115.817(10)(a)(a) The board may apply for and receive the state aid under
ss. 115.88 and
121.41 (1) for the transportation, board and lodging, treatment and instruction of children participating in programs under this section.
115.817(10)(b)
(b) The board may apply for and receive the state aid under
ss. 121.135 and
121.14. This paragraph does not apply beginning on the effective date of a resolution adopted under
sub. (9) (c).
115.817(10)(c)
(c) All state aid shall be paid to the county treasurer and credited to the fund of the board.
115.817(11)
(11) Violations. The state superintendent shall withhold aid from any board that violates this section.
115.817 History
History: 1997 a. 164;
1999 a. 150 s.
672.
115.82
115.82
Admission and transportation of nonresidents. 115.82(1)(1) A cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board or school district that provides special education and related services shall admit a nonresident if the program is appropriate for the child's disability. Refusal to admit a child does not relieve the local educational agency that is responsible for providing a free, appropriate public education to the child under this subchapter from that responsibility.
115.82(2)
(2) In addition to the requirements of
s. 121.54 (3), when board and lodging are not furnished to a nonresident child with a disability, the school district in which the child resides shall provide transportation, except as follows:
115.82(2)(a)
(a) If there is a plan of transportation under
s. 115.817 (8), the county children with disabilities education board shall provide transportation.
115.82(2)(b)
(b) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under
s. 118.51 or
121.84 (1) (a) or
(4), the nonresident school district shall provide transportation.
115.82 History
History: 1997 a. 164;
1999 a. 117.
115.88(1)(1)
Personnel. A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency or, upon authorization of the county board, a county children with disabilities education board may employ, for a special education program, either full- or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel approved by the department. The board may contract with private or public agencies for physical or occupational therapy services on the basis of demonstrated need.
115.88(1m)(a)(a) If, upon receipt of the plan under
s. 115.77 (4), the state superintendent is satisfied that the special education program has been maintained during the preceding school year in accordance with law, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each county, cooperative educational service agency and school district maintaining such special education program a sum equal to the amount expended by the county, agency and school district during the preceding year for salaries of personnel enumerated in
sub. (1), including the salary portion of any authorized contract for physical or occupational therapy services, and other expenses approved by the state superintendent as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b).
115.88(1m)(am)
(am) If the operator of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) operates a special education program and the state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying with
20 USC 1400 to
1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school year for salaries of full-time or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel, as determined by the state superintendent. Certified costs under this paragraph are eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit costs under this paragraph and adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible costs.
115.88(2)
(2) Transportation aid. If upon receipt of the plan under
s. 115.77 (4) the state superintendent is satisfied that the transportation of children with disabilities has been maintained during the preceding year in accordance with the law, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each county, cooperative educational service agency or school district transporting such pupils an amount equal to the amount expended for such transportation as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriations under
s. 20.255 (2) (b) and
(br). Pupils for whom aid is paid under this subsection shall not be eligible for aid under
s. 121.58 (2) or
(4). This subsection applies to any child with a disability who requires special assistance in transportation, including any such child attending regular classes who requires special or additional transportation. This subsection does not apply to any child with a disability attending regular or special classes who does not require any special or additional transportation.
115.88(2m)
(2m) Other transportation aid. If the operator of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) transports children with disabilities and the state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying with
20 USC 1400 to
1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school year for transportation under this subsection as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriations under
s. 20.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit costs under this subsection and adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible costs.
115.88(3)
(3) Board and lodging aid. There shall be paid the amount expended for board and lodging and transportation between the boarding home and the special education program of nonresident children enrolled under
s. 115.82 (1) in the special education program. The department shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each school district, cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, state agency of another state or private, nonsectarian special education service which operates the special education program while providing board, lodging and transportation an amount equal to the amount expended for such board and lodging and transportation as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b).
115.88(4)
(4) Hospitals and convalescent home aid. The full cost of special education for children in hospitals and convalescent homes for orthopedically disabled children shall be paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b). The supervision of such instruction shall be under the department and the school board of the school district in which the hospital or convalescent home is located. The school board of the district in which the hospital or convalescent home is located shall submit to the department an itemized statement of all revenues and expenditures for the actual cost of such instruction and any other information it requires.
115.88(6)
(6) Aid for instruction outside of district. The department shall certify to the department of administration, in favor of each school district, an amount equal to the amount expended for salaries and travel expenses, as determined in advance by the state superintendent, for providing special education outside the school district of employment, as eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b).
115.88(7)
(7) Offsetting receipts. In any school year, the following revenues shall be deducted from costs aidable under this section before aids are calculated under this section:
115.88(7)(a)
(a) Any federal operational revenues expended on costs aidable under this section.
115.88(7)(b)
(b) That portion of state tuition payments attributable to the special annual tuition rate under
s. 121.83 (1) (c), regardless of the school year in which the services were provided. The tuition revenues shall be allocated to the most appropriate part of a program.
115.88(8)
(8) Enrollment out of state. If a child with a disability is enrolled in a public special education program located in another state and the state superintendent is satisfied that the program in which the child is enrolled complies with this subchapter, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the school district in which the child resides or the school district attended by the child under
s. 118.51 or
121.84 (1) (a) or
(4) a sum equal to the amount expended by the school district during the preceding year for the additional costs associated with the child's special education program as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b).
