Wisconsin Legislature: Public Instruction, Department of

DPI payments to Second Chance Partners for Education and similar nonprofit corporations revised re work-based learning program for at-risk children - AB451

DPI payments to Second Chance Partners for Education and similar nonprofit corporations revised re work-based learning program for at-risk children [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DPI payment provisions deleted, provisions for school boards to contract with added] - SB361

DPI revisions re division name changes, participation in a public library system, and deleting obsolete references (remedial legislation) - SB348

Driver education instruction and license examinations required to include proper procedure for attaching a trailer to a motor vehicle - SB433

Environmental education consultant: appropriation eliminated [Sec. 524] - AB40

Environmental education consultant: appropriation eliminated [Sec. 524] - SB27

Gifted and talented pupil services and activities: DPI grant to U.W. Madison with certain condition [Sec. 2489; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, U.W. Madison changed to U.W. System] - AB40

Gifted and talented pupil services and activities: DPI grant to U.W. Madison with certain condition [Sec. 2489] - SB27

Green Bay Parental Choice Program provisions created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 522m, 537e, v, 2476m, 2488c, f-L, pm, q, u, v, 2532p, 2536h, 2571d-p, t, 2664b, d, 2977p, 3526m; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: Green Bay specific provisions deleted, remaining provisions modified, deletes 537e, 2488c, f, pm, q, v, 2532p, 2571p] - AB40

Indoor environmental air quality plans for public and MPCP participating schools: requirements eliminated and DPI duty re model management plan and practices eliminated [Sec. 2474-2476, 2548; original bill only] - AB40

Indoor environmental air quality plans for public and MPCP participating schools: requirements eliminated and DPI duty re model management plan and practices eliminated [Sec. 2474-2476, 2548] - SB27

Initial educator grant program repealed [Sec. 541, 2454, 9437 (1)] - AB40

Initial educator grant program repealed [Sec. 541, 2454, 9437 (1)] - SB27

Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect: all public school employees required to report and receive training, employment discrimination protection for reporting in good faith [S.Amdt.2: training requirement modified and rule-making authority removed] - SB42

Military training, education, or other experience may satisfy requirements for certain professional credentials [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, demonstration requirement added, some credentials specified] - SB357

MPCP and parental choice program for eligible school districts: revisions re verification of income eligibility, approved accrediting and preaccrediting organizations, a school's retention of a disqualified person, fees and tuition, and certificates of occupancy - AB324

MPCP and parental choice program for eligible school districts: revisions re verification of income eligibility, approved accrediting and preaccrediting organizations, a school's retention of a disqualified person, fees and tuition, and certificates of occupancy - SB234

MPCP changes re payment directly to the private school, one application for families with more than one pupil, factors determining state's payments to private schools, auditing standards, and payments for summer school pupils - AB94

MPCP enrollment cap lifted and any private school in Milwaukee County may participate; private school notification to DPI to participate extended for the 2011-12 school year under set condition - AB92

MPCP participating private school: family income requirement eliminated, charging additional tuition and fees permitted, any private school in Milwaukee County may participate, enrollment cap lifted [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Milwaukee — School"] - AB40

MPCP program changes: DPI required to notify participating private schools and parents or guardians prior to start of the school year [Sec. 2550, 2551; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, notification to parents and guardians removed] - AB40

MPCP program changes: DPI required to notify participating private schools and parents or guardians prior to start of the school year [Sec. 2550, 2551] - SB27

Open Enrollment Program revisions: virtual charter school limit, time line for filing and processing applications, copy of individualized education program to new district, and alternative application process; revenue limit and DPI report provisions [Sec. 2507-2509, 2601; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions re revenue limits for energy efficiency measures and refunded or rescinded property taxes, removes timeline, alternative application, copy of individualized education program, and report provisions, 2513b, 2600m, 2601m, deletes 2508-2513, 2516-2529, 2601] - AB40

Open Enrollment Program revisions: virtual charter school limit, time line for filing and processing applications, copy of individualized education program to new district, and alternative application process; revenue limit and DPI report provisions [Sec. 2507-2509, 2601] - SB27

Open Enrollment Program: time line for filing and processing applications changed [S.Amdt.1: individualized education program provision added; S.Amdt.2: applications outside regular application period permitted for children in specified situations; S.Amdt.3: annual report requirements revised; A.Amdt.2: teacher contract renewal deadline changed; A.Amdt.3: resident school board must agree to pupils in specified situations attending nonresident school district (Senate nonconcurred, Assembly adheres to its position); S.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.3: appeal provision added (Senate recedes from its position on A.Amdt.3 and concurred as amended, Assembly concurred)] - SB2

Pilot farm to school programs: DPI to administer in rural school districts, FTE positions provision - SB567

