AB625: Bill Text

AB625,9,16 121.004 (5) Membership. "Membership" for any school district is the sum number of pupils enrolled as reported under s. 121.05 and the summer average daily membership equivalent for classes approved under s. 121.14 (1).

AB625, s. 26 Section 26. 121.004 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,9,20 121.004 (5m) Minimum required hours of instruction. "Minimum required hours of instruction" means the number of hours of direct pupil instruction required for the grade in which a pupil is enrolled as specified under s. 121.02 (1) (f).

AB625, s. 27 Section 27. 121.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,9,25 121.004 (7) (a) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district. A pupil shall be counted as the number obtained by dividing the total number of hours of instruction in which the pupil is enrolled during the school term by the minimum required hours of instruction, except as provided in pars. (b) to (d) (g). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.

AB625, s. 28 Section 28. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. (intro.) and b. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 121.004 (7) (c) and amended to read:

AB625,10,17 121.004 (7) (c) A pupil enrolled in kindergarten may be counted only if the pupil attains the age permitted under s. 115.28 (8) or required under s. 118.14 for kindergarten admission. A kindergarten pupil shall be counted as one-half pupil except that: b. A a pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program requiring full-day attendance for less than 5 days a week for an entire school year attendance for more than 525 hours in a school term shall be counted as the result obtained by multiplying the number of hours in each day in which the pupil is enrolled by the total number of days for which the pupil is enrolled, and dividing the result by the product of the number of hours of attendance per day required of first grade pupils in the school district multiplied by 180 dividing the number of hours of direct pupil instruction scheduled for the pupil during the school term by 1,050.

AB625, s. 29 Section 29. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 30 Section 30. 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 31 Section 31. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 32 Section 32. 121.004 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,11,2 121.004 (7) (e) A pupil enrolled in classes operated by a school district outside of the regular school day or school term, including summer school, shall be counted as the result obtained by dividing the sum of the hours of direct pupil instruction scheduled for the pupil during the school term and the number of hours of enrollment in additional classes by the minimum required hours of instruction.

AB625, s. 33 Section 33. 121.004 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,11,11 121.004 (7) (f) A pupil enrolled in a private school who attends public school in the school district to receive instruction in subjects not required to be provided by the private school under s. 118.165 (1) (d) shall be counted as the result obtained by dividing the number of hours of direct pupil instruction in the public school in which the pupil is enrolled during the school term by the minimum required hours of instruction, except that a pupil participating in social, recreational or extracurricular summer classes and programs, including team sports, shall not be so counted.

AB625, s. 34 Section 34. 121.004 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,11,19 121.004 (7) (g) A pupil who receives instruction in a home-based private educational program that meets all of the requirements under s. 118.165 (1) and who attends public school in the school district to receive instruction in subjects not required to be provided by the home-based private educational program under s. 118.165 (1) (d) shall be counted as the result obtained by dividing the number of hours of direct pupil instruction in the public school in which the pupil is enrolled during the school term by the minimum required hours of instruction.

AB625, s. 35 Section 35. 121.006 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.006 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB625,11,23 121.006 (2) (a) (intro.) Hold school for at least 180 days each year the minimum required hours of instruction, less any days of the following:

AB625,12,3 1. Hours during which the state superintendent determines that school is not held or educational standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school district employes, the days to be computed in accordance with s. 115.01 (10).

AB625, s. 36 Section 36. 121.006 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,12,6 121.006 (2) (a) 2. Hours during which school is closed by order of a local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5).

AB625, s. 37 Section 37. 121.02 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 38 Section 38. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 121.02 (1) (f).

AB625, s. 39 Section 39. 121.05 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,12,12 121.05 (1) (a) (intro.) The average of the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September and the 2nd Friday of January of in the school district in the previous school year, including:

AB625, s. 40 Section 40. 121.05 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,12,21 121.05 (1) (a) 8. Pupils enrolled in a residential school operated by the state under subch. III of ch. 115 for whom the school district is paying tuition under s. 115.53 (2) determined by multiplying the total number of periods in each day in which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school by the total number of days for which the pupils are enrolled in the local public school and dividing the product by 1,080 the number of hours of direct pupil instruction scheduled for pupils enrolled in the school district in the same grade as the pupil who is enrolled in the residential school.

AB625, s. 41 Section 41. 121.05 (1) (a) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,12,24 121.05 (1) (a) 11. Pupils enrolled in a private school who attend a public school in the school district.

AB625, s. 42 Section 42. 121.05 (1) (a) 12. of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,13,2 121.05 (1) (a) 12. Pupils who receive instruction in a home-based private educational program who attend a public school in the school district.

AB625, s. 43 Section 43. 121.05 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB625,13,6 121.05 (2m) The school district clerk shall also include, as part of the annual school district report under s. 120.18, the number of pupils enrolled in the school district on the 3rd Friday of September in the current school year.

AB625, s. 44 Section 44. 121.05 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 45 Section 45. 121.05 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 46 Section 46. 121.14 of the statutes is repealed.

AB625, s. 47 Section 47. 121.23 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,13,16 121.23 (2) (intro.) If a school district holds less than 180 days of school the minimum required hours of instruction as the result of a strike by school district employes, for the purposes of computing general aid, the department shall compute the school district's primary and secondary ceiling costs per member in accordance with the procedure specified in pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation, the department shall:

AB625, s. 48 Section 48. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,14,6 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 121.54 (4), the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1), state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $4 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $6 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.

AB625, s. 49 Section 49. 121.85 (6) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,14,13 121.85 (6) (f) Exception. A pupil enrolled in a kindergarten program or in a preschool program under subch. V of ch. 115 shall be multiplied under par. (a) 2. by a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.325 by the appropriate fraction under s. 121.004 (7) (c), (cm) or (d), and shall be counted under par. (b) 1. as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 1.0 by the appropriate fraction under s. 121.004 (7) (c), (cm) or (d).

AB625, s. 50 Section 50. 121.86 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB625,14,18 121.86 (3) State aid exception. Pupils under sub. (2) (b) and (c) who are enrolled in a kindergarten program or in a preschool program under subch. V of ch. 115 shall be multiplied under sub. (2) (a) 2. by a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.25 by the appropriate fraction under s. 121.004 (7) (c), (cm) or (d).

AB625, s. 51 Section 51. Initial applicability.

AB625,14,23 (1) The treatment of sections 121.004 (5), (5m) and (7) (a), (c), (cm) and (e) to (g), 121.05 (1) (a) (intro.), 8., 11. and 12., 121.85 (6) (f) and 121.86 (3) of the statutes first applies to the distribution of state aide to school districts in the 1999-2000 school year.

AB625, s. 52 Section 52. Effective date.

AB625,15,1 (1) This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

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