SB2: Bill Text Engrossed

SB2-engrossed, s. 5r Section 5r. 118.51 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,10,16 118.51 (5) (a) Permissible criteria. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3) (a) 2., the criteria for accepting and rejecting applications from nonresident pupils under sub. subs. (3) (a) and (3m) (a) may include only the following:

SB2-engrossed, s. 6 Section 6. 118.51 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,11,2 118.51 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) The availability of space in the schools, programs, classes, or grades within the nonresident school district. The nonresident school board shall determine the number of regular education and special education spaces available within the school district in the January meeting of the school board, except that for the 2011-12 school year the board shall determine the number of regular education and special education spaces available within the school district in the February meeting of the school board. In determining the availability of space, the nonresident school board may consider criteria such as class size limits, pupil-teacher ratios, or enrollment projections established by the nonresident school board and may include in its count of occupied spaces all of the following:

SB2-engrossed, s. 6g Section 6g. 118.51 (5) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,11,5 118.51 (5) (a) 1. b. Pupils and siblings of pupils who have applied under sub. (3) (a) or (3m) (a) and are already attending the nonresident school district.

SB2-engrossed, s. 6r Section 6r. 118.51 (5) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,11,10 118.51 (5) (a) 1. c. If the nonresident school district is a union high school district, pupils who have applied under sub. (3) (a) or (3m) (a) and are currently attending an underlying elementary school district of the nonresident school district under this section.

SB2-engrossed, s. 7 Section 7. 118.51 (5) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (5) (d) 1. and amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,11,21 118.51 (5) (d) 1. The school board of a nonresident school district may create a waiting list of pupils whose applications were rejected under sub. (3) (a) 3. The nonresident school board may accept pupils from a waiting list created under this paragraph until the 3rd Thursday in September but only if the pupil will be in attendance at the school or program in the nonresident school district on the 3rd Friday in September. Notwithstanding sub. (3) (a) 6., if a pupil is accepted from a waiting list created under this paragraph after the start of the school term, the parent shall immediately notify the resident school district of the pupil's intent to attend school in the nonresident school district for the current school term.

SB2-engrossed,11,23 3. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this paragraph.

SB2-engrossed, s. 8 Section 8. 118.51 (5) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-engrossed,12,5 118.51 (5) (d) 2. A pupil accepted from a waiting list created under this paragraph may attend the school or program in the nonresident school district even if the pupil has attended a school or program in the pupil's resident school district in the current school term, but not if the pupil has attended a school or program in a nonresident school district in the current school term.

SB2-engrossed, s. 9 Section 9. 118.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,12,16 118.51 (8) Disciplinary records. Notwithstanding s. 118.125, for an application submitted under sub. (3) (a), by the first Friday following the first Monday in May, and within 10 days of receiving a copy of an application under sub. (3m) (c), the resident school board shall provide to the nonresident school board to which a pupil has applied under this section, upon request by that school board, a copy of any expulsion findings and orders pertaining to the pupil, a copy of records of any pending disciplinary proceeding involving the pupil, a written explanation of the reasons for the expulsion or pending disciplinary proceeding and the length of the term of the expulsion or the possible outcomes of the pending disciplinary proceeding.

SB2-engrossed, s. 9m Section 9m. 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,13,5 118.51 (9) Appeal of rejection. If the nonresident school board rejects an application under sub. (3) (a) or (7), the resident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (3m) (d), (6), (7) or (12) (b) 1., or the nonresident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in the nonresident school district under sub. (11), the pupil's parent may appeal the decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. If the nonresident school board provides notice that the special education or related service is not available under sub. (12) (a), the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. If the resident school board provides notice of transfer under sub. (12) (b) 2., the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The department shall affirm the school board's decision unless the department finds that the decision was arbitrary or unreasonable.

SB2-engrossed, s. 10 Section 10. 118.51 (12) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-engrossed,13,17 118.51 (12) (am) Estimate of costs. 1. The nonresident school district shall prepare an estimate of the costs to provide the special education or related services required in the individualized education program developed under s. 115.787 (2) for a child with a disability whose parent has submitted an application under this section. For an application submitted for a child with a disability under sub. (3) (a), the nonresident school district shall provide a copy of the estimate of costs to the resident school district by the 3rd Friday following the first Monday in May. For an application submitted for a child with a disability under sub. (3m) (a), the nonresident school district shall provide a copy of the estimate of costs to the resident school district within 10 days after receiving or developing the individualized education program for the applicant.

SB2-engrossed,13,22 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., if the nonresident school district fails to comply with the requirement under this section by the date specified, the nonresident school district may not charge the resident school district for any actual, additional costs incurred by the nonresident school district to provide the special education and related services for the child with a disability.

SB2-engrossed,13,24 3. Subdivision 2. does not apply if the resident school district fails to comply with the requirements under sub. (3) (a) 1m.

SB2-engrossed, s. 11 Section 11. 118.51 (12) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,14,13 118.51 (12) (b) 1. If the estimate of the costs of the special education or related services required in the individualized education program under s. 115.787 (2) for a child with a disability whose parent has submitted an application under sub. (3) (a), as proposed to be implemented by the nonresident school district and as provided to the resident school district as required under par. (am), would impose upon the child's resident school district an undue financial burden in light of the resident school district's total economic circumstances, including its revenue limit under subch. VII of ch. 121, its ability to pay tuition costs for the pupil , and the per pupil special education or related services costs for children with disabilities continuing to be served by the resident school district, the child's resident school board may notify the child's parent and the nonresident school board by the first 2nd Friday following the first Monday in April June that the pupil may not attend the nonresident school district to which the child has applied.

SB2-engrossed, s. 11g Section 11g. 118.51 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,14,23 118.51 (15) (a) Application form. Prepare, distribute to school districts, and make available to parents an application form to be used by parents under sub. (3) (a) and an application form to be used by parents under sub. (3m) (a). The form shall include provisions that permit a parent to apply for transportation reimbursement under sub. (14) (b). The form shall require an applicant who is applying to attend a virtual charter school to indicate that he or she is applying to attend a virtual charter school, the number of virtual charter schools to which he or she is applying, and whether he or she is a sibling of a pupil currently enrolled in a virtual charter school through the open enrollment program.

SB2-engrossed, s. 11k Section 11k. 118.51 (15) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (15) (c) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB2-engrossed,15,3 118.51 (15) (c) Annual report. (intro.) Annually submit a report to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), on the. The report under this paragraph shall include all of the following information:

SB2-engrossed,15,5 1. The number of pupils who applied to attend public school in a nonresident school district under this section, the.

SB2-engrossed,15,6 3. The number of applications denied and the bases for the denials, and the.

SB2-engrossed,15,12 4. The number of pupils attending public school in a nonresident school district under this section. The department shall specify, separately, the number of pupils attending public school in a nonresident school district whose applications were accepted under subs. (3) (a) 3. and (3m) (c), and, for the applications accepted under sub. (3m) (c), the number of pupils attending under each of the criteria listed in sub. (3m) (b).

SB2-engrossed, s. 11n Section 11n. 118.51 (15) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-engrossed,15,16 118.51 (15) (c) 2. The number of applications received under subs. (3) (a) and (3m) (a) and, for the applications received under sub. (3m) (a), the number of applications received under each of the criteria listed in sub. (3m) (b).

SB2-engrossed, s. 11r Section 11r. 121.91 (4) (p) of the statutes is created to read:

SB2-engrossed,15,22 121.91 (4) (p) The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by the amount of any reduction to that school district's state aid payment made under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (c) in the previous school year for a pupil who was not included in the calculation of the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.

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