AB549,8,1512 115.001 (1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract
13with a school board under s. 118.40 (2m) or with one of the entities an entity under
14s. 118.40 (2r) (b), or a school established and operated by one of the entities under s.
15118.40 (2r) (b)
.
AB549,11 16Section 11. 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,9,317 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency
18process aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for a school
19district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an
20instrumentality of the school district,
or a charter school established under s. 118.40
21(2r) seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and
22principal practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria
23established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and
24the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership
25Policy Standards, and a school district, a charter school under contract with a school

1board that is not an instrumentality of the school district,
or charter school
2established under s. 118.40 (2r) that uses the process under this subsection shall
3evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:
AB549,12 4Section 12. 115.77 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,9,125 115.77 (8) The local educational agency shall serve children with disabilities
6who are attending a charter or magnet school under contract with the local
7educational agency under s. 118.40 in the same manner as it serves children with
8disabilities attending schools of the local educational agency, and shall provide funds
9under this subchapter to such charter schools on the same basis as it provides funds
10under this subchapter to schools of the local educational agency, including
11proportional distribution based on enrollment of children with disabilities, and at
12the same time as it distributes other federal funds to the agency's other schools.
AB549,13 13Section 13. 118.40 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,9,14 14118.40 (title) Charter schools and magnet schools.
AB549,14 15Section 14. 118.40 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (1d) and amended
16to read:
AB549,9,2217 118.40 (1d) Notice to state superintendent. Whenever a school board intends
18to establish a charter school or a magnet school, it shall notify the state
19superintendent of its intention. Whenever one of the entities under sub. (2r) (b)
20intends to establish a charter school, it shall notify the state superintendent of its
21intention by February 1 of the previous school year. A notice under this subsection
22shall include a description of the proposed school.
AB549,15 23Section 15. 118.40 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,9,2524 118.40 (1b) Definition. In this section, "magnet school" has the meaning given
25in 20 USC 7231a.
AB549,16
1Section 16. 118.40 (1m) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB549,10,22 118.40 (1m) (title) Magnet schools; petition.
AB549,17 3Section 17. 118.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,10,74 118.40 (1m) (a) A written petition requesting the school board to establish a
5charter magnet school under this section may be filed with the school district clerk.
6The petition shall be signed by at least 10% of the teachers employed by the school
7district or by at least 50% of the teachers employed at one school of the school district.
AB549,18 8Section 18. 118.40 (1m) (b) 1., 2., 7., 13. and 15. of the statutes are amended
9to read:
AB549,10,1110 118.40 (1m) (b) 1. The name of the person who is seeking to establish the
11charter school.
AB549,10,1312 2. The name of the person who will be in charge of the charter school and the
13manner in which administrative services will be provided.
AB549,10,1514 7. Subject to sub. (7) (a) and (am) and ss. 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a) 2., the
15qualifications that must be met by the individuals to be employed in the school.
AB549,10,1716 13. The public school alternatives for pupils who reside in the school district
17and do not wish to attend or are not admitted to the charter school.
AB549,10,1918 15. The effect of the establishment of the charter school on the liability of the
19school district.
AB549,19 20Section 19. 118.40 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,11,821 118.40 (1p) Magnet schools; granting of petition or school board initiative.
22(a) 1. Within 30 days after receiving a petition under sub. (1m), a school board shall
23hold a public hearing on the petition. At the hearing, the school board shall consider
24the level of employee and parental support for the establishment of the magnet
25school described in the petition and the fiscal impact of the establishment of the

1magnet school on the school district. After the hearing, the school board may grant
2the petition. The school board of the school district operating under ch. 119 shall
3either grant or deny the petition within 30 days after the public hearing. If the school
4board of the school district operating under ch. 119 denies a petition, the person
5seeking to establish the magnet school may, within 30 days after the denial, appeal
6the denial to the department. The department shall issue a decision within 30 days
7after receiving the appeal. The department's decision is final and not subject to
8judicial review under ch. 227.
AB549,11,139 2. If a school board grants a petition under this paragraph, the school board
10shall contract with the person named in the petition under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to operate
11the school as a magnet school under this section. The contract shall include all of the
12provisions specified in the petition and may include other provisions agreed to by the
13parties.
AB549,11,1614 (b) 1. A school board may on its own initiative contract with a person to operate
15a school as a magnet school. The contract shall include all of the provisions specified
16under sub. (1m) (b) and may include other provisions agreed to by the parties.
AB549,11,2117 2. At least 30 days before entering into a contract under this paragraph that
18would convert a private school to a magnet school, the school board shall hold a public
19hearing on the contract. At the hearing, the school board shall consider the level of
20employee and parental support for the establishment of the magnet school and the
21fiscal impact of the establishment of the magnet school on the school district.
AB549,12,222 (c) A school board may not enter into a contract under this subsection that
23would result in the conversion of all of the public schools in the school district to
24magnet schools unless the school board provides alternative public school

