AB64: Bill Text

AB64,719,13 2. Subject to subd. 3., from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (d), the secretary of the department of workforce development shall, on behalf of the school board of a school district in which a pupil who attended an institution of higher education under this section was enrolled, pay to the department of public instruction the following amount:

AB64,719,18 a. For a pupil who took a course for high school credit, as described in par. (a), 25 percent of the actual cost of tuition for the course, as determined under par. (d). The department of public instruction shall reimburse the school board of the school district the amount received from the department of workforce development under this subd. 2. a.

AB64,719,23 b. For a pupil who took a course for postsecondary credit, as described in par. (b), 50 percent of the actual cost of tuition for the course, as determined under par. (d). The department of public instruction shall reimburse the school board of the school district the amount received from the department of workforce development under this subd. 2. b.

AB64,720,3 3. If the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (d) in any fiscal year is insufficient to reimburse all school districts eligible for the full amount of reimbursable tuition costs under subd. 2., the secretary of the department of workforce development shall notify the state superintendent, who shall prorate the amount of the payments under subd. 2. among eligible school districts.

AB64,1567 Section 1567 . 118.55 (6) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (6) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB64,720,13 118.55 (6) (c) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 2., a pupil taking a course under this section at an institution of higher education only for postsecondary credit under this section is responsible for 25 percent of the actual cost of tuition and fees for the course, as determined under sub. (5) (d). The school board of the school district in which the pupil attending an institution under this section is enrolled shall establish a written policy governing the timing and method for recovering from the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian the pupil's share of tuition as specified in this subdivision.

AB64,1568 Section 1568 . 118.55 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,720,17 118.55 (6) (c) 2. The school board shall waive the pupil's responsibility for costs under subd. 1. pupil if the department determines that the cost of the course would pose an undue financial burden on the pupil's family.

AB64,1569 Section 1569 . 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,721,4 118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section and is taking a course for high school credit may apply to the state superintendent for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of higher education or technical college that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The state superintendent shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cw) (cy). The state superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB64,1570 Section 1570 . 118.55 (7r) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1571 Section 1571 . 118.55 (7t) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,721,9 118.55 (7t) (a) A school board may establish a written policy limiting the number of credits for which the school board will pay under subs. sub. (5) and (7r) (d) to the equivalent of 18 postsecondary semester credits per pupil.

AB64,1572 Section 1572 . 118.55 (7t) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (5) (d) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB64,721,14 118.55 (5) (d) (intro.) If a school board is required to pay tuition and fees on behalf of a pupil under sub. (5) (a) or (c) 1. or (7r) (d) this subsection, the tuition and fees charged for each credit assigned to the course may not exceed the following:

AB64,721,20 1. For an institution of higher education under sub. (1) (a), one-third of the amount that would be charged a pupil for each credit assigned to the course to an individual who is a resident of this state and who is enrolled in the educational institution as an undergraduate student. Subject to sub. (7t), neither the institution of higher education nor the school board may charge any additional costs or fees to a pupil to attend a course under this section.

AB64,1573 Section 1573 . 118.55 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,721,22 118.55 (8) (title) Program information ; agreement.

AB64,1574 Section 1574 . 118.55 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (8) (a) and amended to read:

AB64,722,3 118.55 (8) (a) Annually by October 1, each school board shall provide information about the program under this section to all pupils enrolled in the school district in the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.

AB64,1575 Section 1575 . 118.55 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,722,6 118.55 (8) (b) A school board may enter into an agreement with an institution of higher education to facilitate the dual enrollment program under this section.

AB64,1576 Section 1576 . 118.57 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,722,13 118.57 (1) Annually, by January 31, each school board shall publish as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and post on its Internet site a description of the educational options available to the child children in the school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment , youth options, and course options in a nonresident school district, and the early college credit program.

AB64,1577 Section 1577. 118.60 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (1) (am) and amended to read:

AB64,722,18 118.60 (1) (am) “Eligible school district" means a the school district that, subject to sub. (1m), satisfies all of the following: was identified as an eligible school district under 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, section 9137 (3u).

AB64,1578 Section 1578. 118.60 (1) (am) 1. to 4. of the statutes are repealed.

AB64,1579 Section 1579. 118.60 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1580 Section 1580. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,724,3 118.60 (2) (a) 1. b. The private school or the pupil's parent or guardian submits to the department of public instruction the names, addresses, social security numbers, and other state and federal tax identification numbers, if any, of the pupil's parents or legal guardians that reside in the same household as the pupil, whether and to whom the parents or legal guardians are married, the names of all of the other members of the pupil's family residing in the same household as the pupil, and the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. The department of revenue shall review the information submitted under this subd. 1. b. and shall verify the eligibility or ineligibility of the pupil to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. In this subdivision, “family income" means federal adjusted gross income of the parents or legal guardians residing in the same household as the pupil for the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. or, if not available, for the tax year preceding the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. Family income for a family in which the pupil's parents are married or in which the pupil's legal guardians are married shall be reduced by $7,000 before the verification is made under this subd. 1. b. The department of revenue may take no other action on the basis of the information submitted under this subd. 1. b. If the department of revenue is unable to verify family income or to verify whether the pupil is eligible or ineligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income, the department of revenue shall notify the department of public instruction, the private school, and the pupil's parent or guardian of this fact and the department of public instruction shall utilize an alternative process, to be established by the department of public instruction, to determine whether the pupil is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public instruction may not request any additional verification of income from the family of a pupil once the department of revenue has verified that the pupil is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public instruction shall establish a procedure for determining family income eligibility for those pupils for whom no social security number or state or federal tax identification number has been provided.

AB64,1581 Section 1581. 118.60 (2) (a) 2m. e. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,724,6 118.60 (2) (a) 2m. e. The pupil attended a school in another state in the previous school year.

AB64,1582 Section 1582. 118.60 (2) (a) 6. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,724,23 118.60 (2) (a) 6. c. Any teacher employed by the private school on July 1 of the first school year that begins after a school district is identified as an eligible school district under sub. (1m) or 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, section 9137 (3u), who has been teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding that July 1, and who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 6. a. on that July 1, applies to the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 6. a. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this subd. 6. c., including the form of the application and the process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The application form shall require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the requirements under subd. 6. a., including the name of the accredited institution of higher education at which the teacher is pursuing or will pursue the bachelor's degree and the anticipated date on which the teacher expects to complete the bachelor's degree. No waiver granted under this subd. 6. c. is valid after July 31 of the 5th school year that begins after a school district is was identified as an eligible school district under sub. (1m) or 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, section 9137 (3u).

AB64,1583 Section 1583 . 118.60 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1584 Section 1584 . 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,725,4 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. a. By August 1 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, submit to the department the information required under sub. (6m) (a) and (c) (6p) (a) and (b).

AB64,1585 Section 1585. 118.60 (2) (ag) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1586 Section 1586. 118.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,725,10 118.60 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 1 September 15, a private school participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the purpose of sub. (4m).

AB64,1587 Section 1587. 118.60 (6m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,725,13 118.60 (6m) (b) (intro.) Annually, by August 1st, provide to the department the material specified in par. (a) and all of the following information:

AB64,1588 Section 1588. 118.60 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,725,16 118.60 (6m) (bm) Upon request of the department, provide a copy of any policy described in par. (a).

AB64,1589 Section 1589. 118.60 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,725,21 118.60 (6m) (c) Provide Upon an individual joining of the private school's governing body, provide to the department a signed statement from each the individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing body.

AB64,1590 Section 1590 . 118.60 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,726,2 118.60 (6p) In addition to the requirements under sub. (6m), a private school that is not a new private school and that did not participate in program under this section in the previous school year shall submit to the department by January 10 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the private school intends to participate in the program under this section all of the following:

AB64,726,3 (a) The information required under sub. (6m) (a).

AB64,726,6 (b) A signed statement from each individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing body.

AB64,1591 Section 1591. 118.60 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1592 Section 1592. 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,726,22 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. b. Evidence of sound fiscal and internal control practices, as prescribed by the department by rule. The department may not require a private school that is not a new private school and that is in good standing with the department to submit to the department the private school's annual operating budget as evidence of its fiscal and internal control practices. An independent auditor engaged to evaluate the private school's fiscal and internal control practices shall conduct his or her evaluation, including determining sample sizes, in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The independent auditor engaged to evaluate the private school's fiscal and internal control practice shall also review any concerns raised in the private school's management letter submitted under subd. 2m. a. The fact that a private school reports a negative reserve balance alone is not evidence that the private school does not have the financial ability to continue operating or that the private school does not follow sound fiscal and internal control practices.

AB64,1593 Section 1593. 118.60 (7) (b) 3d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,727,2 118.60 (7) (b) 3d. a. Beginning on the effective date of this subd. 3d. a. .... [LRB inserts date], with the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background investigation of an individual before extending that individual an offer to teach or serve as an administrator at the private school.

