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AB68-SA1,97,2115 1. A private school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under
16sub. (2) (a) 3. may accept applications for a school year during application periods
17determined by the department from pupils who reside in the city. For each school
18year, the department shall establish one or more application periods under this
19subdivision, the first of which begins no later than the first weekday in February of
20the school year before the applicable school year, and the last of which ends no later
21than September 14 of the applicable school year.
AB68-SA1,98,322 2. Each private school that received applications under subd. 1. shall report to
23the department the number of pupils who applied under subd. 1. to attend the private
24school under this section and the names of those applicants who have siblings who
25also applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section. The

1private school shall submit the report no later than 10 days after each application
2period described under subd. 1. during which the private school received
3applications.
AB68-SA1,98,134 3. After the end of each application period described under subd. 1, upon receipt
5of the information under subd. 2., the department shall determine the sum of all
6applicants for pupils residing in the city. In determining the sum, the department
7shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one private school under the
8program only once. If, after the end of an application period described under subd.
91., the sum of all applicants for pupils residing in the city exceeds the program cap
10under sub. (2) (b), the department shall determine which applications submitted
11during the application period to accept on a random basis, except that the
12department shall give preference in accepting applications of pupils to the following
13applications, in the order of preference listed:
AB68-SA1,98,1614 4. If the sum under subd. 3. exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the
15department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences required
16under subd. 3.
AB68-SA1,98,2317 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in the city under this
18paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private school determines that
19a pupil will not attend the private school under this paragraph. If, upon receiving
20notice under this subdivision, the department determines that the number of pupils
21attending private schools under this section falls below the program cap under sub.
22(2) (b), the department shall fill any available slot with a pupil selected from the
23waiting list established under subd. 4., if such a waiting list exists.
AB68-SA1,290 24Section 290. 119.23 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1119.23 (3) (b) If the private school rejects an applicant because it the private
2school
has too few available spaces, the applicant may transfer his or her application
3to a participating private school that has space available. An applicant who is
4rejected under this paragraph or an applicant who is on the waiting list under par.
5(ar) 4.
may, subject to sub. (2) (b), be admitted to a private school participating in the
6program under this section for the following school year, provided that the applicant
7continues to reside within in the city. The department may not require, in that
8following school year, the private school to submit financial information regarding
9the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program
10under this section on the basis of family income.
AB68-SA1,291 11Section 291. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,99,2312 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 to 2020-21 school year and in each school year
13thereafter
years, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
14pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in
15subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil
16is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under
17s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the
18state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school
19year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue
20adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
21change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
22school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
23if positive.
AB68-SA1,292 24Section 292. 119.23 (4) (bg) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
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1119.23 (4) (bg) 6. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year
2thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's
3enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 7.,
4the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled
5on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
6(2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state
7superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year
8for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue
9adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
10change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school
11year and the current school year, if positive.
AB68-SA1,293 12Section 293. 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,100,1713 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. If the pupil described in subd. 6. is enrolled in a private school
14that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and
15also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall substitute for the
16amount described in subd. 6. the amount determined under subd. 4. a. to d., with the
17following modifications:
AB68-SA1,100,2418 a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled
19in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the sum of the
20maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under
21this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
22the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
23school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2)
24(a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB68-SA1,101,7
1b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled
2in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the maximum amount
3per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the
4previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the
5per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if
6positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the
7previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB68-SA1,294 8Section 294. 119.23 (4v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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:
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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.
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