1attendance arrangements for pupils who do not wish to attend or are not admitted
2to a magnet school.
AB549,12,43 (d) A school board that enters into a contract to establish a magnet school under
4this subsection shall employ all personnel for the magnet school.
AB549,20 5Section 20. 118.40 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,21 6Section 21. 118.40 (2m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,12,77 118.40 (2m) (title) School Charter schools; school board initiative.
AB549,22 8Section 22. 118.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,12,129 118.40 (2m) (a) A school board may on its own initiative contract with a person
10to operate a school as a charter school. The contract shall include all of the provisions
11specified under sub. (1m) (b) and may include other provisions agreed to by the
12parties.
AB549,23 13Section 23. 118.40 (2m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,12,2014 118.40 (2m) (am) At least 30 days before entering in a contract under this
15subsection that would convert a private school to a charter school or that would to
16establish a charter school that is not an instrumentality of the school district, the
17school board shall hold a public hearing on the contract. At the hearing, the school
18board shall consider the level of employee and parental support for the establishment
19of the charter school and the fiscal impact of the establishment of the charter school
20on the school district
.
AB549,24 21Section 24. 118.40 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,13,222 118.40 (2m) (b) A school board may not enter into a contract under par. (a) that
23would result in the conversion of all of the public schools in the school district to
24charter schools unless the school board complies with sub. (2) (b) 2. if the school board

1provides alternative public school attendance arrangements for pupils who do not
2wish to attend or are not admitted to a charter school.
AB549,25 3Section 25. 118.40 (2r) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,13,44 118.40 (2r) (title) Other Charter schools; other initiatives.
AB549,26 5Section 26. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,13,96 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) All Subject to par. (bg), any of the following entities
7may establish by charter and operate a charter school or, on behalf of their respective
8entities, may initiate a
contract with an individual or group a person to operate a
9school as
a charter school:
AB549,27 10Section 27. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,13,1311 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. b. The chancellor of the an institution within the University
12of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wisconsin System except for the chancellor of the
13University of Wisconsin Colleges
.
AB549,28 14Section 28. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. bn. of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,13,1615 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. bn. The dean appointed under s. 36.09 (1) (e) of a college
16campus within the University of Wisconsin System.
AB549,29 17Section 29. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,30 18Section 30. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. cm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,13,2019 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. cm. The board of control of a cooperative educational service
20agency.
AB549,31 21Section 31. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,13,2222 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. d. The Milwaukee area A technical college district board.
AB549,32 23Section 32. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,14,724 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. A charter shall include all of the provisions specified under
25sub. (1m) (b) 3. to 14.
A contract shall include all of the provisions specified under

1sub. (1m) (b) 1. to 14. and
shall specify the effect of the establishment of the charter
2school on the liability of the contracting entity under this paragraph. The contract
3may include other provisions agreed to by the parties. The chancellor of the
4University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee or of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may
5not establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school under
6this paragraph without the approval of the board of regents of the University of
7Wisconsin System.
AB549,33 8Section 33. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,14,109 118.40 (2r) (b) 2m. a. A charter or contract may include grounds for expelling
10a pupil from the charter school.
AB549,14,1311 b. If the charter or contract includes grounds for expelling a pupil from the
12charter school as permitted under subd. 2m. a., the charter or contract shall include
13the procedures to be followed by the charter school prior to expelling a pupil.
AB549,34 14Section 34. 118.40 (2r) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,35 15Section 35. 118.40 (2r) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,14,1716 118.40 (2r) (b) 4. No chartering or contracting entity under subd. 1. may
17establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a virtual charter school.
AB549,36 18Section 36. 118.40 (2r) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,15,219 118.40 (2r) (bg) An entity under par. (b) 1. may not contract with a person to
20operate a charter school in a school district in which at least 80 percent of the number
21of public schools that received the highest level of performance on the most recent
22school accountability report under s. 115.385 are located unless the person first
23provides written notice of the person's intent to operate a charter school in the school
24district that includes the proposed location of the charter school, the proposed grades
25that will be taught at the proposed charter school, and the members of the governing

