SB743: Bill Text

SB743,5,8 3. The minority leader of the assembly or his or her designee.

SB743,5,9 4. The majority leader of the senate or his or her designee.

SB743,5,10 5. The minority leader of the senate or his or her designee.

SB743,5,12 6. One representative of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction.

SB743,5,13 7. All of the following appointed by the speaker of the assembly:

SB743,5,14 a. One individual who represents a rural school board.

SB743,5,16 b. One individual who represents an entity that may authorize a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).

SB743,5,17 8. All of the following appointed by the majority leader of the senate:

SB743,5,18 a. One individual who represents an urban school board.

SB743,5,20 b. One individual who represents a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2m).

SB743,5,22 9. One individual who represents a cooperative educational service agency, appointed by the governor.

SB743,6,3 (c) Duties; advisory committee. By no later than January 1, 2021, the uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee shall submit to the department of public instruction an advisory report on the methods and data that the committee determines are necessary to create the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s. 115.28 (13) (b). In the advisory report, the committee shall include recommendations to the department of public instruction on all of the following:

SB743,6,7 1. The reporting categories to include in the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s. 115.28 (13) (b). In developing the recommendations under this subdivision, the committee shall consider at least all of the following categories:

SB743,6,8 a. Instructional programming.

SB743,6,9 b. Instructional personnel.

SB743,6,10 c. Instructional operations.

SB743,6,11 d. Facility maintenance and operations.

SB743,6,12 e. Pupil transportation.

SB743,6,13 f. School administration.

SB743,6,14 g. System administration.

SB743,6,15 h. Staff development or professional development.

SB743,6,16 i. Pension and health care costs.

SB743,6,17 j. Pupil participation in open enrollment under s. 118.51.

SB743,6,18 k. Pupil participation in part-time open enrollment under s. 118.52.

SB743,6,19 l. Pupil participation in the early college credit program under s. 118.55.

SB743,6,23 2. For each category recommended under subd. 1., the financial data to be collected by and included in the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s. 115.28 (13) (b). In developing recommendations under this subdivision, the committee shall consider at least all of the following for each category:

SB743,6,24 a. The total amount of local, state, and federal funds received for the category.

SB743,7,2 b. For state funds received, the appropriation or program from which the funds were disbursed.

SB743,7,3 c. The costs and expenditures related to pupil enrollment.

SB743,7,4 d. The per pupil and per school costs for the category.

SB743,7,8 3. On whether the department's hardware, software, data collection methods, training, maintenance, communications, data security, and installation specifications for reporting information are appropriate for the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s. 115.28 (13) (b).

SB743,7,11 (d) Duties; department of public instruction. By no later than 45 days after receiving the advisory report under par. (c ), the department of public instruction shall do all of the following:

SB743,7,16 1. Respond in writing to the uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee as to whether the department will implement each recommendation in the advisory report. If the department of public instruction responds that it will not implement a recommendation in the advisory report, the department shall include its reasons for not implementing the recommendation.

SB743,7,18 2. Deliver a copy of the response under subd. 1 . and a copy of the advisory report the department received under par. (c ) to the joint committee on finance.

SB743,8,7 (e) Review by the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department of public instruction that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the department's response to the advisory report within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's response under par. (d ) 2., the department shall implement the recommendations, as modified in the department's response, in establishing the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s. 115.28 (13) (b). If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's response, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the department's response to the recommendations in the advisory report under par. (c ), the department may not establish the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s. 115.28 (13) (b) until the committee approves the department's plan to implement or reject each recommendation in the advisory report.

SB743,8,9 (f) Termination. The uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee terminates on January 1, 2024.

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