Wisconsin Legislature: Public Instruction, Department of

DPI to create budget summary form for use by school districts; certain audit and report to be posted to school districts’ Internet sites - AB321

DPI to create budget summary form for use by school districts; certain audit and report to be posted to school districts’ Internet sites - SB234

Electronic smoking device: DPI to develop model policy regulating use of on school property and school boards required to adopt a policy; definition provision - AB106

High cost transportation aid eligibility revised [Sec. 3407-3410] - AB21

High cost transportation aid eligibility revised [Sec. 3407-3410] - SB21

Independent charter school: delay in applying the per pupil payment adjustment [Sec. 3281, 3282] - AB21

Independent charter school: delay in applying the per pupil payment adjustment [Sec. 3281, 3282; original bill only] - SB21

Knowledge and concepts examination: pupil's parent or guardian may opt out of any such exam; certain DPI report revision; requiring summary about exams posted to schools' Internet sites - AB239

Knowledge and concepts examination: pupil's parent or guardian may opt out of any such exam; certain DPI report revision; requiring summary about exams posted to schools' Internet sites - SB193

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes re per pupil amount, financial audit, pupil acceptance preferences, teacher or administrator license, certain reports, pupil assignment council, and notification of intent to participate date [Sec. 3314, 3315, 3320-3322, 3331-3335, 3340, 3353-3355, 3357, 3360-3362, 3365-3382, 3384, 9334 (2), (3)] - AB21

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes re per pupil amount, financial audit, pupil acceptance preferences, teacher or administrator license, certain reports, pupil assignment council, and notification of intent to participate date [Sec. 3314, 3315, 3320-3322, 3331-3335, 3340, 3353-3355, 3357, 3360-3362, 3365-3379, 3380-3382, 3384, 9334 (2), (3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, independent financial audit provisions modified, continuous operation requirement added, 3323p, 3355c-m, 3358am, 3382c-m, 3384b, deletes 3332, 3355, 3375, 3382; S.Amdt.2: further revision] - SB21

National teacher certification and master educator licensure grant program requirements and DPI rules re teacher education programs (remedial legislation) - AB681

National teacher certification and master educator licensure grant program requirements and DPI rules re teacher education programs (remedial legislation) - SB556

Parental choice program revisions re family income for pupil eligibility and method for determining per pupil payments to participating private schools - AB423

Parental choice program revisions re family income for pupil eligibility and method for determining per pupil payments to participating private schools - AB854

Parental choice program revisions re family income for pupil eligibility and method for determining per pupil payments to participating private schools - SB3

Parental choice program revisions re instructional staff required to hold a license or permit issued by DPI and participating private schools required to conduct background check of each teacher and administrator; Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - AB423

Parental choice program revisions re instructional staff required to hold a license or permit issued by DPI and participating private schools required to conduct background check of each teacher and administrator; Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - AB854

Parental choice program revisions re instructional staff required to hold a license or permit issued by DPI and participating private schools required to conduct background check of each teacher and administrator; Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - SB3

Parental choice programs, including MPCP and Racine Parental Choice Program: revisions to take effect in 2016-17 school year re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, background investigations of teachers and administrators, reading readiness assessments, high school diploma criteria, corporal punishment, expulsion, building inspections, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, meetings of governing board open to the public, in operation at least 2 years, enrollment percentage; DPI and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - AB854

Per pupil aid: appropriation and calculation modified [Sec. 563, 3216-3218, 9134 (5)] - AB21

Per pupil aid: appropriation and calculation modified [Sec. 563, 3216-3218, 9134 (5); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 3216d, f, deletes 563, 3216-3218, 9134 (5)] - SB21

Private school participating in a parental choice program: certain special education staff required if enrolling a child with a disability; compliance with Part A of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, DPI duties - AB148

Private school participating in a parental choice program: certain special education staff required if enrolling a child with a disability; compliance with Part A of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, DPI duties - SB78

Private schools participating in a parental choice program revisions re building inspection, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, in operation at least two years, enrollment percentage, and meetings of governing board open to the public; DPI duties specified - AB854

Public school financing law changes re calculation of general school aids, counting low-income pupils, school aid factors, per pupil adjustment to revenue limits, high-poverty aid, hold harmless aid, and delay in school aid payments; first dollar and school levy property tax credits eliminated; DPI, DOA, JCF, and LFB duties - AB482