1board that will govern the proposed charter school to the school board of that school
2district and one of the following occurs:
AB549,15,43 1. The school board provides written notice to the person that the school board
4will not contract with the person to operate the proposed charter school.
AB549,15,85 2. The school board provides written notice to the person that the school board
6will contract with the person to operate the proposed charter school but the parties
7are unable to negotiate a contract that is acceptable to both parties within 30 days
8of the school board's written notice of the school board's intent to contract.
AB549,15,129 3. The school board fails to provide written notice to the person of whether the
10school board will contract with the person to operate the proposed charter school
11within 30 days of receiving a notice under this paragraph of the person's intent to
12operate a charter school in the school district.
AB549,37 13Section 37. 118.40 (2r) (bm) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
1420
, is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (bm) 1. and amended to read:
AB549,15,1815 118.40 (2r) (bm) 1. The common council of the city of Milwaukee and the
16Milwaukee area technical college district board
may establish or enter into a
17contract for the establishment of a charter school located only in the school district
18operating under ch. 119.
AB549,15,23 192. The chancellor of an institution within the University of
20Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wisconsin System may establish or enter into a contract for
21the establishment of a charter school located only in Milwaukee County the county
22in which the institution is located
or in an adjacent county. The chancellor of the
23University of Wisconsin-Parkside
AB549,16,2 244. A technical college district board may only establish or enter into a contract
25for the establishment of a charter school located in a unified school district that is

1located only in the county in which the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is situated
2technical college district or in an a county adjacent county to the district.
AB549,38 3Section 38. 118.40 (2r) (bm) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,16,74 118.40 (2r) (bm) 3. The dean of a college campus within the University of
5Wisconsin System may contract for the establishment of a charter school that is
6located only in the county in which the college campus is located or in an adjacent
7county.
AB549,39 8Section 39. 118.40 (2r) (bm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB549,16,119 118.40 (2r) (bm) 5. The board of control of a cooperative educational service
10agency may contract for the establishment of a charter school that is located only
11within the boundaries of the agency.
AB549,40 12Section 40. 118.40 (2r) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
1320
, is repealed.
AB549,41 14Section 41. 118.40 (2r) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,42 15Section 42. 118.40 (2r) (c) 4. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
1620
, is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (c) and amended to read:
AB549,16,1917 118.40 (2r) (c) A pupil who resides in Milwaukee County or in an adjacent
18county
may attend any charter school established under this subsection in
19Milwaukee County or in an adjacent county
.
AB549,43 20Section 43. 118.40 (2r) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,44 21Section 44. 118.40 (2r) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,16,2322 118.40 (2r) (d) (intro.) The chartering or contracting entity under par. (b) shall
23do all of the following:
AB549,45 24Section 45. 118.40 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB549,16,2525 118.40 (3) (title) Charter schools and magnet schools; contract.
AB549,46
1Section 46. 118.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB549,47 2Section 47. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,17,63 118.40 (3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under subs. sub. (1p), (2m), or (2r) may
4be for any term not exceeding 5 school years and may be renewed for one or more
5terms not exceeding 5 school years. The contract shall specify the amount to be paid
6to the charter school during each school year of the contract.
AB549,48 7Section 48. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB549,17,108 118.40 (3) (c) 1. A school board may not enter into a contract for the
9establishment of a charter school or magnet school located outside the school district,
10except as follows:
AB549,17,1311 a. If 2 or more school boards enter into an agreement under s. 66.0301 to
12establish a charter school or magnet school, the charter school shall be located within
13one of the school districts.
AB549,17,1714 b. If one or more school boards enter into an agreement with the board of control
15of a cooperative educational service agency to establish a charter school or magnet
16school
, the charter school shall be located within the boundaries of the cooperative
17educational service agency.
AB549,17,2118 c. If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized
19American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school or magnet
20school
, the charter school shall be located within the school district or within the
21boundaries of the tribe's or band's reservation.
AB549,49 22Section 49. 118.40 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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