LRB-2849/1
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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
June 8, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Davis, LeMahieu, Vukmir, Kramer,
Ziegelbauer, Ripp, Nass, Lothian, Nygren, Petersen, Kleefisch, Townsend,
Knodl, Gundrum, Strachota, Spanbauer, Zipperer, Vos, A. Ott and Gottlieb,
cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Kapanke, Hopper, Kedzie, Leibham, Kanavas,
Lazich and Darling. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB306,1,3
1An Act to repeal 118.40 (8) (h) and 118.51 (3) () 7.; and
to amend 118.51 (3) (a)
26., 118.51 (3) (b) and 118.51 (15) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: eliminating the
3enrollment limit on virtual charter schools.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the number of pupils attending virtual charter schools
through the open enrollment program may not exceed 5,250 in any school year. A
virtual charter school is a charter school under contract with a school board in which
all or a portion of the instruction is provided through means of the Internet, and the
pupils enrolled in and instructional staff employed by the school are geographically
remote.
This bill eliminates the virtual charter school enrollment limit beginning in the
2010-11 school year.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB306, s. 1
4Section
1. 118.40 (8) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
AB306, s. 2
5Section
2. 118.51 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB306,2,46
118.51
(3) (a) 6. If an application is accepted, on or before the first Friday
7following the first Monday in June following receipt of a notice of acceptance,
or
1within 10 days of receiving a notice of acceptance if a pupil is selected from a waiting
2list under s. 118.40 (8) (h) 5., the pupil's parent shall notify the nonresident school
3board of the pupil's intent to attend school in that school district in the following
4school year.
AB306, s. 3
5Section
3. 118.51 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
AB306, s. 4
6Section
4. 118.51 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB306,2,137
118.51
(3) (b)
Notice to resident school district. Annually by June 30, each
8nonresident school board that has accepted a pupil under this section for attendance
9in the following school year shall report the name of the pupil to the pupil's resident
10school board.
If a pupil is selected from a waiting list under s. 118.40 (8) (h) 5., the
11nonresident school board shall report the name of the pupil to the pupil's resident
12school board within 10 days of receiving notice of the pupil's selection from the
13department.
AB306, s. 5
14Section
5. 118.51 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB306,2,2215
118.51
(15) (a)
Application form. Prepare, distribute to school districts and
16make available to parents an application form to be used by parents under sub. (3)
17(a). The form shall include provisions that permit a parent to apply for
18transportation reimbursement under sub. (14) (b).
The form shall require an
19applicant who is applying to attend a virtual charter school to indicate that he or she
20is applying to attend a virtual charter school, the number of virtual charter schools
21to which he or she is applying, and whether he or she is a sibling of a pupil currently
22enrolled in a virtual charter school through the open enrollment program.
AB306,3,2
1(1) This act first applies to the enrollment in virtual charter schools in the
22010-11 school year.
