115.997(16)(b)2.
2. Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact is null and void and of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the interstate commission shall be concluded and surplus funds distributed in accordance with the bylaws.
115.997(17)
(17) Article XVII — Severability and construction. 115.997(17)(a)(a) The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.
115.997(17)(b)
(b) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
115.997(17)(c)
(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members.
115.997(18)
(18) Article XVIII — binding effect of compact and other laws. 115.997(18)(a)1.1. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact.
115.997(18)(a)2.
2. All laws of member states that conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.
115.997(18)(b)1.1. Subject to
sub. (12) (b), all lawful actions of the interstate commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the interstate commission, are binding upon the member states.
115.997(18)(b)2.
2. All agreements between the interstate commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their terms.
115.997(18)(b)3.
3. If any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the conflict with the constitutional provision in question in that member state.
OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS AND
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
115.999
115.999
Opportunity schools and partnership program. 115.999(1)(a)
(a) “Commissioner" means the individual in charge of the opportunity schools and partnership program under this subchapter.
115.999(1)(b)
(b) “County executive" means the chief elected official of the county within which all or the majority of the territory of an eligible school district lies.
115.999(1)(c)
(c) “Eligible school" means a public school in an eligible school district identified on the annual report submitted by the state superintendent under
s. 115.28 (10m) (b).
115.999(1)(d)
(d) “Eligible school district" means a school district that satisfies all of the following:
115.999(1)(d)1.
1. The school district was assigned to the lowest performance category on the accountability reports published for the district under
s. 115.385 (1) in the 2 most recent school years.
115.999(1)(d)2.
2. The membership of the school district is greater than 15,000. In this subdivision, “membership" has the meaning given in
s. 121.004 (5).
115.999(1)(e)
(e) “Mayor" means the mayor of the city within which all or the majority of the territory of an eligible school district lies.
115.999(2)
(2) General provisions; commissioner; opportunity schools and partnership program. 115.999(2)(a)(a) Within 120 days after receiving notice under
s. 115.28 (10o) (b), the governor, the mayor, and the county executive shall compile a list of candidates for commissioner. The county executive shall select a commissioner using the procedure under
s. 119.9001 (2) (a).
115.999(2)(b)
(b) The opportunity schools and partnership program in any eligible school district comprises individual eligible schools transferred by the commissioner of that opportunity schools and partnership program in the manner provided under
s. 119.9002 (2).
115.999(3)
(3) Commissioner; powers and duties. Upon selection by the county executive under
sub. (2), the commissioner shall establish an opportunity schools and partnership program that is substantially similar to the opportunity schools and partnership program established under
subch. II of ch. 119. The commissioner shall have all of the powers and duties granted to the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership program under
subch. II of ch. 119.
115.999(4)
(4) Payments on behalf of pupils attending schools transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program; state aid adjustments. The state superintendent shall, from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (fs), make payments on behalf of pupils attending schools transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under this subchapter in the same manner as payments are made under
s. 119.9005 (1) to
(3), and shall make adjustments to the amount of state aid received by the eligible school district in the manner provided in
s. 119.9005 (4) and
(5).
115.999 History
History: 2015 a. 55.
