SB587: Bill Text

SB587,4,4 7. “Private school” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (3r).

SB587,4,6 8. “School” means a public school, including a charter school, or a private school in this state.

SB587,4,8 9. “Transferee school” means a school to which a pupil is eligible to transfer under par. (b) 1., 2 ., 3., or 4.

SB587,4,10 10. “Transferor school” means a school from which a pupil is eligible to transfer under par. (b) 1., 2 ., 3., or 4.

SB587,4,11 (b) Allowed transfers.

SB587,4,15 1. Subject to par. (f), if the governing body of a school requires pupils to wear face coverings to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a pupil enrolled in or attending the school may transfer, as provided under par. (c), to a school that does not require pupils to wear face coverings.

SB587,4,19 2. Subject to par. (f), if the governing body of a school does not require pupils to wear face coverings to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a pupil enrolled in or attending the school may transfer, as provided under par. (c), to a school that does require pupils to wear face coverings.

SB587,4,23 3. Subject to par. (f), if the governing body of a school requires pupils to receive, or to show proof of having received, COVID-19 vaccines, a pupil enrolled in or attending the school may transfer, as provided under par. (c), to a school that does not require pupils to receive or to show proof of having received COVID-19 vaccines.

SB587,5,2 4. Subject to par. (f), if the governing body of a school does not require pupils to receive, or to show proof of having received, COVID-19 vaccines, a pupil enrolled in or attending the school may transfer, as provided under par. (c), to a school that does require pupils to receive or to show proof of having received COVID-19 vaccines.

SB587,5,3 (c) Application process.

SB587,5,6 1. The parent of a pupil who wants to transfer to a transferee school as allowed under par. (b) 1., 2 ., 3., or 4. shall submit an application to the governing body of the transferee school.

SB587,5,9 2. No later than 20 days after the governing body of a transferee school receives an application under subd. 1., the governing body shall notify the applicant whether the governing body accepts or rejects the application.

SB587,5,18 3. If the application of the parent of a pupil is accepted under subd. 2 ., the parent shall, no later than 10 days after receiving the notice of acceptance, notify the governing body of the pupil's transferor school of the acceptance and the date on which the pupil will begin attending the transferee school. The pupil may immediately begin attending the transferee school and shall begin attending the transferee school no later than 15 days after the parent receives the notice of acceptance. If the pupil has not enrolled in or attended the transferee school by the day specified in this subdivision, the transferee school may notify the pupil's parent that the pupil is no longer authorized to attend the transferee school.

SB587,5,19 (d) Transfer payments.

SB587,5,22 1. If a pupil transfers to a transferee school under this subsection, the department shall pay the governing body of the transferee school, on behalf of the parent of the pupil, the following amount:

SB587,5,25 a. If the transferee school is a private school and the pupil is not a child with a disability, an amount equal to the per pupil amount determined under s. 118.60 (4) (bg) for the school year.

SB587,6,3 b. If the transferee school is a private school and the pupil is a child with a disability, an amount equal to the per pupil scholarship amount determined under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) for the school year.

SB587,6,6 c. If the transferee school is a public school, including a charter school, and the pupil is not a child with a disability, an amount equal to the per pupil transfer amount determined under s. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. for the school year.

SB587,6,9 d. If the transferee school is a public school, including a charter school, and the pupil is a child with a disability, an amount equal to the per pupil transfer amount determined under s. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c.

SB587,6,12 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., if a pupil transfers to a transferee school under this subsection after the 3rd Friday in September, the department shall prorate the payment under subd. 1.

SB587,6,13 (e) State aid adjustments.

SB587,6,23 1. If a pupil transfers under this subsection from a transferor school that is a public school in a school district, other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), to a transferee school that is a private school, charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or public school in another school district, the department shall decrease the transferor school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 for the school year by an amount equal to the total amount paid under par. (d ) on behalf of the parent of the pupil for the school year. If the transferor school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall decrease other state aid payments made by the department to the transferor school district by the remaining amount.

SB587,7,3 2. If a pupil transfers under this subsection from a transferor school that is a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to a transferee school, the department shall withhold from the operator of the charter school any remaining installment amounts the operator would have received under s. 118.40 (2r) (e), (f), or (fm) or (2x) (e) or (em) on behalf of the parent of the pupil for the remainder of the school year.

SB587,7,9 3. If a pupil transfers under this subsection from a transferor school that is a private school participating in a program under s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23 to a transferee school, the department shall withhold from the governing body of the private school any remaining installment amounts the governing body would have received under s. 115.7915 (4m) or (4p), 118.60 (4) or (4m), or 119.23 (4) or (4m) on behalf of the parent of the pupil for the remainder of the school year.

SB587,7,10 (f) Limitations.

SB587,7,11 1. This subsection does not apply after the 2022-23 school year.

SB587,7,13 2. A pupil may transfer to a transferee school under this subsection no more than one time in each school year.

SB587,7,17 (2) Interscholastic athletic association membership; 2021-22 school year. In the 2021-22 school year, no school district may be a member of an interscholastic athletic association unless, for purposes of determining pupil eligibility for the 2021-22 school year, the interscholastic athletic association does all of the following:

SB587,7,24 (a) If a request to waive the association's transfer rules is submitted on behalf of a pupil, considers the method by which educational programming was delivered during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years to be an extenuating circumstance that justifies the pupil transferring schools. For purposes of this paragraph, the “method by which educational programming was delivered” includes virtual instruction, in-person instruction, or a combination of virtual and in-person instruction.

SB587,8,3 (b) If a waiver is granted based on the extenuating circumstance described in par. (a), allows the pupil to participate in all levels of competition, including varsity competition, during the 2021-22 school year.

SB587,4 Section 4. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB587,8,6 (1) The repeal of s. 20.255 (2) (fw) takes effect on July 1, 2023.

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