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WI Stat § 119.9001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.9001 - Commissioner of opportunity schools and partnership program; general provisions.

119.9001  Commissioner of opportunity schools and partnership program; general provisions. (1) The governor, the mayor of the city, and the county executive shall each appoint a person who is not an elected official to compile a list of candidates for the position of commissioner. (2) (a) No later than 120 days after July 14, 2015, the county executive shall select, from the list of qualified candidates provided under sub. (1), an individual to serve as the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership program.(b) In the event of a vacancy in the commissioner position, the county executive shall notify the governor and the mayor of the city who shall follow the procedure under sub. (1). No later than 120 days after providing notice under this paragraph, the county executive shall select an individual to fill the vacant position.(c) The commissioner shall report to the county executive and may be removed from office only by the county executive. (3) The commissioner is subject to all restrictions, liabilities, punishments, and limitations, other than recall under s. 9.10 (4), prescribed by law for members of the common council in their city. (4) The commissioner shall be paid an annual salary in the amount set by the county executive. (5) (a) The corporation counsel of the county shall be the legal adviser of and attorney for the commissioner and the opportunity schools and partnership program, except that the commissioner shall retain an attorney to represent the commissioner and the opportunity schools and partnership program in any matter if any of the following applies:1. The county executive, the county corporation counsel, or the commissioner determines that the commissioner or the opportunity schools and partnership program requires specialized legal expertise not possessed by the county corporation counsel.2. The county executive, the county corporation counsel, or the commissioner determines that the county corporation counsel does not have sufficient staff to adequately represent the interests of the commissioner or the opportunity schools and partnership program.3. The county executive, the county corporation counsel, or the commissioner determines that a conflict of interest exists.(b) The county corporation counsel shall notify the commissioner as soon as a determination is made under par. (a) that the county corporation counsel is unable to represent the commissioner.(c) The commissioner shall provide the county corporation counsel with reasonable notice of any meeting at which the commissioner will consider retention of an attorney.History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 150.
WI Stat § 119.9004 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.9004 - Opportunity schools and partnership program.

119.9004  Opportunity schools and partnership program. (1) Legal entity. (a) There is created within the school district operating under this chapter a opportunity schools and partnership program under the management and control of the commissioner. The commissioner shall exercise the powers, duties, and functions prescribed to the commissioner by law independently of the board and under the supervision of the county executive. Budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions for the schools transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program shall be performed by the commissioner.(b) The opportunity schools and partnership program comprises individual eligible schools transferred by the commissioner under s. 119.9002 (2). (2)  Exit from opportunity schools and partnership program. Subject to sub. (3) (a), the commissioner may transfer a school out of the opportunity schools and partnership program if the commissioner determines that the school has been placed in a performance category of “meets expectations" or higher on the 3 preceding consecutive accountability reports published for the school under s. 115.385 (1). Any of the following may apply to a school transferred out of the program under this subsection:(a) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the commissioner may return operation and general management of the school to the board.(b) The commissioner may transfer operation and management of the school to a person to operate the school under s. 118.40 as a charter school that is not an instrumentality of the school district, as determined under s. 118.40 (7).(c) The commissioner may transfer operation and general management of the school to the governing body of a private school. (3)  Opportunity schools and partnership program; limitations. (a) A school transferred to the program under this subchapter may not be transferred out of the program under this subchapter for 5 consecutive school years.(b) The commissioner may not return operation and general management of a school that has been transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program to the board if either of the following applies:1. The school remains an eligible school.2. The school district operating under this chapter has been assigned the performance category of “fails to meet expectations" on the 3 most recent accountability reports published under s. 115.385 (1).History:  2015 a. 55; 2019 a. 185.
WI Stat § 119.9005 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.9005 - Payments to the commissioner, persons, and private schools operating schools in the opportunity schools and partnership program; state aid adjustments.

119.9005  Payments to the commissioner, persons, and private schools operating schools in the opportunity schools and partnership program; state aid adjustments. Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the state superintendent shall do all of the following: (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs), pay to the commissioner on behalf of an individual or group operating a school under s. 119.9002 (3) (a) an amount equal to the amount paid per pupil to an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) in that school year multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in that school in that school year. (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs), pay to a person operating a school under a contract entered into under s. 119.9002 (3) (b) for that school year an amount equal to the amount paid per pupil to an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) in that school year multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in that school under that contract in that school year. (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs), pay to the governing body of a private school operating the school in which a pupil is enrolled under a contract entered into under s. 119.9002 (3) (c) for that school year an amount equal to the amount paid per pupil to an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) in that school year multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in that school under that contract in that school year. (4) Reduce the amount of state aid that the school district operating under this chapter is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) for that school year by the sum of the amounts paid for that school year under subs. (1) to (3) and ensure that the aid reduction under this subsection is lapsed to the general fund. (5) Ensure that the aid adjustment under sub. (4) does not affect the amount determined to be received by the school district operating under this chapter as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 120.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.001 - Applicability.

120.001  Applicability. This subchapter applies to common and union high school districts.
WI Stat § 120.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.01 - Number of school board members.

120.01  Number of school board members. In common or union high school districts, school boards shall be composed of the following number of members: (1) A common school district operating elementary grades or a union high school district shall have 3 school board members, except that if such school district is coterminous with a town or has a population of 500 or more it may have 5 school board members. (2) A common school district operating elementary and high school grades may have 3, 5, 7 or 9 school board members. (3) A common or union high school district may have not exceeding 11 school board members if a plan of apportionment is established under s. 120.02 (2).
WI Stat § 120.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.05 - School board officials.

120.05  School board officials. (1) (a) The members of a school board shall be the officers of a school district.(b) In the case of a 3-member school board, the school district president, treasurer and clerk shall constitute the school board. At the first election of a 3-member school board, the clerk shall be elected for a one-year term, the treasurer for a 2-year term and the president for a 3-year term.(c) In the case of a school board with more than 3 members, the school board shall annually elect a school district president, vice president, treasurer and clerk from among its members at a school board meeting held on or within 30 days after the 4th Monday in April.(d) A school district officer shall be a resident of the school district in which the officer serves. A school district officer who represents an apportioned area pursuant to a plan adopted under s. 120.02 (2) shall be a resident of the apportioned area for which he or she is elected or appointed at the time the officer takes the oath of office. If a school district officer who represents an apportioned area ceases to be a resident of that area after beginning his or her term but continues to be a resident of the school district, the officer may continue to serve for the balance of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed. (2) If the territory of a common school district and a union high school district is identical, the school board of the common school district shall constitute the school board of the union high school district. (3) If the school district president, vice president, treasurer or clerk of any school board is unable to discharge the duties of the office due to disability or absence, the school board may appoint a person to discharge the duties of such person until the disability or absence no longer exists. In the case of a 3-member school board the appointee shall be an elector of the school district. In the case of a larger school board the appointee for the president shall be the vice president and the appointee for the other officers shall be another school board member. The school board shall determine the compensation of such appointees. A person acting as school district clerk or school district treasurer shall have the powers of a deputy and shall take and file an official bond covering the person's acts unless the bond of such officer includes a bond for the officer's deputy. This subsection does not apply to vacancies caused by absence from the school district for a period exceeding 60 days covered by s. 17.03 (4m).History:  1975 c. 138 s. 13; 1975 c. 199; Stats. 1975 s. 120.05; 1979 c. 173; 1985 a. 218, 304; 2017 a. 365.The offices of president of a common school district board and chairperson of a town board within the district and the offices of school board member and town clerk are probably compatible. 74 Atty. Gen. 50.
WI Stat § 120.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.07 - School board member; refusal of salary.

120.07  School board member; refusal of salary. (1) In this section:(a) “Salary” means the annual salary for a school board member or the amount for each school board meeting the school board member actually attends.(b) “School board member” includes a school board member-elect. (2) (a)1. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 120.10 (3), a school board member may send written notification to the school district clerk and the school district treasurer that the school board member wishes to refuse to accept the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive.2.a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., for the taxable year in which the school board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed under s. 17.26, the school board member shall send the notification no later than the day on which the board member takes the official oath of office and before the board member performs any services in his or her capacity as a board member. The notification applies only to the taxable year in which the school board member's election is certified.b. If the school board member's current taxable year ends within 3 months of the day on which the board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed to the board, the notification applies until the end of his or her next taxable year.3. Except as provided in subd. 2., a school board member shall send the notification at least 30 days before the start of the school board member's next taxable year and the notification applies only to that taxable year. A school board member may renew his or her refusal by sending a notification annually as provided in this subdivision.4. A school board member may not rescind a notification sent under this paragraph.(b)1. If a school district clerk and school district treasurer receive a notification under par. (a), the school district treasurer may not pay the school board member the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive during the time period to which the notification applies, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the notification applies.2. If a school board member's notification no longer applies, the school district treasurer shall pay the school board member any salary that he or she is entitled to receive, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the expiration of the notification.History:  2017 a. 9.
WI Stat § 120.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.09 - Consideration of special subject.

120.09  Consideration of special subject. If in a common or union high school district at least 60 days prior to the annual meeting a petition is filed with the school district clerk signed by 100 electors requesting that the annual meeting consider a special subject or item of business which is a proper subject or item for consideration at the annual meeting, the school district clerk shall incorporate a statement of the subject or item in the notice of the annual meeting. The school district clerk shall prepare the proper ballot to permit voting on the subject or item at the annual meeting. If the petition includes a subject beyond the power of the annual meeting, the school district clerk shall reject that part of the petition which contains such subject and notify the proper person within 20 days of the school district clerk's receipt of the petition. The petition shall designate a person or a representative of an organization to be notified in case of its rejection.History:  1975 c. 138, 199.
WI Stat § 120.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.115 - Report on debt service.

120.115  Report on debt service. (1) (a) Within 10 days after adopting a resolution that authorizes the school board to incur debt or that authorizes the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board shall notify the department of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a copy of the resolution to the department.(b) Within 10 days after holding a referendum that would authorize the school district to incur debt or that would authorize the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board shall notify the department of the approval or rejection of the referendum. (2) (a) Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service, the school board shall submit the schedule to the department.(b) Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service on debt issued on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the common council of a 1st class city shall submit the schedule to the department. (3) Monthly, the department shall submit to the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau a report that aggregates all debt service payment schedules submitted under sub. (2).History:  1997 a. 27, 237.
WI Stat § 120.123 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.123 - School and school district accountability reports.

120.123  School and school district accountability reports. Beginning in September 2016, and annually thereafter, each school that maintains an Internet site shall, if the school is included in the most recent accountability report published under s. 115.385, within 30 days after the department publishes the accountability report, prominently link on the home page of that Internet site to the pages in that most recent accountability report concerning the school. History:  2015 a. 338.
WI Stat § 120.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.135 - Capital improvement fund.

120.135  Capital improvement fund. (1) By July 1, 2000, by a two-thirds vote of the members elect, a school board may adopt a resolution creating a capital improvement fund for the purpose of financing the cost of acquiring and improving sites, constructing school facilities and major maintenance of or remodeling, renovating and improving school facilities if all of the following are true:(a) A tax incremental district that is located in whole or in part in the school district is terminated before the maximum number of years that the tax incremental district would have existed under s. 66.1105 (7) (am) or (ar).(b) The value increment of the tax incremental district exceeds $300,000,000. (2) In each year in which the school board adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members elect expressing its intention to do so until the year after the year in which the tax incremental district would have been required to terminate under s. 66.1105 (7) (am) or (ar), the school board may deposit into the capital improvement fund the percentage, not to exceed 100 percent, specified in the resolution of the school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district in that year, as determined by the department of revenue under s. 66.1105. (3) The school board shall use the balance of the school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district to reduce the levy that otherwise would be imposed. (4) (a) Money in the capital improvement fund may not be used for any purpose or be transferred to any other fund without the approval of a majority of the electors of the school district voting on the question at a referendum.(b) The school board may not deposit into the capital improvement fund any amount other than the percentage specified under sub. (2). (5) The school board shall submit a report by January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the governor and the joint committee on finance describing the use of the moneys deposited into the fund under sub. (1) and the effects of that use.History:  1999 a. 17; 2001 a. 30; 2013 a. 8.
WI Stat § 120.137 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.137 - Long-term capital improvement trust fund.

120.137  Long-term capital improvement trust fund. (1) In this section, a “long-term capital improvement plan" is a capital improvement plan for at least a 10-year period. (2) A school board that has approved a long-term capital improvement plan may create a long-term capital improvement trust fund for the purpose of financing the costs of the capital improvements included in the school board's approved long-term capital improvement plan. (3) (a) A school board may not expend money deposited in a long-term capital improvement trust fund created under sub. (2) for a period of 5 years beginning on the date the trust fund is created.(b) After the 5-year period described in par. (a), a school board may make expenditures from a long-term capital improvement trust fund solely for the purposes described in the school board's approved long-term capital improvement plan and may not transfer money from a long-term capital improvement trust fund to any other school district fund.History:  2013 a. 336.
WI Stat § 120.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.14 - Audit of school district accounts.

120.14  Audit of school district accounts. In a common or union high school district: (1) At the close of each fiscal year, the school board of each school district shall employ a licensed accountant to audit the school district accounts and certify the audit. The audit shall include information concerning the school district's self-insurance plan under s. 66.0137 (4m) or 120.13 (2) (b), as specified by the commissioner of insurance, and information about expenditures for community programs and services under s. 120.13 (19). If required by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (18), the audit shall include an audit of the number of pupils reported for membership purposes under s. 121.004 (5). The cost of the audit shall be paid from school district funds. Annually by September 15, the school district clerk shall file a financial audit statement with the state superintendent.  (3) The annual meeting may authorize and direct an audit of the school district accounts by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442. (4) The department shall establish by rule a standard contract and minimum standards for audits performed under this section.History:  1971 c. 108 ss. 5, 6; 1971 c. 125 s. 523; 1975 c. 224; 1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17m); 1985 a. 29; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 306; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 120.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 120 - School district government.|120.15 - School district president; duties.

120.15  School district president; duties. The school district president of a common or union high school district shall: (1) Countersign all checks, share drafts or other drafts for disbursement of school district moneys. (2) Defend on behalf of the school district all actions brought against the school district. (3) Prosecute, when authorized by an annual meeting or the school board, actions brought by the school district. (4) Prosecute an action for the recovery of any forfeiture incurred under chs. 115 to 121 in which the school district is interested. If the school district president has incurred the forfeiture, such action shall be prosecuted by the school district treasurer. Of the net sum recovered under such action, one-half shall be paid into the school district treasury and one-half to the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund. (5) Act as chairperson of school board meetings and see that minutes of the meetings are properly recorded, approved and signed. In the absence of the president, the vice president or, in the case of a 3-member board, another school board member selected by the school board, shall act as chairperson of school board meetings.History:  1979 c. 89, 173; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 368.