AB 330

Current law allows a pupil enrolled in any grade in a public school to attend an

educational institution to take up to two courses. "Educational institution" means

a public school located outside the pupil's school district of residence, the University

of Wisconsin System, a technical college, a nonprofit institution of higher education,

a tribal college, a charter school, and any nonprofit organization that has been

approved by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

The pupil's resident school board may reject an application to attend a course

at an educational institution if the school board determines that the course does not

satisfy high school graduation requirements or the course does not conform to or

support the pupil's academic and career plan. An educational institution may not

charge to, or receive from, the pupil or the pupil's resident school district any

payment for the course other than the tuition payment determined by DPI for a

course at the educational institution.

This bill eliminates these provisions. Under the bill, a pupil enrolled in grades

9 to 12 in a public school may attend public school outside his or her school district

of residence to take up to two courses. The school district in which the pupil resides

pays the nonresident school district an amount equal to the cost of providing the

course to the pupil, as determined by DPI. The pupil's resident school board may

prohibit a pupil from attending a course in a nonresident school district if the cost

would impose an undue financial burden on the school district.