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AB68-SA1,101,149 119.23 (4v) (b) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of the city
10under par. (a) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not
11counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a school district has
12exceeded its pupil participation limit under s. 118.60 (2) (be) and that the pupil is not
13counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap
14under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. or b. has been exceeded
.
AB68-SA1,295 15Section 295. 119.23 (7) (b) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,101,2016 119.23 (7) (b) 2g. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, as part of the private
17school's curriculum, include instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and
18contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American
19Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades
20and at least once in the high school grades.
AB68-SA1,296 21Section 296. 119.23 (11) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,102,322 119.23 (11) (e) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b) and s. 118.60 (2) (be) and (bh),
23promulgate rules under par. (a) that are consistent with sub. (4v) and s. 118.60 (4v)
24to ensure that, if a pupil who accepted a space at a private school participating in the
25program under this section or under s. 118.60 changes the pupil's residence, the pupil

1will not be counted for purposes of determining whether the participation limit under
2s. 118.60 (2) (be) or the program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) that applies
3to the pupil's new residence has been exceeded.
AB68-SA1,297 4Section 297. 119.33 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,298 5Section 298. 119.44 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,299 6Section 299. 119.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,103,87 119.46 (1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council
8under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board shall report the amount of money required for the
9ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter,
10including the schools transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity
11schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 and to the opportunity schools and
12partnership program under subch. II,
to repair and keep in order school buildings
13and equipment, including school buildings and equipment transferred to the
14superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s.
15119.33 and to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II,
to
16make material improvements to school property, and to purchase necessary
17additions to school sites. The report shall specify the amount of net proceeds from
18the sale or lease of city-owned property used for school purposes deposited in the
19immediately preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under
20s. 119.60 (2m) (c) or (5) and the net proceeds from the sale of an eligible school
21building deposited in the immediately preceding school year into the school
22operations fund as specified under s. 119.61 (5). The amount included in the report
23for the purpose of supporting the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s.
24119.23 shall be reduced by the amount of aid received by the board under s. 121.136
25and by the amount specified in the notice received by the board under s. 121.137 (2).

1The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all the property subject to
2taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the amount of money required by the
3board for the purposes set forth in this subsection, at the same time and in the same
4manner as other taxes are levied and collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all
5other taxes which that the city is authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected,
6any other funds provided by law and placed at the disposal of the city for the same
7purposes, and the moneys deposited in the school operations fund under ss. 119.60
8(1), (2m) (c), and (5) and 119.61 (5) shall constitute the school operations fund.
AB68-SA1,300 9Section 300. 119.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,103,1510 119.49 (4) The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all taxable
11property in the city, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are
12levied and collected, which that shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all school
13bonds issued under this subchapter which chapter that are outstanding and to pay
14such part of the principal of such school bonds as becomes due during the ensuing
15school year.
AB68-SA1,301 16Section 301. 119.55 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,302 17Section 302. 119.61 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,103,2018 119.61 (1) (a) 4. An individual or group that is pursuing a contract with an
19entity under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) or the director under s. 118.40 (2x) to operate a school
20as a charter school.
AB68-SA1,303 21Section 303. 119.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,103,2422 119.61 (2) (b) The board shall submit a copy of the inventory required under
23par. (a) to the commissioner, the superintendent of schools, the city clerk, the
24department, and the joint committee on finance.
AB68-SA1,304 25Section 304. 119.61 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,104,4
1119.61 (2) (c) In addition to the inventory required under par. (a), the board
2shall annually notify the commissioner, the superintendent of schools, the city clerk,
3the department, and the joint committee on finance any time a change is made to the
4use of a school building.
AB68-SA1,305 5Section 305. 119.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,104,116 119.61 (3) (a) If, within 60 days after receipt of the inventory required under
7sub. (2) (a) or of a notice under sub. (2) (c), either the commissioner or the
8superintendent of schools submits a letter of interest regarding an eligible school
9building, the common council shall immediately proceed to add the commissioner or
10the superintendent of schools, respectively, as an agent of the board on any existing
11lease for the eligible school building between the common council and the board.
AB68-SA1,306 12Section 306. 119.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,104,2213 119.61 (3) (b) If, no more than 60 days after providing the commissioner and
14the superintendent of schools with a copy of the inventory under sub. (2) (a) or of a
15notice under sub. (2) (c), neither the commissioner nor the superintendent of schools
16has not submitted a letter of interest under par. (a), the city clerk shall post a public
17notice on the city's Internet site. The city clerk shall include in the public notice
18under this subsection the address of and the information specified under sub. (2) (a)
191. and 8. for each school building identified on the inventory under sub. (2) (a), or on
20the notice under sub. (2) (c), that is an eligible school building. The city clerk shall
21include in the public notice a request for and instructions for submitting letters of
22interest from persons interested in purchasing an eligible school building.
AB68-SA1,307 23Section 307. 119.66 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,105,9 24119.66 Interest in contracts forbidden. During the term for which elected
25or appointed and for 2 years after the expiration of the term, no member of the board

1may be employed by the board or by the department of employee trust funds in any
2capacity for which a salary or emolument is provided by the board or the department
3of employee trust funds. No board member, superintendent of schools, assistant
4superintendent, other assistant, teacher, or other employee of the board may have
5any interest in the purchase or sale of property by the city for the use or convenience
6of the schools. No contract made in violation of this section is valid. Any
7consideration paid by the city for a purchase or sale prohibited by this section may
8be recovered in an action at law in the name of the city. Any person violating this
9section shall be removed from any position held under this subchapter chapter.
AB68-SA1,308 10Section 308. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 119 [precedes 119.9000] of the
11statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,309 12Section 309. 119.9000 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,310 13Section 310. 119.9001 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,311 14Section 311. 119.9002 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,312 15Section 312. 119.9003 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,313 16Section 313. 119.9004 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,314 17Section 314. 119.9005 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,315 18Section 315. 120.18 (1) (o) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,316 19Section 316. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,105,2320 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that
21requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not on any day of
22the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for
23an entire school term shall be counted as one pupil.
AB68-SA1,317 24Section 317. 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,106,3
1121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day" means the length of the school
2day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or
35-year-old kindergarten program.
AB68-SA1,318 4Section 318. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,106,115 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program,
6including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b),
7that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02
8(1) (f) but requires less than full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week shall
9be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional
10hours of outreach activities. In this paragraph, “full-day” has the meaning given in
11par. (c) 2.
AB68-SA1,319 12Section 319. 121.02 (1) (L) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,106,1813 121.02 (1) (L) 4. Beginning September 1, 1991 2022, as part of the social studies
14curriculum, include instruction in the history, culture and, tribal sovereignty , and
15contemporary and historical significant events
of the federally recognized American
16Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice once in the elementary
17grades kindergarten to 2, once in grades 3 to 5, and at least once twice in the high
18school
grades 6 to 8.
AB68-SA1,320 19Section 320 . 121.02 (1) (L) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,106,2520 121.02 (1) (L) 4m. Beginning September 1, 2022, as part of the high school
21curriculum, include instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and contemporary
22and historical significant events of the federally recognized American Indian tribes
23and bands located in this state at least once in each of the high school grades. In at
24least one high school grade, the school board shall include the instruction required
25under this subdivision in the social studies curriculum.
AB68-SA1,321
1Section 321. 121.07 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,107,42 121.07 (2) Membership. (intro.) For the purposes of ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.095,
3and 121.105, and 121.137, a school district's membership is the sum of all of the
4following:
AB68-SA1,322 5Section 322. 121.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,107,96 121.07 (2) (d) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
7previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) to an
8operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under s. 118.40
9(2r) (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,323 10Section 323. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,107,1311 121.07 (2) (e) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
12previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (f), 2019
13stats.,
in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,324 14Section 324. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
15.... (this act), is repealed.
AB68-SA1,325 16Section 325. 121.075 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,107,18 17121.075 Two-thirds funding of partial school revenues; appropriation
18amount in odd fiscal years.
(1) In this section:
AB68-SA1,107,2119 (a) “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes
20levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under ss. 79.095 (4) and
2179.096 (4), less all of the following:
AB68-SA1,107,2422 1. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a
23school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for
24providing a service transferred to it from another school board.
AB68-SA1,107,2525 2. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.
AB68-SA1,108,1
13. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).
AB68-SA1,108,22 4. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).
AB68-SA1,108,43 5. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and
4(4m) multiplied by the applicable percentage in s. 121.08 (4) (b).
AB68-SA1,108,65 6. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has
6been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.
AB68-SA1,108,77 (b) “State school aids" means all of the following:
AB68-SA1,108,98 1. The amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s.
920.255 (2) (aw), (az), (bb), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fs), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m).
AB68-SA1,108,1010 2. The amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es).
AB68-SA1,108,1411 3. The amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the
12appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications
13providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service
14agencies under s. 16.971 (13).
AB68-SA1,108,1515 4. The amount appropriated under s. 20.437 (2) (eh).
AB68-SA1,108,20 16(2) By May 15, 2022, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the
17department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify
18to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate
19under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids
20equal two-thirds of partial school revenues.
AB68-SA1,108,23 21(3) By June 30, 2022, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee
22on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the
23following school year.
AB68-SA1,326 24Section 326. 121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
25renumbered 121.08 (4) (b) and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,109,10
1121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under
2ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also
3be reduced by the amount calculated as follows: 1. Multiply the amounts paid under
4s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2009-10 school year by 41.6 percent, and multiply
by
5multiplying
the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 to 2012-13
6school years by 38.4 percent. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, multiply the
7amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year by a percentage
8determined by subtracting 3.2 percentage points from the percentage that was
9applied under this subdivision paragraph in the previous school year. This
10subdivision paragraph does not apply after the 2024-25 school year.
AB68-SA1,327 11Section 327. 121.08 (4) (b) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB68-SA1,328 12Section 328. 121.135 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,109,2313 121.135 (2) (a) 1. “Additional general aid" means the amount determined by
14calculating the percentage of a school district's shared costs that would be paid under
15s. 121.08 if its membership included each pupil who is a resident of the school district
16or is attending the school district under s. 118.51 and solely enrolled in a special
17education program provided by a the county children with disabilities education
18board that includes the school district in its program under s. 115.817 (2) and the
19school district's shared costs were increased by the costs of the county children with
20disabilities education board program for all pupils participating in the county
21children with disabilities education board program who are residents of the school
22district or attending the school district under s. 118.51, and multiplying the costs of
23the county children with disabilities education board program by that percentage.
AB68-SA1,329 24Section 329. 121.137 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SA1,330
1Section 330. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated,
2renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,110,83 121.15 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (1g), a portion of state aid to
4school districts shall be distributed as follows: 3. Beginning
beginning in the
51999-2000 school year and ending in the 2020-21 school year, annually the state
6shall pay distribute a portion of state aid to school districts by paying to school
7districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 on the 4th
8Monday in July of the following school year.
AB68-SA1,331 9Section 331. 121.41 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,110,17 10121.41 Driver education programs; fees. A school board, operator of a
11charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), cooperative educational service
12agency,
or the technical college system board may establish and collect reasonable
13fees for any driver education program or part of a program which is neither required
14for nor credited toward graduation. The school board, operator of a charter school
15authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), cooperative educational service agency,
or the
16technical college system board may waive any fee established under this subsection
17for any indigent pupil.
AB68-SA1,332 18Section 332. 121.42 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,110,19 19121.42 Driver education programs; state aid. (1) In this section:
AB68-SA1,110,2220 (a) “Driver education program” means an instructional program in driver
21education approved by the department and operated by a qualified driver education
22provider or driver school.
AB68-SA1,110,2323 (b) “Driver school” has the meaning given in s. 343.60 (1).
AB68-SA1,111,3
1(c) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who met the income eligibility standard for
2a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758
3(b) (1) in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,111,64 (d) “Qualified driver education provider” means a school board, the operator of
5a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or a cooperative educational
6service agency.
AB68-SA1,111,9 7(2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall pay to each
8qualified driver education provider and driver school the amount determined under
9sub. (3) if all of the following apply:
AB68-SA1,111,1410 (a) The qualified driver education provider or driver school demonstrates to the
11department that for eligible pupils the qualified driver education provider or driver
12school waived at least 50 percent of the fees the qualified driver education provider
13or driver school otherwise charges pupils to enroll in and complete the driver
14education program.
AB68-SA1,111,1615 (b) By October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the qualified driver education
16provider or driver school reports to the department all of the following:
AB68-SA1,111,1917 1. The number of eligible pupils who enrolled in and successfully completed a
18driver education program operated by the qualified driver education provider or
19driver school in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,111,2220 2. The amount the qualified driver education provider or driver school charged
21a pupil who was not an eligible pupil to enroll in and complete the driver education
22program in the previous school year.
AB68-SA1,112,2 23(3) The department shall calculate the amount paid to a qualified driver
24education provider or driver school under sub. (2) by multiplying the number of
25eligible pupils the qualified driver education provider or driver school reported under

1sub. (2) (b) 1. by 50 percent of the amount the qualified driver education provider or
2driver school reported under sub. (2) (b) 2.
AB68-SA1,112,4 3(4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
4section.
AB68-SA1,333 5Section 333. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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