Professional teaching permit issued by DPI: additional ways of obtaining established; parental choice participating private school provision - AB551

Public education law revisions re pupil expulsion, teacher evaluations, SAGE contracts, special education services, pupil transportation costs, school libraries, MPS teaching days, law enforcement records re conduct of a pupil, credits for sports re WIAA, and tax levy - AB130

Public education law revisions re pupil expulsion, teacher evaluations, SAGE contracts, special education services, pupil transportation costs, school libraries, MPS teaching days, law enforcement records re conduct of a pupil, credits for sports re WIAA, and tax levy [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, WIAA provision deleted, physical education credit modified; S.Amdt.1: out-of-state public school provisions added] - SB95

Public schools, charter schools, and private schools participating in the parental choice program: law revisions re teacher and principal evaluations, school assessment guide, teacher licensure, MPS cost report, and schools' disclosure requirements and exclusion for fraudulent representation; DPI duties - AB748

Racine Parental Choice Program provisions created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 522m, 537m, v, 2476m, 2488b, e, h-p, r, u, y, 2532m, 2536h, 2571d, h, q, t, 2664b, d, 2977p, 3526m; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``Racine parental choice program" changed to ``Parental choice programs for eligible school districts", DPI duties expanded, 9137 (3u)] - AB40

Read to Lead Development Council created; assessing reading readiness of kindergarteners; knowledge of reading development and instruction required for certain initial teacher licenses; teacher education programs to report on number of graduates and performance of recent graduates used to evaluate the programs; educator effectiveness evaluation system and equivalency process developed; remedial reading services for certain pupils; DPI duties - AB558

Read to Lead Development Council created; assessing reading readiness of kindergarteners; knowledge of reading development and instruction required for certain initial teacher licenses; teacher education programs to report on number of graduates and performance of recent graduates used to evaluate the programs; educator effectiveness evaluation system and equivalency process developed; remedial reading services for certain pupils; DPI duties [for further revisions, see entry under ``Literacy"] - SB461

Renewable energy consumption: new goals for certain state agencies set, DOA report required; new goal re electric energy consumed in the state set, PSC reports required - SB519

School bullying: DPI model policy to include bullying by electronic means, requires records to be kept and annual report posted on the district's Web site, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where others can view it created; JRCCP report - AB644

School bullying: DPI model policy to include bullying by electronic means, requires records to be kept and annual report posted on the district's Web site, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where others can view it created; JRCCP report - SB427

School district grants: obsolete appropriations eliminated [Sec. 530, 535, 536] - AB40

School district grants: obsolete appropriations eliminated [Sec. 530, 535, 536] - SB27

School nurse: DPI established qualifications eliminated [Sec. 2434; original bill only] - AB40

School nurse: DPI established qualifications eliminated [Sec. 2434] - SB27

School nurse requirements revised re RNs and DPI licensure, additional requirements for administration of drugs to pupils, and nonprescription drug product from parent or guardian: 2009 WisAct 160 provisions repealed except some written policy provisions - AB62

School nurse requirements revised re RNs and DPI licensure, additional requirements for administration of drugs to pupils, and nonprescription drug product from parent or guardian: 2009 WisAct 160 provisions repealed except some written policy provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, school nurse definition amended, requirement that prescription and nonprescription drug products be supplied by a parent or guardian eliminated, training required for administering drug products in certain cases, civil liability immunity provisions removed; S.Amdt.1: charter school provision deleted; S.Amdt.2: certain private school personnel training does not need DPI approval; S.Amdt.3: list of types of drug products requiring training expanded] - SB45

School state aid revisions re guaranteed percentage, parental choice programs, school aid formula, counting low-income pupils, delayed payments, per pupil adjustment under the levy limit, independent charter schools, grants for study to improve efficiency, and transporting pupils to private schools; eliminates first dollar and school levy property tax credits and categorical state aid for high-poverty school districts; DPI, DOA, LFB, and JCF duties specified - AB677

Special Needs Scholarship Program established; LAB duty and report required - AB110

Special Needs Scholarship Program established; LAB duty and report required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - SB486

State aid to certain school districts to assist in paying debt service on certain bond issues; DPI duty - SB251

Student information system: DPI to establish working with the Office of Governor, fee provision [Sec. 520, 2437, 9137 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, fee provision modified, every school district required to establish within 5 years, JCF approval] - AB40

Student information system: DPI to establish working with the Office of Governor, fee provision [Sec. 520, 2437, 9137 (1)] - SB27

Student information system: State Superintendent to develop request for proposal and criteria for selecting vendors - AB576

Student information system: State Superintendent to develop request for proposal procedures and criteria for selecting vendors, fee and compatible software provisions - SB556

