SB462: Bill Text

SB462, s. 49 Section 49. 119.475 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,27,19 119.475 Veto of operating budget. (1) Immediately upon receipt of the school budget under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the common council shall transmit it to the mayor.

SB462,27,25 (2) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 119.46 (1) and 119.47 (1), if the state superintendent has determined that the school district was in need of improvement for the 4 previous school years, the mayor may veto the board's budget for school operations in whole or in part. In vetoing the budget in part, the mayor may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the budget, and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of 2 or more sentences of the budget.

SB462,28,3 (b) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing criteria and a procedure for determining whether the school district is in need of improvement under par. (a).

SB462,28,8 (3) The mayor shall transmit the part approved to the common council for implementation and return the part vetoed to the board with his or her objections in writing. If two-thirds of the board's members agree to adopt the part vetoed notwithstanding the mayor's objection, the board shall transmit the part to the common council for implementation.

SB462, s. 50 Section 50. 119.76 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,28,12 119.76 Pupil ACT testing. (1) Subject to sub. (2), the board shall provide each pupil enrolled in the 11th grade in the school district operating under this chapter with the opportunity to take the ACT test.

SB462,28,17 (2) The board shall comply with all standards for administering the ACT test established by ACT, Inc., including providing reasonable accommodations for a pupil who is a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), if the pupil complies with the process for requesting accommodations and submits sufficient documentation of his or her disability.

SB462, s. 51 Section 51. 119.77 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,28,23 119.77 Promise neighborhoods. (1) The board shall work with the common council, community agencies, public agencies, and nonprofit charitable organizations to plan for the establishment of promise neighborhoods in the city in which the following services would be integrated and provided to residents of the neighborhoods at no charge:

SB462,28,24 (a) Counseling and training for new parents.

SB462,28,25 (b) Early childhood education.

SB462,29,1 (c) High-quality child care.

SB462,29,2 (d) After-school programming involving children and parents.

SB462,29,3 (e) Crime-prevention support programs.

SB462,29,4 (f) Youth job training and internship opportunities.

SB462,29,5 (g) Local community health centers.

SB462,29,6 (h) Financial counseling.

SB462,29,8 (i) Increased broadband internet access for low-income community members who lack such access.

SB462, s. 52 Section 52. 121.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB462,29,20 121.02 (3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall, upon request of the school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum number of electors allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s. 8.10 (3) (i), (km) or (ks) or 8.15 (6) (f), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the state superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in compliance with the standards, the state superintendent may develop with the school board a plan which describes methods of achieving compliance. The plan shall specify the time within which compliance shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall withhold up to 25% of state aid from any school district that fails to achieve compliance within the specified period.

SB462, s. 53 Section 53. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB462,30,2 (1) Promise neighborhoods. No later than 365 days after the effective date of this subsection, the partnership for success committee under section 119.11 of the statutes, as created by this act, shall communicate in writing with the federal office of urban affairs to identify sources of federal funding for establishing a pilot promise neighborhood under section 119.77 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB462,30,8 (2) Unfunded liability. By the 1st day of the 12th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the partnership for success committee under section 119.11 of the statutes, as created by this act, working with school administrators, teachers' collective bargaining representatives, and an independent 3rd party, shall develop a plan for addressing the unfunded liability of the school district operating under chapter 119 of the statutes.

SB462, s. 54 Section 54. Initial applicability.

SB462,30,12 (1) The treatment of section 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes first applies with respect to election district apportionment plans that are adopted following adjustment of ward boundaries in response to the 2010 federal decennial census.

SB462, s. 55 Section 55. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB462,30,20 (1) Method of election of 1st class city school directors. The treatment of sections 5.58 (1g) (b) and (c), (2) and (3), 5.60 (4) (b), 5.62 (4m), 5.64 (4) (title), 8.10 (3) (i), 8.11 (2m), 8.15 (5) (a) and (6) (f), 119.06 (2), (3) (intro.), (a) and (b), (4) (b), (c) and (d), (5) and (6), 119.08 (2), (3), and (4), 119.10 (1) and (2) and 121.02 (3) of the statutes and the creation of section 119.07 of the statutes take effect on November 1, 2011.

SB462,30,22 (2) First class city school election transitional provisions. The repeal of section 119.07 of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2015.

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