
91999.
SB2,29,1110 (2) First class city school election transitional provisions. The repeal of
11section 119.07 of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2003.
SB2,29,1212 (End)
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