Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes financial penalties for Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and the city of Milwaukee if either stop complying with a state law that requires police officers in schools in Wisconsin.

Highlights:

• Requires Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and the City of Milwaukee to apportion 75% of the costs of complying with the SRO requirement to MPS and 25% to the City of Milwaukee (Sec. 1-7).

• Requires that by no later than 30 days after the bill becomes law (Sec. 1-7):

• MPS and the City of Milwaukee must agree on how they will implement compliance with the SRO requirement; and

• MPS and the City of Milwaukee must jointly certify to the Joint Committee on Finance that at least 25 school resource officers are present in MPS schools.

• Specifies a similar certification process is required if the initial agreement between MPS and the City of Milwaukee is terminated. First, MPS and the City of Milwaukee must agree on how they will implement compliance with the SRO requirement within 30 days of the termination of the agreement (Sec. 1-7).

• Requires that no later than 30 days after agreeing, the City of Milwaukee must certify to JCF that at least 25 law enforcement officers are trained and available to be placed in MPS schools and that by no later than 30 days after the certification is made to JCF, MPS must certify to JCF that at least 25 school resource officers are present in MPS schools.

• Establishes financial consequences for both the City of Milwaukee and MPS if these requirements are not met (Sec. 1-7).

• Requires the Department of Administration to withhold 10% of the supplemental county and municipal aid to the City of Milwaukee if evidence is not provided of an agreement between the city and MPS or if the City of Milwaukee fails to certify to JCF, by no later than 30 days after the bill becomes law (Sec. 1-7).

• That at least 25 school resource officers are present in MPS schools and, if a new agreement is entered into in the future; and

• That 25 law enforcement officers are trained and available to be placed in MPS schools.

• Requires the Department of Public Instruction to withhold 20 percent of the per pupil categorical aid payment owed to MPS if evidence is not provided of an agreement between the City of Milwaukee and MPS or if MPS fails to certify to JCF by no later than 30 days after the bill becomes law and, if required in the future due to a new agreement, that at least 25 school resource officers are present in MPS schools (Sec. 1-7).

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