AB21: Bill Text

AB21,3346 Section 3346. 118.60 (4m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1292,3 118.60 (4m) (b) (intro.) A participating private school may receive a per pupil payment under par. (a) or (am) if all of the following are satisfied:

AB21,3347 Section 3347. 118.60 (4m) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1292,7 118.60 (4m) (b) 3. Each pupil for whom the private school seeks a payment under par. (a) or (am) attends no fewer than 15 days of summer instruction at the private school during that summer.

AB21,3348 Section 3348. 118.60 (4r) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (4r) (am) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB21,1292,18 118.60 (4r) (am) (intro.) If, after the 3rd Friday in September in any school year, a private school participating in the program under this section closes, for each installment under sub. (4) (c) that was not paid to the private school in that school year, the state superintendent shall pay to the board of the school district within which the pupil resides, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fv), the amount determined, for each pupil who participated in the program under this section before the 2015-16 school year who had been attending the private school under this section in that school year and who enrolls in the school district within which the pupil resides in that school year, as follows:

AB21,3349 Section 3349. 118.60 (4r) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (4r) (am) 1.

AB21,3350 Section 3350. 118.60 (4r) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (4r) (am) 2. and amended to read:

AB21,1292,22 118.60 (4r) (am) 2. Multiply the product under par. (a) subd. 1. by 0.25.

AB21,3351 Section 3351. 118.60 (4r) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1293,7 118.60 (4r) (bm) If, after the 3rd Friday in September in any school year, a private school participating in the program under this section closes, for each installment under sub. (4) (c) that was not paid to the private school in that school year, the state superintendent shall pay to the board of the school district within which the pupil resides, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), the amount determined, for each pupil who participated in the program under this section beginning in the 2015-16 school year or any school year thereafter who had been attending the private school under this section in that school year and who enrolls in the school district within which the pupil resides in that school year, as follows:

AB21,1293,8 1. Multiply the amount determined under sub. (4) (bk) by 0.667.

AB21,1293,9 2. Multiply the product under subd. 1. by 0.25.

AB21,3352 Section 3352. 118.60 (6m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1293,16 118.60 (6m) (b) 1. The number of pupils attending the private school under this section in the previous school year who began participating in the program under this section in the 2015-16 school year or any school year thereafter and the number of pupils attending the private school under this section in the previous school year who began participating in the program under this section before the 2015-16 school year.

AB21,3353 Section 3353. 118.60 (6m) (b) 3. (intro.) and d. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 118.60 (6m) (b) 3. and amended to read:

AB21,1293,22 118.60 (6m) (b) 3. For each of the previous 5 school years in which the private school has participated in the program under this section, all of the following information: d. To to the extent permitted under 20 USC 1232g and 43 CFR part 99, pupil scores on all standardized tests administered under sub. (7) (e) s. 118.30 (1t).

AB21,3354 Section 3354. 118.60 (6m) (b) 3. a. to c. of the statutes are repealed.

AB21,3355 Section 3355. 118.60 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1294,19 118.60 (7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly presents pupil costs under sub. (4) (bg). The audit under this subdivision shall be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the department to make payments under subs. (4) and (4m). The audit shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as modified by the department. The audit shall include a calculation of the private school's net eligible educational programming costs and a calculation of the balance of the private school's fund for future educational programming costs. The auditor shall conduct his or her audit, including determining sample sizes and evaluating financial viability, in accordance with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The department may not require an auditor to comply with standards that exceed the scope of the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private school participating in the program under this section also accepts pupils under s. 119.23, the private school may submit one comprehensive financial audit to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision and s. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. The private school shall include in the comprehensive financial audit the information specified under s. 119.23 (7) (am) 1.

AB21,3356 Section 3356. 118.60 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1294,25 118.60 (7) (e) Each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1t) or examinations permitted under s. 118.301 (3) to pupils attending the school under the program. The private school may administer additional standardized tests to such pupils.

AB21,3357 Section 3357. 118.60 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3358 Section 3358. 118.60 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1295,5 118.60 (10) (a) 3. Failed to refund to the state any overpayment made under s. 118.60 (4) (b), 2011 stats., or s. 118.60 (4) (bg), 2011 stats., or under sub. (4) (bg) or (4m) by the date specified by department rule.

AB21,3359 Section 3359. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1295,16 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.

AB21,3360 Section 3360. 119.23 (1) (ah) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3361 Section 3361. 119.23 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3362 Section 3362. 119.23 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3363 Section 3363. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1296,5 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. In this subdivision and sub. (3m), family income includes income of the pupil's parents or legal guardians. The Except as provided in subd. 1. d., the family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a private school under this section whose family income increases, including a pupil who attended a private school under this section in the 2010-11 school year and whose family income has increased, may continue to attend a private school under this section.

AB21,3364 Section 3364. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1296,14 119.23 (2) (a) 1. d. In this subd. 1. d., "eligible school district" has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (am). The family income of a pupil does not need to be verified under subd. 1. b. for a pupil who resided in a school district other than an eligible school district and other than the school district operating under this chapter in a school year, attended a participating private school under the program under s. 118.60 in a school district other than an eligible school district in that school year, and applies to attend a participating private school in the program under this section in the school year immediately following that school year.

AB21,3365 Section 3365. 119.23 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1296,25 119.23 (2) (a) 3. Except as provided in sub. (2) par. (ag) 1., the private school notified the state superintendent of its intent to participate in the program under this section or in the program under s. 118.60, and paid the nonrefundable annual fee set by the department, by February 1 January 10 of the previous school year. The notice shall specify the number of pupils participating in the program under this section and in the program under s. 118.60 for which the school has space. The department shall by rule set the fee charged under this subdivision at an amount such that the total fee revenue covers the costs of employing one full-time auditor to evaluate the financial information submitted by private schools under sub. (7) (am) and (d) 2. and 3. and under s. 118.60 (7) (am) and (d) 2. and 3.

AB21,3366 Section 3366. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1297,5 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. Except as provided in subd. 6. c., all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license issued by the department or a bachelor's degree or a degree or educational credential higher than a bachelor's degree, including a masters or doctorate, from an accredited institution of higher education.

AB21,3367 Section 3367. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1297,9 119.23 (2) (a) 6. b. All of the private school's administrators have at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education or a teaching license or administrator's license issued by the department.

AB21,3368 Section 3368. 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1297,22 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) The pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian shall submit an application, on a form provided by the state superintendent, to the participating private school that the pupil wishes to attend. If more than one pupil from the same family applies to attend the same private school, the pupils may use a single application. Within 60 days after receiving the application, the private school shall notify each applicant, in writing, whether his or her application has been accepted. If the private school rejects an application, the notice shall include the reason. A private school may reject an applicant only if it has reached its maximum general capacity or seating capacity. The state superintendent shall ensure that the private school determines which pupils to accept on a random basis, except that the private school may give preference to the following in accepting applications to any of the following, in order of preference listed:

AB21,3369 Section 3369. 119.23 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1298,3 119.23 (3) (a) 1. Pupils who attended the private school under this section during the previous school year prior to the school year for which the application is being made.

AB21,3370 Section 3370. 119.23 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1298,8 119.23 (3) (a) 2. Siblings of pupils who attended the private school during the school year prior to the school year for which the application is being made and to siblings of pupils who have been accepted to the private school for the school year for which the application is being made described in subd. 1.

AB21,3371 Section 3371. 119.23 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1298,12 119.23 (3) (a) 3. Pupils who attended another a different private school under this section or s. 118.60 during the previous school year prior to the school year for which the application is being made.

AB21,3372 Section 3372. 119.23 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1298,14 119.23 (3) (a) 4. Siblings of pupils described in subd. 3.

AB21,3373 Section 3373. 119.23 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1298,18 119.23 (3) (a) 5. Siblings of those pupils who have been randomly accepted to attend the private school under this section and who did not attend a private school under this section or s. 118.60 during the previous school year.

AB21,3374 Section 3374. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1298,24 119.23 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 15 1, a private school participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a report stating its summer average daily membership equivalent and its summer choice average daily membership equivalent attendance for each day of summer school for the purpose of sub. (4m).

AB21,3375 Section 3375. 119.23 (4) (bg) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1299,7 119.23 (4) (bg) 2m. Except as provided in subd. 4., in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount either of $7,210, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, or of $7,856, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12.

AB21,3376 Section 3376. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. (intro.) and 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. b. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. and amended to read:

AB21,1299,21 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 2017-18 school year and in each school year thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), the lesser of the following: b. Except as provided in subd. 5., an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.

AB21,3377 Section 3377. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3378 Section 3378. 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1300,3 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. (intro.) If the pupil described in subd. 3. is enrolled in a private school that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall substitute for the amount described in subd. 3. b. the amount determined under subd. 4. a. to d., with the following modifications:

AB21,3379 Section 3379. 119.23 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3380 Section 3380. 119.23 (6m) (b) 3. (intro.) and d. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 119.23 (6m) (b) 3. and amended to read:

AB21,1300,10 119.23 (6m) (b) 3. For each of the previous 5 school years in which the private school has participated in the program under this section, all of the following information: d. To to the extent permitted under 20 USC 1232g and 43 CFR part 99, pupil scores on all standardized tests administered under sub. (7) (e) s. 118.30 (1s).

AB21,3381 Section 3381. 119.23 (6m) (b) 3. a. to c. of the statutes are repealed.

AB21,3382 Section 3382. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1301,6 119.23 (7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly presents pupil costs under sub. (4) (bg). The audit under this subdivision shall be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the department to make payments under subs. (4) and (4m). The audit shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as modified by the department. The audit shall include a calculation of the private school's net eligible educational programming costs and a calculation of the balance of the private school's fund for future educational programming costs. The auditor shall conduct his or her audit, including determining sample sizes and evaluating financial viability, in accordance with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The department may not require an auditor to comply with standards that exceed the scope of the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private school participating in the program under this section also accepts pupils under s. 118.60, the private school may submit one comprehensive financial audit to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision and s. 118.60 (7) (am) 1. The private school shall include in the comprehensive financial audit the information specified under s. 118.60 (7) (am) 1.

AB21,3383 Section 3383. 119.23 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1301,12 119.23 (7) (e) Each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1s) or examinations permitted under s. 118.301 (3) to pupils attending the school under the program. The private school may administer additional standardized tests to such pupils.

AB21,3384 Section 3384. 119.23 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,3385 Section 3385. 119.495 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1301,23 119.495 (2) The board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) a written notice specifying the amount of borrowing to be authorized in the budget for the ensuing year. The common council shall issue the notes and levy a direct annual irrepealable tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the notes as they become due. The common council may issue the notes by private sale. The common council shall make every effort to involve a minority investment firm certified under s. 16.287 203.07 as managing underwriter of the notes or to engage a minority financial adviser certified under s. 16.287 203.07 to advise the city regarding any public sale of the notes.

AB21,3386 Section 3386. 119.496 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1302,10 119.496 (2) The board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) a written notice specifying the amount of borrowing to be authorized in the budget for the ensuing year. The common council shall issue the notes and levy a direct annual irrepealable tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the notes as they become due. The common council may issue the notes by private sale. The common council shall establish goals of involving minority investment firms certified under s. 16.287 203.07 as managing underwriters for at least 50% of the total amount financed by the notes and of engaging a minority financial adviser certified under s. 16.287 203.07 to advise the city regarding any public sale of the notes.

AB21,3387 Section 3387. 119.71 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1302,17 119.71 (3) (a) Annually, the board shall spend at least $5,090,000 to expand its half-day 5-year-old kindergarten program to a full-day program, as provided under par. (b), and shall enroll in the expanded program only pupils who meet the income eligibility standards for a free lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1). The board shall select pupils for the expanded program based on the order in which the pupils register for the program.

AB21,3388 Section 3388. 120.12 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1302,22 120.12 (13) Declaration of educational standards. (a) Annually, prior to the beginning of the school term, notify the parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district of the pupil academic standards, adopted under s. 118.30 (1g) (a) 1., that will be in effect for the school year.

AB21,1303,2 (b) Annually, include as an item on the agenda of the first school board meeting of the school year a notice that clearly identifies the pupil academic standards adopted by the school board under s. 118.30 (1g) (a) 1. that will be in effect for the school year.

AB21,3389 Section 3389. 120.12 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1303,8 120.12 (22) Advanced placement examinations. Using federal, state, local, or private funds, pay the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by pupils enrolled in the school district who are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced-price lunches in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB21,3390 Section 3390. 120.13 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1303,24 120.13 (14) (a) Establish and provide or contract for the provision of child care programs for children. The school board may receive federal or state funds for this purpose. The school board may charge a fee for all or part of the cost of the service for participation in a child care program established under this subsection. Costs associated with a child care program under this subsection may not be included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6). Child care programs established under this subsection shall meet the standards for licensed child care centers established by the department of children and families. If a school board proposes to contract for or renew a contract for the provision of a child care program under this subsection or if on July 1, 1996, a school board is a party to a contract for the provision of a child care program under this subsection, the school board shall refer the contractor or proposed contractor to the department of children and families for the criminal history and child abuse record search required under s. 48.685. Each school board shall provide the department of health services with information about each person who is denied a contract for a reason specified in s. 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. to 5.

AB21,3391 Section 3391. 120.13 (27m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1304,12 120.13 (27m) Transportation of indigent pupils. Provide transportation to and from school for indigent pupils who reside in the school district and who are not required to be transported under s. 121.54. In this subsection, "indigent pupils" means pupils who are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for free lunches or reduced-price lunches under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or who are members of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), with a member who is participating in Wisconsin works under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) or any combination thereof, as determined by the school board. If a school board determines to provide transportation under this subsection, there shall be reasonable uniformity in the transportation furnished such pupils whether they attend public or private schools. The cost of transporting pupils under this subsection may not be included in the school district's shared cost under s. 121.07 (6) (a).

AB21,3392 Section 3392. 121.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1304,19 121.004 (5) Membership. "Membership" Except as provided in s. 121.07 (2), "membership" for any school district is the sum of pupils enrolled as reported under s. 121.05 (1) or (2), as appropriate, and the summer average daily membership equivalent for those academic summer classes, interim session classes, and laboratory periods approved for necessary academic purposes under s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and those online classes described in s. 121.14 (1) (a) 3.