| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts. Provides that no school district that has not already qualified as an
eligible school district may qualify as an eligible school district after the effective date of this bill. (Act 215)
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/enrolled/sb174
Title: S.B. 174
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Repeals provisions that encouraged boards to ensure that pupils were provided age-appropriate instruction in human growth and development. Replaced with provision to foster a partnership between parents and schools to promote the optimal health and well-being of pupils. Defines "medically accurate information" as that which is scientifically-based and published, where appropriate, in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Adds to definition of "age-appropriate" by adding "consistent with adolescent development and community standards." Repeals 118.019 (1m) (b) 1., 2. and 3. These sections described the makeup of the instructional program (if provided by local board). Adds that if a school board elects to provide an instructional program, when the board establishes the curriculum for the instructional program, the board is required to make determinations as to whether and, if so, for what subjects covered in the curriculum the pupils are to be separated by gender. If an instructional program is provided, lists a number recommendations such as that abstinence is the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and requires the program to identify the skills necessary to remain abstinent. Clarifies that nothing in the subsection is to be construed to prohibit a school board from approving an instructional program that includes instruction on abstinence from sexual activity or that is abstinence-centered. For school boards offering a human growth and development curriculum, requires the appointment of an ad hoc advisory committee whose role is to advise the board on the design and implementation of the curriculum and to review the curriculum. Establishes membership of such a committee (i.e., no more than 1/5 parents and no more than 25% employees or board members and/or their spouses).
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/enrolled/sb237
Title: S.B. 237
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires that beginning July 1, 2012, each teacher preparatory program in the state submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year and sets filing requirements. Also creates an educator effectiveness section (115.415) that applies to all public schools, including charter schools, and whereby 50% of the total evaluation score is based on measures of student performance, including performance on state assessments, district-wide assessments, student learning objectives, school-wide reading at the elementary and middle-school levels, and graduation rates at the high school level. The other 50% of the total evaluation score is based on the extent to which the teacher or principals' practice meets the core teaching standards adopted by the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium. (Act 166)
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/166
Title: S.B. 461
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes and requires the governing board for the Milwaukee area technical college to include 9 members who are residents of the district, 7 of whom are residents of Milwaukee County. Five of those 7 are to represent employers -- 3 of whom represent employers with 15 or more employees, 2 with 100 or more employees, and at least 2 of the members shall represent employers who are manufacturing businesses. Also includes one district administrator, two elected officials (state or local offices) and two additional members. Establishes other parameters. Modifies membership of other technical college boards.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/enrolled/sb275
Title: S.B. 275
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates the Governor's Read to Lead Development Fund and the Read to Lead Development Council. Sets membership of the Council. Allows for awarding of grants to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy improvement program. Makes appropriations from which the Governor may draw to award such grants. Grants are to support assessments of reading readiness, literacy and early childhood development programs and/or literacy improvement aids. Establishes a separate, nonlapsible trust fund, designated the Governor's Read to Lead Development Fund, consisting of all gifts, grants, bequests, and other contributions made to the fund. Section 20 (118.016) requires that school boards and charter school governing bodies use the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the Department and annually assess each pupil enrolled in kindergarten for reading readiness. Requires that results be reported to the pupil's parent. Section 21 (118.19 (14)) prohibits the Department from issuing a beginning teaching license (grades K-5) or in special education, reading teacher unless the applicant has passed an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. Requires that the passing score be set no lower than the level recommended by the developer of the test, based on Wisconsin's standards. Requires that beginning July 1, 2012, each teacher preparatory program in the state submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure, together with each individual's date of program completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently completed academic year and sets filing requirements.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/166
Title: S.B. 461
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Prohibits use of law enforcement or juvenile court records to expel or suspend a pupil or as the sole basis for taking any other disciplinary action. Allows, however, law enforcement officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. to be the sole basis for taking action against a pupil under the school district's athletic code.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/enrolled/sb315
Title: S.B. 315
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
An Act to renumber and amend 115.28. Allows school boards to contract with the Second Chance Partners for Education or any other nonprofit that operates a program in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas. Defines "disengaged pupils" as pupils who are children at risk and others identified by the school board; and defines "work-based learning program" as a program that provides occupational training and work-based learning experiences. Requires local boards to pay for such contracts.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/157
Title: S.B. 361
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Act 156 (amends 115.787) Requires that an individualized education program that indicates a goal of a technical education high school diploma should specify the course of study that the pupil must take to attain that goal. Adds a new section:
118.33 (1) (g) 1. A school board may grant a technical education high school diploma to a pupil who does all of the following:
a. Satisfies the established subject/course credit requirements
b. Earns in the high school grades the same total number of credits that the school board requires of other pupils for high school graduation.
c. Successfully completes a technical education program, established by the school board, in a subject or subjects.
2. In establishing a technical education program under subd. 1. c., the school board may incorporate standards for industry-recognized certifications. Annually, the department shall provide to each school board operating high school grades a list of such certifications. The school board shall indicate on a pupil's technical education high school diploma the certifications attained by the pupil.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/156
Title: S.B. 335
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates a new provision relating to the use of seclusion and physical restraint on pupils in public schools, including charter schools. Defines "covered individual" and limits use of seclusion or physical restraint to those individuals (teachers or student teachers). Sets standards for seclusion. Defines "physical restrain" and conditions under which it may apply. Requires parental notification as soon as practicable, but no later than one business day after the incident. Sets parameters around seclusion or physical restraint for a child with a disability. Requires training and sets parameters. Clarifies the actions that are NOT prohibited.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/125
Act Memo: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcactmemos/2011/REG/SB353.pdf
Title: S.B. 353
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
This portion of S.B. 2 establishes timelines for student application to nonresident school and for schools to respond to students making the requests. Moves the timeline for application to attend a nonresident school from February to the last weekday in April. The school board is required to respond by the 1st Monday in June, and the family is required to confirm the transfer (if approved) by the last Friday in June. District boards are to determine the number of regular and special education spaces available in January.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/114
Title: S.B. 2 - Choice of Schools Provision
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Moves date for notification of teacher contract renewals/nonrenewals from March 15 to May 15.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/114
Title: S.B. 2 - Contract Renewal Elements
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Issued 01/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates the 15-member College and Workforce Readiness Council. Tasks the council with recommending policies and programs to improve student readiness for college or career. Identifies specific areas in which the council must prioritize improvement: (1) Reducing dropout and remediation rates as well as income and racial achievement gaps therein; (2) Increasing the overall number of degrees and certificates awarded; (3) Expanding dual enrollment and dual credit opportunities to middle and high school students statewide; (4) Designing shorter, less costly degree programs aimed at filling high-need positions while promoting and supporting technical career pathways for students beginning at a young age; (5) Easing transitions between systems and institutions, specifically through the transfer of credits and the awarding of credit for prior learning, including on-the-job training and other experience; and (6) Any other issues the council deems vital to improving career and college readiness for Wisconsin's students. Directs the council to provide the governor with a strategic plan detailing progress toward goals by December 31, 2012. http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2012/120113_readiness_council_eo_56.pdf
Title: E.O. #56
Source: dwd.wisconsin.gov |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 |
This new section of law allows a charter or contract to include grounds for expelling a pupil from the charter school. If such grounds are included, they must include the procedures to be followed by the charter school. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/105
Title: S.B. 95 - Section 9 - 118.40 (2r) (b)
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 |
Authorizes local boards to allow a pupil who participates in sports or in another organized physical activity, as determined by the school board, to complete an additional 0.5 credit in English, social studies, mathematics, science or health education in lieu of 0.5 credit in physical education.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/105
Title: S.B. 95 - Section 8 (118.33)
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
Postsec. |
Amends 15.91 of the statutes regarding composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. At least one of the citizen members is required to reside in each of the state's congressional districts (14 citizen members total).
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/89
Title: S.B. 28
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 |
Among other provisions, allows use of value-added analyses of scores on the results of examinations administered to pupils to evaluate teachers if the school board has developed a teacher evaluation plan that includes all specified elements. Such analyses, however, may not be used as the sole reason to discharge, suspend, or formally discipline a teacher or as the sole reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/105
Title: S.B. 95 - Section 5 (118.225)
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 11/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires private schools participating in either the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program or the Choice Program for Eligible School districts to report family information to the Department of Public Instruction. Family income data is then to be verified by the Department of Revenue (DOR) to ensure that the family income falls within the eligibility requirements for vouchers. Clarifies that the DOR does not make a determination about eligibility but verifies whether the pupil is eligible to participate on the basis of family income. If DOR is unable to verify eligibility, DOR must notify the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), which must utilize an alternative process to determine eligibility. Adds several accrediting bodies to the list of approved accreditors for participating private schools. Requires the state superintendent to terminate the participation of a private school in either program if the private school retains a disqualified person before the end of a seven-year period following the issuance of an order barring a private school from participating. Permits a private school to recover the cost of providing certain goods and services to a pupil through reasonable fees. Contains other provisions. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/47
Title: S.B. 234
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 11/2011 |
P-12 |
Relates to revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction. Clarifies that "Immoral conduct" includes the intentional use of an educational agency's equipment to download, view, solicit, seek, display, or distribute pornographic material. (Renumbers 115.31 (1) (c) and creates 115.31 (1) (c) 2. and 115.31 (2m) of the statutes.)
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/84
Title: S.B. 49
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Appropriates funding for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) and choice programs in other eligible school districts (the latter is an expansion). Section 2532m. (118.60 of the statutes) is created to address parental choice programs for eligible school districts. "Eligible school district" means a school district that satisfies all of the following: 1. The school district's equalized value per member, as determined in accordance with s. 121.15 (4) on October 15 of the 2nd fiscal year of the current fiscal biennium for the distribution of equalization aid in that year, is no more than 80 percent of the statewide average. 2. The school district's shared cost per member, as determined in accordance with s. 121.07 on October 15 of the 2nd fiscal year of the current fiscal biennium, for the distribution of aid in that year is no more than 91 percent of the statewide average. 3. The school district is eligible, in the 2nd fiscal year of the current fiscal biennium, to receive aid under s.121.136. 4. The school district is located in whole or in part in a city of the 2nd class.
For the parental choice program, clarifies re: participating private schools; makes revisions re: family income requirement (family income includes income of the pupil's parents or legal guardians); additional tuition and fees, participation open to any private school, accrediting agency, pupil assessments, family applications, auditing standards, payments directly to the private school, enrollment cap, and state department duties (Department of Revenue references were vetoed). [Sec. 2488pt, 2536-2536g, p-2541m, 2542c-2549u, 9337 (3)-(5r)]. Requires the Department of Public Instruction to notify participating private schools of their eligibility prior to start of the school year [Sec. 2550, 2551].
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/32.pdf
Title: A.B. 40 (Act 32) - Budget Bill
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provided over $600,000 for costs to develop and implement a program to assess and improve literacy in elementary school
children (section 9101 (2)). A task force created by the governor by executive order and charged with developing detailed recommendations for a program to assess and improve literacy in elementary school children may request the department of administration to release funding from the department's appropriation account under section 20.505 (4) (c) of the statutes,
as created by this act, for use by the department to implement the recommendations of the task force after the governor has approved the detailed recommendations proposed by the task force.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/32.pdf
Title: A.B. 40 (Act 32) - Budget Bill
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Prohibits bargaining collectively with a collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee with respect to any factor or condition of employment except wages. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/acts/11Act10.pdf Wages would include only total base wages and would exclude any other compensation, including, but not limited to, overtime, premium pay, merit pay, performance pay, supplemental compensation, pay schedules, and automatic pay progressions. Unless approved by referendum as described below, prohibits any increase in base wages that exceeds the total base wages for authorized positions 180 days before the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement by a greater percentage than the increase in the consumer price index. Unless approved by referendum as described below, prohibit any increase in base wages that exceeds the total base wages for authorized positions 180 days before the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement by a greater percentage than the increase in the consumer price index. Provides that, if a local governmental unit (this includes technical college districts, local cultural arts district, or any other political subdivision of the state) wishes to increase the total base wages of its general municipal employees in an amount that exceeds these CPI limits, the governing body of the local governmental unit must adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution must specify the amount by which the proposed total base wages increase will exceed the CPI limit. The resolution may not take effect unless it is approved in a referendum called for that purpose. The referendum must occur in November for collective bargaining agreements that begin the following January 1. The results of a referendum apply to the total base wages only in the next collective bargaining agreement. These referendum provisions would also apply to elementary and secondary school
districts, except that the referendum would occur in April for collective bargaining agreements that begin in July of that year. For state employees, a statewide referendum would be required, but there is no specification of the timing of the referendum or the required ballot language. Provide that no local governmental unit, or any school district, except as provided under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), may collectively bargain with its employees. If a local governmental unit has in effect, on the effective date of the bill, an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with this requirement, the ordinance or resolution would not apply and may not be enforced. Each local governmental unit that is collectively bargaining with its employees would be required to determine the maximum total base wages expenditure that is subject to collective bargaining under the provisions of the bill. Expressly prohibits strikes. Repeals collective bargaining for the University of Wisconsin System. For more details, see page 39+ of the following: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/2011-13Bills/2011_03_10_WILeg_CC.pdf
Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, an employer may not offer a health
care coverage plan to its employees if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this subsection. Some provisions distinguish between public safety employees (firefighters, police) and general municipal employees (includes teachers). Limits negotiated agreements to one year and specifies that they are subject to renegotiation (was four years).
Teachers are considered municipal employees and municipal employees have the right to refrain from paying dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit.
Full text: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/10.pdf
Title: Act 10 (A.B. 11)
Source: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/acts/11Act10.pdf |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the governing board of every private school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. Requires a school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to administer the state's 4th grade, 8th grade and 10th grade examinations to all students in those grades who are participating in the parental choice program, and to administer to program participants all other examinations in reading, mathematics, and science that are required to be administered to public school pupils under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Provides for exceptions if the state superintendent informs specified legislative leaders by January 2010 that the department will adopt or approve substantially redesigned exams in the 2011-12 school year. Makes provisions related to assessment of English language learners and students with disabilities applicable to private school students participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program. Also requires a governing body of a private school to excuse a student participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program from taking a state assessment.
Requires the governing body of each private school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to develop a policy specifying criteria for granting a high school diploma to pupils participating in the choice program. Requires that the criteria include the pupil's academic performance and the recommendations of teachers.
Requires the governing body of each private school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to develop criteria for promoting students from grade 4 to 5, and from grade 8 to 9. Requires criteria to include (1) the pupil's score on the state assessments administered in grades 4 and 8, unless the pupil has been excused by the student's parent from taking the exam; (2) the pupil's academic performance; (3) the recommendations of teachers, which must be based solely on the pupil's academic performance; (4) and any other academic criteria specified by the governing body of the private school. Provides that effective September 1, 2010 a student who does not meet the criteria may not be promoted.
Defines "administrator" for purposes of voucher program. Requires all administrators in a participating private school to have at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary institution (provides an exception for an administrator of a participating private school that prepares and trains pupils in rabbinical studies). Provides that "Progress records" has the meaning given in s. 118.125 (1) (c). Requires private schools participating in the voucher program to pay a nonrefundable fee set by the department. Adds provision that the amount of the fee must be such that the total fee revenue covers the costs of employing one full-time auditor to evaluate the financial information submitted by the private schools under the program. Increases educational requirements for teachers at private schools participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program (prior legislation required teachers to have at least a high school diploma or equivalent; new provision requires all of the private schools' teachers to have a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary institution). Excludes teachers who teach only courses in rabbinical studies. Provides that if a teacher teaching at a participating private school on July 1, 2010 does not have at least a bachelor's degree and has been teaching at the private school for at least the five consecutive years leading up to July 1, 2010, the teacher may apply to the department for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver provided the teacher is working toward a bachelor's degree. Provides no waiver may extend beyond July 31, 2015.
Defines "preaccreditation" for purposes of voucher program as the review and approval of an educational plan. Requires any private school that is a first-time participant in the Milwaukee parental choice program on the effective date of this Act and that is not accredited to obtain preaccreditation from the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University by August 1 of the school year in which the private school intends to participate in the program. Specifies that a private school that has obtained preaccreditation is not required to obtain accreditation. Removes the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University as a private school accreditor for purposes of the Milwaukee parental choice program. Provides that a private school accredited by any of specified accrediting bodies is not required to obtain preaccreditation from the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University as a prerequisite to providing instruction in additional grades or in an additional or new school.
Adds that any private school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program must provide at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1-6 and at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7-12. Existing law provides that no more than 22,500 pupils may participate in the Milwaukee parental choice program. New provision adds that if the number of pupils being served falls below 22,500, the state superintendent must issue an order notifying participating private schools that they may begin accepting additional pupils. Defines pupils who must be considered 1st priority, 2nd priority, etc. when private schools are accepting additional pupils to reach the 22,500-pupil threshold.
