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AB68,2026 11Section 2026. 118.33 (1) (f) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1140,2212 118.33 (1) (f) 2m. The governing body of each private school participating in the
13program under s. 119.23 and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant
14to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation
15and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and
16partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119
shall
17develop and periodically review and revise a policy specifying criteria for granting
18a high school diploma to pupils attending the private school under s. 119.23 or the
19school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s.
20119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119
. The criteria shall include the
21pupil's academic performance, successful completion of the civics test under sub.
22(1m) (a), and the recommendations of teachers.
AB68,2027 23Section 2027. 118.33 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1141,1724 118.33 (1) (f) 3. Neither a school board nor an operator of a charter school under
25s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) nor an individual or group or person that, pursuant to s. 115.999

1(3), 119.33 (2) (c) 1. or 2., or 119.9002 (3) (a) or (b), is responsible for the operation and
2general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and
3partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119
may
4grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria
5specified in the school board's or charter school's policy under subd. 1. or 2. Neither
6the
No governing body of a private school participating in the program under s.
7119.23 nor a governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33
8(2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management
9of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s.
10119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119
may grant a high school diploma
11to any pupil attending the private school under s. 119.23 or the school transferred
12to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch.
13115, or subch. II of ch. 119
unless the pupil has satisfied the criteria specified in the
14governing body's policy under subd. 2m. The governing body of a private school
15participating in the program under s. 118.60 may not grant a high school diploma to
16any pupil attending the private school under s. 118.60 unless the pupil has satisfied
17the criteria specified in the governing body's policy under subd. 2r.
AB68,2028 18Section 2028. 118.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1141,2419 118.40 (1) Notice to state superintendent. Whenever a school board intends
20to establish a charter school, it shall notify the state superintendent of its intention.
21Whenever one of the entities under sub. (2r) (b) or the director under sub. (2x) intends
22to establish a charter school, it shall notify the state superintendent of its intention
23by February 1 of the previous school year. A notice under this subsection shall
24include a description of the proposed school.
AB68,2029 25Section 2029. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. i. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2030
1Section 2030. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1142,62 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, ensure that each
3charter school under this subsection includes in its curriculum instruction in the
4culture, tribal sovereignty, and contemporary and historical significant events of the
5federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least
6twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.
AB68,2031 7Section 2031. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1142,178 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In Beginning in the 2015-16 school year and in each
9ending in the 2020-21 school year thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school
10established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the
11appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of
12the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under
13this paragraph in the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
14adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
15change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
16school year and the current school year, if positive. The change in the statewide
17categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
AB68,2032 18Section 2032. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1142,2419 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year
20under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (aw), (az), (bb), (da), (dj), (du), (fm), (fp),
21(fq), (fr), (fu), (k), and (m); and s. 20.505 (4) (es); and the amount, as determined by
22the secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated
23for payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts
24and cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13).
AB68,2033 25Section 2033. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. of the statutes is created to read:
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1118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year
2thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), for a pupil attending a
3charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1., the
4department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
5sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
6the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
7current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
8115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if
9positive.
AB68,2034 10Section 2034. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2035 11Section 2035. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1143,1612 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, in addition to
13the payment under par. (e) and subject to subd. 3., for a pupil attending summer
14school at a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par.
15(b) 1. a. to f., the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school, in the
16manner described in par. (e) 3m., an amount determined as follows:
AB68,2036 17Section 2036. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2037 18Section 2037. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1143,2219 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. Determine the number of pupils residing in the school
20district for whom a payment is made under par. (e) to an operator of a charter school
21established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in that
22school year.
AB68,2038 23Section 2038 . 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1143,2524 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. Multiply the number of pupils under subd. 1. a. by the per
25pupil amount calculated under par. (e) 2p. 2q. for that school year.
AB68,2039
1Section 2039. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1144,42 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. Identify the pupils residing in the school district for whom
3a payment is made under par. (fm) to an operator of a charter school established
4under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e. or f. to h. in that school year.