AB64,727,5 b. With the assistance of the department of justice, conduct a background investigation of all teachers and administrators employed by the private school on the effective date of this subd. 3d. b. .... [LRB inserts date].

AB64,727,10 c. At least once every 5 years after a teacher's or administrator's initial background investigation under this subdivision, with the assistance of the department of justice, conduct another additional background check on the teacher or administrator if the teacher or administrator remains employed by the private school.

AB64,1594 Section 1594. 118.60 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,727,15 118.60 (7) (d) 2. Evidence of financial viability, as prescribed by the department by rule. The department may not require a private school that is not a new private school and that is in good standing with the department to submit to the department the private school's annual operating budget as evidence of its financial viability.

AB64,1595 Section 1595. 118.60 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,727,18 118.60 (10) (a) 1. Misrepresented information required under sub. (7) (d) this section or any rule promulgated under this section.

AB64,1596 Section 1596. 118.60 (10) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1597 Section 1597 . 118.60 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,727,22 118.60 (10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m) or (6p).

AB64,1598 Section 1598. 118.60 (10) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,727,25 118.60 (10) (am) 4. Misrepresented any information required under this section or under any rule promulgated under this section.

AB64,1599 Section 1599. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,728,14 119.04 (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, 115.353, 115.363, 115.364, 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, 118.196, 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), (7m), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), and (39), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.

AB64,1600 Section 1600. 119.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,728,22 119.10 (3) The board shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at times fixed and published by the board in its rules. If a regular board meeting falls on a legal holiday, it shall be held on the next business day. Special meetings may be called and held as provided by the rules of the board. No business may be transacted at a special meeting other than that specified in the notice of the meeting, which shall be delivered personally or by mail to each member at least 24 hours before the time of such meeting.

AB64,1601 Section 1601. 119.16 (16) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,729,3 119.16 (16) Summer school grants. (a) The board shall develop and establish a grant program under which the board annually awards grants to public schools, except charter schools authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), located in the city to do any of the following to increase pupil attendance, improve academic achievement, or expose pupils to innovative learning activities:

AB64,729,4 1. Develop a summer school program.

AB64,729,5 2. Redesign a summer school program.

AB64,729,6 3. Implement a summer school program.

AB64,729,10 (b) In each school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dj), the state superintendent shall distribute to the board the total amount requested by the board to pay grants to schools under par. (a) in that school year. The board may not request more than the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dj) in any school year.

AB64,1602 Section 1602. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,730,18 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. The private school or the pupil's parent or guardian submits to the department of public instruction the names, addresses, social security numbers, and other state and federal tax identification numbers, if any, of the pupil's parents or legal guardians that reside in the same household as the pupil, whether and to whom the parents or legal guardians are married, the names of all of the other members of the pupil's family residing in the same household as the pupil, and the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. The department of revenue shall review the information submitted under this subd. 1. b. and shall verify the eligibility or ineligibility of the pupil to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. In this subdivision, “family income" means federal adjusted gross income of the parents or legal guardians residing in the same household as the pupil for the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. or, if not available, for the tax year preceding the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. Family income for a family in which the pupil's parents are married or in which the pupil's legal guardians are married shall be reduced by $7,000 before the verification is made under this subd. 1. b. The department of revenue may take no other action on the basis of the information submitted under this subd. 1. b. If the department of revenue is unable to verify family income or to verify whether the pupil is eligible or ineligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income, the department of revenue shall notify the department of public instruction, the private school, and the pupil's parent or guardian of this fact and the department of public instruction shall utilize an alternative process, to be established by the department of public instruction, to determine whether the pupil is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public instruction may not request any additional verification of income from the family of a pupil once the department of revenue has verified that the pupil is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public instruction shall establish a procedure for determining family income eligibility for those pupils for whom no social security number or state or federal tax identification number has been provided.

AB64,1603 Section 1603 . 119.23 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1604 Section 1604 . 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,730,24 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. By August 1 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, submit to the department the information required under sub. (6m) (a) and (c) (6p) (a) and (b).

AB64,1605 Section 1605. 119.23 (2) (ag) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1606 Section 1606. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,731,5 119.23 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 1 September 15, a private school participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the purpose of sub. (4m).

AB64,1607 Section 1607. 119.23 (6m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,731,8 119.23 (6m) (b) (intro.) Annually, by August 1st, provide to the department the material specified in par. (a) and all of the following information:

AB64,1608 Section 1608. 119.23 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,731,11 119.23 (6m) (bm) Upon request of the department, provide a copy of any policy described in par. (a).