Public school financing law changes re calculation of general school aids, counting low-income pupils, school aid factors, per pupil adjustment to revenue limits, high-poverty aid, hold harmless aid, and delay in school aid payments; first dollar and school levy property tax credits eliminated; DPI, DOA, JCF, and LFB duties - SB376

Pupil assessments: public schools, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program may administer an ARB approved test - AB1

Pupil records pertinent to pupil’s educational needs: disclosure to DCF and certain county departments or tribal organization legally responsible for the pupil permitted; conditions and memorandum of understanding provisions - AB478

Pupil records pertinent to pupil’s educational needs: disclosure to DCF and certain county departments or tribal organization legally responsible for the pupil permitted; conditions and memorandum of understanding provisions - SB353

Racine Parental Choice Program and statewide parental choice program changes re cap, payments, equalization aid formula, and new choice pupils [Sec. 562, 566, 567, 3313, 3316, 3319, 3323-3330, 3336-3339, 3341-3352, 3358, 3392, 3395, 3396, 3421, 9134 (3), (4)] - AB21

Racine Parental Choice Program and statewide parental choice program changes re cap, payments, equalization aid formula, and new choice pupils [Sec. 562, 566, 567, 3313, 3316, 3319, 3323-3330, 3336-3339, 3341-3352, 3358, 3392, 3395, 3396, 3421, 9134 (3), (4); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, enrollment cap and state aid payments modified, 3323m, 3328m, 3340g, deletes 562, 566, 567, 3316, 3323, 3328, 3329, 3336-3339, 3341-3351, 3392, 3395, 3396, 3421, 9134 (3), (4); S.Amdt.2: further revisions] - SB21

Reading readiness assessments: school boards and charter school operators to select, DPI duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3245c-h, k, L] - SB21

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 - SB773

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12 [A.Amdt.1: sunset and matching funds provisions added] - AB665

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12 - SB583

SAGE contracts: DPI allowed to provide a one-year extension - AB195

SAGE contracts: DPI allowed to provide a one-year extension - SB31

School accountability report performance categories replaced with letter grades and other revisions; Superintendent of Public Instruction prohibited from approving pupil attainment examinations developed by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, giving effect to common core standard in effect, adopting or implementing new common core standards, and requiring school districts to adopt or implement common core standards, and required to provide education options to parents and guardians via DPI's Internet site; UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center to approve alternative examinations a school may administer [for section numbers, see entry under ``State Superintendent of Public Instruction"] - AB21

School accountability report performance categories replaced with letter grades and other revisions; Superintendent of Public Instruction prohibited from approving pupil attainment examinations developed by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, giving effect to common core standard in effect, adopting or implementing new common core standards, and requiring school districts to adopt or implement common core standards, and required to provide education options to parents and guardians via DPI's Internet site; UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center to approve alternative examinations a school may administer [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``State Superintendent of Public Instruction"] - SB21

School accountability report published by DPI: schools included in the report required to include a link on their Internet page - AB722

School bullying policy: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; prohibitions for posting messages that threaten harm or includes obscene, lewd, or profane language where others can view it created, penalty provisions - AB496

School bullying policy: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; prohibitions for posting messages that threaten harm or includes obscene, lewd, or profane language where others can view it created, penalty provisions - SB473

School district accountability report: DPI prohibited from including data from a virtual charter school - AB162

School district accountability report: DPI prohibited from including data from a virtual charter school - SB129

School district sparsity aid criteria revised and alternate data collection method re income eligibility re free or reduced-price lunch program [Sec. 3188, 3192, 3212, 3213, 3215, 3302, 3307, 3310, 3311, 3387, 3389, 3391, 3398, 3420] - AB21

School district sparsity aid criteria revised and alternate data collection method re income eligibility re free or reduced-price lunch program [Sec. 3188, 3192, 3212, 3213, 3215, 3302, 3307, 3310, 3311, 3387, 3389, 3391, 3398, 3420] - SB21

Schools and school districts accountability report revisions; independent charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program clarification; LAB audit required - SB1

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) program re AODA: DPI required to include in training of professional school staff; if school district requests training, it must administer the program to all pupils in the district; report to JCF required - AB270

Sparsity aid: DPI to pay unexpended amount to certain school districts; school district membership cap increased - AB824

Sparsity aid: DPI to pay unexpended amount to certain school districts; school district membership cap increased - SB664