AB68,2040 5Section 2040. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. c. to dn. of the statutes are repealed.
AB68,2041 6Section 2041. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1144,87 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. Sum the amounts determined under subd. 1. b., and bn. ,
8d., and dn.
AB68,2042 9Section 2042. 118.40 (2x) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1144,1110 118.40 (2x) (title) Office Charter schools authorized by the former office
11of educational opportunity.
AB68,2043 12Section 2043. 118.40 (2x) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1144,1513 118.40 (2x) (a) 1. “Director" means the special assistant to the president of the
14University of Wisconsin System appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c)
chancellor of the
15University of Wisconsin-Madison
.
AB68,2044 16Section 2044. 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1144,2417 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. The Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision ....
18[LRB inserts date], the
director may not contract with a person to operate a charter
19school under this subsection. A contract entered into before the effective date of this
20subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], by the special assistant to the president of the
21University of Wisconsin System appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c), 2019 stats., with a
22person to operate a charter school under this subsection remains in full force and
23effect, but the director may not renew or modify the contract. The director shall carry
24out the special assistant's obligations under the contract
.
AB68,2045 25Section 2045. 118.40 (2x) (b) 2. i. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2046
1Section 2046. 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1145,112 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1., Beginning on the effective
3date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date],
the director may not enter into a
4contract to operate a recovery charter school under this paragraph. The director may
5not renew or modify a contract entered into under this paragraph before the effective
6date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], by the special assistant to the president
7of the University of Wisconsin System appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c), 2019 stats.,

8to establish, as a pilot project, one recovery charter school, to be located in this state
9and that operates only high school grades, but the contract remains in full force and
10effect
if the term of the contract is limited to 4 consecutive school years and the
11contract requires the charter school operator to do all of the following:
AB68,2047 12Section 2047. 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1145,1813 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, ensure that each
14charter school established under this subsection includes in its curriculum
15instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and contemporary and historical
16significant events of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands
17located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the
18high school grades.
AB68,2048 19Section 2048. 118.40 (2x) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1145,2120 118.40 (2x) (g) All of the following apply to a charter school established under
21this subsection before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]:
AB68,1146,222 1. Unless the director revokes the charter school's charter under sub. (5), the
23operator of the charter school may continue to operate the charter school under the
24terms of the contract under par. (b) 1. or (cm) that is effective on the effective date

1of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], for the remaining term of the contract, but
2the contract is not renewable for any additional term and may not be extended.
AB68,1146,53 2. Unless the director revokes the charter school's charter under sub. (5), the
4operator of the charter school may enter into a contract under sub. (2m) or (2r) to
5operate the charter school.
AB68,2049 6Section 2049. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1146,117 118.40 (3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under sub. (2m), (2r), or (2x) may be
8for any term not exceeding 5 school years and, except as provided under sub. (2x) (g),
9may be renewed for one or more terms not exceeding 5 school years. The contract
10shall specify the amount to be paid to the charter school during each school year of
11the contract.
AB68,2050 12Section 2050. 118.40 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1146,1813 118.40 (3) (h) A school board, or an entity under sub. (2r), or the director under
14sub. (2x)
may contract for the establishment of a charter school that enrolls only one
15sex or that provides one or more courses that enroll only one sex if the school board,
16or entity under sub. (2r), or the director under sub. (2x) makes available to the
17opposite sex, under the same policies and criteria of admission, schools or courses
18that are comparable to each such school or course.
AB68,2051 19Section 2051. 118.40 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1146,2120 118.40 (3m) Authorizing entity duties. (intro.) A school board, and an entity
21under sub. (2r) (b), and the director under sub. (2x) shall do all of the following:
AB68,2052 22Section 2052. 118.40 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1147,223 118.40 (3m) (c) Give preference in awarding contracts for the operation of
24charter schools other than the charter school established under a contract with the

1director under sub. (2x) (cm)
to those charter schools that serve children at risk, as
2defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a).
