SB111,1178,53
4. If the sum under subd. 3. exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the
4department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences required
5under subd. 3.
SB111,1178,126
5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in the city under this
7paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private school determines that
8a pupil will not attend the private school under this paragraph. If, upon receiving
9notice under this subdivision, the department determines that the number of pupils
10attending private schools under this section falls below the program cap under sub.
11(2) (b), the department shall fill any available slot with a pupil selected from the
12waiting list established under subd. 4., if such a waiting list exists.
SB111,2135
13Section 2135
. 119.23 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1178,2314
119.23
(3) (b) If the private school rejects an applicant because
it the private
15school has too few available spaces, the applicant may transfer his or her application
16to a participating private school that has space available. An applicant
who is 17rejected under this paragraph
or an applicant who is on the waiting list under par.
18(ar) 4. may
, subject to sub. (2) (b), be admitted to a private school participating in the
19program under this section for the following school year, provided that the applicant
20continues to reside
within in the city. The department may not require, in that
21following school year, the private school to submit financial information regarding
22the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program
23under this section on the basis of family income.
SB111,2136
24Section 2136
. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1179,12
1119.23
(4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16
to 2020-21 school
year and in each school year
2thereafter years, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
3pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in
4subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil
5is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under
6s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the
7state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school
8year for 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 amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
11school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
12if positive.
SB111,2137
13Section 2137
. 119.23 (4) (bg) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1179,2414
119.23
(4) (bg) 6. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year and in each school year
15thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's
16enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 7.,
17the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled
18on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
19(2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state
20superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year
21for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue
22adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
23change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the previous school
24year and the current school year, if positive.
SB111,2138
25Section 2138
. 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1180,5
1119.23
(4) (bg) 7. If the pupil described in subd. 6. is enrolled in a private school
2that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and
3also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall substitute for the
4amount described in subd. 6. the amount determined under subd. 4. a. to d., with the
5following modifications:
SB111,1180,126
a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled
7in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the sum of the
8maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under
9this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
10the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
11school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2)
12(a) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
SB111,1180,1913
b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled
14in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the maximum amount
15per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the
16previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the
17per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if
18positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) between the
19previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
SB111,2139
20Section 2139
. 119.23 (4v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1181,221
119.23
(4v) (b) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of the city
22under par. (a)
for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not
23counted
for that school year for purposes of determining whether a school district has
24exceeded its pupil participation limit under s. 118.60 (2) (be)
and that the pupil is not
1counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap
2under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. or b. has been exceeded.
SB111,2140
3Section 2140
. 119.23 (7) (b) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1181,84
119.23
(7) (b) 2g. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, as part of the private
5school's curriculum, include instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and
6contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American
7Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades
8and at least once in the high school grades.
SB111,2141
9Section 2141
. 119.23 (11) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1181,1610
119.23
(11) (e) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b) and s. 118.60 (2) (be) and (bh),
11promulgate rules under par. (a) that are consistent with sub. (4v) and s. 118.60 (4v)
12to ensure that, if a pupil who accepted a space at a private school participating in the
13program under this section or under s. 118.60 changes the pupil's residence, the pupil
14will not be counted for purposes of determining whether the participation limit under
15s. 118.60 (2) (be) or the program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) that applies
16to the pupil's new residence has been exceeded.
SB111,2142
17Section 2142
. 119.33 of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,2143
18Section 2143
. 119.44 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,2144
19Section 2144
. 119.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1182,2120
119.46
(1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council
21under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board shall report the amount of money required for the
22ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter
,
23including the schools transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity
24schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 and to the opportunity schools and
25partnership program under subch. II, to repair and keep in order school buildings
1and equipment,
including school buildings and equipment transferred to the
2superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s.
3119.33 and to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II, to
4make material improvements to school property, and to purchase necessary
5additions to school sites. The report shall specify the amount of net proceeds from
6the sale or lease of city-owned property used for school purposes deposited in the
7immediately preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under
8s. 119.60 (2m) (c) or (5) and the net proceeds from the sale of an eligible school
9building deposited in the immediately preceding school year into the school
10operations fund as specified under s. 119.61 (5). The amount included in the report
11for the purpose of supporting the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s.
12119.23 shall be reduced by the amount of aid received by the board under s. 121.136
13and by the amount specified in the notice received by the board under s. 121.137 (2).
14The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all the property subject to
15taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the amount of money required by the
16board for the purposes set forth in this subsection, at the same time and in the same
17manner as other taxes are levied and collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all
18other taxes
which that the city is authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected,
19any other funds provided by law and placed at the disposal of the city for the same
20purposes, and the moneys deposited in the school operations fund under ss. 119.60
21(1), (2m) (c), and (5) and 119.61 (5) shall constitute the school operations fund.
SB111,2145
22Section 2145
. 119.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1183,323
119.49
(4) The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all taxable
24property in the city, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are
25levied and collected,
which that shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all school
1bonds issued under this
subchapter which
chapter that are outstanding and to pay
2such part of the principal of such school bonds as becomes due during the ensuing
3school year.
SB111,2146
4Section 2146
. 119.55 of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,2147
5Section 2147
. 119.61 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1183,86
119.61
(1) (a) 4. An individual or group that is pursuing a contract with an
7entity under s. 118.40 (2r) (b)
or the director under s. 118.40 (2x) to operate a school
8as a charter school.
SB111,2148
9Section 2148
. 119.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1183,1210
119.61
(2) (b) The board shall submit a copy of the inventory required under
11par. (a) to
the commissioner, the superintendent of schools, the city clerk, the
12department, and the joint committee on finance.