AB56: Bill Text

AB56,879,22 2. Beginning with the 2020-21 school year, the total number of pupils residing in the city who may attend a private school under this section during a school year may not exceed the program cap.

AB56,1655 Section 1655. 119.23 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,880,2 119.23 (2) (c) 3. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6m., a teacher employed by a private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.

AB56,1656 Section 1656. 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,880,17 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) The pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian shall submit an application, on a form provided by the state superintendent, to the participating private school that the pupil wishes to attend. If more than one pupil from the same family applies to attend the same private school, the pupils may use a single application. No later than 60 days after the end of the application period during which an application is received and subject to par. (ar), the private school shall notify each applicant, in writing, whether his or her application has been accepted. If the private school rejects an application, the notice shall include the reason. A Subject to par. (ar), a private school may reject an applicant only if it the private school has reached its maximum general capacity or seating capacity. The Except as provided in par. (ar), the state superintendent shall ensure that the private school determines which pupils to accept on a random basis, except that the private school may give preference to the following in accepting applications, in order of preference listed:

AB56,1657 Section 1657. 119.23 (3) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,880,20 119.23 (3) (ar) All of the following apply to applications to attend a private school under this section submitted by pupils who reside in the city:

AB56,881,2 1. A private school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under sub. (2) (a) 3. may accept applications for a school year during application periods determined by the department from pupils who reside in the city. For each school year, the department shall establish one or more application periods under this subdivision, the first of which begins no later than February 1 of the school year before the applicable school year, and the last of which ends no later than September 14 of the applicable school year.

AB56,881,9 2. Each private school that received applications under subd. 1. shall report to the department the number of pupils who applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section and the names of those applicants who have siblings who also applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section. The private school shall submit the report no later than 10 days after each application period described under subd. 1. during which the private school received applications.

AB56,881,19 3. After the end of each application period described under subd. 1, upon receipt of the information under subd. 2., the department shall determine the sum of all applicants for pupils residing in the city. In determining the sum, the department shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one private school under the program only once. If, after the end of an application period described under subd. 1., the sum of all applicants for pupils residing in the city exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the department shall determine which applications submitted during the application period to accept on a random basis, except that the department shall give preference to the applications of pupils described in par. (a) 1. to 5., in the order of preference listed in that paragraph.

AB56,881,22 4. If the sum under subd. 3. exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences required under subd. 3.

AB56,882,4 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in the city under this paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private school determines that a pupil will not attend the private school under this paragraph. If, upon receiving notice under this subdivision, the department determines that the number of pupils attending private schools under this section falls below the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the department shall fill any available slot with a pupil selected from the waiting list established under subd. 4., if such a waiting list exists.

AB56,1658 Section 1658. 119.23 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,882,15 119.23 (3) (b) If the private school rejects an applicant because it the private school has too few available spaces, the applicant may transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space available. An applicant rejected under this paragraph or an applicant who is on the waiting list under par. (ar) 4. may, subject to sub. (2) (b), be admitted to a private school participating in the program under this section for the following school year, provided that the applicant continues to reside within the city. The department may not require, in that following school year, the private school to submit financial information regarding the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income.

AB56,1659 Section 1659 . 119.23 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,882,21 119.23 (3m) (a) 2. The pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12 and the family income of the pupil, as determined under sub. (2) (a) 1., does not exceed an amount equal to 2.2 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).

AB56,1660 Section 1660 . 119.23 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,883,2 119.23 (3m) (b) 2. The family income of the pupil, as determined under sub. (2) (a) 1., exceeds an amount equal to 2.2 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).

AB56,1661 Section 1661. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,883,15 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school year and in each school year thereafter years, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue 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.

AB56,1662 Section 1662. 119.23 (4) (bg) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,884,2 119.23 (4) (bg) 6. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and in each school year thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 7., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue 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.

AB56,1663 Section 1663. 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,884,8 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. If the pupil described in subd. 6. is enrolled in a private school that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall substitute for the amount described in subd. 6. the amount determined under subd. 4. a. to d., with the following modifications:

AB56,884,15 a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue 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.

AB56,884,22 b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue 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.

