PG:wlj:cph
2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
June 10, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Towns, Vruwink, Nischke, J.
Lehman, Jensen, Gronemus, Gunderson, Ladwig, Ott, Pettis, Kreibich,
Musser, Krawczyk, Ainsworth, Gielow, Friske, Bies, McCormick, Hines, J.
Wood, Owens, Albers, Seratti, Petrowski, Kerkman, Lothian, Vrakas
and
Van Roy. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB395,1,5 1An Act to repeal 115.01 (10) (b) and 121.02 (1) (f) 1.; to renumber 115.01 (10)
2(a) (intro.); to renumber and amend 121.006 (2) (a) and 121.02 (1) (f) 2.; to
3amend
120.12 (15), 120.18 (1) (d), 121.004 (7) (c) 1. b., 121.004 (7) (cm) and
4121.23 (2) (intro.); and to create 121.004 (5m) and 121.006 (2) (a) 2. of the
5statutes; relating to: the number of school days required each school term.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, school is required to be held for at least 180 days during the
school term (the time beginning with the first school day and ending with the last
school day that the schools are in operation for the attendance of pupils in a school
year). In addition, each school board must schedule at least 437 hours of direct pupil
instruction in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades
1 to 6, and at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. This bill
retains the requirement that school be held for these minimum required hours of
instruction and eliminates the requirement that school be held for at least 180 days.
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:
AB395, s. 1
1Section 1. 115.01 (10) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.01 (10)
2(intro.).
AB395, s. 2 3Section 2. 115.01 (10) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB395, s. 3 4Section 3. 120.12 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB395,2,115 120.12 (15) School hours. Establish rules scheduling the hours of a normal
6school day. The school board may differentiate between the various elementary and
7high school grades in scheduling the school day. The equivalent of 180 such days, as
8defined in s. 115.01 (10), shall be held during the school term.
This subsection shall
9not be construed to eliminate a school district's duty to bargain with the employee's
10collective bargaining representative over any calendaring proposal which is
11primarily related to wages, hours and conditions of employment.
AB395, s. 4 12Section 4. 120.18 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB395,2,1413 120.18 (1) (d) The number of school days taught, including holidays, hours of
14direct pupil instruction provided
by teachers legally qualified to teach.
AB395, s. 5 15Section 5. 121.004 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB395,2,1816 121.004 (5m) Minimum required hours of instruction. "Minimum required
17hours of instruction" means the number of hours of direct pupil instruction required
18for the grade in which a pupil is enrolled as specified in s. 121.02 (1) (f).
AB395, s. 6 19Section 6. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB395,3,220 121.004 (7) (c) 1. b. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program
21requiring full-day attendance for less than 5 days a week for an entire school year
22term shall be counted as the result obtained by multiplying the number of hours in
23each day in which the pupil is enrolled by the total number of days for which the pupil
24is enrolled, and dividing the result by the product of the total number of hours of

1attendance per day required of first grade pupils in the school district multiplied by
2180
.
AB395, s. 7 3Section 7. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB395,3,74 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that
5provides the minimum required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s.
6121.02 (1) (f) 2.
shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least
787.5 additional hours of outreach activities.
AB395, s. 8 8Section 8. 121.006 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.006 (2) (a) (intro.)
9and amended to read:
AB395,3,1110 121.006 (2) (a) (intro.) Hold school for at least 180 days each year the minimum
11required hours of instruction
, less any days of the following:
AB395,3,14 121. Hours during which the state superintendent determines that school is not
13held or educational standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school
14district employees, the days to be computed in accordance with s. 115.01 (10).
AB395, s. 9 15Section 9. 121.006 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB395,3,1716 121.006 (2) (a) 2. Hours during which school is closed by order of a local health
17officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5).
AB395, s. 10 18Section 10. 121.02 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB395, s. 11 19Section 11. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 121.02 (1) (f) and
20amended to read:
AB395,4,321 121.02 (1) (f) Annually, schedule at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction
22in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to 6 and
23at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. Scheduled hours
24under this subdivision paragraph include recess and time for pupils to transfer
25between classes but do not include the lunch period. Scheduled hours under this

1paragraph may include no more than 35 hours on Saturdays.
A school board
2operating a 4-year-old kindergarten program may use up to 87.5 of the scheduled
3hours for outreach activities.
AB395, s. 12 4Section 12. 121.23 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB395,4,105 121.23 (2) (intro.) If a school district holds less than 180 days of school the
6minimum required hours of instruction
as the result of a strike by school district
7employees, for the purposes of computing general aid, the state superintendent shall
8compute the school district's primary and secondary ceiling costs per member in
9accordance with the procedure specified in pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation,
10the state superintendent shall:
AB395, s. 13 11Section 13. Effective date.
AB395,4,1212 (1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2004.
AB395,4,1313 (End)
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