SB348: Bill Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Senate BILL 348

December 17, 2003 - Introduced by Senators Reynolds, Moore, Stepp and Schultz, cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, McCormick, Zepnick, Krug, Turner, J. Lehman, Staskunas, Lothian and Albers. Referred to Committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.

SB348,1,2 An Act to amend 118.51 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes; relating to: attendance in a nonresident school district under the Open Enrollment Program.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under the Open Enrollment Program, a pupil attending public school in a nonresident school district may continue to attend that school district in succeeding school years without reapplying, except that the school board of the nonresident school district may require that the pupil reapply, no more than once, when the pupil enters middle school, junior high school, or high school.

This bill eliminates this exception.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB348, s. 1 Section 1. 118.51 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB348,2,3 118.51 (3) (c) 1. If a pupil's parent notifies a nonresident school board, under par. (a) 6., that the pupil intends to attend school in that school district in the following school year, the pupil may attend that school district in the following school year and may continue to attend that school district in succeeding school years without reapplying, except that the nonresident school board may require that the pupil reapply, no more than once, when the pupil enters middle school, junior high school or high school.

SB348, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

SB348,2,6 (1) This act first applies to pupils who attend school in a nonresident school district under section 118.51 of the statutes during the 2003-04 school year.

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