115.88 Note
NOTE: Sub. (8) is shown as affected by two acts of the 1999 legislature and as merged by the revisor under s. 13.93 (2) (c).
115.88(9)
(9) Distribution schedule. Each county, cooperative educational service agency, operator of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) and school district entitled to state aid under this section shall receive 15% of its total aid entitlement in each month from November to March and 25% of its total entitlement in June.
115.88 History
History: 1997 a. 164;
1999 a. 9,
117; s. 13.93 (2) (c).
115.882 History
History: 1997 a. 164;
1999 a. 9.
115.897
115.897
Exhaustion of remedies. Before the filing of a civil action under any federal law seeking any relief that is also available under this subchapter, the procedures under
s. 115.80 shall be exhausted to the same extent as would be required had the action been brought under this subchapter.
115.897 History
History: 1997 a. 164.
115.898 History
History: 1997 a. 164.
115.90
115.90
Noncompliance; remedies. 115.90(1)
(1) If, as the result of a monitoring procedure or a complaint investigation, the state superintendent finds that a local educational agency has violated this subchapter, the state superintendent may require the local educational agency to submit a corrective plan addressing the violation.
115.90(2)
(2) If the state superintendent, after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing, finds that a local educational agency has failed to comply with any requirement in this subchapter, the state superintendent shall reduce or eliminate special education aid to the local educational agency until he or she is satisfied that the local educational agency is complying with that requirement.
115.90(3)
(3) If the state superintendent finds that a corrective plan under
sub. (1) has not been implemented, or that withholding aid under
sub. (2) has been inadequate to ensure compliance with this subchapter, the state superintendent shall request the attorney general to proceed against the local educational agency for injunctive or other appropriate relief.
115.90 History
History: 1997 a. 164.
EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL AGE PARENTS
115.91
115.91
Definition. In this subchapter, "school age parent" means any person under the age of 21 who is not a high school graduate and is a parent, an expectant parent or a person who has been pregnant within the immediately preceding 120 days.
115.915
115.915
Availability of program services and modifications. Each school board shall make available to any school age parent who is a resident of the school district program modifications and services that will enable the pupil to continue his or her education.
115.915 History
History: 1985 a. 29 s.
1712;
1985 a. 56; Stats. 1985 s. 115.915.
115.92
115.92
Establishment of programs; rules. 115.92(1)
(1) Any school board may establish a program for school age parents who are residents of the school district. The program shall be designed to provide services and instruction to meet the needs of school age parents, including education on the skills required of a parent; family planning, as defined in
s. 253.07 (1) (a), including natural family planning; and instruction on adoption and adoption services. The instruction provided on adoption and adoption services shall include instruction on the options available and the procedures followed in independent and agency adoptions, including current practices regarding a birth parent's involvement in the selection of an adoptive home and the sharing of information between birth parents and adoptive parents, instruction on the impact of adoption on birth parents and children who have been adopted and an explanation that the adoption process may be initiated even after a child has been born and has left the hospital. The program shall be coordinated with existing vocational and job training programs in the school district.
115.92(2)(a)(a) Annually, and at such other times as the department requires, every school board that establishes a program under this subchapter shall submit a written report to the department. The report shall specify the number of school age parents instructed or provided service.
115.92(2)(b)
(b) Annually, on or before September 15, each school board maintaining a program under this subchapter shall submit to the department an itemized statement on oath of all revenues and expenditures related to the program during the preceding school year.
115.92(3)
(3) The state superintendent shall by rule establish criteria for the approval of programs established under this subchapter for the purpose of determining those programs eligible for aid under
s. 115.93.
115.93
115.93
State aid. If upon receipt of the reports under
s. 115.92 (2) the state superintendent is satisfied that the school age parents program has been maintained during the preceding school year in accordance with the rules under
s. 115.92 (3), the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each school district maintaining the program a sum equal to the amount expended by the school district during the preceding school year for salaries of teachers and instructional aides, special transportation and other expenses approved by the state superintendent as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (b).
BILINGUAL-BICULTURAL EDUCATION
115.95
115.95
Legislative findings and declaration of policy. 115.95(1)(a)
(a) There are pupils in this state who enter elementary and secondary school with limited or nonexistent English speaking ability due to the use of another language in their family or in their daily, nonschool environment.
115.95(1)(b)
(b) Classes conducted in English do not always provide adequate instruction for children whose English language abilities are limited or nonexistent.
115.95(1)(c)
(c) It is beneficial to pupils from bicultural and monocultural backgrounds to participate in bilingual-bicultural programs where such programs are available in order to instill respect for non-English languages and cultures in all pupils.
115.95(2)
(2) It is the policy of this state to provide equal educational opportunities by ensuring that necessary programs are available for limited-English proficient pupils while allowing each school district maximum flexibility in establishing programs suited to its particular needs. To this end, this subchapter establishes bilingual-bicultural education programs for pupils in school districts with specified concentrations of limited-English proficient pupils in the attendance areas of particular schools.
