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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
January 9, 2004 - Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Jensen, Colon, Zepnick,
Jeskewitz, Taylor, Honadel, Richards, Krug, Cullen and Krusick,
cosponsored by Senators Darling, Plale, Reynolds, Moore, Carpenter,
Coggs, Stepp and
Lazich. Referred to Committee on Education Reform.
AB747,1,3
1An Act to amend 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. and 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. (intro.); and
to create
2118.40 (2r) (c) 3. of the statutes;
relating to: eligibility to attend Woodlands
3School, a charter school located in a 1st class city school district.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, school boards may enter into contracts with individuals,
groups, businesses, or governmental bodies to establish charter schools, which
operate with fewer constraints than traditional public schools. Current law also
permits the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of
Wisconsin-Parkside, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the city of
Milwaukee to operate charter schools (independent charter schools) directly or to
contract for the operation of charter schools. Only pupils who reside in the school
district in which an independent charter school is located may attend the charter
school. In order to be eligible to attend an independent charter school located in the
Milwaukee school district, a pupil must also fall into one of the following categories:
1. In the previous school year, the pupil must have been enrolled in the
Milwaukee Public Schools.
2. In the previous school year, the pupil must have attended a private school
under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP).
3. In the previous school year, the pupil must have been enrolled in grades
kindergarten to three in a private school located in the city of Milwaukee other than
under the MPCP.
4. In the previous school year, the pupil must not have been enrolled in school.
5. In the previous school year, the pupil must have been enrolled in an
independent charter school.
This bill allows a pupil who resides outside of the Milwaukee school district, or
who does not satisfy the requirement in Item 3., above, to continue to attend
Woodlands School (an independent charter school located in the city of Milwaukee),
if the pupil attended Woodlands School during the 2003-04 school year and during
the previous school year. The bill also allows a pupil to attend Woodlands School if
the pupil's sibling attended Woodlands School in the 2003-04 school year and in the
school year of the pupil's initial 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:
AB747, s. 1
1Section
1. 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.40
(2r) (c) 1.
Only Except as provided in subd. 3., only pupils who reside
3in the school district in which a charter school established under this subsection is
4located may attend the charter school.
AB747, s. 2
5Section
2. 118.40 (2r) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB747,2,96
118.40
(2r) (c) 2. (intro.) A pupil may attend a charter school established in the
7school district operating under ch. 119 under this subsection only if one of the
8following applies
or, for the Woodlands School, only if one of the following or subd.
93. applies:
AB747, s. 3
10Section
3. 118.40 (2r) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB747,2,1311
118.40
(2r) (c) 3. A pupil may attend Woodlands School, a charter school
12established in the school district operating under ch. 119 under this subsection,
13regardless of the pupil's school district of residence, if any of the following applies:
AB747,2,1514
a. The pupil attended Woodlands School in the 2003-04 school year and,
15beginning in the 2005-06 school year, in the previous school year.
AB747,3,2
1b. The pupil's sibling attended Woodlands School in the 2003-04 school year
2and in the school year of the pupil's initial attendance.