Amends provisions relating to the pupil application process to require a private school that rejects an application to include in the rejection notice the reason for the rejection. Adds that a private school may reject an applicant only if it has reached its maximum general capacity or seating capacity. Amends processes for reimbursing parents of participating pupils only for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years. Adds provision to address paying local districts for pupils in participating private schools that close after the beginning of the school year. Requires all participating private schools to provide to all pupils and their parents specified information on the school's policies, for-profit or nonprofit status, names of private school contacts and names of members of the school's governing body or shareholders (if applicable). Requires participating private schools to annually report to the department of education specified information on pupil enrollments in the previous year, data on pupil progression from grades 4-5 and grades 8-9, and on graduation for the previous 5 years, scores on all standardized tests (to the extent permitted by federal law), and a copy of the academic standards adopted by the school. Provides that this information provided to the department must be made available to any pupil or parent upon request.
Additionally requires participating private schools to: (1) Administer a department-developed reading test to all 3rd graders attending the private school through the Milwaukee parental choice program; (2) Adopt specified academic standards; (3) Develop a written policy governing visitors and visits to the private school; (4) Ensure that any teacher's aide has a high school diploma or the equivalent; (5) Annually schedule two meetings to allow parents of pupils attending or applying to attend the school to meet with members of the school's governing board and provide all parents at least 30 days written notice of this meeting; (6) Maintain progress records for each pupil attending the private school through the program, and keep these records for at least 5 years after the pupil ceases to attend the school; (7) Upon request, provide a pupil or the pupil's parent with a copy of the pupil's progress records; (8) Provide for the transfer of all participating pupils' progress records should the school cease operations as a private school; (9) Ensure that an accrediting agency reports to the department on the school's compliance with specified components. Requires pupils participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to participate in the state assessment system beginning in the 2010-11 school year.
Permits the state superintendent to issue an order barring a private school from participating in the program if he/she determines that a private school has failed to pay the aforementioned nonrefundable fee to the department, has failed to provide specified information to parents of participating students or to the department, or committed other specified violations.
Pages 469-476 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
If a pupil attending the school district under open enrollment (OEP) is habitually truant (absent from school without an acceptable
excuse for part or all of five or more school days during any semester) during either semester in the current school year, the school board may then prohibit the pupil from attending school in the school district under the OEP in the succeeding semester or school year. (Act No. 304)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-342.pdf
Title: S.B. 342
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a program for students enrolled in grades 7 to 12 to engage in webcam conversations about careers with individuals in this state who have careers in math, science, agricultural education, technology education, or information technology. Requires the center to develop criteria for choosing the classrooms that may participate in the program during a pilot period ending on May 15, 2011.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-121.pdf
Title: S.B. 121
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires a nonresident school district that is a union high school district (a district operating only grades 9 to 12) to give preference to pupils who are attending an underlying elementary school district (a district operating only grades Kindergarten to eight) of the nonresident school district under the Open Enrollment Program. (Act No. 303)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-250.pdf
Title: S.B. 250
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Class Size |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Previous law allowed an eligible school board that has entered into a five-year renewable student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contract with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to reduce class size to 15 pupils in grades Kindergarten to three in schools with specified low-income enrollment to receive $2,250 for each low-income pupil enrolled in grades eligible for SAGE funding. DPI has not been authorized to enter into new SAGE contracts after June 30, 2001, but DPI has entered into five-year renewal contracts if certain conditions are met. DPI has been permitted to waive requirements of the SAGE program under these contracts.
This bill permits the school board of an eligible school district to enter into a five-year SAGE contract with DPI in the 2010-11 school year on behalf of one or more schools if all of the following apply:
- In the previous school year, each school had an enrollment that was at least 30% low income.
- The school board is not receiving a grant under the Preschool to Grade 5 Program on behalf of any of the schools.
- None of the schools is a beneficiary of a SAGE contract.
Under the Act, for contracts that begin in the 2010 school year, the contract must require the school board to reduce class size to 18 in each participating school in the following manner:In the 2010-11 school year, in at least grades Kindergarten and one; in the 2011-12 school year, in at least grades Kindergarten to two; in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 school years, in at least grades Kindergarten to three. DPI must pay to each school district that has entered into a SAGE contract $2,250 multiplied by the number of low-income
pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district that is covered by a contract entered into in the 2010-11 school year and by renewals of SAGE contracts.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-808.pdf
Title: A.B. 808
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires offering of approved instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to pupils enrolled in high school grades in the school district, charter school, or private school (Act 273).
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act273.pdf
Title: A.B. 725
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires a school board, within 24 hours of a school being closed by a local health officer or DHS, or by a school district administrator because of a threat to the health or safety of pupils or school personnel, and within 24 hours of reopening a closed school, to notify the Department of Public Instruction that the school was closed; provides that the first notice must include the reason for the closure and the second must specify the number of days the school was closed.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-379.pdf
Title: S.B. 379
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to promote "farm to school" programs, the purposes of which include to connect schools with nearby farms to provide children with locally produced fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and other nutritious, locally produced foods in school breakfasts, lunches, and snacks, to help children develop healthy eating habits, to provide nutritional and agricultural education, and to improve farmers' incomes. The Act also creates a grant program for farm to school programs and establishes a farm to school council.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-746.pdf
Title: A.B. 746
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Prohibits a person that holds itself out to the public in any way as a legitimate institution of higher education from using the term "college" or "university" in its name unless the person provides an educational program for which it awards an associate or higher degree and the person is accredited. "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or limited liability company, or any combination of these. "Grandfathers" the use of the term "college" or "university" in the name of any entity listed below that was doing business in Wisconsin prior to the effective date of the bill:
1. Schools of a parochial or denominational character offering courses having a sectarian objective.
2. Schools primarily offering instruction avocational or recreational in nature and not leading to a vocational objective.
3. Courses conducted by employers exclusively for their employees.
4. Schools, courses of instruction, and training programs that are approved or licensed and supervised by other state agencies and boards.
5. Schools approved by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for the training of teachers.
Exempts certain institutions from needing EAB approval to operate in Wisconsin:
1. In-state schools that are exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and that either were incorporated in this state prior to January 1, 1992, or had their administrative headquarters and principal places of business in this state prior to 1970 (i.e., accredited private colleges and universities).
2. Schools that are supported mainly by taxes (i.e., the University of Wisconsin (UW) System and the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS)).
3. Schools of a parochial or denominational character offering courses having a sectarian objective.
4. Schools primarily offering instruction avocational or recreational in nature and not leading to a vocational objective.
5. Courses conducted by employers exclusively for their employees.
6. Schools, courses of instruction, and training programs that are approved or licensed and supervised by other state agencies and boards.
7. Schools approved by DPI for the training of teachers.
8. Schools accredited by accrediting agencies recognized by the board.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-431.pdf
Title: S.B. 431
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Under the Act, if a designated scholar declines a scholarship, a high school must designate as alternate scholars any seniors with the same GPA as the scholar or, if there is no other student with the same GPA, any remaining seniors with the next highest GPA, but not less than 3.800 or the equivalent. Prior to enactment of the Act, if a high school did weight its courses for purposes of determining GPAs, and no other student had the same GPA as the original scholar, the school could designate as an alternate scholar the student with the next highest GPA. However, if a high school did not weigh its courses, an alternate scholar was required to have the same GPA as the original scholar.
If a student is awarded a scholarship, is enrolled full time in a participating institution of higher education, and maintains at least a 3.000 GPA, they are eligible for a scholarship in the subsequent year. The Act specifies that if the student does not enroll in a participating institution of higher education in the subsequent year, they are eligible for the scholarship in the second year
following the year in which they previously received the scholarship.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-407.pdf
Title: S.B. 407
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
School Climate/Culture |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Under the Act (Act No. 250), a school district resident may object to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by a school board of that school district by filing a complaint with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The state superintendent must notify the school board of the receipt of the complaint and of the State Superintendent's determination and schedule a contested case hearing within 45 days after the complaint is filed. Provides for exceptions.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-25.pdf
Title: S.B. 25
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Expands current statutory requirements by providing specific details regarding school safety plans. The Act requires both public and private schools to do all of the following:
1. Create a school safety plan with active participation from appropriate parties such as local law enforcement officers, fire fighters, school administrators, teachers, pupil service professionals, and mental health professionals.
2. Specify the process for reviewing the plan.
3. Include general guidelines specifying procedures for emergency prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery as well as methods for conducting drills required to comply with the plan.
4. Determine who shall receive the school safety plan training, which is based upon the school district's prioritized needs, risks, and vulnerabilities.
5. Drill school safety plan procedures twice a year or substitute a school safety drill for a fire, tornado, or other hazard drill.