AB56,1664 Section 1664. 119.23 (4v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,885,4 119.23 (4v) (b) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of the city under par. (a) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a school district has exceeded its pupil participation limit under s. 118.60 (2) (be) and that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. or b. has been exceeded.

AB56,1665 Section 1665. 119.23 (4v) (c), (d) and (e) of the statutes are created to read:

AB56,885,9 119.23 (4v) (c) The department may consider a pupil enrolled in a private school participating in the program under this section who satisfies all of the following as a resident of a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, who is enrolled in the private school under this section:

AB56,885,11 1. The pupil was a resident of the city when the pupil applied to participate in the program under this section.

AB56,885,13 2. The pupil accepted a space at a private school participating in the program under this section as a resident of the city.

AB56,885,15 3. The pupil resides in a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, on the 3rd Friday in September.

AB56,885,17 4. The private school at which the pupil accepted a space under this section is participating in the program under s. 118.60.

AB56,885,22 (d) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of an eligible school district, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), under par. (c) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. has been exceeded.

AB56,886,4 (e) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school district, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), or a 1st class city school district, under par. (c) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether the school district has exceeded its pupil participation limit under s. 118.60 (2) (be) and that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. b. has been exceeded.

AB56,1666 Section 1666. 119.23 (7) (ad) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,886,15 119.23 (7) (ad) 1. If a private school participating in the program under this section or s. 118.60 and accredited under sub. (2) (a) 7. to offer instruction in any elementary grade, but not any high school grade, seeks to offer instruction in any high school grade, the private school shall apply for and achieve accreditation by an accrediting entity to offer instruction in the additional grades in the manner established under sub. (2) (a) 7. br by December 31 of the first school year in which the private school begins offering instruction in the additional grades and shall obtain accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31 of the 3rd school year following the first school year in which the private school begins offering instruction in the additional grades.

AB56,1667 Section 1667. 119.23 (7) (ad) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,887,2 119.23 (7) (ad) 2. If a private school participating in the program under this section or s. 118.60 and accredited under sub. (2) (a) 7. to offer instruction in any high school grade, but not any elementary grade, seeks to offer instruction in any elementary grade, the private school shall apply for and achieve accreditation by an accrediting entity to offer instruction in the additional grades in the manner established under sub. (2) (a) 7. br by December 31 of the first school year in which the private school begins offering instruction in the additional grades and shall obtain accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31 of the 3rd school year following the first school year in which the private school begins offering instruction in the additional grades.

AB56,1668 Section 1668. 119.313 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,887,6 119.313 Mathematics Partnership. (1) The board, in consultation with the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, shall develop and implement a plan to improve mathematics instruction in schools in the school district.

AB56,887,11 (2) Annually, beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ah), the department shall award a grant to the board to develop and implement the plan under sub. (1). The board may use grant proceeds for personnel costs associated with developing and implementing the plan under sub. (1).

AB56,887,13 (3) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56,1669 Section 1669. 119.33 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1670 Section 1670. 119.44 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1671 Section 1671. 119.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,888,18 119.46 (1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board shall report the amount of money required for the ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter, including the schools transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 and to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II, to repair and keep in order school buildings and equipment, including school buildings and equipment transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 and to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II, to make material improvements to school property, and to purchase necessary additions to school sites. The report shall specify the amount of net proceeds from the sale or lease of city-owned property used for school purposes deposited in the immediately preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under s. 119.60 (2m) (c) or (5) and the net proceeds from the sale of an eligible school building deposited in the immediately preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under s. 119.61 (5). The amount included in the report for the purpose of supporting the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s. 119.23 shall be reduced by the amount of aid received by the board under s. 121.136 and by the amount specified in the notice received by the board under s. 121.137 (2). The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all the property subject to taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the amount of money required by the board for the purposes set forth in this subsection, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes which that the city is authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected, any other funds provided by law and placed at the disposal of the city for the same purposes, and the moneys deposited in the school operations fund under ss. 119.60 (1), (2m) (c), and (5) and 119.61 (5) shall constitute the school operations fund.

