SB589,5 8Section 5. 118.38 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,3,129 118.38 (2) (bm) The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria
10for waiving the requirement to schedule at least the number of hours of direct pupil
11instruction specified under s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. if school is closed for a reason specified
12in s. 115.01 (10) (a) 2. or 3. (b) or (c).
SB589,6 13Section 6. 118.40 (8) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,3,1714 118.40 (8) (d) 2. Ensure that its teachers are available to provide direct pupil
15instruction for at least the applicable number of hours specified in s. 121.02 (1) (f) 2.
16each school year. No more than 10 hours in any 24-hour period may count toward
17the requirement under this subdivision.
SB589,7 18Section 7. 120.12 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,3,2219 120.12 (15) School hours. Establish rules scheduling the hours of a normal
20school day. The school board may differentiate between the various elementary and
21high school grades in scheduling the school day. The equivalent of 180 such days, as
22defined in s. 115.01 (10), shall be held during the school term.
SB589,8 23Section 8. 120.12 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,4,224 120.12 (27) School closings and reopenings. (a) Within 24 hours of a school
25being closed for a reason specified in s. 115.01 (10) (a) 2. or 3. (b) or (c) or by the

1department of health services under s. 252.02 (3), notify the department. The notice
2shall include the reason for the closure.
SB589,4,63 (b) Within 24 hours of reopening a school that was closed for a reason specified
4in s. 115.01 (10) (a) 2. or 3. (b) or (c) or by the department of health services under
5s. 252.02 (3), notify the department that the school has reopened. In the notice, the
6school board shall include the number of days the school was closed.
SB589,9 7Section 9. 121.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,4,138 121.004 (5) Membership. "Membership" for any school district is the sum of
9pupils enrolled as reported under s. 121.05 (1) or (2), as appropriate, and the summer
10average daily membership equivalent for those academic summer classes, interim
11session
classes, and laboratory periods approved for necessary academic purposes
12under s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and those online classes described in s. 121.14 (1) (a)
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.
SB589,10 14Section 10. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB589,4,1815 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program
16requiring that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not
17on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend
18school,
for an entire school year term shall be counted as one pupil.
SB589,4,2519 b. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program requiring that
20requires
full-day attendance by the pupil for less than 5 days a week for an entire
21school year term shall be counted as the result obtained by multiplying the number
22of hours in each day in which the pupil is enrolled by the total number of days for
23which the pupil is enrolled, and dividing the result by the product of the total number
24of hours of attendance per day required of first grade pupils in the school district
25multiplied by 180.
SB589,11
1Section 11. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,5,62 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program,
3including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b),
4that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02
5(1) (f) 2. shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5
6additional hours of outreach activities.
SB589,12 7Section 12. 121.004 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 121.004 (8) (intro.) and
8amended to read:
SB589,5,119 121.004 (8) Summer average daily membership equivalent. (intro.) "Summer
10average daily membership equivalent" is the a number determined by dividing the
11sum of the following by 48,600:
SB589,5,14 12(a) The total number of minutes in which pupils are enrolled in academic
13summer classes, interim session classes, or laboratory periods, as defined by the
14state superintendent under s. 121.14, divided by 48,600.
SB589,13 15Section 13. 121.004 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB589,5,1916 121.004 (8) (b) The sum of the number of minutes of online class instruction
17completed per pupil for each high school pupil and each pupil in the 7th or 8th grade
18who completes an online summer class or an online interim session class offered by
19a school district if all of the following are satisfied:
SB589,5,2020 1. The online class is offered by a school district.
SB589,5,2221 2. The pupil receiving instruction in the online class resides in the school
22district under subd. 1. or is attending that school district under s. 118.51.
SB589,5,2423 3. a. If the pupil receiving instruction in the online class is enrolled in a high
24school grade, the pupil receives credit for completion of the class.
SB589,6,2
1b. If the pupil receiving instruction in the online class is enrolled in the 7th or
28th grade, the pupil successfully completed the class.
SB589,6,63 4. The school board of the school district under subd. 1. determines that the
4online class fulfills a requirement for high school graduation specified under s.
5118.33 (1) (a) 1. or established by the school board under the authority of the
6department.
SB589,14 7Section 14. 121.006 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,6,138 121.006 (2) (a) Hold school for at least 180 days each year, less any days during
9which the state superintendent determines that school is not held or educational
10standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school district employees,
11the days to be computed in accordance with s. 115.01 (10)
the minimum number of
12hours of direct pupil instruction required for the grade in which a pupil is enrolled
13as specified in s. 121.02 (1) (f)
.
SB589,15 14Section 15. 121.02 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB589,16 15Section 16. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 121.02 (1) (f) and
16amended to read:
SB589,6,2517 121.02 (1) (f) Annually, schedule at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction
18in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to 6 and
19at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. Scheduled hours
20under this subdivision paragraph include recess and time for pupils to transfer
21between classes but do not include the lunch period. Scheduled hours under this
22paragraph do not include hours of direct pupil instruction offered during an interim
23session. Scheduled hours under this paragraph may include hours on Saturdays.

24A school board operating a 4-year-old kindergarten program may use up to 87.5 of
25the scheduled hours for outreach activities.
SB589,17
1Section 17. 121.14 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,7,2 2121.14 (title) State aid for summer classes and interim session classes.
SB589,18 3Section 18. 121.14 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.14 (1) (a) (intro.) and
4amended to read:
SB589,7,65 121.14 (1) (a) (intro.) State aid shall be paid to each district or county children
6with disabilities education board only for all of the following:
SB589,7,8 71. Subject to par. (b), those academic summer classes or laboratory periods that
8are for necessary academic purposes, as defined by the state superintendent by rule.
SB589,7,12 9(b) Recreational programs and team sports shall not be eligible for aid under
10this section, and pupils participating in such programs shall not be counted as pupils
11enrolled under s. 121.004 (5) nor shall costs associated with such programs be
12included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6).
SB589,19 13Section 19. 121.14 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB589,7,1714 121.14 (1) (a) 2. Subject to par. (b), for a school district or county children with
15disabilities education board that provides year-round school, those interim session
16classes or laboratory periods that are for necessary academic purposes, as defined by
17the state superintendent by rule.
SB589,20 18Section 20. 121.14 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB589,8,219 121.14 (1) (a) 3. Those online classes offered as summer classes or interim
20session classes to high school pupils and pupils in grade 7 or 8 who reside in the school
21district, or who are attending the online class in the school district under s. 118.51,
22provided a pupil enrolled in a high school grade receives a credit for the class, a pupil
23enrolled in the 7th or 8th grade successfully completes the class, and the school board
24of the school district determines the online class fulfills a requirement for high school

1graduation specified under s. 118.33 (1) (a) 1. or established by the school board
2under the authority of the department.
SB589,21 3Section 21. 121.14 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,8,64 121.14 (2) (a) State aid for summer classes, laboratory periods, or interim
5session classes under sub. (1)
shall be incorporated into the state aid paid for regular
6classes under this subchapter.
SB589,22 7Section 22. 121.23 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,8,138 121.23 (2) (intro.) If a school district holds less than 180 days of school fails to
9provide the number of hours of direct pupil instruction specified under s. 121.02 (1)
10(f)
as the result of a strike by school district employees, for the purposes of computing
11general aid, the state superintendent shall compute the school district's primary and
12secondary ceiling costs per member in accordance with the procedure specified in
13pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation, the state superintendent shall:
SB589,23 14Section 23. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,9,415 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before
16October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 121.54 (4), or under
17s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that
18a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district clerk shall file with
19the department a report, containing such information as the department requires,
20on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon
21receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14
22(1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which
23provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the
24rate of $4 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least
252 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school

1attended, and $6 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is
2more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if
3the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced
4proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.
SB589,24 5Section 24. 121.83 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,9,96 121.83 (2) (b) The tuition for summer school shall be the daily tuition rate for
7the previous school year multiplied by 180 the number of school days held in the
8previous school year
times the summer average daily membership equivalent of the
9pupil.
SB589,25 10Section 25. 121.90 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB589,9,1411 121.90 (3) "Summer enrollment" means the summer average daily
12membership equivalent for those academic summer classes, interim session classes,
13and laboratory periods
approved for necessary academic purposes under s. 121.14 (1)
14(a) 1. and 2. and those online classes described in s. 121.14 (1) (a) 3
.
SB589,26 15Section 26. Initial applicability.
SB589,9,1716 (1) The treatment of section 118.04 (4) of the statutes first applies to tuition
17charged for interim session classes or online classes in the 2014-15 school year.
SB589,9,2218 (2) The treatment of section 121.004 (5) of the statutes, the renumbering and
19amendment of sections 121.004 (8) and 121.14 (1) of the statutes, and the creation
20of sections 115.001 (3m), 121.004 (8) (b), and 121.14 (1) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes
21first apply to state aid paid for interim session classes and summer online classes in
22the 2014-15 school year.
SB589,9,2423 (3) The treatment of section 121.90 (3) of the statutes first applies to the
24determination of a school district's revenue limit in the 2014-15 school year.
SB589,9,2525 (End)
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