AB56: Bill Text

AB56,1564 Section 1564. 118.35 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,850,24 118.35 (1) (c) “Underrepresented gifted and talented pupil” means a gifted and talented pupil who is any of the following:

AB56,850,25 1. A minority group pupil, as defined in s. 121.845 (2).

AB56,851,1 2. An economically disadvantaged pupil.

AB56,851,2 3. A child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).

AB56,851,3 4. A limited-English proficient pupil, as defined in s. 115.955 (7).

AB56,1565 Section 1565. 118.35 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 118.35 (4) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB56,851,9 118.35 (4) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fy), the department shall award grants to nonprofit organizations, cooperative educational service agencies, institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, and school districts for the purpose of providing any of the following purposes:

AB56,851,13 (a) Providing to underrepresented gifted and talented pupils those services and activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program that allow such pupils to fully develop their capabilities. The services and activities under this paragraph may be provided inside or outside of a pupil's regular classroom.

AB56,1566 Section 1566. 118.35 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,851,16 118.35 (4) (b) Providing teachers with professional development and training related to identifying and educating gifted and talented pupils.

AB56,1567 Section 1567. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,851,19 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) All Except as provided under par. (i), all of the following entities may contract with a person to operate a charter school:

AB56,1568 Section 1568. 118.40 (2r) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,851,23 118.40 (2r) (bm) The Except as provided under par. (i), the county executive of Waukesha County may contract for the establishment of a charter school located only in Waukesha County.

AB56,1569 Section 1569. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,852,10 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In Beginning in the 2015-16 school year and in each ending in the 2018-19 school year thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive. The change in the statewide categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:

AB56,1570 Section 1570 . 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,852,19 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (aw), (az), (bb), (dg), (dj), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fu), (k), and (m); and s. 20.505 (4) (es); and the amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), for grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996.

AB56,1571 Section 1571. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,853,4 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and in each school year thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

AB56,1572 Section 1572. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,853,7 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. Multiply the number of pupils under subd. 1. a. by the per pupil amount calculated under par. (e) 2p. 2q. for that school year.

AB56,1573 Section 1573. 118.40 (2r) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,853,13 118.40 (2r) (i) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on July 1, 2023, an entity under par. (b) 1. may not enter into a contract with a person to operate a charter school that was not operating on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

AB56,853,17 2. An entity under par. (b) 1. may contract with a person to operate a charter school that begins operating after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], if the person opens the charter school under a contract provision described under par. (b) 2. c.

AB56,853,21 3. An entity under par. (b) 1. may contract with a person to operate a charter school that begins operating after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], if the entity notified the state superintendent under sub. (1) by February 1, 2019, of the entity's intention to establish the charter school.

AB56,1574 Section 1574. 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,853,24 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. The Except as provided under par. (g), the director may contract with a person to operate a charter school.

AB56,1575 Section 1575. 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,854,5 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1., the director may, except as provided under par. (g), enter into a contract to establish, as a pilot project, one recovery charter school, to be located in this state and that operates only high school grades, if the term of the contract is limited to 4 consecutive school years and the contract requires the charter school operator to do all of the following:

AB56,1576 Section 1576. 118.40 (2x) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,854,10 118.40 (2x) (g) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on July 1, 2023, the director may not enter into a contract with a person to operate a charter school that was not operating on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

AB56,854,14 2. The director may contract with a person to operate a charter school that begins operating after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], if the director notified the state superintendent under sub. (1) by February 1, 2019, of the director's intention to establish the charter school.

AB56,1577 Section 1577. 118.40 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,854,22 118.40 (3) (h) A Except as provided under subs. (2r) (i) and (2x) (g), a school board, an entity under sub. (2r), or the director under sub. (2x) may contract for the establishment of a charter school that enrolls only one sex or that provides one or more courses that enroll only one sex if the school board, entity under sub. (2r), or the director under sub. (2x) makes available to the opposite sex, under the same policies and criteria of admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such school or course.

AB56,1578 Section 1578. 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,855,4 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. Beginning in In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school year years, the sum of the per pupil amount under this paragraph for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.

