Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,967,10 118.40 (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-SSA1,2079 Section 2079. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,967,20 118.40 (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AB68-SSA1,2080 Section 2080. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2081 Section 2081. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,968,2 118.40 (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-SSA1,2082 Section 2082. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2083 Section 2083. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,968,8 118.40 (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-SSA1,2084 Section 2084 . 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,968,11 118.40 (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-SSA1,2085 Section 2085. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,968,15 118.40 (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-SSA1,2086 Section 2086. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. c. to dn. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2087 Section 2087. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,968,19 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. Sum the amounts determined under subd. 1. b., and bn. , d., and dn.

AB68-SSA1,2088 Section 2088. 118.40 (2x) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,968,22 118.40 (2x) (title) Office Charter schools authorized by the former office of educational opportunity.

AB68-SSA1,2089 Section 2089. 118.40 (2x) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,969,3 118.40 (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-SSA1,2090 Section 2090. 118.40 (2x) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,969,12 118.40 (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-SSA1,2091 Section 2091. 118.40 (2x) (b) 2. i. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2092 Section 2092. 118.40 (2x) (cm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,969,24 118.40 (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-SSA1,2093 Section 2093. 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,970,6 118.40 (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-SSA1,2094 Section 2094. 118.40 (2x) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,970,9 118.40 (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-SSA1,970,14 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-SSA1,970,17 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-SSA1,2095 Section 2095. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,970,23 118.40 (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-SSA1,2096 Section 2096. 118.40 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,971,6 118.40 (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-SSA1,2097 Section 2097. 118.40 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,971,9 118.40 (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-SSA1,2098 Section 2098. 118.40 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,971,14 118.40 (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-SSA1,2099 Section 2099. 118.40 (3m) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2100 Section 2100. 118.40 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,971,20 118.40 (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-SSA1,2101 Section 2101. 118.42 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,971,24 118.42 (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-SSA1,2102 Section 2102. 118.42 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,972,4 118.42 (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-SSA1,2103 Section 2103. 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,972,11 118.50 (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-SSA1,2104 Section 2104 . 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,972,17 118.50 (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-SSA1,2105 Section 2105. 118.51 (1) (aj) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2106 Section 2106. 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,973,5 118.51 (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-SSA1,2107 Section 2107. 118.51 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,973,8 118.51 (12) (title) Nonresident school district statement of educational costs; special Special education or related services.

AB68-SSA1,2108 Section 2108. 118.51 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2109 Section 2109. 118.51 (12) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (12).

AB68-SSA1,2110 Section 2110 . 118.51 (16) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,973,14 118.51 (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-SSA1,2111 Section 2111 . 118.51 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,973,18 118.51 (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-SSA1,2112 Section 2112. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,974,2 118.51 (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-SSA1,2113 Section 2113 . 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,974,9 118.51 (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-SSA1,2114 Section 2114 . 118.51 (16) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,974,15 118.51 (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-SSA1,2115 Section 2115 . 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,974,19 118.51 (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-SSA1,2116 Section 2116. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,975,3 118.51 (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-SSA1,2117 Section 2117 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,975,10 118.51 (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-SSA1,2118 Section 2118. 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2119 Section 2119. 118.51 (17) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2120 Section 2120. 118.51 (17) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,975,19 118.51 (17) (c) 1. If Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, if the number determined in par. (b) 1. a. is greater than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years, the department shall increase that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable school year.

AB68-SSA1,976,6 2. If Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, if the number determined in par. (b) 1. a. is less than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years, the department shall decrease that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable school year. If the 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 school district by the remaining amount. If the state aid payment under s. 121.08 and other state aid payments made by the department to the school district are insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cg) to pay the balance to school districts under subd. 1.

AB68-SSA1,2121 Section 2121. 118.51 (17) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,2122 Section 2122. 118.55 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,976,10 118.55 (3) (title) Notification of school board intent; determination of high school credit; notification of postsecondary credit.

AB68-SSA1,2123 Section 2123. 118.55 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,976,22 118.55 (3) (a) A public school pupil who intends to enroll in an institution of higher education under this section shall notify the school board of the school district in which he or she is enrolled or the governing board of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that he or she attends and a pupil attending a private school who intends to enroll in an institution of higher education under this section shall notify the governing body of the private school he or she attends of that intention no later than March 1 if the pupil intends to enroll in the fall semester, and no later than October 1 if the pupil intends to enroll in the spring semester. The notice shall include the titles of the courses in which the pupil intends to enroll and the number of credits of each course, and shall specify whether the pupil will be taking the courses for high school or postsecondary credit.

AB68-SSA1,2124 Section 2124. 118.55 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,977,25 118.55 (3) (b) If the public school pupil specifies in the notice under par. (a) that he or she intends to take a course at an institution of higher education for high school credit, the school board or governing board of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall determine whether the course is comparable to a course offered in the school district, and or charter school, whether the course satisfies any of the high school graduation requirements under s. 118.33, and the number of high school credits to award the pupil for the course, if any. If the pupil attending a private school specifies in the notice under par. (a) that he or she intends to take a course at an institution of higher education for high school credit, the governing body of the participating private school shall determine whether the course is comparable to a course offered at the private school, whether the course satisfies any requirements necessary for high school graduation, and the number of high school credits to award the pupil for the course, if any. In cooperation with institutions of higher education, the state superintendent shall develop guidelines to assist school districts boards, governing boards of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), and participating private schools in making the determinations. The school board, governing board, or governing body shall notify the pupil of its determinations, in writing, before the beginning of the semester in which the pupil will be enrolled. If the public school pupil disagrees with the school board's decision of a school board or governing board of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) regarding comparability of courses, satisfaction of high school graduation requirements, or the number of high school credits to be awarded, the pupil may appeal the school board's decision to the state superintendent within 30 days after the decision. The state superintendent's decision shall be final and is not subject to review under subch. III of ch. 227. If the pupil attending a participating private school disagrees with any decision of a governing body under this paragraph, the pupil may appeal the decision to the governing body within 30 days after the decision.

AB68-SSA1,2125 Section 2125. 118.55 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,978,7 118.55 (4) (b) If an institution of higher education admits a pupil, it shall notify the school board of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled , the governing board of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) the pupil attends, or the governing body of the pupil's participating private school, in writing, within 30 days after the beginning of classes at the institution of higher education. The notification shall include the course or courses in which the pupil is enrolled.

AB68-SSA1,2126 Section 2126. 118.55 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,978,16 118.55 (4) (c) If a pupil is not admitted to attend the course that he or she specified in the notice under sub. (3) (a) but is admitted to attend a different course, the pupil shall immediately notify the school board of the school district in which he or she is enrolled, the governing board of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) the pupil attends, or the governing body of the pupil's participating private school and the school board, governing board, or governing body shall inform the pupil of its determinations under sub. (3) (b) regarding the course to which the pupil was admitted as soon as practicable.