Teachers in independent charter schools exempt from DPI license or permit requirement, bachelor's degree required [Sec. 2486, 2498, 2567; original bill only] - AB40

Teachers in independent charter schools exempt from DPI license or permit requirement, bachelor's degree required [Sec. 2486, 2498, 2567] - SB27

Teen dating violence and sexual violence education and DPI model health curriculum requirements - AB694

Vocational high school diploma: school board authorized to grant; credits, industry-recognized certifications, and DPI provisions - AB447

Vocational high school diploma: school board authorized to grant; credits, industry-recognized certifications, and DPI provisions [S.Amdt.1: ``vocational" changed to ``technical"] - SB335

Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination replaced with new, standards-based pupil assessments, report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2488pq, 9137 (1u)] - AB40

Management, maintenance, and improvement activities on DNR land: contracts with and receipt of gifts, grants, moneys, materials, or services from nonprofit conservation organizations [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 822d-s] - AB40

Stewardship directory of all acquired land: DNR to make available; fee and public access provisions - AB48

Stewardship Program revisions re acquisitions of land and easements, reasons for prohibiting public access, and threshold for JCF review; certain DNR appropriation and local government nonbinding resolution provisions [Sec. 587-589, 601, 819-840, 848-855, 861-865, 913, 1749, 9335 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DNR to provide moneys to DATCP for certain agricultural easements, aids in lieu of property taxes estimated value revised, sunset deleted, JCF review revised, acquisition limitations removed, 837m-t, 840m, 862m, 1748de, e, deletes 819-824, 835, 836, 848-855, 861, 862, 913, 1749] - AB40

Stewardship Program revisions re acquisitions of land and easements, reasons for prohibiting public access, and threshold for JCF review; certain DNR appropriation and local government nonbinding resolution provisions [Sec. 587-589, 601, 819-840, 848-855, 861-865, 913, 1749, 9335 (2)] - SB27

BCPL authorized to make revenue obligation loans; other revisions re deposits, indebtedness, and authority to make investments - AB275

BCPL authorized to make revenue obligation loans; other revisions re deposits, indebtedness, and authority to make investments - SB238

Secretary of State and State Treasurer offices deleted from the Constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR26

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds: immunity from liability for school board or governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision [A.Amdt.1: school district and spectator provisions added, recreational agreement conditions added; S.Amdt.1: notice of claims provisions against certain volunteers and procurement or maintenance of insurance by volunteer fire companies and government bodies revised] - AB497

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds: immunity from liability for school board or governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision - SB382

Attempts to influence state procurement decisions or proposals: former state public official prohibition and lobbyist principal reporting requirements created, penalty provisions - AB675

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who use communications media which includes references to candidates for certain offices within 60 days of an election; Clean Elections Fund established to provide grants to qualifying candidates for campaign expenses, penalty provisions; JRCCP report and emergency rule provisions - AB642

Cooperatives, corporations, and their officers and substantial owners that enter or offer to enter into contracts with the state prohibited from making political contributions to state office candidates and their committees, penalty provisions - AB676

Crime victim and witness rights revisions re treatment by public officials and use of personally identifying information; DA provision [A.Amdt.1: provisions revised, electronic mail added; S.Amdt.1: more revisions and legislative intent provision added] - AB232

Expense statements required by principal attempting to influence model legislation under consideration; reporting any thing of pecuniary value for scholarship purposes to GAB; legislative members prohibited from using allocations for office operation on memberships to organizations that propose uniform, model, or suggested legislation; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB621

Felons and persons convicted of certain misdemeanors granted the right to vote, hold offices of trust or honor, and run for public office: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR56

GAB expenditures on voter ID public informational campaign reviewed by JCF; public inspection of statements of economic interests modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 357m, 9118 (1q)] - AB40

Political contributions: acceptance by incumbent partisan elective state official or support committee prohibited between specified dates, additional provisions for governor and lieutenant governor; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB264

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; Legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR63

Recall petition: signing more than once to recall the same public officer prohibited; penalties and AG provisions; JRCCP report - AB441

Recall petition: signing more than once to recall the same public officer prohibited, penalties provided; JRCCP report - AB545

Recall petition: signing more than once to recall the same public officer prohibited, penalties provided; JRCCP report - SB367

State or local elected official who becomes a candidate for national, state, or local office: state of emergency exemption to prohibition on using public funds to produce and distribute identical communications to constituents - SB118

Statement of economic interest: threshold for reporting indirect income sources revised [A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 356g] - AB40

WRS required contribution rates and annuity multiplier revised and employer may not pay any employee required contributions, city and county of Milwaukee and local government defined benefit pension plan provisions; JSCRS appendix report [A.Amdt.1: revisions including employee required contributions] - JR1 AB11