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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
May 29, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Vos, Gottlieb, Albers,
Nygren, LeMahieu and
Vruwink, cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee. Referred
to Committee on Education.
AB376,1,5
1An Act to repeal 115.01 (10) (b) and 121.02 (1) (f) 1.;
to renumber 115.01 (10)
2(a) (intro.);
to renumber and amend 121.006 (2) (a) and 121.02 (1) (f) 2.;
to
3amend 120.12 (15), 120.18 (1) (d), 121.004 (7) (c) 1. b., 121.004 (7) (cm) and
4121.23 (2) (intro.); and
to create 121.004 (5m) and 121.006 (2) (a) 2. of the
5statutes;
relating to: the number of school days required each school term.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, school is required to be held for at least 180 days during the
school term (the time beginning with the first school day and ending with the last
school day that the schools are in operation for the attendance of pupils in a school
year). In addition, each school board must schedule at least 437 hours of direct pupil
instruction in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades
1 to 6, and at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. This bill
eliminates the requirement that school be held for at least 180 days. The bill also
changes the minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction required in grades
1 to 6 to 1,098 hours and the minimum number of direct pupil instruction required
in grades 7 to 12 to 1,182 hours.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB376, s. 1
1Section
1. 115.01 (10) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.01 (10)
2(intro.).
AB376, s. 2
3Section
2. 115.01 (10) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB376, s. 3
4Section
3. 120.12 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB376,2,115
120.12
(15) School hours. Establish rules scheduling the hours of a normal
6school day. The school board may differentiate between the various elementary and
7high school grades in scheduling the school day.
The equivalent of 180 such days, as
8defined in s. 115.01 (10), shall be held during the school term. This subsection shall
9not be construed to eliminate a school district's duty to bargain with the employee's
10collective bargaining representative over any calendaring proposal which is
11primarily related to wages, hours and conditions of employment.
AB376, s. 4
12Section
4. 120.18 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB376,2,1513
120.18
(1) (d) The number of
school days taught, including holidays, and the
14number of hours of direct pupil instruction provided in each school
, by teachers
15legally qualified to teach.
AB376, s. 5
16Section
5. 121.004 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB376,2,1917
121.004
(5m) Minimum required hours of instruction. "Minimum required
18hours of instruction" means the number of hours of direct pupil instruction required
19for the grade in which a pupil is enrolled as specified in s. 121.02 (1) (f).
AB376, s. 6
20Section
6. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB376,3,7
1121.004
(7) (c) 1. b. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program
2requiring full-day attendance for less than 5 days a week for an entire school
year 3term shall be counted as the result obtained by multiplying the number of hours in
4each day in which the pupil is enrolled by the total number of days for which the pupil
5is enrolled, and dividing the result by the
product of the total number of hours of
6attendance
per day required of first grade pupils in the school district
multiplied by
7180.
AB376, s. 7
8Section
7. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB376,3,129
121.004
(7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that
10provides the
minimum required
number of hours of
direct pupil instruction
under s.
11121.02 (1) (f) 2. shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least
1287.5 additional hours of outreach activities.
AB376, s. 8
13Section
8. 121.006 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.006 (2) (a) (intro.)
14and amended to read:
AB376,3,1615
121.006
(2) (a) (intro.) Hold school for at least
180 days each year the minimum
16required hours of instruction, less any
days
of the following:
AB376,3,19
171. Hours during which the state superintendent determines that school is not
18held or educational standards are not maintained as the result of a strike by school
19district employees
, the days to be computed in accordance with s. 115.01 (10).
AB376, s. 9
20Section
9. 121.006 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB376,3,2221
121.006
(2) (a) 2. Hours during which school is closed by order of a local health
22officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5).
AB376, s. 10
23Section
10. 121.02 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB376, s. 11
24Section
11. 121.02 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 121.02 (1) (f) and
25amended to read:
AB376,4,8
1121.02
(1) (f) Annually, schedule at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction
2in kindergarten, at least
1,050 1,098 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to
36 and at least
1,137 1,182 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12.
4Scheduled hours under this
subdivision paragraph include recess and time for pupils
5to transfer between classes but do not include the lunch period.
Scheduled hours
6under this paragraph may include no more than 35 hours on Saturdays. A school
7board operating a 4-year-old kindergarten program may use up to 87.5 of the
8scheduled hours for outreach activities.
AB376, s. 12
9Section
12. 121.23 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB376,4,1510
121.23
(2) (intro.) If a school district holds less than
180 days of school the
11minimum required hours of instruction as the result of a strike by school district
12employees, for the purposes of computing general aid, the state superintendent shall
13compute the school district's primary and secondary ceiling costs per member in
14accordance with the procedure specified in pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation,
15the state superintendent shall:
AB376,4,1717
(1)
This act takes effect on July 1, 2008.
