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1119.23 (7) (e) 1. Annually In the 2009-10 school year, each private school
2participating in the program under this section shall administer a nationally normed
3standardized test in reading, mathematics, and science to pupils attending the
4school under the program in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Beginning in the 2010-11
5school year and annually thereafter, each private school participating in the program
6under this section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1s)
7to pupils attending the school under the program.
The private school may administer
8additional standardized tests to such pupils. Beginning in 2006 and annually
9thereafter until 2011, the private school shall provide the scores of all standardized
10tests and examinations that it administers under this subdivision to the School
11Choice Demonstration Project.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2290j 12Section 2290j. 119.23 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (9) (a) and
13amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1256,1914 119.23 (9) (a) If any accrediting agency specified under sub. (2) (a) 7. a. or b.
15determines during the accrediting process that a private school does not meet all of
16the requirements under s. 118.165 (1), or if the Institute for the Transformation of
17Learning at Marquette University determines during the preaccreditation process
18that a private school does not meet all of the requirements under s. 118.165 (1),
it
19shall report that failure to the department.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2290k 20Section 2290k. 119.23 (9) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1256,2421 119.23 (9) (b) An accrediting agency specified under sub. (2) (a) 7. a. and b. shall
22review and report to the department on a private school's compliance with sub. (7)
23(b) 4. and 6. The accrediting agency may determine compliance by examining an
24appropriate sample of pupil records.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2291 25Section 2291. 119.23 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1257,3
1119.23 (10) (a) 2. Failed to provide the notice or pay the fee required under sub.
2(2) (a) 3., or provide the information required under sub. (7) (am) or (d), by the date
3or within the period specified.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2291d 4Section 2291d. 119.23 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1257,65 119.23 (10) (a) 3. Failed to refund to the state any overpayment made under
6sub. (4) (b) or (bg) or (4m) by the date specified by department rule.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2292 7Section 2292. 119.23 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1257,88 119.23 (10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m).
AB75-SSA1, s. 2293 9Section 2293. 119.23 (10) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1257,1110 119.23 (10) (a) 6. Failed to comply with the requirements under sub. (7) (b) or
11(c).
AB75-SSA1, s. 2294 12Section 2294. 119.23 (10) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1257,1313 119.23 (10) (a) 7. Violated sub. (7) (b) 4., 5., or 6.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2295g 14Section 2295g. 119.23 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1257,1715 119.23 (10) (d) The Except as provided in par. (e), the state superintendent may
16withhold payment from a parent or guardian under subs. (4) and (4m) if the private
17school attended by the child of the parent or guardian violates this section.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2295h 18Section 2295h. 119.23 (10) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1258,219 119.23 (10) (e) 1. Notwithstanding subs. (4) and (4m), and except as provided
20in subd. 2., if the state superintendent issues an order under par. (a) or (b) barring
21the private school from participating in the program under this section in the school
22year in which the order is issued, the department shall pay to the parent or guardian
23of a pupil who attended the private school in that school year, from the appropriation
24under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount determined as follows, which payment shall be

1sent to the private school to be restrictively endorsed by the parent or guardian of the
2pupil for the use of the private school:
AB75-SSA1,1258,53 a. Divide the number of instructional hours provided to the pupil in that school
4year before the order was issued under par. (a) or (b) by the number of instructional
5hours scheduled for the grade the pupil was attending in that school year.
AB75-SSA1,1258,76 b. Multiply the quotient under subd. 1. a. by the amount under sub. (4) (b) or
7(bg).
AB75-SSA1,1258,98 c. Subtract from the product under subd. 1. b. any amount already paid to the
9parent or guardian under subs. (4) and (4m) for that pupil in that school year.
AB75-SSA1,1258,1210 2. This paragraph does not apply to a private school barred from participating
11in the program under this section under par. (a) or (b) as a result of committing an
12act of fraud.
AB75-SSA1,1258,1413 3. A private school who receives a payment under this paragraph shall use the
14payment received in the following order:
AB75-SSA1,1258,1615 a. If the private school owes money to the state, the private school shall
16reimburse the state.
AB75-SSA1,1258,1917 b. The private school shall use any portion of the payment remaining after
18satisfying the requirement under subd. 3. a. to pay the salaries of teachers employed
19by the school.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2295m 20Section 2295m. 119.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1259,1121 119.46 (1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council
22under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board shall report the amount of money required for the
23ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter, to
24repair and keep in order school buildings and equipment, to make material
25improvements to school property and to purchase necessary additions to school sites.

1The amount included in the report for the purpose of supporting the Milwaukee
2Parental Choice Program under s. 119.23 shall be reduced by the amount of aid
3received by the board under s. 121.136 and by the amount specified in the notice
4received by the board under s. 121.137 (2)
. The common council shall levy and collect
5a tax upon all the property subject to taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the
6amount of money required by the board for the purposes set forth in this subsection,
7at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected.
8Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city is authorized to levy.
9The taxes so levied and collected, any other funds provided by law and placed at the
10disposal of the city for the same purposes, and the moneys deposited in the school
11operations fund under s. 119.60 (1), shall constitute the school operations fund.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2296 12Section 2296. 119.82 of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2297 13Section 2297. 120.12 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1259,1614 120.12 (24) Health care benefits. Prior to the selection of any group health
15care benefits provider for school district professional employees, as defined in s.
16111.70 (1) (ne) (nd), solicit sealed bids for the provision of such benefits.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2297m 17Section 2297m. 120.12 (26) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2297n 18Section 2297n. 120.12 (26) of the statutes is renumbered 118.07 (4) (a) 1. and
19amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1259,2320 118.07 (4) (a) 1. Have Each school board and the governing body of each private
21school shall have
in effect a school safety plan for each public or private school in the
22school district within 3 years of the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
23date]
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2297q 24Section 2297q. 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2514
, is amended to read:
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1120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss.
249.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3),
3632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (4), (5), and (6), 632.895 (9) to (16) (17), 632.896, and
4767.513 (4).
AB75-SSA1, s. 2297t 5Section 2297t. 121.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1260,86 121.004 (5) Membership. "Membership" for any school district is the sum of
7pupils enrolled as reported under s. 121.05 (1) or (2), as appropriate, and the summer
8average daily membership equivalent for classes approved under s. 121.14.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2298g 9Section 2298g. 121.02 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1260,1610 121.02 (1) (a) 2. Subject to s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2., ensure that all instructional staff
11of charter schools located in the school district hold a license or permit to teach issued
12by the department. For purposes of this subdivision, a virtual charter school is
13located in the school district specified in s. 118.40 (8) (a) and a charter school
14established under s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. c. is located in the school district specified in s.
15118.40 (3) (c) 1. c
. The state superintendent shall promulgate rules defining
16"instructional staff" for purposes of this subdivision.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2298i 17Section 2298i. 121.02 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1260,2318 121.02 (1) (r) Except as provided in s. 118.40 (2r) (d) 2., annually administer
19a standardized reading test developed by the department to all pupils enrolled in the
20school district in grade 3, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the
21school district, except that if a charter school is established under s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1.
22c., the school board specified in s. 118.40 (3) (c) 1. c. shall administer the test to pupils
23enrolled in the charter school regardless of the location of the charter school
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2298k 24Section 2298k. 121.05 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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1121.05 (2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the school district clerk of the school
2district operating under ch. 119 shall include, as part of the annual report under s.
3119.44 (2), the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, the 2nd
4Friday of January, or the first Friday of May, whichever is highest, including the
5pupils specified in sub. (1) (a), and the information described in sub. (1) (b) to (d).
AB75-SSA1, s. 2298m 6Section 2298m. 121.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1261,97 121.05 (3) If a school district is unable to hold school on either any of the 2 dates
8specified in sub. (1) (a) or (2), the state superintendent shall designate alternative
9membership counting dates.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2298s 10Section 2298s. 121.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1261,2311 121.05 (4) The school board of a school district in which a foster or group home
12that is not exempt under s. 70.11 is located may submit a report to the state
13superintendent. If the school board submits a report, it shall submit it by June 30.
14The report shall indicate, on a full-time equivalent basis, the number of pupils
15residing in such foster or group homes who were provided educational services by the
16school district during the current school year but were not included in the September
17or, January, or May membership count under sub. (1) (a) or (2). The state
18superintendent shall adjust the school district's membership based on the report.
19The state superintendent shall make proportional adjustments to the memberships
20of the school districts in which the pupil was previously enrolled during that school
21year. The state superintendent shall obtain from such school districts the
22information necessary to make such adjustments. The state superintendent shall
23promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301g 24Section 2301g. 121.08 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 121.08 (4) (b)
25(intro.) and amended to read:
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1121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) The amount of state aid that the school district operating
2under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall
3also be reduced by 45% of the amount calculated as follows:
AB75-SSA1,1262,7 41. Multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current
52009-10 school year by 41.6 percent, and multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23
6(4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 school year and in each school year thereafter by 38.4
7percent
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301j 8Section 2301j. 121.08 (4) (b) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1262,129 121.08 (4) (b) 2. Multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the
102009-10 school year by 3.4 percent, and multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23
11(4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 school year and in each school year thereafter by 6.6
12percent.
AB75-SSA1,1262,1313 3. Add the amounts determined under subds. 1. and 2.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301p 14Section 2301p. 121.136 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-SSA1,1262,1715 121.136 (1) In this section, "membership" means the membership used by the
16department to calculate state aid to the school district under s. 121.08 in the first
17school year of a fiscal biennium.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301q 18Section 2301q. 121.136 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1262,2119 121.136 (2) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (c), the The amount paid to
20each eligible school district in the 2009-10 school year and annually thereafter shall
21be determined as follows:
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301r 22Section 2301r. 121.136 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1262,2423 121.136 (2) (b) 1. Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (bb) by
24the total number of pupils enrolled membership in all eligible school districts.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301s 25Section 2301s. 121.136 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301t
1Section 2301t. 121.136 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301u 2Section 2301u. 121.136 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1263,53 121.136 (2) (b) 4. Multiply the amount determined result under subd. 3. 1. by
4the school district's enrollment on the 3rd Friday of September in the current school
5year
membership.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301v 6Section 2301v. 121.136 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2301x 7Section 2301x. 121.137 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1263,8 8121.137 First class city school levy aid. (1) In this section:
AB75-SSA1,1263,99 (a) "Board" has the meaning given in s. 119.02 (1).
AB75-SSA1,1263,1010 (b) "City" has the meaning given in s. 119.02 (2).
AB75-SSA1,1263,13 11(2) Annually, the department shall calculate the amount of the state aid
12reduction under s. 121.08 (4) (b) 2. in the current school year and shall notify the
13board, in writing, of the result.
AB75-SSA1,1263,18 14(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), annually the department
15shall pay the amount calculated under sub. (2) to the city in installments according
16to the schedule used by the board for the distribution of state aid under s. 121.15 (1)
17or (1g). The city shall pay an amount equal to the amount received under this
18subsection to the board.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2302c 19Section 2302c. 121.54 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1263,2120 121.54 (1) (d) Paragraph (a) does not apply to pupils who reside in the school
21district and are pregnant.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2302d 22Section 2302d. 121.54 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1264,223 121.54 (2) (a) Except as provided in sub. (1), every school board shall provide
24transportation to and from public school for all pupils who reside in the school district

12 miles or more from the nearest public school they are entitled to attend and for all
2pupils who reside in the school district and are pregnant
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2302h 3Section 2302h. 121.54 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1264,124 121.54 (2) (b) 1. Except as provided in sub. (1) or otherwise provided in this
5subsection, the school board of each district operating high school grades shall
6provide transportation to and from the private school a pupil attends for each pupil
7residing in the school district who is pregnant and for each pupil residing in the
8school district
who attends any elementary grade, including kindergarten, or high
9school grade at a private school located 2 miles or more from the pupil's residence,
10if such private school is a school within whose attendance area the pupil resides and
11is situated within the school district or not more than 5 miles beyond the boundaries
12of the school district measured along the usually traveled route.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2302p 13Section 2302p. 121.55 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 121.55 (3) (a) and
14amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1265,215 121.55 (3) (a) If the estimated cost of transporting a pupil under s. 121.54 (2)
16(b) 1. is more than 1.5 times the school district's average cost per pupil for bus
17transportation in the previous year, exclusive of transportation for kindergarten
18pupils during the noon hour and for pupils with disabilities, the school board may
19fulfill its obligation to transport a pupil under s. 121.54 (2) (b) 1. by offering to
20contract with the parent or guardian of the pupil. The Except as provided in pars.
21(b) and (c), the
contract shall provide for an annual payment for each pupil of not less
22than $5 times the distance in miles between the pupil's residence and the private
23school he or she attends, or the school district's average cost per pupil for bus
24transportation in the previous year exclusive of transportation for kindergarten

1pupils during the noon hour and for pupils with disabilities, whichever is greater, but
2the
.
AB75-SSA1,1265,7 3(c) The payment under this subsection shall not exceed the actual cost nor may
4the aids paid under s. 121.58 (2) (a) for the pupil exceed the cost thereof. A school
5board which intends to offer a contract under this subsection par. (a) shall notify the
6parent or guardian of the private school pupil of its intention at least 30 days before
7the commencement of the school term of the public school district.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2302t 8Section 2302t. 121.55 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1265,159 121.55 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), if 2 or more pupils reside in the
10same household and attend the same private school, the contract under par. (a) may,
11at the discretion of the school board, provide for a total annual payment for all such
12pupils of not less than $5 times the distance in miles between the pupils' residence
13and the private school they attend, or the school district's average cost per pupil for
14bus transportation in the previous year exclusive of transportation for kindergarten
15pupils during the noon hour and for pupils with disabilities, whichever is greater.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2303 16Section 2303. 121.555 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1265,2517 121.555 (2) (a) Insurance. If the vehicle is owned or leased by a school or a
18school bus contractor, or is a vehicle authorized under sub. (1) (b), it shall comply with
19s. 121.53. If the vehicle is transporting 9 or less persons in addition to the operator
20and is not owned or leased by a school or by a school bus contractor, it shall be insured
21by a policy providing property damage coverage with a limit of not less than $10,000
22and bodily injury liability coverage with limits of not less than $25,000 for each
23person, and, subject to the limit for each person, a total limit of not less than $50,000
24for each accident
, as of the policy's effective date, equal to or greater than the
25minimum liability limits, as defined in s. 344.01 (2) (am)
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2304m
1Section 2304m. 121.58 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1266,92 121.58 (2) (c) A school district which provides transportation to and from a
3school under s. 121.54 (2) for pregnant pupils whose residence is less than 2 miles
4from the school attended, and for pupils
under s. 121.54 (9), shall be paid state aid
5for such transportation at the rate of $12 per school year per pupil so transported in
6the 2005-06 school year and
$15 per school year per pupil so transported thereafter.
7Such state aid shall be reduced proportionately in the case of a pupil transported for
8less than a full year because of nonenrollment. State aid for such transportation
9shall not exceed the actual cost thereof.
AB75-SSA1, s. 2306 10Section 2306. 121.79 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1266,1411 121.79 (1) (d) (intro.) For pupils in foster homes , treatment foster homes, or
12group homes, if the foster home, treatment foster home, or group home is located
13outside the school district in which the pupil's parent or guardian resides and either
14of the following applies:
AB75-SSA1, s. 2307 15Section 2307. 121.79 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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