AB21: Bill Text

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.

AB21,3393 Section 3393. 121.02 (1) (L) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1305,2 121.02 (1) (L) 3. In grades 9 to 12, provide access to an educational program that enables pupils each year to study English, social studies, mathematics, science, vocational education, foreign language, physical education, art and music. In this subdivision, "access" means an opportunity to study through school district course offerings, independent study, cooperative educational service agencies , or cooperative arrangements between school boards or between school boards and postsecondary educational institutions.

AB21,3394 Section 3394. 121.05 (1) (a) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1305,5 121.05 (1) (a) 11. Pupils residing in the school district but attending a public school in another school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, 121.84 (4), or 121.85 (3) (a).

AB21,3395 Section 3395. 121.07 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1305,13 121.07 (2) Membership. For purposes of computing the amount of state aid paid under s. 121.08, beginning with state aid paid for the 2016-17 school year, "membership" means the membership, as defined in s. 121.004 (5), of the school district in the previous school year plus the number of pupils residing in the school district who are attending a private school under s. 118.60 in the current school year and did not participate in the program under s. 118.60 before the 2015-16 school year, as reported under s. 118.60 (3) (d).

AB21,3396 Section 3396. 121.08 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1305,17 121.08 (4) (c) The amount of state aid that a school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall be reduced by an amount determined as follows:

AB21,1305,20 1. Divide the amount of state aid that the school district is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), calculated after the reduction under par. (a) is made, by the school district's membership.

AB21,1305,23 2. Multiply the quotient under subd. 1. by the number of pupils residing in the school district for whom the department is required to make a payment under s. 118.60 (4) (bk).

AB21,1306,3 3. Add to the product under subd. 2. the total amount paid in the previous school year under s. 118.60 (4m) (am) for pupils who resided in the school district while attending a private school during the summer of the previous year.

AB21,3397 Section 3397. 121.105 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1306,21 121.105 (4) (a) In the school year in which a whole grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50 takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the department shall pay additional aid to each school district that is participating in the agreement to ensure that the school district receives no less state aid than the amount of state aid to which the school district was eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the whole grade sharing agreement took effect. In the 5th school year following the school year in which a whole grade sharing agreement takes effect, the department shall pay additional aid to each school district that is participating in the whole grade sharing agreement in an amount that is equal to 66 percent of the payment that the school district received under this subsection in the prior school year. In the 6th school year following the school year in which the whole grade sharing agreement takes effect, the department shall pay to each school district that is participating in the whole grade sharing agreement an amount that is equal to 33 percent of the payment that the school district received in the 4th school year following the school year in which the whole grade sharing agreement took effect. The department shall pay additional aid under this paragraph from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac).

AB21,3398 Section 3398. 121.136 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1307,3 121.136 (2) (a) In the 2009-10 school year and annually thereafter, the department shall pay additional state aid to a school district if at least 50 percent of the district's enrollment on the 3rd Friday of September in the immediately preceding even-numbered year, as rounded to the nearest whole percentage point, was eligible satisfied the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB21,3399 Section 3399. 121.53 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1307,7 121.53 (3) (c) When the school bus is used as specified in s. 340.01 (56) (am) for the purpose of transporting elderly seniors or disabled persons individuals with disabilities in connection with a transportation assistance program for such persons.

AB21,3400 Section 3400. 121.58 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.58 (1) (a).

AB21,3401 Section 3401. 121.58 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1307,15 121.58 (1) (b) Annually, by the time the department prescribes under s. 120.18, an operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) that provides transportation to and from the charter school shall provide a report to the department that includes the number of pupils for whom transportation is provided and any other information the department requires related to the transportation of those pupils.

AB21,3402 Section 3402. 121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1307,22 121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) A school district which that provides transportation to and from a school under ss. 118.50 (3) (a), 121.54 (1) to (3), (5), and (6), and 121.57, and the a nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4) which elects to provide transportation under s. 121.54 (10), and an operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) that provides transportation under s. 118.40 (2r) (dm) shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the following rates:

AB21,3403 Section 3403. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1308,2 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $220 per school year in the 2012-13 school year and $275 per school year in the 2014-15 school year and $300 per school year thereafter.

AB21,3404 Section 3404. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1308,19 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 118.50 (3) (b) or 121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $4 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $6 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.

AB21,3405 Section 3405. 121.58 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1309,2 121.58 (6) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cr) in any fiscal year exceeds the amount of approved claims paid in full under this section and s. 121.575, the department shall distribute the balance to those school districts and charter school operators entitled to state aid under this section, with each school district entitled recipient receiving a percentage of the balance equal to its percentage of the total approved claims.

AB21,3406 Section 3406. 121.58 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1309,5 121.58 (7) Payment. Each school district and charter school operator entitled to state aid under this section shall receive its total aid entitlement in January.

AB21,3407 Section 3407. 121.59 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.59 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB21,1309,8 121.59 (1) (intro.) In this section, "transportation:

AB21,1309,10 (b) "Transportation costs" means costs that are eligible for reimbursement under s. 121.58.