6. Have the school safety plan in place within three years after this Act goes into effect and review it at least once every three years following implementation.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-154.pdf
Title: S.B. 154
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Permits counties to use the monies collected from jail surcharges for costs related to educational and medical services to inmates.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-633.pdf
Title: A.B. 633
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Relates to adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-681.pdf
Title: S.B. 681
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Act 215. For a district in need of improvement for 4 consecutive years, new section requires district boards to take certain actions (additional learning time; system of academic and behavioral supports; use data to differentiate instruction; employ a research-based curriculum). For districts in lowest performing 5% of all public schools, makes a number of other requirements of boards. Provides the state superintendent with authority to require actions for schools in either of the categories named above.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods of attaining a high school diploma for those pupils who are unlikely to graduate, including a prpogram allowing a pupil or former pupil to retake a course in which he/she was not initially successful. Requires boards to conduct an annual survey of parents to develop of modify parent involvement and school improvement plans. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Act 215. Section 118.24 (10) prohibits awarding of tenure to principals or assistant principals.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates Section 119.16 to require local boards to evaluate all buildings using certain criteria and to develop a master plan governing the use, repair, renovation and demolition of buildings in the district. Requires boards to evaluate the safety, structural integrity, utility and costs of maintenance and repair of buildings in the district -- and consider advantages and disadvantages of repairing versus demolishing older buildings. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
STEM |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates Section 119.315 to make schools that enroll pupils in grades K-5 eligible to apply for funding (if state or federal funding is available) to participate in a pilot program designed to develop innovative instructional programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; to support pupils who are typically under-represented in these subjects; and increase the academic achievement of pupils in those subjects.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Relates to a property tax exemption for certain nonprofit community theaters that have a specified seating capacity and include facilities used for arts education.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-375.pdf
Title: A.B. 375
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils; requires nurses to meet the qualifications for school nurses; includes administration of a nonprescription drug product; relates to such drugs that are supplied by the pupil's parent or guardian in the original manufacturer's package, and the package lists the ingredients and recommended therapeutic dose in a legible format; relate to bus drivers and administration of glucagon to diabetics. (Act No. 160)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/asmhome.htm
Title: S.B. 414
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 |
The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupils in their districts are provided ageappropriate instruction in human growth and development. The Act provides that the instruction should
support and enhance communication between pupils and their parents and provide pupils with the knowledge, skills, and support necessary to make healthy decisions now and throughout their lifetimes and to make responsible decisions about sexual behavior. The Act defines "age-appropriate" as suitable to a particular age group of pupils based on the developing cognitive and emotional capacity of and behaviors typical for the age group. a school board that elects not to provide an instructional program in human growth and development must, by September 30 of each school year, send home to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district a notice that includes all of the following:
-- A statement that the school board is encouraged by state statute to provide instruction in human growth and development in grades kindergarten to 12.
-- The subjects of instruction required if the school board were to provide instruction in human
growth and development.
-- A statement that the school board is not providing any instruction in human growth and
development to pupils enrolled in the school district.
Eliminates the prohibition on volunteer health care providers providing instruction on human sexuality, reproduction, family planning, HIV and AIDS, prenatal development, childbirth, adoption, available prenatal and postnatal support, and male and female responsibility in a school.
Link to Act memo: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/lc_act/act134-ab458.pdf. To full text: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-458.pdf
Title: A.B. 458
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum--Science |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 |
Act 114 requires school boards to award a science credit to a pupil for each agriculture course the pupil successfully completes in the high school grades if the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has determined that the course qualifies as science, according to criteria established by DPI.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-236.pdf
Title: A.B. 236
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires social studies instruction in public schools to include the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process. Act No. 99
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act99.pdf
Title: A.B. 172
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to liability of volunteer health care providers providing services for a nonprofit agency, a school board or governing body; includes podiatrists, chiropractors, certified dietitians, pharmacy technicians and physical therapists as eligible volunteer health care providers; provides that such volunteers shall be considered state agents of the Department of Health Services for liability matters regardless of whether they have coverage under a policy of health care liability insurance. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act93.pdf
Title: S.B. 80
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 12/2009 |
Postsec. |
Relates to composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System; provides for membership. Would have created a board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction; the president, or by
his or her designation another member, of the technical college system board and; 14 citizen members appointed for staggered 7-year terms,; and 2 students enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at institutions within the University of Wisconsin System who are
residents of this state, for 2-year terms.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09enSB0223.pdf
Title: S.B. 223
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Indoor Environmental Quality in Schools Task Force; directs the task force to make recommendations to the Department of Public Instruction for development of a model management plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act58.pdf
Title: S.B. 41
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Extends the duty to consider the principles and standards for quality charter schools established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers when they establish or contract for the establishment of a charter school. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-373.pdf
Title: S.B. 373
Source: Legislative Council Act Memo |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Longitudinal data system. 2009 Wisconsin Act 59 requires the Department of Public Instruction, the Board of Regents of
the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System Board, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to enter into a written agreement that requires those agencies to establish and maintain a longitudinal data system of student data that links such data from preschool programs to postsecondary programs. The written agreement also must describe the process by which any of the agencies on their own or jointly with one or more of the other agencies may evaluate and study education programs operated or supervised by one or more of the other agencies for the purpose of improving student academic achievement. Expressly provides that the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities is not required to enter into the written agreement. If the Wisconsin
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities does not enter into the written agreement, none of the other agencies may evaluate or study the association's education programs without the approval of the association. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-371.pdf
Title: S.B. 371
Source: Act memo, Wis. Legislative Council |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Current law directs school districts to administer certain standardized examinations to pupils enrolled in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Current law prohibits the school board from using the results of the examinations to evaluate teacher performance, to discharge, suspend, or formally discipline a teacher; or as the reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract. 2009 Wisconsin Act 60 allows the results of the state required standardized examinations and the standardized examinations required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act to be used for the evaluation of teacher performance if certain conditions are met. In order to use the results, the school board must develop a teacher evaluation plan that includes a description of the evaluation process, multiple criteria in addition to examination results, the rationale for using examination results for evaluating teachers, and an explanation of how the school board intends to use the evaluations to improve pupil academic achievement. Act 60 also requires a school district to bargain collectively over the development of or any changes to the teacher evaluation plan.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-372.pdf
Title: S.B. 372
Source: Legislative Council Act Memo |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 10/2009 |
P-12 |
Beginning on September 1, 2011, a school board may not enroll a child in the first grade in a school in the school district, including in a charter school located in the school district, unless the child has completed 5-year-old kindergarten. Requires each school board that operates a 5-year-old kindergarten program to adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from 5-year-old kindergarten to the first grade. Requires each board to establish procedures, conditions, and standards for exempting a child from the requirement that the child complete kindergarten as a prerequisite to enrollment in the first grade and for reviewing the denial of an exemption upon the request of the pupil's parent or guardian. A child must be admitted to first grade if before either commencing or completing first grade, the child moved into Wisconsin from a state, country, or territory in which completion of 5-year-old kindergarten is a prerequisite to entering first grade and the child was exempted from the requirement to complete 5-year-old kindergarten in the state, country, or territory from which the child moved. Act No. 41. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act41.pdf
Title: A.B. 119
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA); provides for school districts and preparation time for teachers. From Legislative Reference Bureau analysis: This bill creates a new mandatory subject of collective bargaining under MERA in school districts. Under the bill, in a school district, the employer is required to bargain collectively with respect to time spent during the school day, separate from pupil contact time, to prepare lessons, labs, or educational materials, to confer or collaborate with other staff, or to complete administrative duties.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-95.pdf
Title: A.B. 95
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-95.pdf |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a school board enters into an agreement with an American Indian tribe to establish a charter school, the board must, upon request, distribute to the parent or guardian of each student in the school a school and school district performance report that includes the information reported for traditional public schools, regardless of the location of the charter school. Requires such a school board to administer the state assessments to students in grades 4, 7, and 10 to students in the charter school. Requires such a charter school to be located either within the school district or within the boundaries of the tribe's or band's reservation. Requires the school board to determine whether the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district, regardless of the location of the charter school.
Page 468, 470, 471 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Eliminates provision that no adult literacy grant may exceed $10,000. Page 468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that when the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Milwaukee area technical college district board or the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is establishing or contracting for the establishment of a charter school, the entity must consider the principles and standards for quality charter schools established by the National Association of Charter School
Authorizers. Page 471 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Adjusts method of determining funding for charter schools, effective with the 2011-12 school year.
Page 471 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Line-item veto: Provision would have provided a 10% bonus to districts that would be willing to take in students from outside of their district. However, to qualify, at least 10% of the district's student population would be required to come from out of district. Pages 471-472 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Line-item veto: Provides that no school district located in whole or in part in Milwaukee County may receive more in additional state aid in the 2009-10 school year as a result of accepting pupils who reside in the Milwaukee Public Schools under the open enrollment program than the school district received in additional state aid in the 2008-09 school year as a result of accepting pupils who reside in the Milwaukee Public Schools under the open enrollment program. Page 665 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires that a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program adhere to policies that apply to public schools/districts regarding transfer of pupil records (i.e., requires that a private school transfer a pupil's records within five working days after receiving written notice that the pupil intends to enroll or has enrolled in the other school or district).
