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6. A copy of the policy developed by the private school under s. 118.33 (1) (f) 2m.
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7. A copy of the non-harassment policy used by the private school, together
17with the procedures for reporting and obtaining relief from harassment.
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8. A copy of the suspension and expulsion policies and procedures, including
19procedures for appealing a suspension or expulsion, used by the private school.
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9. A copy of the policy used by the private school for accepting or denying the
21transfer of credits earned by a pupil enrolled in the program under this section for
22the satisfactory completion of coursework at another school.
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(b) Upon request by any person, provide the material specified in par. (a) and
24any of the following information:
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11. The number of pupils enrolled in the private school under this section in the
2previous school year.
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2. The number of pupils enrolled in the private school other than under this
4section in the previous school year.
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3. For each school year in which the private school has participated in the
6program under this section, all of the following information:
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a. The number of pupils who were enrolled in the private school under this
8section and other than under this section in the 12th grade and the number of those
9pupils who graduated from the private school.
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b. The number of pupils who were enrolled in the private school under this
11section and other than under this section in the 4th grade and the number of those
12pupils who advanced from grade 4 to grade 5.
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c. The number of pupils who were enrolled in the private school under this
14section and other than under this section in the 8th grade and the number of those
15pupils who advanced from grade 8 to grade 9.
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4. A copy of the academic standards adopted under sub. (7) (b) 2.
AB75,1257,19175. To the extent permitted under
20 USC 1232g and
43 CFR part 99, pupil
18scores on standardized tests administered under sub. (7) (b) 1. and (e) 1. in the
19previous school year.
AB75, s. 2287
20Section
2287. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.23
(7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school
22conducted by a certified public accountant, accompanied by the auditor's statement
23that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly presents pupil costs
24under sub. (4) (b) 1.
The Except as provided in par. (ar), the audit under this
1subdivision shall be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the
2department to make payments under subs. (4) and (4m).
AB75, s. 2288
3Section
2288. 119.23 (7) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
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119.23
(7) (ar) The certified public accountant conducting the independent
5financial audit required under par. (am) 1. shall include in the audit a report on the
6private school's compliance with par. (b) 4. and 6. The certified public accountant
7may determine compliance by examining an appropriate sample of pupil records.
AB75, s. 2289
8Section
2289. 119.23 (7) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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119.23
(7) (b) Each private school participating in the program under this
10section shall do all of the following:
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1. Administer to any pupils attending the 3rd grade in the private school under
12this section a standardized reading test developed by the department.
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2. Adopt the pupil academic standards required under s. 118.30 (1g) (a) 3.
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3. Ensure that all administrators of and teachers employed by the private
15school have at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher
16education.
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4. Maintain progress records for each pupil attending the private school under
18this section while the pupil attends the school and, except as provided under subd.
197., for at least 5 years after the pupil ceases to attend the school.
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5. Upon request, provide a pupil or the parent or guardian of a minor pupil who
21is attending the private school under this section with a copy of the pupil's progress
22records.
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6. Issue a high school diploma or certificate to each pupil who attends the
24private school under this section and satisfactorily completes the course of
25instruction and any other requirements necessary for high school graduation.
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17. If the private school ceases operating as a private school, immediately
2transfer all of the progress records of the pupils who attended the school under this
3section to the board.
AB75, s. 2290
4Section
2290. 119.23 (7) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.23
(7) (e) 1.
Annually In the 2009-10 school year, each private school
6participating in the program under this section shall administer a nationally normed
7standardized test in reading, mathematics, and science to pupils attending the
8school under the program in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades.
Beginning in the 2010-11
9school year and annually thereafter, each private school participating in the program
10under this section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1s)
11to pupils attending the school under the program. The private school may administer
12additional standardized tests to such pupils. Beginning in 2006 and annually
13thereafter until 2011, the private school shall provide the scores of all standardized
14tests
and examinations that it administers
under this subdivision to the School
15Choice Demonstration Project.
AB75, s. 2291
16Section
2291. 119.23 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.23
(10) (a) 2. Failed to provide the notice
or pay the fee required under sub.
18(2) (a) 3., or
provide the information required under sub. (7) (am) or (d), by the date
19or within the period specified.
AB75, s. 2292
20Section
2292. 119.23 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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119.23
(10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m).
AB75, s. 2293
22Section
2293. 119.23 (10) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,1259,2423
119.23
(10) (a) 6. Failed to comply with the requirements under sub. (7) (b) or
24(c).
AB75, s. 2294
25Section
2294. 119.23 (10) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
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1119.23
(10) (a) 7. Violated sub. (7) (b) 4., 5., or 6.
AB75, s. 2295
2Section
2295. 119.23 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.23
(10) (d) The state superintendent may withhold payment from a parent
4or guardian under subs. (4) and (4m) if the private school attended by the child of the
5parent or guardian violates this section
or s. 118.125 (4).
AB75, s. 2297
7Section
2297. 120.12 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.12
(24) Health care benefits. Prior to the selection of any group health
9care benefits provider for school district
professional employees, as defined in s.
10111.70 (1) (ne), solicit sealed bids for the provision of such benefits.
AB75, s. 2298
11Section
2298. 121.007 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1260,17
12121.007 Use of state aid; exemption from execution. All moneys paid to
13a school district under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (cg), and
(cr) (vr), shall be used by the
14school district solely for the purposes for which paid. Such moneys are exempt from
15execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process in favor of creditors, except as
16to claims for salaries or wages of teachers and other school employees and as to
17claims for school materials, supplies, fuel, and current repairs.
AB75, s. 2299
18Section
2299. 121.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.06
(4) For purposes of computing state aid under s. 121.08, equalized
20valuations calculated under sub. (1) and certified under sub. (2) shall include the full
21value of property that is exempt under
s. ss. 70.11
(27m), (39)
, and (39m)
and 70.111
22(27) as determined under s. 79.095 (3).
AB75, s. 2300
23Section
2300. 121.07 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 121.07 (8) (a) and
24amended to read:
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1121.07
(8) (a)
A Except as provided in par. (b), a school district's primary,
2secondary and tertiary guaranteed valuations are determined by multiplying the
3amounts in sub. (7) by the district's membership.
AB75, s. 2301
4Section
2301. 121.07 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,1261,95
121.07
(8) (b) The primary, secondary, and tertiary guaranteed valuations of
6a school district operating under ch. 119 are determined by multiplying the amounts
7in sub. (7) by the sum of the school district's membership and a number equal to the
8following percent of the number of pupils attending a private school under the
9program under s. 119.23 in the previous school year:
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1. For state aid distributed in the 2009-10 school year, 10 percent.
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2. For state aid distributed in the 2010-11 school year, 20 percent.
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3. For state aid distributed in the 2011-12 school year, 30 percent.
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4. For state aid distributed in the 2012-13 school year, 40 percent.
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5. For state aid distributed in the 2013-14 school year and in each school year
15thereafter, 50 percent.
AB75, s. 2302
16Section
2302. 121.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.53
(4) Every school board shall require that there be filed with it and with
18the department of transportation a certificate of insurance showing that an
19insurance policy has been procured and is in effect which covers the owner and
20operator of the school bus and the school board or shall procure an insurance policy
21and file such certificate with the department of transportation. Unless such
22certificate is on file with the department of transportation, no registration
plates 23plate for a school bus may be issued by the department of transportation. No such
24policy may be terminated prior to its expiration or canceled for any reason, unless
25a notice thereof is filed with the department of transportation and with the school
1board by the insurer at least 10 days prior to the date of termination or cancellation.
2The department of transportation shall revoke the registration of a school bus on
3which the policy has been terminated or canceled, effective on the date of termination
4or cancellation.
AB75, s. 2303
5Section
2303. 121.555 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1262,136
121.555
(2) (a)
Insurance. If the vehicle is owned or leased by a school or a
7school bus contractor, or is a vehicle authorized under sub. (1) (b), it shall comply with
8s. 121.53. If the vehicle is transporting 9 or less persons in addition to the operator
9and is not owned or leased by a school or by a school bus contractor, it shall be insured
10by a policy providing property damage coverage with a limit of not less than
$10,000 11$25,000 and bodily injury liability coverage with limits of not less than
$25,000 12$100,000 for each person, and, subject to the limit for each person, a total limit of not
13less than
$50,000 $300,000 for each accident.
AB75, s. 2304
14Section
2304. 121.575 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1262,1915
121.575
(3) If the federal government requires, as a condition of full federal
16financial participation under sub. (2) (b), that this state provide assistance for the
17purposes of sub. (2) (a) from state resources, the department shall provide the
18assistance from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(cr) (vr) in the minimum
19amount required to obtain full federal financial participation.
AB75, s. 2305
20Section
2305. 121.58 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1263,221
121.58
(6) Appropriation prorated. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2)
(cr) 22(vr) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount of approved claims under
23this section, state aid payments for school districts not participating in the program
24under s.121.575 shall be prorated as though the minimum amount under s. 121.575
25(3) had not been made and state aid payments for school districts participating in the
1program under s. 121.575 shall be prorated after deducting the minimum amount
2under s. 121.575 (3).
AB75, s. 2306
3Section
2306. 121.79 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.79
(1) (d) (intro.) For pupils in foster homes
, treatment foster homes, or
5group homes, if the foster home
, treatment foster home, or group home is located
6outside the school district in which the pupil's parent or guardian resides and either
7of the following applies:
AB75, s. 2307
8Section
2307. 121.79 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1263,109
121.79
(1) (d) 2. The foster
, treatment foster or group home is exempted under
10s. 70.11.
AB75, s. 2308
11Section
2308. 121.79 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.79
(1) (d) 3. The pupil is a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5),
13and at least 4% of the pupils enrolled in the school district reside in foster homes
,
14treatment foster homes, or group homes that are not exempt under s. 70.11.
15Notwithstanding s. 121.83 (1) (d), the annual tuition rate for pupils under this
16subdivision is the special annual tuition rate only, as described in s. 121.83 (1) (c).
AB75, s. 2309
17Section
2309. 121.90 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 121.90 (2) (am)
18(intro.) and amended to read:
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121.90
(2) (am) (intro.) "State aid" means
aid all of the following:
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201. Aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.105, and 121.136 and subch. VI, as
21calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including
22adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4)
, and amounts.
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232. Amounts under s. 79.095 (4) for the current school year
, except that "state
24aid" excludes all of the following:.
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1Section
2310. 121.90 (2) (a) to (c) of the statutes are renumbered 121.90 (2)
2(bm) 1. to 3.
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3Section
2311. 121.90 (2) (am) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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121.90
(2) (am) 3. All federal moneys received from allocations from the state
5fiscal stabilization fund that are distributed to school districts either as general
6equalization aid or as subgrants based on the school districts' relative shares of
7funding under
20 USC 6311 to
6339.
AB75, s. 2312
8Section
2312. 121.90 (2) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,1264,99
121.90
(2) (bm) (intro.) "State aid" excludes all of the following:
AB75, s. 2313
10Section
2313. 121.905 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.905
(1) In this section, "revenue ceiling" means
$8,700 $9,400 in the
122007-08 2009-10 school year and
$9,000 $9,800 in any subsequent school year.
AB75, s. 2314
13Section
2314. 121.91 (2m) (t) of the statutes is created to read:
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121.91
(2m) (t) 1. If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under s. 117.08
15or 117.09, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as
16provided under par. (e) except as follows:
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a. For the school year beginning with the effective date of the consolidation, the
18state aid received in the previous school year by the consolidated school district is the
19sum of the state aid amounts received in the previous school year by all of the affected
20school districts.
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b. For the school year beginning with the effective date of the consolidation, the
22property taxes levied for the previous school year for the consolidated school district
23is the sum of the property taxes levied for the previous school year by all of the
24affected school districts.
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1c. For the school year beginning with the effective date of the consolidation and
2the 2 succeeding school years, the number of pupils enrolled in the consolidated
3school district in any school year previous to the effective date of the consolidation
4is the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in all of the affected school districts in that
5school year.
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2. If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under s. 117.08 or 117.09, and
7an excess revenue has been approved under sub. (3) for one or more of the affected
8school districts, the approval expires on the effective date of the consolidation.
AB75, s. 2315
9Section
2315. 121.91 (4) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,1265,1410
121.91
(4) (L) 1. In this paragraph, "local law enforcement agency" means a
11governmental unit of one or more persons employed full time by a city, town, village,
12or county in this state for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and
13enforcing state laws or local ordinances, employees of which unit are authorized to
14make arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority.
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2. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any
16school year is increased by an amount determined as follows if the school board
17adopts a resolution to do so, the school board and a local law enforcement agency
18jointly develop a school safety plan that specifies the purposes of the additional
19revenue, and the school board submits the school safety plan to the department:
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a. For the revenue limit in the 2010-11 school year, $33 times the number of
21pupils enrolled in the school district or $13,333, whichever is greater.