AB56,1672 Section 1672. 119.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,888,25 119.49 (4) The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all taxable property in the city, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected, which that shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all school bonds issued under this subchapter which chapter that are outstanding and to pay such part of the principal of such school bonds as becomes due during the ensuing school year.

AB56,1673 Section 1673. 119.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,889,4 119.61 (2) (b) The board shall submit a copy of the inventory required under par. (a) to the commissioner, the superintendent of schools, the city clerk, the department, and the joint committee on finance.

AB56,1674 Section 1674. 119.61 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,889,9 119.61 (2) (c) In addition to the inventory required under par. (a), the board shall annually notify the commissioner, the superintendent of schools, the city clerk, the department, and the joint committee on finance any time a change is made to the use of a school building.

AB56,1675 Section 1675. 119.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,889,16 119.61 (3) (a) If, within 60 days after receipt of the inventory required under sub. (2) (a) or of a notice under sub. (2) (c), either the commissioner or the superintendent of schools submits a letter of interest regarding an eligible school building, the common council shall immediately proceed to add the commissioner or the superintendent of schools, respectively, as an agent of the board on any existing lease for the eligible school building between the common council and the board.

AB56,1676 Section 1676. 119.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,890,2 119.61 (3) (b) If, no more than 60 days after providing the commissioner and the superintendent of schools with a copy of the inventory under sub. (2) (a) or of a notice under sub. (2) (c), neither the commissioner nor the superintendent of schools has not submitted a letter of interest under par. (a), the city clerk shall post a public notice on the city's Internet site. The city clerk shall include in the public notice under this subsection the address of and the information specified under sub. (2) (a) 1. and 8. for each school building identified on the inventory under sub. (2) (a), or on the notice under sub. (2) (c), that is an eligible school building. The city clerk shall include in the public notice a request for and instructions for submitting letters of interest from persons interested in purchasing an eligible school building.

AB56,1677 Section 1677. 119.66 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,890,14 119.66 Interest in contracts forbidden. During the term for which elected or appointed and for 2 years after the expiration of the term, no member of the board may be employed by the board or by the department of employee trust funds in any capacity for which a salary or emolument is provided by the board or the department of employee trust funds. No board member, superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, other assistant, teacher or other employee of the board may have any interest in the purchase or sale of property by the city for the use or convenience of the schools. No contract made in violation of this section is valid. Any consideration paid by the city for a purchase or sale prohibited by this section may be recovered in an action at law in the name of the city. Any person violating this section shall be removed from any position held under this subchapter chapter.

AB56,1678 Section 1678. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 119 [precedes 119.9000] of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1679 Section 1679. 119.9000 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1680 Section 1680. 119.9001 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1681 Section 1681. 119.9002 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1682 Section 1682. 119.9003 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1683 Section 1683. 119.9004 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1684 Section 1684. 119.9005 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1685 Section 1685. 120.12 (17) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1686 Section 1686. 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,891,4 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.728, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).

AB56,1687 Section 1687. 120.13 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,891,15 120.13 (14) (b) 1. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care program contracted for under par. (a), is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday, as defined under s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall rescind the contract of the contractor for the child care program immediately upon providing written notice of the rescission and the grounds for the rescission and an explanation of the process for appealing the rescission.

AB56,1688 Section 1688. 120.13 (14) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,892,4 120.13 (14) (b) 2. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care program contracted for under par. (a) is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday , as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall immediately suspend the contract of the contractor for the child care program until the school board obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to provide operate, work at, or reside at a child care program under this subsection.

AB56,1689 Section 1689. 120.18 (1) (o) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1690 Section 1690 . 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,892,10 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as one pupil.

AB56,1691 Section 1691 . 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,892,14 121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day" means the length of the school day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or 5-year-old kindergarten program.

AB56,1692 Section 1692 . 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,892,22 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program, including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b), that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) but requires less than full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities. In this paragraph, “full-day” has the meaning given in par. (c) 2.

AB56,1693 Section 1693. 121.05 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,892,25 121.05 (1) (a) 5. Pupils attending a technical college under s. 118.15 (1) (b) and pupils attending an institution of higher education under s. 118.55.

AB56,1694 Section 1694. 121.07 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: