AB64,708,73 (b) To implement the teacher development program designed under par. (a), the
4school district shall allow employees who are enrolled in the program to satisfy
5student teaching requirements in a school in the school district, and the partnering
6entity under sub. (1) shall prepare and provide intensive coursework for
7participating school district employees.
AB64,708,10 8(3) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3) (a), the department may issue an initial
9teaching license to an individual who completes a teacher development program
10designed and implemented under this section.
AB64,1525 11Section 1525. 118.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,708,2012 118.21 (2) Any person who contracts to teach in any public school shall file in
13the office of the school district administrator, within 10 days after entering into such
14contract, a statement showing the date of expiration, if any, and the grade and
15character of certificate or license held. In any school district not having a school
16district administrator, the statement shall be filed with the school district clerk.
17Teachers employed by a cooperative educational service agency shall file the
18statement in the office of the agency coordinator. No order or warrant may be issued
19by the school district clerk in payment of the salary of any teacher, unless the teacher
20has complied with this subsection.
AB64,1526 21Section 1526. 118.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,708,2522 118.24 (1) A school board may employ a school district administrator, a
23business manager, and school principals and assistants to such persons. The term
24of each employment contract may not exceed 2 years. A contract for a term of 2 years
25may provide for one or more extensions of one year each.
AB64,1527
1Section 1527. 118.24 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,709,152 118.24 (6) The employment contract of any person described under sub. (1)
3shall be in writing and filed with the school district clerk. At least 4 months prior
4to the expiration of the employment contract, the employing school board shall give
5notice in writing of either renewal of the contract or of refusal to renew such person's
6contract. If no such notice is given, the contract then in force shall continue in force
7for 2 years.
Any such person who receives notice of renewal or who does not receive
8notice of renewal or refusal to renew the person's contract at least 4 months before
9the contract expiration shall accept or reject the contract in writing on or before a
10date 3 months prior to the contract expiration. No such person may be employed or
11dismissed except by a majority vote of the full membership of the school board.
12Nothing in this section prevents the modification or termination of an employment
13contract by mutual agreement of the parties. No school board may enter into a
14contract of employment with any such person for a period of time as to which such
15person is then under a contract of employment with another school board.
AB64,1528 16Section 1528. 118.24 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1529 17Section 1529. 118.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,709,2318 118.35 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fy), the department shall
19award grants to nonprofit organizations, cooperative educational service agencies,
20institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, and the school district
21operating under ch. 119
districts for the purpose of providing to gifted and talented
22pupils those services and activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school
23program that allow such pupils to fully develop their capabilities.
AB64,1530 24Section 1530 . 118.38 (2) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 118.38 (2).
AB64,1531 25Section 1531 . 118.38 (2) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1532
1Section 1532. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2015
2Wisconsin Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB64,710,103 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year
4under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (az), (bb), (df), (dg), (dj), (fm), (fr), (fu),
5(k), and (m); and s. 20.505 (4) (es); and the amount, as determined by the secretary
6of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4)
(s) allocated for payments
7to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and
8cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), for grants to school
9district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher
10training grants under s. 16.996
.
AB64,1533 11Section 1533 . 118.40 (8) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1534 12Section 1534. 118.40 (8) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,710,1713 118.40 (8) (fm) Attendance requirement. The governing body of a virtual
14charter school may not allow a pupil to begin attending the virtual charter school
15during a semester in which the pupil has been absent from a school without an
16acceptable excuse under s. 118.15 or 118.16 (4) for part or all of 4 or more days on
17which the school was held during the school semester.
AB64,1535 18Section 1535. 118.51 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,711,419 118.51 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) The availability of space in the schools, programs,
20classes, or grades within the nonresident school district. The nonresident school
21board shall determine the number of regular education and special education spaces
22available within the school district in the January meeting of the school board, except
23that for the 2011-12 school year the board shall determine the number of regular
24education and special education spaces available within the school district in the
no
25later than the first Monday in
February meeting of the school board. In determining

1the availability of space, the nonresident school board may consider criteria such as
2class size limits, pupil-teacher ratios, or enrollment projections established by the
3nonresident school board and may include in its count of occupied spaces all of the
4following:
AB64,1536 5Section 1536 . 118.52 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB64,711,6 6118.52 (title) Part-time open enrollment.
AB64,1537 7Section 1537 . 118.52 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1538 8Section 1538 . 118.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,711,149 118.52 (2) Applicability. A Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, a pupil
10enrolled in a public school in the high school grades may attend an educational
11institution
public school in a nonresident school district under this section for the
12purpose of taking a course offered by the educational institution nonresident school
13district
. A pupil may attend no more than 2 courses at any time at educational
14institutions
in nonresident school districts under this section.
AB64,1539 15Section 1539 . 118.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,712,516 118.52 (3) (a) The parent of a pupil who wishes to attend an educational
17institution
public school in a nonresident school district for the purpose of taking a
18course under this section shall submit an application, on a form provided by the
19department, to the educational institution at school board of the nonresident school
20district in
which the pupil wishes to attend a course not later than 6 weeks prior to
21the date on which the course is scheduled to commence. The application shall specify
22the course that the pupil wishes to attend and may specify the school or schools at
23which the pupil wishes to attend the course. The educational institution nonresident
24school board
shall send a copy of the application to the pupil's resident school board,
25except that if the pupil is attending a school in a school district other than the pupil's

1resident school district pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement under s.
2118.50, the educational institution nonresident school district to which the pupil
3applies under this section
shall send a copy of the application to the school board of
4the district in which the pupil is attending school pursuant to the whole grade
5sharing agreement
.
AB64,1540 6Section 1540 . 118.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,712,107 118.52 (3) (b) If an educational institution a nonresident school board receives
8more applications for a particular course than there are spaces available in the
9course, the educational institution nonresident school board shall determine which
10pupils to accept on a random basis.
AB64,1541 11Section 1541 . 118.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,712,2512 118.52 (3) (c) No later than one week prior to the date on which the course is
13scheduled to commence, the educational institution nonresident school board shall
14notify the applicant and the resident school board, in writing, whether the
15application has been accepted and, if the application is accepted, the school at which
16the pupil may attend the course. If the applicant pupil is attending a school in a
17school district other than the pupil's resident school district pursuant to a whole
18grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50, the educational institution school board
19of the district to which the pupil applies under this section
shall provide the notice
20required under this paragraph to the school board of the district in which the pupil
21is attending school pursuant to the whole grade sharing agreement. The acceptance
22applies only for the following semester, school year, or other session in which the
23course is offered. If the educational institution school board of the district to which
24the pupil applies under this section
rejects an application, it shall include in the
25notice the reason for the rejection.
AB64,1542
1Section 1542. 118.52 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,713,52 118.52 (3) (d) 1. If it denies an application to attend an educational institution
3public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (6), notify the applicant and
4the educational institution nonresident school board, in writing, that the application
5has been denied and include in the notice the reason for the rejection.
AB64,1543 6Section 1543 . 118.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,713,147 118.52 (3) (e) Following receipt of a notice of acceptance but prior to the date
8on which the course is scheduled to commence, the pupil's parent shall notify the
9resident school board, or, if the pupil is attending school in a school district other than
10the pupil's resident school district pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement
11under s. 118.50, the school board of the district in which the pupil is attending school,
12and the educational institution school board of the district to which the pupil applies
13under this section
of the pupil's intent to attend the course at in the educational
14institution
school district to which the pupil applies under this section.
AB64,1544 15Section 1544 . 118.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,713,2416 118.52 (6) (a) Individualized education program requirements. The school
17board of a pupil's resident school district, or, if the pupil is attending school in a school
18district other than the pupil's resident school district pursuant to a whole grade
19sharing agreement under s. 118.50, the school board of the district in which the pupil
20is attending school, shall reject a pupil's application to attend a course at an
21educational institution
in a public school in a nonresident school district under this
22section
if the resident school board or the school board of the district in which the
23pupil is attending school, respectively, determines that the course conflicts with the
24individualized education program for the pupil under s. 115.787 (2).
AB64,1545 25Section 1545 . 118.52 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,714,7
1118.52 (6) (b) Undue financial burden. The school board of a pupil's resident
2school district may reject an application to attend a course in a public school in a
3nonresident school district if the cost of the course would impose upon the resident
4school district an undue financial burden in light of the resident school district's total
5economic circumstances, including its revenue limit under subch. VII of ch. 121, its
6ability to pay tuition costs for the pupil, and the per pupil cost for children continuing
7to be served by the resident school district.
AB64,1546 8Section 1546 . 118.52 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1547 9Section 1547 . 118.52 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,714,1610 118.52 (8) Appeal of rejection. If an application is rejected under sub. (3) (c)
11or a pupil is prohibited from attending a course at an educational institution in a
12public school in a nonresident school district
under sub. (6), the pupil's parent may
13appeal the decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. The
14department shall affirm the decision unless the department finds that the decision
15was arbitrary or unreasonable. The department's decision is final and is not subject
16to judicial review under subch. III of ch. 227.
AB64,1548 17Section 1548 . 118.52 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,714,2218 118.52 (9) Rights and privileges of nonresident pupils. A pupil attending a
19course at an educational institution in a public school in a nonresident school district
20under this section has all of the rights and privileges of other pupils attending the
21educational institution
residing in that school district and is subject to the same rules
22and regulations as those pupils residing in that school district.
AB64,1549 23Section 1549 . 118.52 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,715,624 118.52 (10) Disciplinary records. Notwithstanding s. 118.125, the resident
25school board shall provide to the educational institution nonresident school board to

1which a pupil has applied under this section, upon request by that educational
2institution
school board, a copy of any expulsion findings and orders, a copy of records
3of any pending disciplinary proceeding involving the pupil, a written explanation of
4the reasons for the expulsion or pending disciplinary proceeding , and the length of
5the term of the expulsion or the possible outcomes of the pending disciplinary
6proceeding.
AB64,1550 7Section 1550 . 118.52 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,715,118 118.52 (11) (a) Responsibility. The parent of a pupil attending a course at an
9educational institution
in a public school in a nonresident school district under this
10section is responsible for transporting the pupil to and from the course that the pupil
11is attending.
AB64,1551 12Section 1551 . 118.52 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,715,2313 118.52 (11) (b) Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is attending
14a course at an educational institution in a public school in a nonresident school
15district
under this section may apply to the department for reimbursement of the
16costs incurred by the parent for the transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's
17residence or school in which the pupil is enrolled and the educational institution that
18school at which the pupil is attending for the course if the pupil and parent are unable
19to pay the cost of such transportation. The department shall determine the
20reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s.
2120.255 (2) (cy). The department shall give preference under this paragraph to those
22pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch
23under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB64,1552 24Section 1552 . 118.52 (12) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.52 (12) and
25amended to read:
AB64,716,8
1118.52 (12) The resident school board shall pay to the educational institution
2nonresident school board, for each resident pupil attending a course at the
3educational institution
in a public school in the nonresident school district under this
4section, an amount equal to the cost of providing the course to the pupil, calculated
5in a manner determined by the department. Except as provided in par. (b), the
6educational institution may not charge to or receive from the pupil or the pupil's
7resident school board any additional payment for a pupil attending a course at the
8educational institution under this section.
AB64,1553 9Section 1553 . 118.52 (12) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1554 10Section 1554 . 118.55 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,716,11 11118.55 (title) Youth options Early college credit program.
AB64,1555 12Section 1555 . 118.55 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (1) (intro.) and
13amended to read:
AB64,716,1514 118.55 (1) Definition. (intro.) In this section, “institution of higher education"
15means an all of the following:
AB64,716,17 16(a) An institution within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical
17college within the technical college system, or
a tribally controlled college or a .
AB64,716,18 18(b) A private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state.
AB64,1556 19Section 1556 . 118.55 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,717,620 118.55 (2) (a) Subject to par. (b) and sub. (7t) (c), any public high school pupil
21enrolled in the 11th or 12th grade who is not attending a technical college under sub.
22(7r) or s. 118.15 (1) (b) may enroll in an institution of higher education for the purpose
23of taking one or more nonsectarian courses at the institution of higher education,
24including during a summer semester or session
. The pupil shall submit an
25application to the institution of higher education in the previous school semester.

1The pupil shall indicate on the application whether he or she will be taking the course
2or courses for high school credit or postsecondary credit or both, if applicable. The
3pupil shall also specify on the application that, if he or she is admitted, the institution
4of higher education may disclose the pupil's grades, the courses that he or she is
5taking, and his or her attendance record to the public school in which the pupil is
6enrolled.
AB64,1557 7Section 1557 . 118.55 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,717,98 118.55 (3) (title) Notification of school board; determination of high school
9credit
; notification of postsecondary credit.
AB64,1558 10Section 1558 . 118.55 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,717,1511 118.55 (3) (c) If the pupil specifies in the notice under par. (a) that he or she
12intends to take a course for postsecondary credit at an institution of higher education
13that is within the University of Wisconsin System, the board of regents of the
14University of Wisconsin System shall notify the pupil whether credits earned for the
15course are transferable between and within institutions within the system.
AB64,1559 16Section 1559 . 118.55 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (4) (a) (intro.)
17and amended to read:
AB64,717,1918 118.55 (4) (a) (intro.) An institution of higher education may shall admit a pupil
19to attend a course under this section only if it has all of the following apply:
AB64,717,20 202. There is space available in the course.
AB64,1560 21Section 1560 . 118.55 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,717,2322 118.55 (4) (a) 1. The pupil meets the requirements and prerequisites of the
23course.
AB64,1561 24Section 1561 . 118.55 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,718,7
1118.55 (5) Payment Responsibility for and determination of costs; payment
2and reimbursement for certain costs
. (intro.) Subject to sub. (7t), within 30 days
3after the end of the semester,
the school board of the school district in which a pupil
4attending an institution of higher education under this section is enrolled shall pay
5the institution of higher education, on behalf of the pupil,
be responsible for the
6following amount for any course that is taken for high school credit and that is not
7comparable to a course offered in the school district
:
AB64,1562 8Section 1562. 118.55 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,718,169 118.55 (5) (a) If the pupil is attending an institution within the University of
10Wisconsin System,
taking a course for high school credit, regardless of whether the
11course is also taken for postsecondary credit, and if the course is not comparable to
12a course offered in the school district, 75 percent of
the actual cost of tuition, fees,
13books and other necessary materials directly related to
for the course, as determined
14under par. (d). If the pupil takes a course described under this paragraph at a high
15school in a school district, the school board of the school district shall be responsible
16for the costs of books and other necessary materials for the course
.
AB64,1563 17Section 1563 . 118.55 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,718,2018 118.55 (5) (b) If the pupil is taking a course for postsecondary credit and if the
19course is not comparable to a course offered in the school district, 25 percent of the
20actual cost of tuition for the course, as determined under par. (d).
AB64,1564 21Section 1564 . 118.55 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1565 22Section 1565 . 118.55 (5) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,719,223 118.55 (5) (d) 2. For an institution of higher education under sub. (1) (b), no
24more than 33 percent of the amount charged under subd. 1. by an institution within
25the University of Wisconsin System. Subject to sub. (7t), neither the institution of

1higher education nor the school board may charge any additional costs or fees to a
2pupil to attend a course under this section.
AB64,1566 3Section 1566 . 118.55 (5) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,719,84 118.55 (5) (e) 1. Subject to sub. (7t), within 30 days after the end of the semester,
5the school board of the school district in which a pupil who attended an institution
6of higher education under this section was enrolled shall pay the institution, on
7behalf of the pupil, the amount determined under par. (d) and shall submit an
8itemized report to the department of the amounts paid under this subdivision.
AB64,719,139 2. Subject to subd. 3., from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (d), the
10secretary of the department of workforce development shall, on behalf of the school
11board of a school district in which a pupil who attended an institution of higher
12education under this section was enrolled, pay to the department of public
13instruction the following amount:
AB64,719,1814 a. For a pupil who took a course for high school credit, as described in par. (a),
1525 percent of the actual cost of tuition for the course, as determined under par. (d).
16The department of public instruction shall reimburse the school board of the school
17district the amount received from the department of workforce development under
18this subd. 2. a.
AB64,719,2319 b. For a pupil who took a course for postsecondary credit, as described in par.
20(b), 50 percent of the actual cost of tuition for the course, as determined under par.
21(d). The department of public instruction shall reimburse the school board of the
22school district the amount received from the department of workforce development
23under this subd. 2. b.
AB64,720,324 3. If the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (d) in any fiscal year is insufficient
25to reimburse all school districts eligible for the full amount of reimbursable tuition

1costs under subd. 2., the secretary of the department of workforce development shall
2notify the state superintendent, who shall prorate the amount of the payments under
3subd. 2. among eligible school districts.
AB64,1567 4Section 1567 . 118.55 (6) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (6) (c) 1. and
5amended to read:
AB64,720,136 118.55 (6) (c) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 2., a pupil taking a course under
7this section
at an institution of higher education only for postsecondary credit under
8this section
is responsible for 25 percent of the actual cost of tuition and fees for the
9course, as determined under sub. (5) (d). The school board of the school district in
10which the pupil attending an institution under this section is enrolled shall establish
11a written policy governing the timing and method for recovering from the pupil or
12the pupil's parent or guardian the pupil's share of tuition as specified in this
13subdivision
.
AB64,1568 14Section 1568 . 118.55 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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