115.95(3)
(3) It is the policy of this state to reimburse school districts, in substantial part, for the added costs of providing the programs established under this subchapter.
115.95(4)
(4) It is the policy of this state that a limited-English proficient pupil participate in a bilingual-bicultural education program only until such time as the pupil is able to perform ordinary classwork in English.
115.95(5)
(5) It is the policy of this state that fundamental courses may be taught in the pupil's non-English language to support the understanding of concepts, while the ultimate objective shall be to provide a proficiency in those courses in the English language in order that the pupil will be able to participate fully in a society whose language is English.
115.95(6)
(6) Furthermore, it is the policy of this state to encourage reform, innovation and improvement in graduate education, in the structure of the academic profession and in the recruitment and retention of higher education and graduate school faculties, as related to bilingual-bicultural education, and to give special recognition to persons who possess a reading ability and speaking fluency in a non-English language and an understanding of another culture.
115.955
115.955
Definitions. In this subchapter:
115.955(2)
(2) "Bilingual-bicultural education program" means a program designed to improve the comprehension and the speaking, reading and writing ability of a limited-English proficient pupil in the English language, so that the pupil will be able to perform ordinary classwork in English.
115.955(3)
(3) "Bilingual counselor" means a certified school counselor approved by the state superintendent under
s. 115.28 (15) (a).
115.955(4)
(4) "Bilingual counselor's aide" means a person who is employed to assist a counselor and who is approved by the state superintendent under
s. 115.28 (15) (a).
115.955(6)
(6) "Bilingual teacher's aide" means a person who is employed to assist a teacher and who is approved by the state superintendent under
s. 115.28 (15) (a).
115.955(7)
(7) "Limited-English proficient pupil" means a pupil whose ability to use the English language is limited because of the use of a non-English language in his or her family or in his or her daily, nonschool surroundings, and who has difficulty, as defined by rule by the state superintendent, in performing ordinary classwork in English as a result of such limited English language proficiency.
115.96
115.96
Establishment of programs. 115.96(1)
(1)
Count of limited-English proficient pupils. Annually, on or before March 1, each school board shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils in the public schools of the district, assess the language proficiency of such pupils and classify such pupils by language group, grade level, age and English language proficiency.
115.96(2)
(2) Notification. Annually, on or before April 1, a school board which may be required to offer a bilingual-bicultural education program shall send to the parent, legal custodian or guardian of every limited-English proficient pupil identified under
sub. (1) who is eligible for participation in such a program, a notice which states that a bilingual-bicultural education program may be instituted, contains information on the procedures for registering a pupil in such a program, and provides notice of the consent required under
sub. (3). The notice shall be in English and in the non-English language of the limited-English proficient pupil.
115.96(3)
(3) Parental consent. On or before May 1, any parent or legal custodian desiring that their child be placed in a bilingual-bicultural education program shall give written consent to such child's placement.
115.96(4)
(4) Program established. Annually, on or before July 1, the school board shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program, if required under
s. 115.97. A bilingual-bicultural education program established under this subchapter shall provide all of the following:
115.96(4)(a)
(a) Instruction in reading, writing and speaking the English language.
115.96(4)(b)
(b) Through the use of the native language of the limited-English proficient pupil, instruction in the subjects necessary to permit the pupil to progress effectively through the educational system.
115.96(5)(a)(a) By the commencement of the school term, the school board shall place, with the parent's or legal custodian's written consent, each limited-English proficient pupil in the appropriate bilingual-bicultural education program established under this subchapter. If a limited-English proficient pupil is identified after March 1 or the parent or legal custodian of such child gives consent after May 1, the school board shall place the pupil, with the written consent of the pupil's parent or legal custodian, in an appropriate program where feasible.
115.96(5)(b)
(b) A parent or legal custodian may appeal the school board's failure to place the pupil in the bilingual-bicultural education program established for the pupil in the pupil's language group by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the school district within 10 days after the commencement of the school term. The school board shall provide for a hearing on the question of placement within 20 days after receipt of the notice of appeal and shall take a written record of the proceedings. The cost of taking the record shall be the responsibility of the school board. The parent or legal custodian may request a public or private hearing. Within 10 days after the hearing, the school board shall make a decision on the question of placement. If the parent or legal custodian is not satisfied with the decision of the school board, the parent or legal custodian may, within 10 days after the school board's decision, file a notice of appeal with the state superintendent. If the parent or legal custodian appeals, the parent or legal custodian shall assume the cost of transcribing the record. Within 10 days after receipt of the notice of appeal from the determination of the school board, the state superintendent shall issue a decision based on the hearing record. If the parent or legal custodian prevails, the school board shall reimburse the parent or legal custodian for the cost of transcribing the record.
115.97
115.97
Bilingual-bicultural education programs required. 115.97(1)(1) A school board may combine pupils in attendance at separate schools in its bilingual-bicultural education program. The school board shall be eligible for state aids under
s. 115.995 if the number of limited-English proficient pupils served from the combined schools meets the requirements under
sub. (2),
(3) or
(4). A pupil shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that a school board shall give preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a program.
