SB21: Bill Text

SB21,1297,22 119.23 (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:

SB21,3369 Section 3369. 119.23 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1298,3 119.23 (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.

SB21,3370 Section 3370. 119.23 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1298,8 119.23 (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.

SB21,3371 Section 3371. 119.23 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1298,12 119.23 (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.

SB21,3372 Section 3372. 119.23 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1298,14 119.23 (3) (a) 4. Siblings of pupils described in subd. 3.

SB21,3373 Section 3373. 119.23 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1298,18 119.23 (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.

SB21,3374 Section 3374. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1298,24 119.23 (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).

SB21,3375 Section 3375. 119.23 (4) (bg) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1299,7 119.23 (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.

SB21,3376 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:

SB21,1299,21 119.23 (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.

SB21,3377 Section 3377. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. a. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3378 Section 3378. 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1300,3 119.23 (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:

SB21,3379 Section 3379. 119.23 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3380 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:

SB21,1300,10 119.23 (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).

SB21,3381 Section 3381. 119.23 (6m) (b) 3. a. to c. of the statutes are repealed.

SB21,3382 Section 3382. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1301,6 119.23 (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.

SB21,3383 Section 3383. 119.23 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1301,12 119.23 (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.

SB21,3384 Section 3384. 119.23 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3385 Section 3385. 119.495 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1301,23 119.495 (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.

SB21,3386 Section 3386. 119.496 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1302,10 119.496 (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.

SB21,3387 Section 3387. 119.71 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1302,17 119.71 (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.

SB21,3388 Section 3388. 120.12 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1302,22 120.12 (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.

SB21,1303,2 (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.

SB21,3389 Section 3389. 120.12 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1303,8 120.12 (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).

SB21,3390 Section 3390. 120.13 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1303,24 120.13 (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.

SB21,3391 Section 3391. 120.13 (27m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1304,12 120.13 (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).

SB21,3392 Section 3392. 121.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1304,19 121.004 (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.

SB21,3393 Section 3393. 121.02 (1) (L) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1305,2 121.02 (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.

SB21,3394 Section 3394. 121.05 (1) (a) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1305,5 121.05 (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).

SB21,3395 Section 3395. 121.07 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1305,13 121.07 (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).

SB21,3396 Section 3396. 121.08 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1305,17 121.08 (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:

SB21,1305,20 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.

SB21,1305,23 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).

SB21,1306,3 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.

SB21,3397 Section 3397. 121.105 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1306,21 121.105 (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).

SB21,3398 Section 3398. 121.136 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1307,3 121.136 (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).

SB21,3399 Section 3399. 121.53 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1307,7 121.53 (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.

SB21,3400 Section 3400. 121.58 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.58 (1) (a).

SB21,3401 Section 3401. 121.58 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1307,15 121.58 (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.

SB21,3402 Section 3402. 121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1307,22 121.58 (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:

SB21,3403 Section 3403. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1308,2 121.58 (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.

SB21,3404 Section 3404. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1308,19 121.58 (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.

SB21,3405 Section 3405. 121.58 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1309,2 121.58 (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.

SB21,3406 Section 3406. 121.58 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1309,5 121.58 (7) Payment. Each school district and charter school operator entitled to state aid under this section shall receive its total aid entitlement in January.

SB21,3407 Section 3407. 121.59 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.59 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21,1309,8 121.59 (1) (intro.) In this section, "transportation:

SB21,1309,10 (b) "Transportation costs" means costs that are eligible for reimbursement under s. 121.58.

SB21,3408 Section 3408. 121.59 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1309,14 121.59 (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.

SB21,3409 Section 3409. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1309,17 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

SB21,3410 Section 3410. 121.59 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1309,20 121.59 (2) (e) Divide the product under par. (d) for the school district by the product under par. (d) for all eligible school districts.

SB21,3411 Section 3411. 121.77 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: