AB150-ASA,1403,21 119.84 Professional development. Annually, the state superintendent shall pay the amount appropriated in that fiscal year under s. 20.255 (2) (dc) to the board. The board shall use 67% of the funds to provide a mentor teacher program for inexperienced teachers and a peer coaching program for experienced teachers. The board shall use the balance of the funds for school administrator assessment and professional staff development activities. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1996.

AB150-ASA, s. 4022g Section 4022g. 120.105 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4022r Section 4022r. 120.12 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4024 Section 4024. 120.13 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1404,4 120.13 School board powers. (intro.) The school board of a common or union high school district may do all things reasonable to promote the cause of education, including establishing, providing and improving school district programs, functions and activities for the benefit of pupils, and including all of the following:

AB150-ASA, s. 4027m Section 4027m. 120.13 (25m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1404,8 120.13 (25m) Contracts for services. Contract in writing with any person for services that are not required to be provided by an individual licensed by the department.

AB150-ASA, s. 4029 Section 4029. 120.17 (8) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1404,19 120.17 (8) (bm) If the equalized valuation of that part of a municipality lying within a school district is reduced due to the removal of property from the tax roll because the imposition of the property tax on that property is found unconstitutional, the school district clerk shall notify the supervisor of equalization. The supervisor of equalization shall reduce the equalized valuation by the full value of the property so removed and certify the resulting equalized valuation to the state superintendent department and the school district clerk for use in computing the tax levy certifications under this subsection. Corrections may be made under this paragraph only for the valuations used by the department of public instruction for the last 2 school years.

AB150-ASA, s. 4030m Section 4030m. 120.44 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4031 Section 4031. 121.006 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1404,25 121.006 (1) (a) The state superintendent department may withhold state aid from any school district in which the scope and character of the work are not maintained in such manner as to meet the state superintendent's department's approval.

AB150-ASA, s. 4036 Section 4036. 121.02 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1405,8 121.02 (1) (m) Provide access to an education for employment program approved by the state superintendent. Beginning in the 1997-98 school year, the program shall incorporate applied curricula; guidance and counseling services under par. (e); technical preparation under s. 118.34; college preparation; youth apprenticeship under s. 101.265 106.13 or other job training and work experience; and instruction in skills relating to employment. The state superintendent shall assist school boards in complying with this paragraph.

AB150-ASA, s. 4037 Section 4037. 121.02 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1405,15 121.02 (1) (s) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year, administer the examinations required by the state superintendent under s. 118.30. A school board may administer additional examinations only if they are aligned with the school district's curriculum, and beginning in the 1996-97 school year, administer the examinations and performance assessments required by the state superintendent under s. 118.30.

AB150-ASA, s. 4038 Section 4038. 121.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1406,2 121.02 (2) In order to ensure compliance with the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent department shall annually conduct a general on-site audit of at least 10% of all school districts, selected by means of a stratified, random sample. The state superintendent shall audit each school district at least once every 10 years but may not audit a school district more than once every 6 years. The state superintendent shall ensure that the audit process involves school board members, school district administrators, teachers, pupils, parents of pupils and other residents of the school district. Nothing in this subsection prohibits the state superintendent from conducting an inquiry into compliance with the standards upon receipt of a complaint and may, on its own initiative, conduct an audit of a school district.

AB150-ASA, s. 4040x Section 4040x. 121.05 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1406,6 121.05 (1) (a) 4. Pupils enrolled in a private school under s. 119.23 who, in the school year prior to their initial enrollment in the private school, were enrolled in the school district operating under ch. 119 or were not enrolled in school.

AB150-ASA, s. 4042 Section 4042. 121.05 (1) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1406,9 121.05 (1) (a) 10. Pupils attending a private school or agency under contract with the board under s. 119.235.

AB150-ASA, s. 4044 Section 4044. 121.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1406,15 121.06 (1) Annually on or before October 1, the full value of the taxable property in each part of each city, village and town in each school district shall be determined by the department of revenue according to its best judgment from all sources of information available to it and shall be certified by the department of revenue to the state superintendent department.

AB150-ASA, s. 4046m Section 4046m. 121.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1407,2 121.07 (1) (a) The membership of the school district in the previous school year and the shared cost for the previous school year shall be used in computing general aid, except that beginning with state aid paid in the 1995-96 school year the membership used to compute state aid to the school district operating under ch. 119 shall include those pupils who are attending a private school under s. 119.23 in the current school year and were enrolled in grades kindergarten to 3 in a private school located in the city of Milwaukee other than under s. 119.23 in the previous school year. If a school district has a state trust fund loan as a result of s. 24.61 (3) (c) 2., the school district's debt service costs shall be based upon current school year costs for the term of the loan and for one additional school year.

AB150-ASA, s. 4048g Section 4048g. 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1407,9 121.07 (6) (a) (intro.) "Shared cost" is the sum of the net cost of the general fund and the net cost of the debt service fund, except that "shared cost" excludes any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by a school district as a result of its participation in a lawsuit commenced against the state, beginning with such costs incurred in the fiscal year in which the lawsuit is commenced. In this paragraph, "net cost of the debt service fund" includes all of the following amounts: