AB68: Bill Text

AB68,2026 Section 2026. 118.33 (1) (f) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1140,22 118.33 (1) (f) 2m. The governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall develop and periodically review and revise a policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma to pupils attending the private school under s. 119.23 or the school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119. The criteria shall include the pupil's academic performance, successful completion of the civics test under sub. (1m) (a), and the recommendations of teachers.

AB68,2027 Section 2027. 118.33 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1141,17 118.33 (1) (f) 3. Neither a school board nor an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) nor an individual or group or person that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 1. or 2., or 119.9002 (3) (a) or (b), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 may grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the school board's or charter school's policy under subd. 1. or 2. Neither the No governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 nor a governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 may grant a high school diploma to any pupil attending the private school under s. 119.23 or the school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the governing body's policy under subd. 2m. The governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil attending the private school under s. 118.60 unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the governing body's policy under subd. 2r.

AB68,2028 Section 2028. 118.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1141,24 118.40 (1) Notice to state superintendent. Whenever a school board intends to establish a charter school, it shall notify the state superintendent of its intention. Whenever one of the entities under sub. (2r) (b) or the director under sub. (2x) intends to establish a charter school, it shall notify the state superintendent of its intention by February 1 of the previous school year. A notice under this subsection shall include a description of the proposed school.

AB68,2029 Section 2029. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. i. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2030 Section 2030. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1142,6 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, ensure that each charter school under this subsection includes in its curriculum instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

AB68,2031 Section 2031. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1142,17 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In Beginning in the 2015-16 school year and in each ending in the 2020-21 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:

AB68,2032 Section 2032. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1142,24 118.40 (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), (da), (dj), (du), (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).

AB68,2033 Section 2033. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1143,9 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1., 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.

AB68,2034 Section 2034. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2035 Section 2035. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1143,16 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, in addition to the payment under par. (e) and subject to subd. 3., for a pupil attending summer school at a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school, in the manner described in par. (e) 3m., an amount determined as follows:

AB68,2036 Section 2036. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2037 Section 2037. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1143,22 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. Determine the number of pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under par. (e) to an operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in that school year.

AB68,2038 Section 2038 . 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1143,25 118.40 (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.

AB68,2039 Section 2039. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1144,4 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. Identify the pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under par. (fm) to an operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e. or f. to h. in that school year.

AB68,2040 Section 2040. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. c. to dn. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68,2041 Section 2041. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1144,8 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. Sum the amounts determined under subd. 1. b., and bn. , d., and dn.

AB68,2042 Section 2042. 118.40 (2x) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1144,11 118.40 (2x) (title) Office Charter schools authorized by the former office of educational opportunity.

AB68,2043 Section 2043. 118.40 (2x) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1144,15 118.40 (2x) (a) 1. “Director" means the special assistant to the president of the University of Wisconsin System appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c) chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB68,2044 Section 2044. 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1144,24 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. The Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the director may not contract with a person to operate a charter school under this subsection. A contract entered into before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], by the special assistant to the president of the University of Wisconsin System appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c), 2019 stats., with a person to operate a charter school under this subsection remains in full force and effect, but the director may not renew or modify the contract. The director shall carry out the special assistant's obligations under the contract.

AB68,2045 Section 2045. 118.40 (2x) (b) 2. i. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2046 Section 2046. 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1145,11 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1., Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the director may not enter into a contract to operate a recovery charter school under this paragraph. The director may not renew or modify a contract entered into under this paragraph before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], by the special assistant to the president of the University of Wisconsin System appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c), 2019 stats., to establish, as a pilot project, one recovery charter school, to be located in this state and that operates only high school grades, but the contract remains in full force and effect 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:

AB68,2047 Section 2047. 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1145,18 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, ensure that each charter school established under this subsection includes in its curriculum instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

AB68,2048 Section 2048. 118.40 (2x) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1145,21 118.40 (2x) (g) All of the following apply to a charter school established under this subsection before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]:

AB68,1146,2 1. Unless the director revokes the charter school's charter under sub. (5), the operator of the charter school may continue to operate the charter school under the terms of the contract under par. (b) 1. or (cm) that is effective on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], for the remaining term of the contract, but the contract is not renewable for any additional term and may not be extended.

AB68,1146,5 2. Unless the director revokes the charter school's charter under sub. (5), the operator of the charter school may enter into a contract under sub. (2m) or (2r) to operate the charter school.

AB68,2049 Section 2049. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1146,11 118.40 (3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under sub. (2m), (2r), or (2x) may be for any term not exceeding 5 school years and, except as provided under sub. (2x) (g), may be renewed for one or more terms not exceeding 5 school years. The contract shall specify the amount to be paid to the charter school during each school year of the contract.

AB68,2050 Section 2050. 118.40 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1146,18 118.40 (3) (h) A school board, or 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, or 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.

AB68,2051 Section 2051. 118.40 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1146,21 118.40 (3m) Authorizing entity duties. (intro.) A school board, and an entity under sub. (2r) (b), and the director under sub. (2x) shall do all of the following:

AB68,2052 Section 2052. 118.40 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1147,2 118.40 (3m) (c) Give preference in awarding contracts for the operation of charter schools other than the charter school established under a contract with the director under sub. (2x) (cm) to those charter schools that serve children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a).

AB68,2053 Section 2053. 118.40 (3m) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2054 Section 2054. 118.40 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1147,8 118.40 (3n) Director duties. The director under sub. (2x) shall, in accordance with the terms of each charter school contract, monitor the performance and compliance with this section of each charter school established under a contract under sub. (2x).

AB68,2055 Section 2055. 118.42 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1147,12 118.42 (3) (a) 4. Implement changes in administrative and personnel structures that are consistent with applicable collective bargaining agreements under subch. IV of ch. 111.

AB68,2056 Section 2056. 118.42 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1147,17 118.42 (5) Nothing in this section alters or otherwise affects the rights or remedies afforded school districts and school district employees under federal or state law or under the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111.

AB68,2057 Section 2057. 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1147,24 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and ending in the 2020-21 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 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.

AB68,2058 Section 2058 . 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1148,5 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 2021-22 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.

AB68,2059 Section 2059. 118.51 (1) (aj) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2060 Section 2060. 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1148,18 118.51 (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.

AB68,2061 Section 2061. 118.51 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1148,21 118.51 (12) (title) Nonresident school district statement of educational costs; special Special education or related services.

AB68,2062 Section 2062. 118.51 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2063 Section 2063. 118.51 (12) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (12).

AB68,2064 Section 2064 . 118.51 (16) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1149,3 118.51 (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).

AB68,2065 Section 2065 . 118.51 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1149,7 118.51 (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).

AB68,2066 Section 2066. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1149,16 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. Beginning with the amount in the 2015-16 school year and ending with the amount in the 2020-21 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.

AB68,2067 Section 2067 . 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1149,23 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. Beginning with the amount for the 2021-22 school year 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.

AB68,2068 Section 2068 . 118.51 (16) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1150,5 118.51 (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.

AB68,2069 Section 2069 . 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1150,9 118.51 (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.

AB68,2070 Section 2070. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1150,18 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, and subject to subd. 3. and ending in the 2020-21 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 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, or the amount under s. 118.51 (17) (b) 3., 2019 stats., if applicable.

AB68,2071 Section 2071 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1150,25 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. Beginning in the 2021-22 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.

AB68,2072 Section 2072. 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.