LRB-0993/6
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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 4, 1999 - Introduced by Senators George and Moore, cosponsored by
Representatives Sinicki, Young, Bock, Morris-Tatum, Turner and Coggs.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB73,1,5
1An Act to repeal 118.40 (2r) (f), 118.40 (2r) (g), 119.23 (5) (a), 119.23 (5) (b) and
2121.05 (1) (a) 4.;
to consolidate, renumber and amend 119.23 (5) (intro.) and
3(c); and
to amend 121.05 (1) (a) 9. and 121.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes;
4relating to: the Milwaukee parental choice program, charter schools and state
5aid to the Milwaukee Public Schools.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law allows up to 15% of the enrollment of the Milwaukee Public Schools
(MPS) to attend, at no charge, any private school located in the city of Milwaukee
under certain circumstances. The state pays the parent or guardian of the pupil an
amount equal to the amount of per pupil aid that MPS receives from the state or an
amount equal to the private school's educational cost per pupil, whichever is less.
The parent or guardian must endorse the check for the use of the private school. The
state reduces the MPS school aid entitlement, for each pupil participating in the
program, by the amount of per pupil aid that MPS would otherwise receive.
Under current law, the city of Milwaukee, the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College may establish by
charter and operate a charter school or may initiate a contract with an individual or
group to operate a school as a charter school. For each pupil attending the charter
school, the state pays the charter school an amount equal to the shared cost per pupil
of MPS and reduces the MPS school aid entitlement by an identical amount.
This bill provides that pupils participating in the choice program or attending
a charter school described above are not counted in the enrollment of MPS for state
aid purposes, and the MPS school aid entitlement is not reduced as a result of such
participation or attendance.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB73, s. 1
1Section
1. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB73, s. 2
2Section
2. 118.40 (2r) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB73, s. 3
3Section
3. 119.23 (5) (intro.) and (c) of the statutes are consolidated,
4renumbered 119.23 (5) and amended to read:
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119.23
(5) The state superintendent shall
: (c) Ensure ensure that pupils and
6parents and guardians of pupils who reside in the city are informed annually of the
7private schools participating in the program under this section.
SB73, s. 4
8Section
4. 119.23 (5) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB73, s. 5
9Section
5. 119.23 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB73, s. 6
10Section
6. 121.05 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB73, s. 7
11Section
7. 121.05 (1) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.05
(1) (a) 9. Pupils enrolled in a charter school
, other than a charter school 13under s. 118.40
(2r).
SB73, s. 8
14Section
8. 121.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.90
(1) (intro.) "Number of pupils enrolled" means the
sum of the number
16of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September
, including pupils identified in 17under s. 121.05 (1) (a) 1. to 11.,
except that "number of pupils enrolled" excludes the
18number of pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4) and
the number of
19pupils attending charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and the number of pupils
20attending private schools under s. 119.23, except as follows:
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(1) This act first applies to state aid paid in the school year beginning after the
3effective date of this subsection.