Page 469 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us/ |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Permits a school board or cooperative educational service agency, in conjunction with a tribal education authority, to apply to the state department of education for a grant to support innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages. Directs the department to promulgate rules to implement and administer this program.
Page 468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that the school district clerk of a first-class city school system must include in its annual financial report filed with the city clerk (and which must also be sent to the state superintendent) the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, the 2nd Friday of January, or the first Friday of May, whichever is highest, along with data on pupils enrolled in specified programs. Page 477 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates 121.91 (2m) (t) to provide exceptions to methods of determining the revenue limit of two or more districts that consolidate.
Page 481 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Adds 121.91 (4) (L). Defines "local law enforcement agency". Provides additional funding if a local board and local law enforcement agency (1) jointly develop a school safety plan that specifies the purposes
of the additional revenue, (2) the school safety plan is consistent with the school safety plan required under s. 118.07 (4), and the school board submits the school safety plan to the department. Provides the excess revenue may be used to purchase school safety equipment, fund the compensation costs of security officers, or for school safety expenditures consistent with the school safety plan.
Provides additional funding to cover the salaries and benefits of school nurses and transportation. Adds new provision to incentivize energy efficiency measures and renewable energy products that result in the avoidance of, or reduction in, energy costs.
Pages 481-482 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Caps the amount that districts can raise/spend for the 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13 school years. Provides that districts can increase their spending by $200 in the 2010-11 school year, by $275 in the 2011-12 school year, and by the rate of inflation for the 2012-13 school year. Page 480: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Act No. 23. STATE SCHOOL AID; JUNE 2009. In the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect, in addition to the lapse required in 2009 Wisconsin Act 11, section 9139 (1f), there is lapsed to the general fund $261,278,000 from the appropriation account under section 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes. Notwithstanding sections 121.07 and 121.08 of the statutes, in addition to the amount specified in 2009 Wisconsin Act 11, section 9139 (1f), the department of public instruction shall use the balance in the appropriation account under section 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes and $261,278,000 of the amount appropriated in the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect under section 20.255 (2) (p) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act 11, to make payments to school districts in June 2009 under section 121.15 (1) and (1g) of the statutes.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act23.pdf
Title: S.B. 232
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. |
Provides that the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration is to assist the board in administering the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Transfers certain administrative duties from the board to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Adds the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to the state entities that must report to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program information on tuition and fees charged to attend each of the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in the state for the current academic year. Directs the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to annually calculate the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in the state.
Directs the board to promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria for designation as a Wisconsin covenant scholar.
Pages 184-185 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. |
Requires that financial aid be provided to eligible members of the immediate family of service members.
Page 544 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. |
Enacts provisions related to labor relations and collective bargaining for faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin. Establishes definitions, rights of employees to bargain collectively, and duties of the state, including the duty of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to establish a collective bargaining capacity. Establishes collective bargaining units for specified groups. Adopts provisions related to selection of representatives and elections. Identifies specific unfair labor practices. Adopts provisions pertaining to fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements; grievance arbitration; mediation; fact-finding. Prohibits strikes. Enumerates management rights. Identifies areas that may or may not be bargained upon. Pages 459-468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a school district is created or a public or private school opens after the effective date of this paragraph, the school board or governing body of the private school must have in effect a school safety plan for each public or private school within 3 years of its creation or opening. Requires school safety plans to be developed with the input of appropriate parties, as specified by the local board or governing board of the private school. Specifies minimum components of a school safety plan. Requries the school board or private school governing board to determine which persons must receive school safety plan training and the frequency of the training. Requires that the training be based on the school district's or private school's prioritized needs, risks and vulnerabilities. Requires that school safety plans be reviewed at least once every three years after the plan goes into effect. Page 468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Repeals 120.12(26), which required the school board of a common or union high school district to have a school safety plan for each school in the district. Renumbers as 118.07 (4) (a) 1., and requires all local boards and the governing board of every private school to have a school safety plan in effect within 3 years of the effective date of this provision.
Page 477 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Adds new provision relating to transportation contracts for two or more private school pupils living in the same household.
Page 479 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Repeals section 118.245, which established limitations on the salary and fringe benefit costs for professional employees. Page 469 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that no collective bargaining agreement covering school district employees may exceed four years. Also provides that upon the expiration date of any collective bargaining agreement, two or more collective bargaining units of school district employees must be combined if a majority of employees voting in each collective bargaining unit vote to combine.
Page 454 and 456 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 02/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides a total of $2,630,000 in grant moneys to certain organizations in the building trades to provide job training and retraining programs, including training in green building and the installation of alternative energy systems. The following organizations receive funds under this bill: 1) the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/Building Industry Group Skilled Trades Employment Program; 2) Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 7; 3) Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters; 4) Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association, Local 75; 5) Wisconsin
Laborers' District Council; 6) Wisconsin Operating Engineers; and 7) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. As a condition of receiving the grant moneys, each organization must enter into a contract with Commerce that specifies permissible uses of the grant moneys and requires the organization to comply with reporting and accountability measures. directs the Wisconsin Technical College System Board to award to technical college district boards at least $1,000,000 annually in training program grants for training in advanced manufacturing skills, with priority given to welding. Relates to enterprise zone tax credits, health and higher education project funding, green building job training, mortgage lender licensure, foreclosure consultants, foreclosure education and assistance, hospital assessment Medicaid funding, Wisconsin Works child care, state building repair funding, federal stimulus funding, local energy equipment funding, business franchise tax credits, out-of- state sales tax collection, digital goods sales taxes, subprime loan refinancing, and transportation funding.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act2.pdf
Title: S.B. 62
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
P-3 |
Issued 10/2008 |
P-12 |
(Executive Order No. 269) Creates the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care to conduct a periodic statewide needs assessment concerning the quality and availability of early childhood education and development programs and services for children from birth to school entry.
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=3799
Title: Executive Order 269
Source: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Bill creates in the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection the agricultural education and workforce development council. The council is directed to increase the hiring and retention of well-qualified employees in industries related to agriculture, food and natural resources, promote the coordination of educational systems to develop, train, and retrain employees for current and future careers in agriculture, develop support for employment in fields related to agriculure and recommend policies and other changes to imrove the efficiency of the development of agricultural education across educational systems. The council must select members and create committees as stipulated in the bill. Members of the council may not be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act223.pdf
Title: A.B. 83
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Bill directs the local school boards and governing bodies of private schools to inform their professional staffs of the resources available from the department of public instruction. The department must provide annually a model notice, describing the suicide prevention services.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act220.pdf
Title: S.B. 493
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
The bill requires that anyone who teaches in a public school or charter school must hold a teaching license issued by the department of public instruction (DPI). Teachers in virtual charter schools (defined as a charter school offering an online learning program) are exempt from this provision until July 1, 2009. Virtual charter schools are not required to be in the school district of the approving school board, unlike regular charter schools.
Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, school boards that establish a virtual charter school must ensure that no more than 85% of pupils attending do so through the Open Enrollment Program. School boards are not authorized to establish a virtual charter school before the 2009-10 school year. DPI must make online courses available for a reasonable fee.
Each school board or chartering entity must do the following: 1. Determine which pupils may enroll in an online course, which courses are available and the number of courses a student may take; 2. provide a safe and secure online environment; 3. Assign an appropriately licensed teacher for each course; 4. Ensure that students enrolled part-time have direct contact with a teacher for at least 20 minutes per week per course, that elementary school students enrolled full-time have direct contact with a teacher for at least 2 hours every school day, and that high school students enrolled full-time have direct teacher contact for at least 30 minutes each school day; 5. Determine the average equivalency hours for online courses; and, 6. Ensure only state residents enroll in online courses.