AB21,3408 Section 3408. 121.59 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1309,14 121.59 (1) (a) "Eligible school district" means a school district the membership of which in the previous school year, when divided by the school district's area in square miles, is 50 or less.

AB21,3409 Section 3409. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1309,17 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB21,3410 Section 3410. 121.59 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1309,20 121.59 (2) (e) Divide the product under par. (d) for the school district by the product under par. (d) for all eligible school districts.

AB21,3411 Section 3411. 121.77 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1309,23 121.77 (3) Subsections (1) (b) and (2) do not apply to a pupil attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (4).

AB21,3412 Section 3412. 121.85 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.85 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB21,1310,4 121.85 (3) (a) 1. The Subject to subd. 2., the school board of the district of residence and the school board of the district of attendance may enter into annual written agreements to permit a pupil to attend a public school outside the school district of residence.

AB21,3413 Section 3413. 121.85 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1310,8 121.85 (3) (a) 2. a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., beginning on the effective date of this subdivision paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], no school board may enter into a written agreement with another school board under subd. 1.

AB21,1310,11 b. A school board may continue to enter into an annual written agreement with another school board under subd. 1. on behalf of a pupil that attended a public school under a written agreement under subd. 1. in the 2014-15 school year.

AB21,3414 Section 3414. 121.85 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 121.85 (3) (b) 1. and amended to read:

AB21,1310,16 121.85 (3) (b) 1. The Except as provided in subd. 2., the school board of the a district may not permit a pupil to attend a public school under this section that is within the district which but that is outside the pupil's attendance area.

AB21,3415 Section 3415. 121.85 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1310,22 121.85 (3) (b) 2. The school board of a school district may permit a pupil to attend a public school under this section that is within the pupil's district of residence but that is outside the pupil's attendance area if the pupil attended a public school under this section that is within the pupil's district of residence but that is outside the pupil's attendance area in the 2014-15 school year.

AB21,3416 Section 3416. 121.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1311,5 121.85 (4) Other plans to reduce racial imbalance. (a) Pupil transfers resulting from a plan implemented by the school board to reduce racial imbalance in a school district or attendance area shall be deemed to be transfer agreements under sub. (3) and shall be eligible for state aid under this section if the transfers comply with sub. (2), provided the transfers are of pupils who attended a public school in a school district or attendance area under the plan in the 2014-15 school year.

AB21,1311,10 (b) Any school board that, prior to May 4, 1976, established a plan to reduce racial imbalance in the school district is eligible for state aid under sub. (6) (a) if the state superintendent approves the plan, provided the transfer pupil attended a public school in an attendance area other than the pupil's attendance area under the plan in the 2014-15 school year.

AB21,3417 Section 3417. 121.85 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 121.85 (5) (a) and amended to read:

AB21,1311,15 121.85 (5) (a) Part-time Except as provided in par. (b), part-time transfers for curriculum offerings also may be are not permitted under this section. The department shall establish procedures for aid computations in such cases.

AB21,3418 Section 3418. 121.85 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1311,25 121.85 (5) (b) A pupil who, in the 2014-15 school year, attended on a part-time basis under this section a public school that is in a school district other than the pupil's district of residence, or that is located in an attendance area other than the pupil's attendance area, for the purpose of receiving curriculum offerings at that school may continue to attend on a part-time basis under this section a public school that is in a school district other than the pupil's district of residence, or that is located in an attendance area other than the pupil's attendance area, for the purpose of receiving curriculum offerings at that school. The department shall establish procedures for aid computations in such cases.

AB21,3419 Section 3419. 121.85 (6) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,1312,4 121.85 (6) (h) Sunset. Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], a school district may not receive state aid under this section unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:

AB21,1312,6 1. A pupil is attending a public school in the school district under one of the following:

AB21,1312,7 a. A transfer agreement under sub. (3).

AB21,1312,9 b. A plan that has been deemed a transfer agreement under sub. (4) (a) or approved under sub. (4) (b).

AB21,1312,10 c. A part-time transfer under sub. (5).

AB21,1312,12 2. The attendance of the pupil in the public school pursuant to the transfer agreement, plan, or part-time transfer described in subd. 1. complies with sub. (2).

AB21,1312,14 3. The pupil described in subd. 1. attended a public school in the school district under one of the following in the 2014-15 school year:

AB21,1312,15 a. A transfer agreement under sub. (3).

AB21,1312,17 b. A plan that has been deemed a transfer agreement under sub. (4) (a) or approved under sub. (4) (b).

AB21,1312,18 c. A part-time transfer under sub. (5).

AB21,3420 Section 3420. 121.87 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1312,22 121.87 (1) (b) The number of pupils who transferred to the school district under this subchapter who are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced-price lunches under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB21,3421 Section 3421. 121.90 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,1313,2 121.90 (2) (am) 1. Aid under ss. s. 121.08, as if any reduction under s. 121.08 (4) (c) had not occurred, and ss. 121.09, 121.105, and 121.136 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).