AB230,4,2115 5.64 (4) (a) In 1st class cities, the names of the candidates for the seat of the
16member elected at-large to the board of school directors shall be placed on the official
17city ballot and
there shall be a separate ballot for school district officers when so
18required,
giving the names of the candidates for the office of superintendent of
19schools and
for any seat to be filled on the board of school directors from any election
20district. The names of candidates for the at-large seat shall be placed in the same
21column or row on the ballot.
AB230, s. 6 22Section 6. 5.64 (4) (title), (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
AB230,4,2323 5.64 (4) (title) First class city school officers.
AB230,5,424 (b) The arrangement of the names of the candidates for the office of
25superintendent of schools and for seats on the board of school directors shall be

1determined by the executive director of the city board of election commissioners by
2the drawing of lots not later than the 3rd Tuesday in July. The method of determining
3arrangement shall be the same as provided in s. 5.60 (1) (b). Sufficient space shall
4be provided on the ballot for write-in candidates.
AB230,5,105 (c) Only the 2 candidates for election to the office of superintendent of schools
6receiving the highest numbers of votes at the primary election and only 2 candidates
7for election to the board of school directors receiving the highest numbers of votes
8within each election district at the primary election shall be nominees for their
9respective offices at the general election. Only their names shall appear on the
10official general election ballot.
AB230, s. 7 11Section 7. 7.53 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,5,1912 7.53 (3) (b) In a 1st class city school district, the municipal board of canvassers
13or election commissioners shall determine the results of school district elections and
14referenda and shall file a written statement and determination of the results for each
15election and referendum in the office of the city clerk or board of election
16commissioners. The board of election commissioners or city clerk shall certify
17nominations after each primary and issue certificates of election to persons who are
18elected to the office of superintendent of schools or the board of school directors after
19each election in the manner provided in sub. (4).
AB230, s. 8 20Section 8. 8.10 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,5,2521 8.10 (3) (i) For city offices in 1st class cities, not less than 1,500 nor more than
223,000 electors for city-wide offices, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors for
23alderpersons elected from aldermanic districts and not less than 400 nor more than
24800 electors for members of the board of school directors elected from election
25districts
.
AB230, s. 9
1Section 9. 8.11 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,6,52 8.11 (2m) First class city school board officers. A primary shall be held in
31st class cities whenever there are more than 2 candidates for the office of
4superintendent of schools or
member of the board of school directors at-large or from
5any election district in any year.
AB230, s. 10 6Section 10. 8.15 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,6,87 8.15 (5) (a) Each Except as provided in ss. 119.06 (4) (c) and 119.08 (2), each
8nomination paper shall have substantially the following words printed at the top:
AB230,6,179 I, the undersigned, request that the name of (insert candidate's last name plus
10first name, nickname or initial, and middle name, former legal surname, nickname
11or middle initial or initials if desired, but no other abbreviations or titles) residing
12at (insert candidate's street address) be placed on the ballot at the (general or special)
13election to be held on (date of election) as a candidate representing the (name of
14party) so that voters will have the opportunity to vote for (him or her) for the office
15of (name of office). I am eligible to vote in (name of jurisdiction or district in which
16candidate seeks office). I have not signed the nomination paper of any other
17candidate for the same office at this election.
AB230, s. 11 18Section 11. 8.15 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB230,6,2119 8.15 (6) (f) In 1st class cities, not less than 1,500 nor more than 3,000 electors
20for superintendent of schools, and not less than 400 nor more than 800 electors for
21member of the board of school directors elected from an election district.
AB230, s. 12 22Section 12. 8.50 (intro.) and (1) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB230,7,12 238.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section
24applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive
25state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and district attorney,

1judicial and legislative state offices, county offices and, the offices office of municipal
2judge and the offices of superintendent of schools and member of the board of school
3directors in school districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative offices may be
4filled in anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever authorized in sub. (4)
5(e). No special election may be held after February 1 preceding the spring election
6unless it is held on the same day as the spring election, nor after September 1
7preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day as the general
8election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held on the day
9of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on
10the day of the September primary. If the special election is held on the day of the
11spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the day
12of the spring primary.
AB230,8,3 13(1) (a) When there is to be a special election, the special election for county clerk
14shall be ordered by the sheriff; the special election for any other county office shall
15be ordered by the county clerk except as provided in s. 17.21 (5); the special election
16for superintendent of schools or for school board member in a school district
17organized under ch. 119 shall be ordered by the school board of school directors; the
18special election for municipal judge shall be ordered by the mayor, president or
19chairperson of the municipality, except in 1st class cities; and all other special
20elections shall be ordered by the governor. When the governor or attorney general
21issues the order, it shall be filed and recorded in the office of the board. When the
22county clerk or sheriff issues the order, it shall be filed and recorded in the office of
23the county clerk. When the county executive issues the order, it shall be filed in the
24office of the county board of election commissioners. When the school board of a
25school district organized under ch. 119 issues the order, it shall be filed and recorded

1in the office of the city board of election commissioners. When the mayor, president
2or chairperson issues the order, it shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk or
3city board of election commissioners.
AB230, s. 13 4Section 13. 17.27 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:
AB230,8,85 17.27 (1w) Superintendent of schools; 1st class city. A vacancy in the office
6of superintendent of schools of a 1st class city school system shall be filled by
7temporary appointment of the board of school directors until a successor is elected
8and qualified. A successor shall be elected at a special election under s. 119.32 (1).
AB230, s. 14 9Section 14. 119.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,8,1910 119.06 (2) Within 120 days after the date on which a city becomes a 1st class
11city, the mayor, the city treasurer, the city comptroller, the city attorney and the
12president of the common council of that city, acting as a commission for the city, shall
13meet and appoint a board of one at-large member and 8 11 members from election
14districts numbered and designated by the common council. The election districts
15shall be substantially equal in population and the boundaries of the election districts
16shall be drawn so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens of all areas within
17the city. The person appointed to represent an election district shall reside within
18the boundaries of the election district as determined by the common council under
19this subsection.
AB230, s. 15 20Section 15. 119.06 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are repealed.
AB230, s. 16 21Section 16. 119.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 119.06 (3) and
22amended to read:
AB230,9,523 119.06 (3) Four of the combined aldermanic district Except as provided in sub.
24(4), the
members first appointed to the board by the commission shall serve for a term
25terms beginning on the 4th Monday of the month next following their appointment

1and. Five members shall be appointed for terms expiring on the 4th first Monday in
2April in December of the 4th first even-numbered year following the year in which
3a city becomes a 1st class city and 6 members shall be appointed for terms expiring
4on the first Monday in December of the 2nd even-numbered
year following the year
5in which a city becomes a city of the 1st class city.
AB230, s. 17 6Section 17. 119.06 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,9,127 119.06 (4) (b) The board members elected at the special election shall be
8nominated and elected to succeed the board members appointed for the terms
9expiring
under sub. (3) (a) and (b) (2) and for the same terms. The terms of office of
10the board members appointed under sub. (2) shall expire on the 4th Monday
11following the special election.
The terms of office of the board members elected at the
12special election shall begin on the 4th Monday following the special election.
AB230, s. 18 13Section 18. 119.06 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 119.06 (4) (c) 1. and
14amended to read:
AB230,9,1715 119.06 (4) (c) 1. Candidates Except as provided in subd. 2., candidates for the
16board at the special election shall be nominated in the same manner as for the spring
17general election.
AB230, s. 19 18Section 19. 119.06 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB230,9,2019 119.06 (4) (c) 2. The nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply,
20except that reference to the general election shall be inserted.
AB230, s. 20 21Section 20. 119.06 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,9,2422 119.06 (4) (d) The special election shall be held at the polling places and shall
23be conducted in the manner of and by the election officials for the spring general
24election.
AB230, s. 21 25Section 21. 119.06 (5) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB230,10,5
1119.06 (5) The board first appointed under sub. (2) or first elected at a special
2election under sub. (4) shall hold an organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) on
3the 4th Monday of the month following its appointment or election, or the next day
4if the 4th Monday is a legal holiday, following their appointment or election, and
5annually thereafter shall meet in accordance with s. 119.10 (2).
AB230,10,8 6(6) Successors to board members appointed under sub. (3) (2) or elected under
7sub. (4) shall be elected at the spring general election immediately preceding the
8expiration of the terms of such board members and shall serve for 4-year terms.
AB230, s. 22 9Section 22. 119.07 of the statutes is created to read:
AB230,10,18 10119.07 Revised method of election of board; transitional provisions. (1)
11Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (3), the terms of the members of the board of each 1st class
12city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
13whose terms are scheduled to expire on the 4th Monday in April, 2001, are extended
14until the 4th Monday in November, 2002. Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (3), the terms
15of office of the members of the board of each such city whose terms are scheduled to
16expire on the 4th Monday in April, 2003, shall expire on the 4th Monday in
17November, 2002, and the incumbents in those offices shall cease to hold office on that
18date.
AB230,10,21 19(2) At the general election to be held in November 2002, there shall be elected
20in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
21inserts date], 11 members of the board.
AB230,11,2 22(3) Notwithstanding s. 119.10 (1) and (2), the board of each 1st class city in
23existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], shall hold
24an organizational meeting on the 4th Monday in April, 2001, and shall not hold any
25other organizational meeting in 2001. On the 4th Monday in April, 2001, the board

1of each such city shall elect officers, who shall hold office until the board holds its next
2organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) in 2002.
AB230, s. 23 3Section 23. 119.07 of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this
4act), is repealed.
AB230, s. 24 5Section 24. 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB230,11,106 119.08 (1) (a) The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8 11
7members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The
8election districts shall consist of whole contiguous wards and shall be substantially
9equal in population and the. The boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn
10so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.
AB230,11,1711 (b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance
12determining or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of the aldermanic
13districts
wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 62.08 (1)
145.15 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt
15an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall
16be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1)
17redetermining the aldermanic district ward boundaries.
AB230, s. 25 18Section 25. 119.08 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB230,12,519 119.08 (2) The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing
20within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member
21shall be elected by the electors of the city.
Board members shall be electors of the city
22and shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring general election.
23Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be
24filled, for unexpired terms. The format for the nomination papers shall be as
25prescribed in s. 8.10 (2) (b), except that reference to the general election shall be

1inserted.
The primary and spring elections election for board members shall be
2conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or other officers held on
3that date. The polling places for the state, municipal or judicial election elections
4shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal election hours
5shall apply.
AB230,12,8 6(3) The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years. The term of each
7member expires on the first Monday in December of the 4th year following the year
8in which the member's office is regularly filled.
AB230, s. 26 9Section 26. 119.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,12,1310 119.08 (4) A vacancy on in the membership of the board occurring on or before
11June 1 preceding expiration of the member's term of office
shall be filled by a special
12election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the
13unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.
AB230, s. 27 14Section 27. 119.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,12,2515 119.10 (1) The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the
16board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting
17under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on
18such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and
19the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business
20pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless
21otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had
22been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the
23board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by
24the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been
25newly organized.
AB230, s. 28
1Section 28. 119.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,13,82 119.10 (2) Annually, no earlier than the 4th first Monday in April December
3and no later than the first 3rd Monday in May December, the board shall hold its
4organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for
5one year and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve
6as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board
7shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing
8committees to serve for one year.
AB230, s. 29 9Section 29. 119.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,13,1310 119.12 (3) Each member of the board shall be paid an annual salary in the
11amount set by the board
equal to the annual salary paid to each member of the
12common council of the city who begins a full term of office in the same year in which
13the board member begins a full term of office
. The salary shall be paid monthly.
AB230, s. 30 14Section 30. 119.32 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB230,13,2415 119.32 (1) At the general election in each year in which the governor is elected,
16there shall be elected by the electors of the school district a superintendent of schools.
17The superintendent of schools shall serve for a term of 4 years beginning on the first
18Monday of December following his or her election. No person is eligible to serve as
19superintendent of schools who is not a qualified elector of the school district. A
20vacancy in the office of superintendent of schools occurring on or before June 1
21preceding the expiration of the term of that officer shall be filled by special election
22ordered by the board. At the special election, the vacancy shall be filled for the
23residue of the unexpired term. The board shall follow the procedures under s. 8.50
24in conducting the election, insofar as applicable.
AB230, s. 31 25Section 31. 119.32 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,14,5
1119.32 (7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the
2superintendent of schools need not be licensed by the department.
Notwithstanding
3ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the board may elect a superintendent of
4schools, and may
employ a business manager, who are is not licensed by the
5department.
AB230, s. 32 6Section 32. 119.36 of the statutes is repealed.
AB230, s. 33 7Section 33. 121.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB230,14,188 121.02 (3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with
9the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall, upon request of the
10school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum number of electors
11allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s. 8.10 (3) (i), (km) or
12(ks) or 8.15 (6) (f), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the state
13superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in compliance with
14the standards, the state superintendent may develop with the school board a plan
15which describes methods of achieving compliance. The plan shall specify the time
16within which compliance shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall withhold
17up to 25% of state aid from any school district that fails to achieve compliance within
18the specified period.
AB230, s. 34 19Section 34. Initial applicability.
AB230,14,2120 (1) The treatment of section 119.12 (3) of the statutes first applies to members
21of the board of school directors who are elected in 2002.
AB230, s. 35 22Section 35. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 2001, except
23as follows:
AB230,14,2424 (1) The repeal of section 119.07 of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2003.
AB230,14,2525 (End)
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