AB56,1579 Section 1579. 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,855,10 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the sum of the per pupil amount under this paragraph for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

AB56,1580 Section 1580 . 118.51 (1) (aj) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1581 Section 1581 . 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,855,23 118.51 (9) Appeal of rejection. If the nonresident school board rejects an application under sub. (3) (a) or (7), the resident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (3m) (d) or the nonresident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in the nonresident school district under sub. (11), the pupil's parent may appeal the decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. If the nonresident school board provides notice that the special education or related service is not available under sub. (12) (b), the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The department shall affirm the school board's decision unless the department finds that the decision was arbitrary or unreasonable.

AB56,1582 Section 1582 . 118.51 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,856,2 118.51 (12) (title) Nonresident school district statement of educational costs; special Special education or related services.

AB56,1583 Section 1583 . 118.51 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1584 Section 1584 . 118.51 (12) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (12).

AB56,1585 Section 1585 . 118.51 (16) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,856,8 118.51 (16) (a) 1. For each school district, the number of nonresident pupils attending public school in the school district under this section, other than pupils for whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).

AB56,1586 Section 1586 . 118.51 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,856,12 118.51 (16) (a) 2. For each school district, the number of resident pupils attending public school in a nonresident school district under this section, other than pupils for whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).

AB56,1587 Section 1587 . 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,856,21 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. Beginning with the amount in the 2015-16 school year and ending with the amount for the 2018-19 school year, except as provided in subd. 3. c., in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.

AB56,1588 Section 1588 . 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,857,3 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. Beginning with the amount for the 2019-20 school year, except as provided in subd. 3. c., and in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

AB56,1589 Section 1589 . 118.51 (16) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,857,6 118.51 (16) (a) 3. c. For the amount in the 2017-18 to 2020-21 school years, the amount determined under subd. 3. b. or bm. plus $100.

AB56,1590 Section 1590 . 118.51 (16) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,857,12 118.51 (16) (c) If a pupil attends public school in a nonresident school district under this section for less than a full school term, the department shall prorate the state aid adjustments under this subsection and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) based on the number of days that school is in session and the pupil attends public school in the nonresident school district.

AB56,1591 Section 1591 . 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,857,16 118.51 (16) (d) The department shall ensure that the aid adjustments under par. (b) and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) do not affect the amount determined to be received by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.

AB56,1592 Section 1592 . 118.51 (17) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,857,19 118.51 (17) (title) Pupil transfer amount and payments to a nonresident school board State aid adjustments and tuition; children with disabilities.

AB56,1593 Section 1593 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,858,2 118.51 (17) (b) 2. b. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school year years, the per pupil transfer amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.

AB56,1594 Section 1594 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1595 Section 1595 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,858,10 118.51 (17) (b) 2. d. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the per pupil transfer amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

AB56,1596 Section 1596 . 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1597 Section 1597 . 118.51 (17) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1598 Section 1598 . 118.51 (17) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,858,19 118.51 (17) (c) 1. If the number determined in par. (b) 1. a. is greater than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall increase that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable school year.

AB56,859,6 2. If the number determined in par. (b) 1. a. is less than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall decrease that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the difference multiplied by an amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable school year. If the state aid payment under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall decrease other state aid payments made by the department to the school district by the remaining amount. If the state aid payment under s. 121.08 and other state aid payments made by the department to the school district are insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cg) to pay the balance to school districts under subd. 1.

AB56,1599 Section 1599 . 118.51 (17) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1600 Section 1600. 118.55 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1601 Section 1601. 118.57 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,859,15 118.57 (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 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 in a nonresident school district, and the early college credit program programs under ss. 36.25 (56) and 38.12 (15).

AB56,1602 Section 1602. 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,859,22 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (ag) and, (ar), and (bh), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides within an eligible school district may attend any private school under this section and, subject to pars. (ag), (ar), (be), (bh), (bm), and (bs), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, may attend any private school under this section if all of the following apply:

AB56,1603 Section 1603 . 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,860,7 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in par. (bm), the pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget line, as defined in 42 USC 9902 (2). In this subdivision and sub. (3m), family income includes income of the pupil's parents or legal guardians. Except as provided in subd. 1. c. and d., the family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a private school under this section whose family income increases may continue to attend a private school under this section.