Title: S.B. 396
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Directs the department of public instruction to determine the average percentage of work time of school nurses, social workers, psychologists and counselors that is spent providing services to students with disabilities. The department must issue rules establishing that the percentage of time determined to be for special education services is the proportional amount that the state will reimburse.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act221.pdf
Title: A.B. 906
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a school board to construct or acquire, own, operate, and maintain a renewable resource facility. The energy generated by the facility may be used for school district facilities or th board may sell the energy generated by the facility at wholesale, if the school board's share of the installed capacity of the facility does not exceed 5 megawatts and the school board incorporates information about the facility in its curriculum.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/AB-625.pdf
Title: A.B. 625
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 12/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to payment of the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by certain pupils. Allows the use of federal, state, local, or private funds to pay the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by pupils enrolled in the school district who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches in the federal school lunch program.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act40.pdf
Title: S.B. 249
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
Postsec. |
Directs the joint committee on information policy and technology to review any University of Wisconsin System, institution or college campus information technology project identified in a report submitted to the
committee by the board of regents to determine whether the project should be continued or implemented. Permits the committee to forward any recommendations regarding the project to the governor and to the legislature. Page 4 of 674: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act20.pdf
Title: S.B. 40
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
Postsec. |
Directs the department of administration to: (1) Serve as the state's liaison agency between the higher educational aids board, the department of public instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the technical college system, and other public and private organizations that are interested in promoting postsecondary education in the state; (2) Contract with the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., if the secretary determines it appropriate, to establish and implement a campaign to promote attendance at nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in the state; (3) Coordinate the postsecondary education promotional
activities of the department, the entities specified in section (1) above, and the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., and prevent duplication of effort in conducting those activities; (4) On or before July 1, 2009, and every July 1 thereafter, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees, a report on the postsecondary education promotional activities conducted by the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc.. Pages 11-12 of 674: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act20.pdf
Title: S.B. 40
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. The general effective date of the Act is June 7, 2008.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/lc_act/act235-sb581.pdf
Title: S.B. 581
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
School Safety |
Issued 05/2007 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the creation to the Governor's Task Force on Campus Safety which will address coordination between campus officials and local law enforcement, availability of innovative communications systems, assessment of appropriate campus security and threat assessment systems, assessment of emergency response systems, timely and effective identification of high-risk students and prevention strategies and availability of services for high-risk students.
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2644
Title: Executive Order No. 196
Source: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Issued 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to the creation of the Governor's Business Council to collaborate on regional and statewide development priorities to support economic and workforce development.
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2615
Title: Executive Order No. 193
Source: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the minimum grade point average requirement for poll workers who are high school students. Authorizes school boards to develop criteria for approving students to serve as poll workers. Also modifies the term of service of a high school pupil appointed to serve as an inspector, to appoint a student for one election only rather than for 2 years. Does not prohibit a pupil from being appointed to serve at future elections.
hhttp://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act451.pdf (pg. 7)
Title: Act. No. 451
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides that, if a district provides instruction in human sexuality, reproduction, or family planning, it must ensure that all course materials and instruction do all of the following:
1. Present abstinence from sexual activity as the preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity for unmarried pupils.
2. Devote more attention to abstinence from sexual activity than to any other behavior.
3. Emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity before marriage is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including
HIV and AIDS. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act445.pdf
Title: S.B. 286
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides that no private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who prohibits a pupil from using an inhaler because of the employee's good faith belief that the student was not allowed to possess and use an inhaler or who allows a pupil to use an inhaler because of the employee's good faith belief that student was allowed to possess and use an inhaler. (Extends laws governing inhaler use by asthmatic pupils in public schools to private schools.)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act398.pdf
Title: A.B. 1132
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to college student reenrollment and the registration priority of persons called into active military service; provides that the reenrolling student shall have the same priority in registering for courses as if the student had registered at the beginning of the registration period. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act470.pdf
Title: S.B. 436
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2003- 05 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act373.pdf
Title: Act No. 373
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL- CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act384.pdf
Title: Act No. 384
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Education Association Council, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act376.pdf/2005/data/SB-710.pdf
Title: Act No. 376
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act375.pdf
Title: Act No. 375
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2005- 07 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin- Extension collective bargaining unit authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act374.pdf
Title: Act No. 374
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a school board to operate single-sex schools, other than charter schools, or provide single-sex courses if the school board makes available to the opposite sex under the same policies and criteria of admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such single-sex school or course.
Authorizes a school board to enter into a contract for and authorizes the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, City of Milwaukee, and the UW-Parkside to establish or contract to establish a single-sex charter school. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act346.pdf
Title: A.B. 114
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Council |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Allows any baccalaureate or graduate degree granting institution within the University of Wisconsin System to operate or to contract for the operation of a charter school with the approval of the Board of Regents. Authorizes the chancellor of any such University of Wisconsin System institution (other than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee or the University of Wisconsin-Parkside) to request the state superintendent of public instruction for approval to establish or contract for the establishment of up to five charter schools. Requires the state superintendent to approve the first five requests received and to maintain a waiting list. Requires each approved institution to submit a charter school plan to the state superintendent, which plan must describe the institution's plan for soliciting charter school proposals and for monitoring charter schools that are established. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enAB0730.pdf
Title: A.B. 730
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Defines a virtual charter school as a charter school in which instruction is provided primarily through means of the Internet and the pupils and teachers are geographically remote. Specifies that in a virtual charter school, "teaching" means assigning grades or credits for the pupils. Provides that current policies requiring district charter school to be located in the school district or pertaining to university-established charter schools do not apply to virtual charter schools.
Current law provides that if the University of Wisconsin-Parkside establishes a charter school, the state must pay a sum to the unified school district in which it
is located to reimburse the school district for the reduction in state aid resulting from the loss of pupils to the charter school. This bill provides that this payment does not apply if the charter school established is a virtual charter school.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enAB1060.pdf
Title: A.B. 1060
Source: Legislative Reference Bureau Analysis |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to the number of pupils eligible to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program regarding entry into private schools. Bill: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enAB0003.pdf
Amendment memo: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/lc_amdt/ab003.pdf
Title: A.B. 3
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Class Size |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Under current law, a school district may enter into a five-year, renewable student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contract with the Department of Public Instruction to reduce class size to 15 pupils in grades kindergarten to three in exchange for receiving state aid equal to $2,000 for each low-income pupil enrolled in grades eligible for SAGE funding. This bill allows a school district to choose not to comply with the requirement to reduce class size in grades two or three and to forego the aid that it would have received. The amount of foregone aid is lapsed to the general fund and appropriated to supplement the payment of special education aid. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/SB-68.pdf
Title: S.B. 68
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a school board provides instruction in the areas of human sexuality, reproduction, family planning, AIDS, prenatal development, childbirth, adoption, available prenatal and postnatal support, and male and female responsibility, the board must ensure that instruction in marriage and parental responsibility is provided in the same course during the same school year. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act341.pdf
Title: A.B. 309
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Council |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to college reenrollment of students called into active military service. Requires colleges and universities to reenroll the student beginning in the semester following his or her military discharge or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act324.pdf
Title: A.B. 378
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to eligibility of a student enrolled in a 2- year full-time vocational diploma program at a technical college for an academic excellence higher education scholarship; relates to tuition and fees.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act267.pdf
Title: S.B. 370
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Eliminates provision that school year include 180 school days. Replaces with provisions defining school year as minimum hours of instruction. Provides that scheduled hours in the school year may include no more than 35 hours on Saturdays. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enAB0084.pdf
Title: A.B. 84
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Expands penalities for sexual assault on a child from instructional staff position to staff person or a person who works or volunteers with children.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act274.pdf
Title: S.B. 349
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that an assistive technology device does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted or the replacement of such a device; adds interpreting services to services provided; includes a child who is homeless, a ward of the state, county or child welfare agency and a child who is attending a private school; provides for examination of data disaggregated by race and ethnicity to determine the rate of longterm suspensions and expulsions of children with disabilities. Includes children with disabilities in assessments, with appropriate accomodations and alternative assessments.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act258.pdf
Title: Act No. 258
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Under current law, the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) is capped at 15 percent of the enrollment of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). If in any school year there are more spaces available in the private schools participating in the MPCP than the maximum number of pupils allowed to attend the private schools under the MPCP, the law directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to prorate the number of spaces available at each participating private school. This bill provides that the number of pupils who attend private schools under the MPCP may not exceed 22,500. That number is to be determined in the same manner as public school enrollment is determined; for example, most kindergarten pupils are counted as 0.5 pupil. Under current law, to participate in the MPCP, a pupil must be a member of a family with a total family income of no more than 1.75 times the federal poverty level. This bill allows a pupil to continue to attend an MPCP school if the pupil's family income does not exceed 2.2 times the federal poverty level. The bill also provides that siblings of pupils attending an MPCP school are subject to the higher limit. Under current law, a pupil may participate in the MPCP only if, in the previous school year, the pupil was enrolled in the MPS, was attending a private school under the MPCP, was enrolled in grades kindergarten to three in a private school located in the city of Milwaukee other than under the MPCP, or was not enrolled in school. This bill eliminates this eligibility requirement. This bill requires a private school participating in the MPCP to administer
nationally normed, standardized tests in reading, science, and mathematics to the pupils attending the school in the fourth, eighth, and tenth grades under the MPCP. Beginning in 2006 and annually thereafter until 2011, the private school must provide the scores of all standardized tests that it has administered to the School Choice Demonstration Project, currently at Georgetown University. The bill directs the Legislative Audit Bureau, based upon the standardized test score data that it receives from the project, to review and analyze the test score data and submit reports to the legislature annually from 2007 to 2011. The reports must include the results of various tests, including standardized state tests administered to representative samples of pupils in the MPCP and pupils enrolled in the MPS. Act 125.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act125.pdf
Title: Act. No. 125
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Expands the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4- year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in public elementary schools, charter schools and private schools that participate in the Parental Choice Program. Expands the definition of volunteer health care provider to include a nurse practitioner.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act188.pdf
Title: A.B. 829
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
2005 Wisconsin Act 221 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make available to school districts, private schools, and charter schools information about meningococcal disease, including the causes and symptoms of the disease, how it is spread, how to obtain additional information, and the availability, effectiveness, and risks of vaccinations. DPI may do so by posting the information on its Internet site. At the beginning of every school year from 2006-07 to 2011-12, schools are required to provide parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 with the information. At the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, and every school year thereafter, schools are required to
provide the information only to parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in grade 6.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act221.pdf
Title: A.B. 589
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Current law requires at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to 6, and at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. Each school board is required to submit an annual report to the Department of Public Instruction containing certain information. Under prior law, information about the number of hours of pupil instruction was not required to be included in the annual report. 2005 Wisconsin Act 252 requires each school board to include in its annual report the number of hours of direct pupil instruction provided in each school.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act252.pdf
Title: Act No. 252
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to allowing school boards to charge a fee for transporting certain pupils not required to be transported to a public or private school; allows a school board to charge a fee for transportation and to waive such fee or any portion for a parent or guardian unable to pay.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act223.pdf
Title: S.B. 324
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes a clearinghouse for information about special education transition services and vocational opportunities that are available in each county; provides that the information shall be posted on the appropriate Web site. (Act 218)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act218.pdf
Title: A.B. 308
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--District |
Vetoed 01/2006 |
P-12 |
Under current law, with certain exceptions, if a school board wishes to borrow money or exceed the revenue limit otherwise applicable to the school district, it must obtain the approval of the school district's electors at a referendum. A referendum authorizing borrowing may be held at a special election called for that purpose or at the next regularly scheduled primary or election held not earlier than 45 days after adopting the borrowing resolution. Similarly, a referendum to exceed the district's revenue limit may be held at a special election or at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or election held not earlier than 42 days after the resolution to exceed the limit is filed.
This bill prohibits a school board from calling a special election for either purpose described above.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enSB0171.pdf
Title: S.B. 171
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 01/2006 |
P-12 |
Restricts the manner in which a school district may invest its funds and to whom it may delegate its investment authority.
Expands the investment authority and delegation of investment authority for all school districts with respect to funds that are held in trust, other than funds held in the Public Employee Trust Fund (ETF), solely to provide any of the following benefits: (1) post-employment health care benefits provided either separately or through a defined benefit pension plan; and (2) other post-employment benefits provided separately from a defined benefit pension plan. (Examples of the latter type are life insurance, long-term care, disability, and other benefits provided as compensation for services rendered.)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act99.pdf
Title: A.B. 167 (Act No. 99)
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 01/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to the investment by school districts of funds held in trust to provide post-employments benefits; relates to deferred compensation funds; provides that if a school board has established such trust, the required report shall state the amount in the trust, the investment return earned by the trust since the last annual meeting, the total of disbursements made from the trust since the last annual meeting and the names of the investment manager if investment authority has been delegated. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act99.pdf
Title: A.B. 167 -- Act 99
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 01/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to the forfeiture of money derived from a drug crime; provides that forfeiture expenses includes all expenses of the
proceedings for forfeiture and sale, including expenses of seizure, maintenance of custody, advertising, court costs, investigation costs and prosecution costs; provides that if the forfeited property is money, the sum shall be retained for payment of forfeiture expenses and the remainder deposited in the school fund.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act91.pdf
Title: A.B. 40 (Act No. 91)
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 |
From Legislative Council Memo: Prior law required each school board to annually distribute, by January 1, to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district a copy of the school district performance report (SPR) or give it to each pupil to take home. The SPR contains information, by school and by school district, on items such as: academic achievement, including scores on statewide pupil assessment examinations; various indicators of school and school district performance, including attendance data and suspension and expulsion data; certain staffing and financial data; information about use of the open enrollment program; and the method of reading instruction. The SPR also includes a comparison of the school district's performance on academic achievement and certain other indicators of performance with the performance of other school districts in the same athletic conference. 2005 Wisconsin Act 62 does the following:
• Requires that each school board distribute or send home the SPR only upon request; provides that annually, by January 1, each school board must notify the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled of the right to request the SPR.
• Requires that, if requested, the SPR be distributed or sent home annually by May 1.
• Provides that if the school district maintains an Internet site, the SPR must be made available to the public on that site.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/lc_act/act062-ab425.pdf
Title: A.B. 425
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 |
From Legislative Council Memo: Current law, in s. 121.54 (10), Stats., authorizes a school board to provide transportation under the Open Enrollment Program for nonresident pupils who are attending public school in the school district or for resident pupils who are attending school in another school district. However, under the current law the school board may not provide transportation for a nonresident pupil to or from a location within the boundaries of the school district in which the pupil resides. Act 68 allows, but does not require a school board to provide such transportation, with the approval of the school board of the school district in which the pupil resides.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/SB-206.pdf
Title: S.B. 206 (Act. No. 68)
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to the appointment of student members of the Board of Regents of the State University; provides that the term of the student member of the Board of Regents who is at least 24 years of shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year; provides for appointment of student members who represent the views of nontraditional students, such as those who are employed or parents.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/SB-121.pdf
Title: S.B. 121 (Act. No. 76)
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 09/2005 |
P-12 |
An Act to amend 119.23 (2) (b), relating to: the number of pupils eligible to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. This bill eliminates the 15 percent cap for the 2005-06 school year. The bill provides that the number of pupils who attend private schools under the program in the 2006-07 school year or in any school year thereafter may not exceed the number who did so in the 2005-06 school year.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/AB-3.pdf
Title: H.B. 3
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Under current law, the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is capped at 15 percent of the enrollment of the Milwaukee Public Schools (approximately 15,000 pupils). If in any school year there are more spaces available in the private schools participating in the program than the maximum number of pupils allowed to attend the private schools under the program, the law directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to prorate the number of spaces available at each participating private school. This bill eliminates the 15 percent cap for the 2005-06 school year. The bill provides that the number of pupils who attend private schools under the program in the 2006-07 school year or in any school year thereafter may not exceed the number who did so in the 2005-06 school year. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/AB-3.pdf
Title: AB 3
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
An Act to create 70.11 (43) of the statutes; creates a property tax exemption for arts and arts education centers. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act4.pdf
Title: S.B. 3
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Curriculum |
Issued 03/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the governor's council on financial literacy. The council's mission is to measurably improve the financial literacy of Wisconsin citizens. In addition to other tasks, the council will serve as a sounding board for the governor's office and the office of financial literacy and is to provide a semi-annual report on its progress, beginning on December 31, 2005.
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?prid=1026
Title: Executive Order # 92
Source: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/ |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Vetoed 03/2005 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. |
Relates to school district revenue limits and levy limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts. Generally, the bill prohibits a political subdivision from increasing its levy by a percentage that exceeds the percentage change in the political subdivision's equalized value due to new construction, less improvements removed, not including any such changes in a tax incremental district (TID). In addition, the calculation of a city's, village's, or town's levy does not include any tax increment that is generated by a TID. With regard to technical college districts, the levy limit is the levy for the previous year multiplied by 1.026. The bill contains exceptions to the levy limit for political subdivisions that transfer the provision of services, for cities or villages that annex town territory, and for a county levy that relates to a county Children with Disabilities Education Board. The levy limit may also be exceeded if a political subdivision's or technical college district's resolution to do so is approved in a referendum. A town with a population of less than 2,000 may exceed the levy limit if a resolution to do so is approved by an annual or special town meeting. The levy limits do not apply beginning three years after the effective date of the bill. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/AB-58.pdf
Title: A.B. 58
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Class Size |
Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends class size reduction funding under the Student Achievement Guaranteed in Education Program (SAGE). WISCONSIN REG 20485 (SN) http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dfm/pb/sageemerg.html
Title: PI 24
Source: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes emergency rules regarding financial reporting requirements under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. WISCONSIN REG 20410 (SN)
Title: PI 35
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Assembly Sustained Governor's Veto 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to eligibility for participation in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. (Governor vetoed in November 2003; veto sustained in May 2004)
Title: A.B. 259
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 04/2004 |
P-12 |
From Legislative Reference Bureau analysis: Under current law, school boards may enter into contracts with individuals,
groups, businesses, or governmental bodies to establish charter schools, which operate with fewer constraints than traditional public schools. Current law also permits the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the city of Milwaukee to operate charter schools (independent charter schools) directly or to contract for the operation of charter schools. Only pupils who reside in the school district in which an independent charter school is located may attend the charter school.