AB68,2053 3Section 2053. 118.40 (3m) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2054 4Section 2054. 118.40 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1147,85 118.40 (3n) Director duties. The director under sub. (2x) shall, in accordance
6with the terms of each charter school contract, monitor the performance and
7compliance with this section of each charter school established under a contract
8under sub. (2x).
AB68,2055 9Section 2055. 118.42 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1147,1210 118.42 (3) (a) 4. Implement changes in administrative and personnel
11structures that are consistent with applicable collective bargaining agreements
12under subch. IV of ch. 111
.
AB68,2056 13Section 2056. 118.42 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1147,1714 118.42 (5) Nothing in this section alters or otherwise affects the rights or
15remedies afforded school districts and school district employees under federal or
16state law or under the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement under
17subch. IV of ch. 111
.
AB68,2057 18Section 2057. 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1147,2419 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and ending in the
202020-21 school year
, the sum of the per pupil amount under this paragraph for the
21previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s.
22121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of
23statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current
24school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.
AB68,2058 25Section 2058 . 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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1118.50 (2m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, the sum of the per
2pupil amount under this paragraph for the previous school year; the amount of the
3per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year,
4if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between
5the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB68,2059 6Section 2059. 118.51 (1) (aj) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2060 7Section 2060. 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1148,188 118.51 (9) Appeal of rejection. If the nonresident school board rejects an
9application under sub. (3) (a) or (7), the resident school board prohibits a pupil from
10attending public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (3m) (d) or the
11nonresident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in the
12nonresident school district under sub. (11), the pupil's parent may appeal the
13decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. If the nonresident
14school board provides notice that the special education or related service is not
15available under sub. (12) (b), the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to
16the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The department shall
17affirm the school board's decision unless the department finds that the decision was
18arbitrary or unreasonable.
AB68,2061 19Section 2061. 118.51 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1148,2120 118.51 (12) (title) Nonresident school district statement of educational
21costs; special
Special education or related services.
AB68,2062 22Section 2062. 118.51 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,2063 23Section 2063. 118.51 (12) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (12).
AB68,2064 24Section 2064 . 118.51 (16) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.51 (16) (a) 1. For each school district, the number of nonresident pupils
2attending public school in the school district under this section, other than pupils for
3whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).
AB68,2065 4Section 2065 . 118.51 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1149,75 118.51 (16) (a) 2. For each school district, the number of resident pupils
6attending public school in a nonresident school district under this section, other than
7pupils for whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).
AB68,2066 8Section 2066. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1149,169 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. Beginning with the amount in the 2015-16 school year and
10ending with the amount in the 2020-21 school year, except as provided in subd. 3.
11c., in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this
12subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
13adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
14change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
15school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
16if positive.
AB68,2067 17Section 2067 . 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1149,2318 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. Beginning with the amount for the 2021-22 school year
19and in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this
20subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
21adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
22change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school
23year and the current school year, if positive.
AB68,2068 24Section 2068 . 118.51 (16) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1150,5
1118.51 (16) (c) If a pupil attends public school in a nonresident school district
2under this section for less than a full school term, the department shall prorate the
3state aid adjustments under this subsection and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) based on the
4number of days that school is in session and the pupil attends public school in the
5nonresident school district.
AB68,2069 6Section 2069 . 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1150,97 118.51 (16) (d) The department shall ensure that the aid adjustments under
8par. (b) and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) do not affect the amount determined to be received
9by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.
AB68,2070 10Section 2070. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1150,1811 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, and subject to subd.
123.
and ending in the 2020-21 school year, the per pupil transfer amount is the sum
13of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school year; the amount of the per
14pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if
15positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between
16the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40
17(2r) (e) 2p., if positive, or the amount under s. 118.51 (17) (b) 3., 2019 stats., if
18applicable
.
AB68,2071 19Section 2071 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1150,2520 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, the per pupil
21transfer amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school
22year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
23the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
24115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if
25positive.
AB68,2072
1Section 2072. 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
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