Special education job development specialists: DPI pilot program to employ in certain school districts re employment outcomes for children with disabilities - AB943

Special education transition grants created [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 563m, 3229p] - SB21

Special Needs Scholarship Program changes - AB751

Special Needs Scholarship Program changes [A.Amdt.1: revenue limit adjustment for school districts with incoming choice pupils added] - SB615

Special Needs Scholarship Program established [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 563d, 3224g, m, 3266am, 3351g, 3379g, 9134 (6q)] - SB21

STEM program grants: DPI to award to rural school districts; definition and emergency rule provisions - AB799

STEM program grants: DPI to award to rural school districts; definition and emergency rule provisions - SB661

Student safety incident tracking pilot program re crime and other incidents on school property, transportation, or sanctioned events: DPI to develop, voluntary participation of 3 school districts, and personally identifiable information provision; report required - AB773

Student safety incident tracking pilot program re crime and other incidents on school property, transportation, or sanctioned events: DPI to develop, voluntary participation of 3 school districts, and personally identifiable information provision; report required - SB492

Summer reading improvement program: MPS to apply to DPI for a grant on behalf of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University - AB338

Summer reading program: DPI to award grant to the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University - SB420

Summer school: DPI to pay independent charter schools for pupils who attend - AB951

Supplemental sparsity aid created for school districts that qualify and have high property valuation - SB790

Suspensions and expulsions of pupils: annual report to DPI from private schools participating in a parental choice program required - AB618

Teacher and principal effectiveness evaluation requirement delayed; DPI prohibited from issuing school accountability report for 2014-15 school year - AB78

Teacher and principal effectiveness evaluation requirement delayed; DPI prohibited from issuing school accountability report for 2014-15 school year [S.Amdt.1: delay changed to prohibition on using pupil assessment in evaluation score for teachers and principals] - SB67

Teacher license renewal: acceptable credits from higher education institutions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3247h] - SB21

Teacher licensure: alternatives created re experience-based licensure for technical education, licenses based on reciprocity, and Montessori-based licensure [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3182s, 3247e-gb, p-s] - SB21

Teaching license based on completion of a teacher education program accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale - AB696

Teaching license based on completion of a teacher education program accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale - SB494

Teaching license: DPI directed to grant to individuals meeting certain criteria [Sec. 3183] - AB21

Teaching license: DPI directed to grant to individuals meeting certain criteria [Sec. 3183; original bill only] - SB21

Teen dating violence prevention education: schools required to provide and DPI to prepare a policy; model health curriculum and bullying policy updates provisions - AB692

Transgender pupils: DPI to develop model policy and school boards required to adopt a policy - AB524

UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center duties re student achievement data and scores and provide ARB with alternative tests - AB1

Virtual marketplace for digital educational resources: Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contracts for and DPI to host [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 560m, 3193s] - SB21

Whole grade sharing agreement: school boards of two or more districts authorized to enter; conditions specified and DPI duties [Sec. 2009, 2010, 3186, 3220, 3221-3224, 3225-3228, 3229, 3243-3245, 3246, 3303, 3306, 3359, 3393, 3394, 3397, 3404, 3411; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, applicability to MPS removed, deletes 3359] - SB21

Whole grade sharing agreement: school boards of two or more districts authorized to enter; conditions specified and DPI duties [Sec. 2009, 2010, 3186, 3220-3229, 3243-3246, 3303, 3306, 3359, 3393, 3394, 3397, 3404, 3411] - AB21

Adverse possession against real property owned by the state or a political subdivision prohibited - AB459

Adverse possession against real property owned by the state or a political subdivision prohibited [S.Amdt.1: government obtaining title to private property by adverse possession prohibited, exception provision] - SB314

BCPL's authority to purchase land eliminated; DNR may not acquire land under the Stewardship Program without prior approval of the governing body and DNR will not make certain payments to municipalities for land purchased before a certain date - AB71

Fox River Navigational System visitor center: DOA may sell parcel of public land to City of Appleton for construction of; Fox River Navigational System Authority duties - AB810

Fox River Navigational System visitor center: DOA may sell parcel of public land to City of Appleton for construction of; Fox River Navigational System Authority duties - SB641

NRB requirement to offer certain land for sale eliminated - AB499

NRB requirement to offer certain land for sale eliminated - SB364