This bill allows any 4–year institution or 2–year college campus within the University of Wisconsin System to operate or to contract for the operation of a charter school with the approval of the Board of Regents.http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/SB-253.pdf
Title: S.B. 253
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Vetoed 04/2004 |
Community College |
From Legislative Reference Bureau: This bill authorizes a technical college district board, with the approval of the state Technical College System Board, to enter into a contract with a business to provide job training, adult basic education, vocational and professional services, and
training facilities, equipment, and material to the business. A contract may not provide more than $3,500 in services to a trainee unless the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) approves a higher limit. In addition, the state board must ensure that the total cost of such contracts does not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year unless JCF approves a higher limit. (In both cases, approval by JCF may be by passive review; i.e., if the cochairpersons of JCF do not schedule a meeting to review the request, it is considered approved.) The bill allows a district board to issue revenue bonds to finance the costs of providing these services and materials to a business. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/SB-384.pdf
Title: S.B. 384
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Authorizes an employee of a school district, cooperative educational service agency, charter school, private school, the State Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the State Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or a social worker to subject an individual's blood to a test for the presence of the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Title: S.B. 230
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Rule Adoption 04/2004 |
Postsec. |
Establishes rules relating to the regulation of for- profit postsecondary schools; out-of-state, non-profit colleges and universities; and in-state, non-profit institutions incorporated after 1991. WISCONSIN REG 20331 (SN)
Title: EAB 3 and 4
Source: StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to special observance days and schools; adds March 17th to the list of special days for the The Great Hunger in Ireland from 1845 to 1850.
Title: S.B. 526
Source: StateNet |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the use of a person's social security number in his or her student identification number at a private institution of higher education; provides that an identification number may not be identical with a student's social security number.
Title: A.B. 84
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to eligibility to attend an independent charter school and payments made to independent charter schools.
Title: A.B. 746
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program to conduct a criminal background check on each new employee and all existing employees; requires a private school to submit a copy of the school's certificate of occupancy issued by the city of Milwaukee and evidence of sound fiscal practices.
Title: A.B. 836
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relate the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program; requires a private school to conduct a criminal background check on all persons employed as instructional staff; requires a private school to submit to the Department of Public Instruction a copy of the school's certificate of occupancy issued by the city of Milwaukee, proof that the administrator of the school participated in a fiscal management training program, and evidence of sound fiscal practices.
Title: A.B. 847
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
Postsec. |
Provides certain orientation information regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment, including information on sexual assault by acquaintances of the victim, to University of Wisconsin System students electronically.
Title: S.B. 247
Source: StateNet |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends dual/concurrent enrollment options, which allow pupils to attend an institution of higher education under certain circumstances; provides for payment to institute of higher education for technical college courses. For each pupil attending a technical college, the
school board shall pay to the technical college district board, in 2 installments payable upon initial enrollment and at the end of the semester, for those courses taken for high school credit, an amount equal to the cost of tuition, course fees, and books for the pupil at the technical college. The school board is not responsible for payment for any courses that are comparable to courses offered in the school district.
If students fail a course, the parents must reimburse the school district. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/acts/03Act131.pdf
Title: A.B. 183
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides for the specifications for school attendance of a dispositional order for truant or habitual truant and the disclosure of juvenile court records by a juvenile court or a municipal court for children of certain age groups.
Title: A.B. 62
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Vetoed 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to charter schools located in a 1st class city school district.
Title: A.B. 261
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Extends the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program to all private schools in Milwaukee County.
Title: A.B. 260
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Directs the Legislative Audit Bureau to administer a study of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
Title: A.B. 126
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program income limit. (Governor vetoed in November 2003; Assembly sustained veto in May 2004)
Title: A.B. 472
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 10/2003 |
Postsec. |
Requires college students to be informed about meningococcal disease and hepatitis B; requires colleges to maintain certain records about the vaccination status of students.
Title: A.B. 344
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes emergency rules relating to immunization of students. WISCONSIN REG 20282 (SN)
Title: HFS 144
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Under this bill, a student in grades 6 to 12 or at a University of Wisconsin (UW) System school, in–state technical college, or in–state, private, accredited, nonprofit college or university is eligible for a $25 tuition voucher if he or she sounds "Taps" on a bugle, trumpet, or cornet at a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran. The bill requires the Board of Regents of the UW System or the Technical College Board to grant a student a $25 remission of tuition or academic fees for each valid voucher that is issued to the student. Makes students in grades 6 through 12 who sound Taps at military honors funerals eligible for a $25 tuition voucher. (Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau) http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/AB-74.pdf
Title: A.B. 74
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us |
Background Checks |
Vetoed 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Permits an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Title: A.B. 41
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 |
- Supplemental Services web page: (http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/supplemental.html)
- Supplement services application; deadline 11/15/02: (http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/9550/9550_s.doc)
- Approved providers (9/02): (http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/providers.html)
- Supplemental education services agreement: (http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/9550/q02_17.doc)
Completed applications are due Aug. 15. This is not a competitive process. Providers that meet the criteria specified on the application will be included on the state-approved Supplemental Educational Services Provider List. The DPI will update the list in January 2003 (deadline Nov. 15), and thereafter annually (deadline June 1).
Source: Wisconsin Department of Education Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires crossing gates on school buses; grants rule making authority; provides a penalty; requires Department of Transportation to prescribe rules for the specifications, installation, and operation of these crossing gates.
Title: S.B. 179
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Changes the name of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf to the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; specifies the duties of the Program; creates a deaf and hard of hearing council; requires the Legislative Audit Bureau to conduct a performance evaluation audit of the Program during the 2004-05 fiscal year.
Title: S.B. 176
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Changes names of program from children at risk to "children at risk of not graduating from high school." Changes definition to "at risk of not graduating from high school because they failed the high school graduation exam," are dropouts, or are 2 or more of the following: one or more years behind their age group in the number of high school credits attained; two or more years behind their age group's basic skills levels; habitual truants; parents; adjudicated delinquents; or eighth-graders who scores are below certain basic level or who failed to be promoted to 9th grade.
Title: S.B. 241
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to school district open enrollment and tuition waivers and payments.
Title: A.B. 367
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to the number of school districts to which a pupil may apply under the open enrollment program.
Title: S.B. 309
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Parent" means any of the following: biological parent; husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife; male who is presumed to be the child's father under section 891.41; male who has been adjudicated as the child's father by final order or judgment of an Indian tribal court of competent jurisdiction or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state; adoptive parent; legal guardian; person acting as a parent of a child; person appointed as a sustaining parent under section 48.428; or person assigned as a surrogate parent. "Parent" does not include any of the following: Person whose parental rights have been terminated; the state; a county or a child welfare agency, if child was made a ward of the state, county or child welfare agency under ch. 880 or if a child has been placed in the legal custody or guardianship of the state, county or child welfare agency under ch. 48 or ch. 767; or an American Indian tribal agency if the child was made a ward of the agency or placed in the legal custody or guardianship of the agency.
Title: A.B. 412
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. |
, Relates to auditing the University of Wisconsin System and technical college system courses by persons who are 60 years of age or older; provides an exemption to fees if space is available and the instructor approves.
Title: A.B. 432
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Protects teachers from being charged criminally when they act reasonably in dealing with disruptive students. Acknowledges a common-law defense that teachers may use reasonable force in dealing with disruptive students.
Title: A.B. 100
Source: NCREL Policy LINCletter Spring II 2000 |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to the conditional early reinstatement to school of a pupil who has been expelled from school.
Title: A.B. 447
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to restrictions on the use of laser pointers and providing penalty.
Title: A.B. 154
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to the eligible ages for special education; provides that an individual with a disability must be between the ages of three and 21 years of age to be eligible for free appropriate public education.
Title: A.B. 394
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Students--Records/Rights |
Vetoed 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to disclosure of pupil records by the department of public instruction; conforms an exception to federal law; allows DPI to disclose information to U.S. Comptroller General or U.S. Secretary of Education or appropriate state agencies; allows DPI to charge requesting person a fee sufficient to cover the cost of deleting from the record information that is prohibited from being disclosed under state or federal law.
Title: A.B. 663
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to a loan program for teachers and orientation and mobility instructors of visually impaired pupils; grants rule-making authority; makes an appropriation.
Title: A.B. 629
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |