NUMB:
000172
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
A substitute ordinance relating to establishing oversight fees for common council charter schools.
SECS:
330-27 rc
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This ordinance establishes a $125 per student oversight fee to be paid by common council charter schools, beginning in the 2000-01 school year. For non full-time equivalent students, the oversight fee is a pro-rated share of $125. The fee is payable in 4 installments, which are due after the school's receipt of each quarterly state payment of shared costs funds.
The oversight fee is payable to the city treasurer to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the charter school program. Expenditures from such trust fund shall be authorized by the charter school review committee. (The current ordinance establishing the charter school review committee authorizes the committee to recommend to the common council the establishment of reasonable oversight fees to defray the "actual and necessary costs" of the review committee.)
BODY:
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 330-27 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
330-27. Continuing Oversight of Charter Schools; Oversight Fee. 1. The committee shall have responsibility for ongoing review of the financial, educational, staffing and facility status of charter schools pursuant to s. 320-41.
2. Beginning in the 2000-01 school year, each charter school shall pay an oversight fee for each charter student in the school, as provided in this section. The number of charter students in a school shall be the number of students for which the Wisconsin department of public instruction pays the school under s. 118.40(2r)(e), Wis. Stats.
3. The oversight fee for each full-time equivalent charter student shall be $125 per year and shall be paid by the school operator in the following installments:
a. A payment of $30 per student no later than the 21st calendar day after the school operator receives the September payment from the Wisconsin department of public instruction, under s. 118.40(2r)(e), Wis. Stats.
b. A payment of $30 per student no later than the 21st calendar day after the school operator receives the December payment from the Wisconsin department of public instruction, under s. 118.40(2r)(e), Wis. Stats.
c. A payment of $30 per student no later than the 21st calendar day after the school operator receives the February payment from the Wisconsin department of public instruction, under s. 118.40(2r)(e), Wis. Stats.
d. A payment of $35 per student no later than the 21st calendar day after the school operator receives the June payment from the Wisconsin department of public instruction, under s. 118.40(2r)(e), Wis. Stats.
4. A pro-rated oversight fee shall be paid for each charter student who is less than full-time equivalent.
a. The amount of the pro-rated oversight fee shall be $125 multiplied by the ratio of the amount paid by the Wisconsin department of public instruction for that student to the amount the Wisconsin department of public instruction pays for a full-time equivalent charter school student.
b. The oversight fee for a student who is less than full-time equivalent shall be paid by the school operator in 4 equal installments at the times specified in sub. 3-a to d.
5. A charter school shall pay its oversight fee to the city treasurer to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the charter school program. Expenditures from such trust fund shall be authorized by the charter school review committee.
LRB:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
____________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: _____________________
CATT:
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
____________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: _____________________
ZDPT:
Department of Administration
DFTR:
00218-5
CW
7/3/2000